1. Can I have my child baptised at Dedham Parish Church?
2. Can we get married in Dedham Parish Church?
3. I am trying to trace my family history. Are records available at Dedham Parish Church?

Normally, you have either to reside in the Parish of Dedham, or be on the Dedham Parish Church Electoral Roll.

However, every request is viewed sympathetically, so please contact the Parish Office with your details.

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Can we get married in Dedham Parish Church?

then it is probably straightforward; you may get married in Dedham, after the ‘reading of Banns’, with due notice, and the Vicar can conduct the service without permission from anyone else.

Please read this more detailed article.

However, each request is considered on its own merits, and, if a wedding ceremony is not applicable, it might be that a civil ceremony followed by a Service of Blessing in Church would be suitable.

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Only the most recent Registers are held at the Church.
All enquiries for earlier records should be made to:
      The Essex Records Office
      Wharf Roadl
      Chelmsford
      Essex
      CM2 6YT
      Tel: ++1245 244644
e-mail: ero.search@essexcc.gov.uk
Website: www.essexcc.gov.uk/ero

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