List of civil parishes in England
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This is a list of civil parishes in England split by ceremonial county. The civil parish is the smallest level of local government.
- Bedfordshire
- Berkshire
- Buckinghamshire
- Cambridgeshire
- Cheshire
- Cornwall
- Cumbria
- Derbyshire
- Devon
- Dorset
- Durham
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- East Sussex
- Essex
- Gloucestershire
- Greater Manchester
- Hampshire
- Herefordshire
- Hertfordshire
- Isle of Wight
- Kent
- Lancashire
- Leicestershire
- Lincolnshire
- Merseyside
- Norfolk
- Northamptonshire
- Northumberland
- North Yorkshire
- Nottinghamshire
- Oxfordshire
- Rutland
- Shropshire
- Somerset
- South Yorkshire
- Staffordshire
- Suffolk
- Surrey
- Tyne and Wear
- Warwickshire
- West Midlands
- West Sussex
- West Yorkshire
- Wiltshire
- Worcestershire
The current legal framework for local government in England forbids the establishment of legal parishes in Greater London. The following districts are entirely unparished
Blackpool, Blyth Valley, Bournemouth, Bristol, Broxbourne, Bury, Cambridge, Castle Point, Crawley, Derby, Dudley, Eastbourne, Epsom and Ewell, Exeter, Fareham, Gosport, Harlow, Hastings, Havant, Ipswich, Kingston upon Hull, Leicester, Lincoln, Liverpool, Luton, North Tyneside, Norwich, Nottingham, Nuneaton and Bedworth, Oadby and Wigston, Plymouth, Poole, Reading, Rochdale, Runnymede, Rushmoor, Salford, Sandwell, Southampton, South Tyneside, Spelthorne, Stevenage, Stoke-on-Trent, Tamworth, Thurrock, Torbay, Walsall, Wansbeck, Watford, Wirral, Wolverhampton, Worthing.
Additionally, the following districts only have one or two parishes : Birmingham, Chesterfield, Christchurch, Coventry, Gateshead, Gloucester, Manchester, Middlesbrough, Oldham, Portsmouth, Redditch, Stockport, Southend-on-Sea, Tameside, Woking, Worcester.
[edit] Sources
- Office for National Statistics (ONS) - Geographical Area Listings
- Northumberland
- Hansard 2000-2005, Hansard 1997-2000
[edit] See also
- List of civil parishes in Scotland
- List of communities in Wales
- List of communities in Scotland