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This may not be what you want, but http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock shows world times online, (about 140 world locations are shown on the main page) and can be customised for anyone individually.

It MAY even have something that can be set up on a PC whilst offline, although I haven't looked into that.

Thanks for that info Ruskie.

As funds are a bit tight, I am going with the thread title; "Cheapest English certificates?", and seeing how I get on

If all else fails, then I suppose A$18 may have to be spent. 

I usually go to my local records office for a marriage certificate which I can photocopy for 20p.
 I didn't realise that the County Records Office would do that for you.
Thats a very usefull bit of information.

This has my interest, but being in Australia, it's a bit far away.  Does anyone know if the above cost would apply to a marriage in 1851 ? 

Also I have a reference from FreeBMD as Saddleworth v23 p692, and on Lancashire BMD it is Saddleworth, St. Chad, Oldham CE243/3/2.
Never having ordered any certificates before, I end up wondering WHICH records office would have the info.  Is the "local records office" that you mention, the one shown on the Lancashire BMD site as Oldham Register Office.

Any hints on getting the marriage info (parents etc) the cheapest way, would be great.

Thanks

Thanks for that info Christopher.

I think my lot, who are my Grandmothers family on my mums side,  are Yorkshire through and through, at least back to 1744, as far as I can tell.

I "think" the family now goes back to:
Edward Whitley & Sara Hill, who married on 28 Aug 1769 in Halifax, Yorkshire.

They had James Whitley in 1772 and he married Sarah Lee on 13 Feb 1797 in Halifax, Yorkshire.

They in turn had James Whitley in 1802, and he married Susannah Greenwood on 21 Sept 1820 in Halifax, Yorkshire.

James & Susannah being the parents to William Whitley in 1829, who is shown at the start of my first post.

William Whitley and Harriet Sharp married in 1851, again in Halifax.