Sarah & Tom’s beautiful Yorkshire barn wedding, with Joss Denham Photography

Published by Claire Gould on

I’m loving all the gentle autumn tones in this gorgeous Yorkshire wedding from The Tithe Barn at Bolton Abbey. Lovely newlyweds Sarah and Tom were married in October and chose North Yorkshire wedding photographer Joss Denham to capture their day. The colours are glorious, the styling is spot on – and the love and laughter bursts from the photos so beautifully!

Wedding photographer’s website

https://jossdenham.co.uk

Wedding photographer review

Where do we begin!!!!! The photography is absolutely stunning, we are SO happy with our photos. Joss has captured all of our key moments – from getting ready, walking down the aisle, to the first dance, as well as ‘fun’ moments like our friends building a human pyramid and doing a beer boat race. He’s captured some beautiful images of our guests enjoying the drinks reception, meal and speeches and he’s really captured the vibe of the wedding, as well as the colours which come out so well too. We are just delighted with the images.

Joss is the best in the business. He was the photographer at our good friend’s wedding just before we got engaged, and both of us thought their wedding photos were stunning. So when we got engaged and booked The Tithe Barn for our wedding venue, we knew we wanted Joss as our photographer, and we booked him the very next day. Joss is absolutely one of the best choices we made for our wedding and we would recommend him to everybody else. His photos are truly beautiful – he knows how to get a perfect shot and makes you feel so relaxed during the process.

He captures all the main moments – he was about to leave our wedding when he heard a beer boat race was happening, and stayed because he thought this would make good footage.

And on top of this, he is a great guy! Easy company, friendly with everyone, helpful, accommodating – we could go on. Our guests have commented on both how amazing the photos are, but also about how nice a guy Joss is. He was a big hit with everybody.

Joss also adds his own special touches – regular emails leading up to the wedding with reminders, top tips etc which are a nice touch.

He also saved us on the day when our bridesmaids’ taxi didn’t show – Joss stepped up immediately and drove them to the venue. He made what could have been a stressful moment all ok. Finally, he turns around photos unbelievably quickly – we got ours back just 3 days after the wedding, which kept us on the post wedding high!

Venue name + review

We got married in Bolton Priory Church, which is a very short walk from our reception venue, The Tithe Barn. We wanted to get married in the North, which is where Sarah is from, and wanted a converted barn style wedding after attending a very fun wedding in a similar venue the year before – we loved the barn style and look, and also wanted a venue where we didn’t have to worry about too much ourselves. We visited The Tithe Barn and completely fell in love with the vibe and look. We also loved that they are known for the quality of their food – Tom is a big foodie so this was important to him. We also wanted somewhere where the bar is close to the dancefloor and this ticked all the boxes!

The Barn overlooks the grounds of Bolton Abbey which are just stunning. After visiting the Barn we went down to the grounds and looked around Bolton Priory church too which is a stunning church. Immediately we felt it would be great to get married here, and would work very well for the reception, as guests could walk between the two. We would absolutely recommend the Tithe Barn – the venue is amazing and the team are so helpful and accommodating and they really know what they are doing. For those wanting a church ceremony, then Bolton Priory is wonderful too and it felt very special to get married there.

The Tithe Barn did all of the food on the day and the chefs are just incredible! They’re known for their food and you can really see why – we had so many compliments from guests, some of whom work in catering, that it was some of the best food they’ve had at a large event. For our meal we chose: smoked salmon, rump beef with all the trimmings, and creme brulee for dessert. That description doesn’t do it justice, you really have to taste it to appreciate the quality of the food and cooking. Everything was served on sharing platters for the table which our guests enjoyed.

Dress or suit shop name + review

Sarah was actually dreading finding a dress as had no clue about what to go for and sort of wanted to just get it over with. Luckily the shop assistants were amazing at giving me guidance and helping me work out what I liked and didn’t like.

After going to a couple of appointments, she realised that she most suited an A line dress, in a relatively simply design (i.e no extra lace, beading etc!). The dress I wore was an A line with a square neckline and simple shoulder straps, with floral embroidery. It had a very full skirt which I was a bit unsure of at first, but so glad I went for it as it felt very special on the day (and I was still able to dance and move in it!). I wasn’t planning on wearing a veil but panic bought one the week before the wedding and was so glad I did because it really finished the outfit off on the day!

Florist name + review

We both have very little knowledge of flowers, but very luckily Tom’s mum, Jane, is a florist (Bridge House Flowers based in Bridport Dorset) and wanted to do the flowers for our wedding so we completely left it in her hands! We gave her the briefest of briefs (Autumnal vibe) and Jane was absolutely amazing at sorting everything out and bringing that to life.

In all honesty we don’t know all the types of flowers we had (apart from some roses), but the colours were stunning – oranges, browns, dark reds. Jane did an incredible job. Sarah knew she could trust her and it would look great, but on the day it exceeded all of her expectations. We had so many comments about the flowers which looked incredible in the rustic Tithe Barn setting. As Jane is based in Dorset, she had to find a local flower supplier up North, and had to collect the flowers at 2am a few days before the wedding. So it was a lot of work for her and we’re very grateful!!

Cake maker name + review

We found a lovely local supplier, Chloe’s Cakes North Yorkshire, who made a three tier cake in an autumnal design – lemon, victoria sponge, and salted caramel flavours. Chloe was fantastic – delivered and set up the cake at the venue on the day, and arranged for us to pick up tasters on one of our visits to the venue a couple of months before.

We live in London so it wasn’t always as easy for us to arrange tastings/visits etc, but Chloe was so accommodating and made sure we got to try our flavours before the big day!

Any crafty projects or homemade styling touches?

For our wedding favours, Tom’s mum made handmade ‘love knots’ out of dried wheat, and we wrote every guest a little note to attach to them – thanking them for celebrating with us, detailing a memory, letting them know how much they mean to us.

It took quite a long time to write out 113 personal notes but we’re so glad we did. A lot of people had travelled far for our wedding and made special arrangements to be there, and we wanted to thank them all.

Entertainment

We used South West Band for the entertainment for the day and evening. We had an acoustic guitarist/singer play during the reception, a three piece (drums, bass and electric guitar/singer) for the evening and a DJ until we finished at 12.30am.


South West Band were fantastic. We spoke with them in the lead up to the wedding to discuss music choices and set times. The band during the evening were excellent. They learnt our first dance song, kept the dancefloor full and created the live music experience we wanted.


Claire Gould

Claire spends her days writing - either in beautiful calligraphy or online. She lives on the edge of the English Lake District only minutes away from the beach, where she loves to escape and unwind. Claire's calligraphy can be found at www.byMoonandTide.com. Claire launched the English Wedding Blog in November 2009 - it's been a top 10 UK wedding blog ever since, with a regional focus we hope you LOVE.

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