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{{WorshipReg|id=|name=|denom=|date=|recert=|dereg=|folio=|access-date=}}

Information

This template can be used between <ref></ref> tags to provide a reference to places of worship in England and Wales that have been registered on the "Worship Register" in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855.

Supported parameters

• The Worship Number (unique ID number of the place of worship)
• Name of the place of worship
• Religious denomination it represents
• Date of registration (see below)
• Marker to indicate whether this registration is a recertification of an earlier one
• Date of deregistration (see below)
• Folio reference at The National Archives, Kew (see below)
• Access date for the online version of the register

All are optional except the Worship Number.

Where to find the data

The original certificates (up to number 80000, issued in July 1998) are lodged at The National Archives, Kew in series RG70, folios 1–160, in ascending order of certificate number (500 per folio; e.g. certificates 1–500 are in RG70/1 and certificates 79501–80000 are in RG70/160). If the original certificate has been checked at The National Archives and the date of certification has been found, the date and folio parameters can be used to record these details. The date of deregistration (formal cancellation of a building's status as a place of worship) can also be found on the certificate if applicable; the dereg parameter can be used to record this. If a previously certified building is re-registered under a new number for any reason, enter "y" in the recert parameter to show a message to this effect automatically.

Data for all parameters except the dates of registration and deregistration can also be found in this online version of the register which was published in April 2010, and in subsequent updates published at roughly three-monthly intervals on the official gov.uk (Government of the United Kingdom) website. The latest update is always available at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/places-of-worship-registered-for-marriage; the dates of previous updates are given under the heading "Show all updates"; and the archived versions of those files can be found via this search. Details of former places of worship which have been through the formal deregistration process are no longer recorded on any of these online lists unless they were deregistered after April 2010, in which case they will appear on earlier version(s) only.

The online versions of the register show the name and denomination applicable at that date. The physical certificate will show the original details. For example, St Martin's United Reformed Church in Saltdean was registered with the name "St Martin's Presbyterian Church of England" and the denomination "Presbyterians".

Some other sources give only the Worship Number; see for example this entry in the Victoria County History of Sussex, where Worship Numbers for various places of worship are given in the footnotes.

Examples

To provide a reference to the registration details of the Jehovah's Witnesses Kingdom Hall in Jarvis Brook, East Sussex, based solely on the online version of the register:

{{WorshipReg|id=78504|name=Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses|address=Windsor Road, Jarvis Brook|denom=Jehovah's Witnesses|access-date=10 May 2018}}

Will give:

Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 (Number in Worship Register: 78504; Name: Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses; Address: Windsor Road, Jarvis Brook; Denomination: Jehovah's Witnesses). Retrieved 10 May 2018. (Archived version of list from April 2010; subsequent updates)

{{WorshipReg|id=78504|access-date=10 May 2018}}

Will give:

Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 (Number in Worship Register: 78504). Retrieved 10 May 2018. (Archived version of list from April 2010; subsequent updates)

If the original certificate has been checked at The National Archives and the date of certification has been found:

{{WorshipReg|id=78504|name=Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses|address=Windsor Road, Jarvis Brook|denom=Jehovah's Witnesses|date=18 March 1992|folio=158|access-date=10 May 2018}}

Will give:

Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 (Number in Worship Register: 78504; Name: Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses; Address: Windsor Road, Jarvis Brook; Denomination: Jehovah's Witnesses; Date registered (as recorded on original certificate): 18 March 1992). Retrieved 10 May 2018. (Archived version of list from April 2010; subsequent updates; original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70/158)

An example using all parameters except "recert":

{{WorshipReg|id=65714|name=Church of St Pius X|address=Mortimer Road and Collington Crescent, Paulsgrove|denom=Roman Catholics|date=28 August 1956|dereg=24 June 1964|folio=132|access-date=13 October 2020}}

Will give:

Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 (Number in Worship Register: 65714; Name: Church of St Pius X; Address: Mortimer Road and Collington Crescent, Paulsgrove; Denomination: Roman Catholics; Date registered (as recorded on original certificate): 28 August 1956; Date deregistered (as recorded on original certificate): 24 June 1964). Retrieved 13 October 2020. (Archived version of list from April 2010; subsequent updates; original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70/132)

An example using all parameters:

{{WorshipReg|id=61675|name=Congregational Chapel|address=West Street, Alresford|denom=Congregationalists|date=16 May 1947|recert=y|dereg=8 December 1964|folio=124|access-date=7 March 2022}}

Will give:

Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 (Number in Worship Register: 61675; Name: Congregational Chapel; Address: West Street, Alresford; Denomination: Congregationalists; Date registered (as recorded on original certificate): 16 May 1947 (Recertification of original registration); Date deregistered (as recorded on original certificate): 8 December 1964). Retrieved 7 March 2022. (Archived version of list from April 2010; subsequent updates; original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70/124)