Kensington and Chelsea Register Office

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The old vestry hall in Chelsea Manor Gardens, part of the Chelsea Town Hall complex, the location of the register office, from Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1911 1911 Britannica-Architecture-Chelsea Town Hall.png
The old vestry hall in Chelsea Manor Gardens, part of the Chelsea Town Hall complex, the location of the register office, from Encyclopædia Britannica, 1911

Kensington and Chelsea Register Office is an office for the registration of births, deaths, marriages and civil partnerships located in Chelsea Old Town Hall in Chelsea, London. [1] It has hosted the weddings of many notable people. [2]

According to The Independent , it is "still one of the hippest places to get married". [2]

Notable people married there

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References

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