A bride and groom smile at the camera in the back of a car, 1951 Jaguar. After their wedding at the church in Thaxted in Essex. Vagabond wedding dress called Anouk, Circle motif chiffon A line gown with deep V neckline with buttons in the front.

Catherine & Charles: Yurts on the Cricket Field

I recall watching Cat, whom I have encountered at many weddings over the years, dancing with Charles at the wedding of Sass and Chris. I noticed how they looked at each other, and I thought to myself, ‘I am going to hear from Cat soon.’ Three weeks later, I received an email: Cat and Charles were planning to get married the following year.

It was a perfect sunny day in May, ideal for a yurt reception set up in the grounds of the Lindsell Cricket Club. It was a wonderful, laid-back day, full of familiar faces. I had the opportunity to catch up with many of my past couples (including Sass and Chris on their first anniversary) and other wedding suppliers I work with often.

It was so lovely after knowing Cat as a guest and bridesmaid for many years now to be a part of her beautiful wedding day.

Suppliers

  • Woman sitting in chair holding a champagne flute in a living room. Wearing Floral Satin Pyjama Robe with a garden trellis print by Nobody’s Child.
  • Baby being held on lap and laughing.
  • Vagabond bridal dress called Anouk hanging on back of door in a bedroom.
  • Bridesmaid in the kitchen holding her small baby. Wearing Nobody's Child Ditsy Floral Malika Midi Shirt Dress in Green Gold cross strap platform sandal.
  • Woman in dressing gown sat on dining table chair looking in a mirror she's holding up.
  • Two little girls on the door step.
  • Woman in Floral Satin Pyjama Robe with a garden trellis print by Nobody’s Child holding a baby in the living room door way.
  • Bridesmaid with toddler daughter on her lap in a living room.
  • A woman in a kitchen in a green ditsy Nobody's Child dress, holding a tea towel.
  • In the doorway to a living room a woman holds her small baby, kissing her head. She is wearing Nobody's Child Ditsy Floral Malika Midi Shirt Dress in Green.
  • Mum and daughter in the kitchen.
  • Mother of the bride having her makeup done by Sara of SL Makeup & Hair.
  • In the garden a grandmother with a little girl.
  • Thaxted Parish Church St. John the Baptist with Our Lady and St. Laurence. On a sunny day in May 2023.
  • A couple outside the church and pub in Thaxted. Blonde woman wearing RIXO Selma Dress Mint Peony Flora.
  • People outside The Swan Hotel pub in Thaxted, Dunmow.
  • Groomsmen walking across the road to the Thaxted Parish Church.
  • Groomsmen before the wedding, the Chantry and Thaxted Almshouses behind them.
  • Groomsmen walking past the Thaxted Almshouses.
  • People riding motorbikes past The Swan in Thaxted. One looks like a Honda Fireblade with Red Bull graphics.
  • Three women, outside a pub. Woman in the middle holds a large gin glass. Thaxted wedding.
  • Men smoking and drinking outside a pub in Thaxted.
  • Inside The Swan Hotel & Pub in Thaxted wedding guests enjoy a drink before the church wedding.
  • Two women sitting down surrounded by other people. A woman wearing RIXO Selma Dress Mint Peony Flora is holding a small baby on her lap.
  • Wedding guests crossing the Bull Ring Watling Street in Thaxted.
  • Woman in blue suit sitting in church.
  • Guests taking their seats in the Thaxted Parish Church.
  • Woman holding her daughter the flower girl. Outside the church in Thaxted, The Swan pub in the distance.
  • Blue Land Rover decorated with ribbons driving on Watling Street.
  • Flower girl smiling and holding flowers in the sunshine.
  • Bride and mum arriving in a car.
  • Black 1951 Jaguar outside The Swan in Thaxted.
  • Revd Gerwyn Capon in the doorway of the church.
  • Mother and daughter outside the church. Mother of the bride is wearing Olvi’s Lace Waterlily Dress. The bride is wearing Vagabond bridal dress called Anouk.
  • Revd Gerwyn Capon in the church doorway with the bridal party.
  • Mother of the bride greeting Revd Gerwyn Capon with an outstretched hand.
  • The bride entering the aisle as the groom watches on. Thaxted church wedding.
  • Groom waiting as the bridal party enter the church.
  • The bride and her mum walking down the aisle. Thaxted Parish Church St. John the Baptist with Our Lady and St. Laurence.
  • Cpuple sitting down as woman does a reading during ceremony.
  • Bride looks to her side at the groom and smiles during church wedding ceremony.
  • Revd Gerwyn Capon in the Carolean pulpit of Thaxted Parish Church St. John the Baptist with Our Lady and St. Laurence, as the bride and groom watch.
  • Bride and groom sitting down during wedding holding hands.
  • A reading during church wedding.
  • Men looking after their children in the play area of the church during a wedding.
  • Revd Gerwyn Capon conducting wedding ceremony in Thaxted parish church.
  • Revd Gerwyn Capon conducting wedding ceremony in Thaxted parish church.
  • Revd Gerwyn Capon wraps his stole around the joined hands during wedding ceremony in Thaxted parish church.
  • Man in cream linen suit smiles at the camera. Stood with his wife and baby in church.
  • Ceremony kiss.
  • People in church singing hymns.
  • Bridesmaids in Nobody's Child Ditsy Floral Malika Midi Shirt Dresses in Green, standing in church during wedding.
  • Man holding baby stood with his wife and other wedding guests in church. Singing hymns at Thaxted church wedding.
  • A wedding ceremony seen from the end of the aisle. Thaxted Parish Church St. John the Baptist with Our Lady and St. Laurence.
  • Man sat a child's table in a church with two children.
  • Mums of the bride and groom in the church having a giggle. Wearing French Connection Islanna Abstract Print Belted Midi Dress, Camellia Rose/Cream and Olvi’s Lace Waterlily Dress.
  • Formal group photo during signing at church wedding.
  • Walking down the aisle.
  • Leaving the Thaxted Parish church, walking past the Thaxted bellringers.
  • Couple leaving the church as guests clap.
  • Flower girls walking down the aisle with the bridesmaids behind them. Nobody's Child Ditsy Floral Malika Midi Shirt Dresses.
  • Wedding guests outside the church.
  • Two wedding guests in the sun. Woman on left wearing Sea Priya Print Sleeve Tiered Dress in red. Woman on right is wearing Reiss Luna Floral Midi-Dress.
  • Woman holding flower girls.
  • A cricket bat guard of honour and confetti tunnel at Thaxted Essex church wedding.
  • A cricket bat guard of honour and confetti tunnel at Thaxted Essex church wedding.
  • A cricket bat guard of honour and confetti tunnel at Thaxted Essex church wedding.
  • Confetti tunnel at an Essex church wedding. Bride lifts flowers in front of face.
  • Woman throwing confetti.
  • Bride kissing guest who is wearing 3G184 Couture Club Rosa Clara dress in aqua.
  • Bride kissing a guest. In the foreground a woman is wearing a white hat and 3G184 Couture Club Rosa Clara in aqua.
  • Three women at a wedding. One wearing pink, one in blue, one wearing a white hat and 3G184 Couture Club Rosa Clara in aqua. Outside the church in Thaxted.
  • Woman in wedding dress greeting guests.
  • Two people taking photos with phones at wedding.
  • Front seats and steering wheel in a 1951 Jaguar.
  • Outside the church in Thaxted the wedding guests gather in the sun.
  • Woman in big hat and sunglasses hugging the groom. The Swan pub in Thaxted behind them. Wearing the SHEIKE Barbados Leaf Print Long Sleeve Wrap-Waist Jumpsuit. Woman on right in an Oliver Bonas Dreamer Floral Print Black Midi Dress.
  • A couple of guests at a wedding standing on the grass and laughing at the camera.
  • A bride and groom smile at the camera in the back of a car, 1951 Jaguar. After their wedding at the church in Thaxted. Vagabond wedding dress called Anouk, Circle motif chiffon A line gown with deep V neckline with buttons in the front.
  • Waving goodbye to newly married couple driving off in 1951 black jaguar.
  • Land Rover leaving the Thaxted Parish Church.
  • Guests in the sunshine and wind greeting each other.
  • Man with pram and two women crossing the bullring Watling Street.
  • The Bullring, Watling Street, people cross the road to get to The Swan pub in Thaxted.
  • Bride and groom standing by their car.
  • Bride hugs a friend as the groom stands nearby with his hands in his pockets.
  • Empty bottle of Turicum London Dry Gin with a sign saying 'COVER POINT' inside, with flowers, on a wedding breakfast table.
  • Woman wearing black and white large dotted dress, sunglasses and hat, looks at man drinking a pint of beer at a wedding reception.
  • Bridesmaids sat on floor with children having picnic. Wedding guests taking selfies.
  • Wedding cocktail hour scene on a cricket pitch in Lindsell. Bulls Bridge Bars van parked. Yurts and wedding guests.
  • Sara of SL Makeup & Hair at the wedding as a guest, wearing ASOS DESIGN Curve high neck maxi satin tea dress in large floral and expecting her first child.
  • Guests eating canapes from Anna Shutes catering.
  • Man holding bottle of beer, wedding guest behind, on a cricket pitch in Lindsell.
  • Man in blue blazer and green tie holding a glass of wine and looking at the camera.
  • Green Yurts set up for a wedding on a cricket pitch in Lindsell near Dunmow.
  • Wedding guests standing around in the sunshine during cocktail hour.
  • People fussing a little dog.
  • A Dachshund and a man on the grass.
  • Newly married couple with their Dachshund, standing by some trees.
  • Newly married couple with their Dachshund, standing by some trees.
  • Newly married couple kiss, their Dachshund by their feet, standing by some trees.
  • Newly married couple with their Dachshund, by some trees on a cricket pitch in Lindsell.
  • Newly married couple with their Dachshund, by some trees on a cricket pitch in Lindsell.
  • Man swinging his little daughter by the arms as she laughs.
  • A flower girl walking across the grass towards the trees on a sunny day. A wedding in Lindsell near Dunmow.
  • Two flower girls in white dresses, the bride and bridesmaids behind them.
  • Woman in a Vagabond bridal dress called Anouk. An A line gown with deep v neck and circle motif chiffon, and pockets. Standing with her mum and friends in a group photo.
  • Group of men holding another man who is upside down.
  • Bride an vagabond wedding dress standing with her husband under the trees.
  • Newly weds kiss with the yurts on the cricket pitch, and wedding guests, behind them. Lindsell wedding near Dunmow.
  • Newly married couple walking down a long driveway of a house in Lindsell, Dunmow. She is wearing a Vagabond bridal dress called Anouk, chiffon with circle motifs.
  • Newly married couple walking down a long driveway of a house in Lindsell, Dunmow. She is wearing a Vagabond bridal dress called Anouk, chiffon with circle motifs.
  • People drinking and laughing.
  • Wedding guests eating tiny yorkshire puddings with beef. Outside at a wedding on a cricket pitch in Essex.
  • Man in sunglasses holding a pint.
  • Wedding guests in a field, two men chatting holding pints of beer.
  • Man sitting on a bench, a parasol, a field of people and yurts from Green Yurts.
  • The cricket pitch in Lindsell set up for a wedding with Green Yurts.
  • Two women chatting at a wedding outside, Blue skies and a yurt.
  • A woman holding a glass of wine. Outside on a cricket pitch. A parasol behind her.
  • Woman in pale blue polka dot dress pointing and laughing in a wedding yurt.
  • Woman walks next to a wedding yurt, wearing a dress called Anouk from Vagabond.
  • Bride laughing as she sits down at the top table.
  • Bride giving speech, reading it from her phone. Groom is sitting next to her.
  • Wedding guests sat at tables watching speeches in a yurt from Green Yurts. Bottles of Birra Moretti on the table.
  • Top table during wedding speeches, they raise a glass to toast.
  • Inside a yurt from Green Yurts. All the people sat at tables watching wedding speeches.
  • Bridget holding a baby, in the catering tent the staff of Anna Shutes catering.
  • Man giving a speech at a wedding in a yurt.
  • Bride and groom laugh at a speech.
  • People sat at long dinner tables in a yurt, laughing.
  • The top table set for dinner as a man gives a speech.
  • Bride smiling sat at the top table.
  • Two men bring a wedding cake into the yurt.
  • A wedding cake decorated with animal toys places in rude positions.
  • Woman laughing as husband gives a wedding speech.
  • Wedding yurt full of guests watching a groom give a speech.
  • A top table decorated with flowers, set for dinner. People laughing.
  • Best men giving a speech and the peiople on the top table react.
  • Groom and his wife sat at table laughing at speeches.
  • Newlyweds and a friend are laughing at the best men speech.
  • Bride wiping her eyes after crying with laughter during speech.
  • Woman in spotty dress laughing.
  • Woman wearing RIXO Selma Dress Mint Peony Flora sitting on a chair during wedding speech.
  • Man carving venison at the wedding breakfast table.
  • Flowers at a wedding.
  • Green Yurts on a cricket pitch in Lindsell near Dunmow in Essex.
  • A bride and bridesmaid sat on a bench in the sun. A parasol next to them. Drinking glasses of wine. A candid moment at an Essex cricket wedding.
  • Bottles of wine, flowers and pints on a picnic table at a wedding.
  • Bride sat on bench with friends at a wedding. Bulls Bridge Bars van in shot.
  • Bride sat on bench with friends at a wedding. Bulls Bridge Bars van in shot.
  • Chilled drinks on the grass in the sun.
  • Man in a MacLeod of Harris Ancient Tartan Kilt arriving at a wedding, smiling.
  • Groom greets friend.
  • Men drinking in the Bulls Bridge Bars yurt.
  • Man holding drinks.
  • Three women sat at the breakfast table laughing.
  • Green Yurts at an Essex wedding on a cricket pitch. Blue skies and sunshine.
  • Woman pulling on a man's tie.
  • Women enjoying glasses of wine outside!
  • Women enjoying glasses of wine outside!
  • Green Yurts at an Essex wedding on a cricket pitch. Blue skies and the sun is going down.
  • Woman at the bar in a yurt.
  • Bulls Bridge Bars at a wedding near Dunmow. Wedding guests hugging and drinking.
  • Woman in green Nobody's Child leaving the toilets as two women hug and smile.
  • Wedding cake decorated with inappropriately arranged models of cats and deer.
  • Cutting the cake in a yurt.
  • Cutting the cake in a yurt and the groom laughs.
  • Man holding piece of cake.
  • Cake with a slice cut out.
  • First dance.
  • Bride and groom on the dance floor.
  • Groom spinning his new wife around on the dancefloor of a yurt.
  • Woman setting off confetti cannon.
  • Couple embrace under confetti on the dancefloor.
  • People dancing at wedding reception.
  • Bride lifting up her dress whilst dancing.
  • Will Daly on drums playing with Winston & The Lads at a wedding.
  • Man with beard and moustache singing along while dancing with the mother of the bride.
  • Three women dancing at a wedding.
  • Man clearing up glass at wedding reception with dustpan and brush.
  • Woman at her wedding talking happily with friend at the reception.
  • Green yurts behind them as the newly married couple walk towards the camera.
  • People hug while dancing.
  • Bulls Bridge Bars at a wedding, man downing a glass of wine.
  • Winston & The Lads playing at a wedding in a yurt.
  • A yury from Green Yurts based in Chelmsford, at night during the reception.
  • Winston & The Lads at a wedding.
  • Couple kiss while dancing at a wedding reception.
  • A couple together while dancing at a wedding reception.
  • Hands and glasses in the air.
  • Winston & The Lads playing at a wedding.
  • Mum and daughter dancing at wedding.
  • Bride dancing with her friend.
  • Dancing at a yurt wedding reception.
  • Air guitar at wedding reception.
  • Women noticing the camera at a reception while they dance.
  • Nick playing guitar with Winston and the Lads.
  • Punching the air while dancing.
  • Bride and groom on their wedding night dancing at reception.
  • Bulls Bridge Bars working at a wedding in a yurt near Dunmow in Essex.
  • The Queen's Platinum Jubilee Beacon in Lindsell, Essex, lit at night.
  • Green Yurts, from Chelmsford, yurts at a wedding near Dunmow and night. Lit up in the dark.
A bride wearing Jesus Peiro 260 dress from Miss Bush is outside the church in Danbury Essex. It is raining and her dad and bridesmaid hold an umbrella. Documentary style Essex wedding photographer.

Chris & Frances

Ceremony at Church of St John the Baptist in Danbury.
A garden marquee reception at home near Maldon.

Bride and groom together holding drinks at the reception a Sail & Cloth marquee.

George & Millie

Married at Church of St John the Baptist in Danbury, Essex.
Wedding reception in a vineyard and a garden marquee overlooking South Woodham Ferrers.

Family and friends throw confetti at a newly married couple outside The Church of St Mary & St Margaret in Stow Maries near South Woodham.

Anna & James

A beautiful garden wedding in a glass marquee, near South Woodham.