The purpose of this page is to act as a souvenir of our wedding day, and also to thank the various people who helped us make it such a magical day.
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Rings: Argenteus, Oxford
Dress: Kate Warner, C&C Couture, 51 Reading Road, Henley-on-Thames. 01491 579979.
Venue: Lains Barn, Wantage.
Groom's suit: Anne Farnsworth
Wedding Party: OEnone, Wakefield, Emma & Catherine
Flowers
Bride's bouquet, button holes, top table and cake decoration were all dried flowers supplied and arranged by The Garden Shop, Covered Market, Oxford
Reading: Juliet Auer.
| True love is a sacred
flame That burns eternally, And none can dim its special glow Or change its destiny. True love speaks in tender tones And hears with gentle ear, True love gives with open heart And true love conquers fear. True love makes no harsh demands It neither rules nor binds, And true love holds with gentle hands The hearts that it entwines. |
This poem was found on the Internet at Wedding Guide UK. The author is unknown.
Music & Play: Paescod
Paescod played from the minstrel's gallery during the ceremony itself and the first two removes. The also played outside before the first remove and performed a mummer's play after the second. Thanks to the weather, we were able to watch the mummer's play outside.
Photography: William Dodwell, Taunton
This photo shows Will after his transformation from official photographer to front man of Rusty Razor, our evening band.
Scans of some of the official photos can be seen here.
17th Century Feast: Historical Management Associates Limited, Bristol. 01275 463041
| First Remove | Roast Period Pork with Currant Sauce Gammon Pie Custard Pie Haggis Links Sausage in Red Wine Salmon Pies Grand Salad Onion Salad Cucumber Salad Rice Tart (Vegetarians only) |
| Second Remove | Baked Fennel Sausage Pease Pudding Soused Pork Venison Pasty Roast Chicken with Anchovy and Caper Sauce Fruit Tarts Grand Salad with eggs, lemon and rosemary Sweet and Sour Carrot Salad Radishes Spinach Tart (Vegetarians only) |
| Banquet | Truckle Cheddar Brie Yarg Cheshire Cheese Egg and Crystallised fruit pies Dates with minced Ginger Fresh Fruit Bullace Fruit Leather Quince Fruit Leather Lob Lolly Liquorice Sticks |
If you are interested in buying recipe books, which include these dishes, please email Stuart Peachey.
Wedding cake: Fasta Pasta, The Covered Market, Oxford
We chose to use Panforte as our wedding cake as it is an Italian mediaeval recipe. It's a nutty/chewy fruitcake. Here are some links to Panforte recipes.
Drinks and bar: Vitis Wines, Banbury
E: When I first met Martin Gelling of Vitis Wines (March, 1998 at the Blackbird Leys Re-enactment Market), and told him I had never tried mead before, his reaction was one of unashamed glee. Half an hour and about 8 different types of mead later, I was a convert and Martin was several quid richer! He therefore, seemed a natural choice to provide drinks for the wedding.
W: We chose to use mead as our toasting drink, because of it's possible connection with the word Honeymoon. Allegedly, the tradition was for the bride and groom to share a cup of mead every evening for a lunar month following their wedding. We followed this, drinking from one of the goblets you can see on the marriage table.
Band: Rusty Razor, Taunton
Hotel: Four Pillars Hotel, Sandford on Thames
Guests' Hotel: The Bear Hotel, Wantage
Honeymoon: The Temple, Swinithwaite
Wedding Portrait: Simon Fraser
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This page was last updated on 25/10/04.