Talk:List of civil parishes in Kent

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I think it is vitally important that a civil parish is understood. It is NOT the same as a village, and that is what most of the references here originally led to. The two differ, in that a village often has the same name as the civil parish, but the latter covers a greater area, and includes other settlements (villages, hamlets) within it. I am working on changing the articles, but this is going to be long task - and I fear that every other county has the same problem. I am attempting to make each article say:

• The parish:XXX is a village and civil parish in the XXX District of Kent, England. The parish is located [here should appear a general description of the location, eg north west of XXXX]. Within the parish are the [settlements] of YYY and ZZZ. The population of the parish is ..... include communications (railways, roads) passing through the parish
• The village: details of its size, shape, location (include distances from nearby towns etc); its church it is dedicated to St ...; and then other details specifically about the village.
• Other settlements within the parish: these should referenced to a separate article, so that the List of villages in (eg Kent) can have them included
• There is often a website for the civil parish not often one for the village specifically; likewise population figures are for the civil parish, not just the village

Peter Shearan 19:24, 24 February 2006 (UTC)