[Margaret Pilkington]

No Steeljack it didn't sound sarcastic at all.......and there are a lot of very tasteful venues......stately homes, castles and the like over here, that have licences to conduct marriages. For some people who don't go to church or have very religious beliefs, it is an acceptable alternative to the Register Office ceremony.
I was married at the Haslingden register office some 40 years ago......what a dismal place that was....not somewhere you could remember fondly, but it was either that or the church...and I didn't want to be hypocritical.