Breach of Promise to Marry

Marriage law reform 1970

Buckinghamshire Family History Society

Wednesday, 3rd June 2026 at 7.30 pm
Methodist Church, Queensway, Fenny Stratford, Milton Keynes MK2 2HB

Denise Bates investigates the social and cultural history of broken engagements between 1780-1970 and why the law allowed the person who had been jilted to claim damages from the person who had broken the engagement.

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