![Children waiting at Wensley Church Gate for wedding tithes Children waiting at Wensley Church Gate for wedding tithes before they let the bride and groom out](http://weddingphotos-video.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/childrenwaitingatWensleyChurchGate.jpg)
Quaint wedding tradition at Wensley Village church
The village children wait at the gate of Wensley church to receive coins as a wedding gift from the Best Man on behalf of bride and groom before they cut the string and let the newly-weds out of the churchyard.
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![Children wait outside Wensley church to await traditional gift of coins Children wait outside Wensley church to await traditional gift of coins](http://weddingphotos-video.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/SJ1007100443.jpg)
Children waiting outside Wensley Church gates for bride and groom
![groomwithcoins groom with coins for the children outside Wensley Church-Quaint tradition](http://weddingphotos-video.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/groomwithcoins.jpg)
Best Man with coins for the children outside Wensley Church
![Groom hands over coins to eager children's hands groom hand over coins to eager children's hands outside Wensley Church in North Yorkshire](http://weddingphotos-video.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/SJ1007100445.jpg)
Best Man hands over coins to eager children's hands
![Children scrambling for coins children scrambling for coins handed out by groom](http://weddingphotos-video.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/childrenscrabblingforcoin.jpg)
children scrambling for coins handed out by Best Man at Wensley Church
![Child cutting open the church gate Old tradition of cutting the string on Wensley Church gate after money has been paid by the groom](http://weddingphotos-video.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/cuttingopengate-300x199.jpg)
Child cutting the string on church gate so releasing the bride and groom
![Detail of scissors being used to cut open string on Wensley Church Gate Detail of scissors being used to cut open string on Wensley Church Gate](http://weddingphotos-video.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Scissors-Close-up-300x199.jpg)
Detail of girl cutting open the string that binds Wensley Church gate
![Wensley Church as bride and groom leave after wedding Bride and Groom about to go through Wensley churchyard gate](http://weddingphotos-video.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/WensleyChurchwedding.jpg)
free to leave the church at last!
![wedding gifts of decorated spoons and confetti outside Wensley Church wedding gifts of decorated spoons and confetti outside Wensley Church](http://weddingphotos-video.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/SJ1007100524.jpg)
wedding gifts of decorated spoons and confetti outside Wensley Church
![Horse and carriage outside Wensley Church bride and groom leave Wesnley Church in a horse and carriage](http://weddingphotos-video.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/horseandcarriage.jpg)
Just beautiful!
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