Parish Fees as of January 1st 2005

  St Peter's St Georges St Mary's
Organist £54 £54 £54
Choir £65 £65 £65
Use of Video £54 £54 £54
Heating £27 £27 £27
Bells £66 (6 bells) £66 (6 bells) -
£88 (8 bells) £88 (8 bells) -
Weddings      
Clergy
(excluding banns)
£96 £96 £96
Banns *
(Clergy £15.50,
Church Council £6
£21.50 £21.50 £21.50
Verger £34 £34 £34
Church Council £102 £102 £102
Sundry Church Costs
Including Organ Fund
£32 £32 £32
Funerals      
Clergy £45 £45 £45
Verger £29 £29 £29
Church £39 £39 £39

* If a certificate of banns is issued for a wedding outside this Parish, a further £8.50 is chargeable on top of the £21.50. (£12 for banns certificate but less £3.50 not chargeable in respect of marriage certificate).

This list is as agreed by the Dorchester Clergy in December 2004. The £32 for Sundry Church costs including the organ fund should be paid over to the respective Church Council.

Richard Betts


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