St Mary's Church Newton Valence C13th and later

[@winders128]

A long story short. During covid, my wife was researching her family history. She discovered that her seven times great grandmother had married my seven times great grandfather in St Mary's church, Newton Valance in 1743. That made us fifth cousins. Last year we visited the UK (we're both originally from Haslemere, Surrey but live in Australia) and had a marriage blessing service in the church. The day was just perfect. Weather, friends, family, the vicar, her husband, the churchwarden all combined to make the occasion so very memorable.

[@boomeroo23]

@@winders128 what a wonderful story! Thank you for sharing. Just goes to show how the fickle finger of fate works in mysterious ways