Bride & groom residing at the same address?

[sossle]

Hello,

I have quite a few ancestors who married in churches and the bride and groom were living at the same address.
Could anyone please tell me if this was to do with costs to the church? If they lived in different parishes would they need to pay twice for the banns to be read?
Almost every couple were living together?

Thanks
Sue

[KGarrad]

Exactly!

The address given is where each of them was living during the qualification period - 21 days to read the banns, plus a week to the wedding?

These days it's where you reside for the 7 nights preceding the application for marriage (register office).

On the 2 occassions I have been married I resided at my in-laws and my daughter's homes respectively!

[andrewalston]

Especially where one of the parties normally lived outside the parish, it seemed quite common to use an address of convenience. Many seemed to reside at the place during the Sundays when the banns were being read, and went back to work for the weekdays in between.

Having the banns read in two parishes cost more, because you had to cough up for a certificate from the clergyman in the other parish to verify that the banns had been read there too. Getting married in a place where neither party was normally resident would involve three sets of banns and two certificates.

[sossle]

Thank you both for this information, I wanted to be certain about the facts as I am writing a memoir of my Paternal side. Already done my Maternal side.
 Regards
        Sue

[pwl1951]

Another possible reason, for both to be residing at the same address, would be if they lived in separate tenement flats and rented from the owner.

[Galium]

As it was (and maybe still is) more usual to marry in the bride's parish, the address given is quite often her parent's home.  You can sometimes tell this from census records.

[HannahB]

In some cases they might have been in service together.  This was the case when one of my great grand-mothers married.  Hannah

[sossle]

Thank you for all your replies. Much appreciated

  Sue

[Derik del]

If both partners give the same address on the marriage certificate, this is know as an address of convenience. This is so the couple don't have to have the banns read in two different parishes, more to the point that they don't have to pay twice to have them read. Not everyone could afford it.
It could also be they were both living at the same address too

Derik