Unparished area

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In England, an unparished area is an area that is not covered by a civil parish. Most urbanised districts of England are either entirely or partly unparished. In some cases a largely rural district will have one or two unparished areas in it (such as in Shrewsbury and Atcham). Some unparished areas have Charter Trustees to maintain a historic charter, such as City status (an example being in Bath) or simply the mayoralty of a town.

Unparished areas were created in 1974 in areas that were formerly urban districts or municipal boroughs that did not become successor parishes. Parishes are not allowed in Greater London and so it is entirely unparished.

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[edit] List of unparished areas

This is a list of unparished areas as they existed on April 1, 1974. Many parishes have been created since then. Note that the list does not contain parishes which existed on that date.

[edit] Avon

District Unparished area Parished?
Bath all (former county borough of Bath) district became part of Bath and North East Somerset district in 1996, still unparished, with Charter Trustees
Bristol all (former county borough of Bristol) still unparished
Kingswood all (former urban districts of Kingswood and Mangotsfield became part of South Gloucestershire district in 1996, still unparished
Northavon none
Wansdyke former urban district of Keynsham 1991
Woodspring (North Somerset) former borough of Weston-super-Mare 2000

[edit] Bedfordshire

District Unparished area Parished?
Bedford (North Bedfordshire) former borough of Bedford still unparished
Luton all (former county borough of Luton) still unparished
Mid Bedfordshire none
South Bedfordshire former borough of Dunstable 1985

[edit] Berkshire

District Unparished area Parished
Bracknell (Bracknell Forest) none
Newbury (West Berkshire) former borough of Newbury 1997
Reading all (former county borough of Reading) still unparished
Slough former borough of Slough still unparished (a Colnbrook with Poyle parish has been created in territory taken from South Bucks and Spelthorne)
Wokingham none
Windsor and Maidenhead former boroughs of Maidenhead and New Windsor still unparished

[edit] Buckinghamshire

District Unparished areas Parished?
Aylesbury Vale former borough of Aylesbury 2000
Beaconsfield (South Bucks) none
Chiltern none
Milton Keynes former urban districts of Bletchley, Newport Pagnell and Wolverton 2001, as Bletchley and Fenny Stratford, Calverton, Central Milton Keynes, Kents Hill, Monkston and Brinklow, New Bradwell, Newport Pagnell, Stony Stratford, Wolverton and Greenleys
Wycombe former borough of High Wycombe

[edit] Cambridgeshire

District Unparished areas Parished?
Cambridge all (former borough of Cambridge)
East Cambridgeshire none
Fenland former urban district of Whittlesey
Huntingdon (Huntingdonshire) none
Peterborough former borough of Peterborough and urban district of Old Fletton
South Cambridgeshire none

[edit] Cheshire

District Unparished areas Parished?
Chester former county borough of Chester
Congleton former borough of Congleton yes
Crewe and Nantwich former borough of Crewe
Ellesmere Port (Ellesmere Port and Neston) former borough of Ellesmere Port and urban district of Neston parish of Ince created
Halton former borough of Widnes and urban district of Runcorn
Macclesfield former borough of Macclesfield and urban district of Wilmslow
Vale Royal none
Warrington former borough of Warrington

[edit] Cleveland

District Unparished areas Parished?
Hartlepool former county borough of Hartlepool
Middlesbrough all (part of the former county borough of Teesside)
Langbaurgh (Redcar and Cleveland) part of the former county borough of Teesside, the former urban district of Skelton and Brotton
Stockton-on-Tees part of the former county borough of Teesside

[edit] Cornwall

District Unparished areas Parished?
Caradon none
Carrick none
Kerrier former urban district of Camborne-Redruth Parished as separate parishes of Camborne, Illogan and Redruth in 1985
North Cornwall none
Penwith former borough of Penzance 1980
Restormel former borough of St. Austell with Fowey, urban district of Newquay Newquay parished in 1979, part of St Austell with Fowey parished (as Fowey, St Blaise and Tywardreath and Par); remainder still unparished

[edit] Cumbria

District Unparished areas Parished?
Allerdale former borough of Workington yes
Barrow-in-Furness former county borough of Barrow-in-Furness
Carlisle former county borough of Carlisle still unparished
Copeland former borough of Whitehaven still unparished
Eden former urban district of Penrith still unparished
South Lakeland none

[edit] Derbyshire

District Unparished areas Parished?
Amber Valley former urban districts of Alfreton and Heanor yes
Bolsover none
Chesterfield former borough of Chesterfield
Derby all (former county borough of Derby)
Erewash former borough of Ilkeston and urban district of Long Eaton
High Peak former boroughs of Buxton and Glossop
North East Derbyshire none
South Derbyshire former urban district of Swadlincote
West Derbyshire (Derbyshire Dales) former urban district of Matlock yes

[edit] Devon

District Unparished areas Parished?
East Devon former urban district of Exmouth 1996
Exeter all (former county borough of Exeter)
North Devon Lundy Island
Plymouth all (former county borough of Plymouth)
South Hams none
Teignbridge none
Tiverton (Mid Devon) none
Torbay former borough of Torquay and urban district of Paignton
former urban district of Brixham 2007
Torridge none
West Devon none

[edit] Dorset

District Unparished areas Parished?
Bournemouth all (former county borough of Bournemouth)
Christchurch former borough of Christchurch
East Dorset none
North Dorset none
Poole all (former borough of Poole)
Purbeck none
West Dorset none
Weymouth and Portland former borough of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis

[edit] Durham

District Unparished areas Parished?
Chester-le-Street former urban district of Chester-le-Street still unparished
Darlington former county borough of Darlington still unparished
Durham former borough of Durham and Framwellgate still unparished
Derwentside former urban districts of Consett and Stanley new Burnhope parish?
Easington former urban district of Seaham entirely parished now
Sedgefield none
Teesdale none
Wear Valley former urban districts of Bishop Auckland and Crook and Willington some parishing

[edit] East Sussex

District Unparished areas Parished
Brighton all (former county borough of Brighton) Rottingdean parish formed
Eastbourne all (former county borough of Eastbourne) still unparished
Hastings all (former county borough of Hastings) still unparished
Hove all (former borough of Hove and urban district of Portslade-by-Sea) still unparished
Lewes former urban district of Seaford 1999
Rother former borough of Bexhill still unparished, Charter Trustees
Wealden none

[edit] Essex

District Unparished areas Parished?
Basildon all (former urban district of Basildon) Billericay
Braintree former urban districts of Braintree and Bocking, Halstead and Witham
Brentwood former urban district of Brentwood still unparished
Castle Point all (former urban districts of Benfleet and Canvey Island) Thundersley, South Benfleet, Canvey Island, Hadleigh
Chelmsford former borough of Chelmsford
Colchester former borough of Colchester
Epping Forest former urban district of Chigwell
Harlow all (former urban district of Harlow)
Maldon former urban district of Maldon
Rochford former urban district of Rayleigh
Southend-on-Sea former county borough of Southend-on-Sea
Tendring former urban district of Clacton
Thurrock all (former urban district of Thurrock)
Uttlesford none

[edit] Gloucestershire

District Unparished areas Parished?
Cotswold none
Cheltenham all (former borough of Cheltenham and urban district of Charlton Kings) various parishes formed since
Forest of Dean none
Gloucester all (former county borough of Gloucester)
Stroud former urban district of Stroud
Tewkesbury none

[edit] Greater Manchester

District Unparished areas Parished
Bolton the former county borough of Bolton, borough of Farnworth, urban districts of Kearsley, Little Lever, South Turton the former urban districts of Blackrod, Horwich, Westhoughton
Bury all (former county borough of Bury, boroughs of Prestwich and Radcliffe, urban districts of Tottington, Whitefield, part Ramsbottom)
Manchester the former county borough of Manchester
Oldham former county borough of Oldham, urban districts of Chadderton, Failsworth, Lees Shaw and Crompton parish formed in 1987
Rochdale all (former county borough of Rochdale, boroughs of Heywood and Middleton, urban districts of Littleborough, Milnrow and Wardle)
Salford all (former county borough of Salford, boroughs of Eccles and Swinton and Pendlebury, urban districts of Irlam and Worsley
Stockport all (former county borough of Stockport, urban districts of Bredbury and Romiley, Cheadle and Gatley, Hazel Grove and Bramhall and Marple Offerton Estate parish formed in 2002
Tameside all (former boroughs of Ashton-under-Lyne, Dukinfield, Hyde, Mossley, Stalybridge, urban districts of Audenshaw, Denton, Droylsden and Longdendale Mossley parish formed in 1999
Trafford former boroughs of Altrincham, Sale, Stretford, urban districts of Bowdon, Hale, Urmston
Wigan former county borough of Wigan, borough of Leigh, urban districts of Abram, Aspull, Ashton-in-Makerfield (part), Atherton, Billinge-and-Winstanley (part), Golborne (part), Hindley, Ince-in-Makerfield, Orrell, Standish-with-Langtree and Tyldesley,

[edit] Hampshire

District Unparished areas Parished?
Basingstoke and Deane former borough of Basingstoke
Eastleigh former borough of Eastleigh
East Hampshire none
Fareham former urban district of Fareham
Gosport all (former borough of Gosport)
Hart former urban district of Fleet
Havant all (former urban district of Havant and Waterloo)
New Forest former borough of Lymington parished 1979 as four parishes
Portsmouth all (former county borough of Portsmouth) Southsea parish formed in 1999, still mostly unparished
Rushmoor all (former borough of Aldershot and urban district of Farnborough)
Southampton all (former county borough of Southampton) still unparished
Test Valley former borough of Andover
Winchester former borough of Winchester

[edit] Hereford and Worcester

District Unparished areas Parished?
Bromsgrove former urban district of Bromsgrove
Hereford all (former City of Hereford) Hereford district abolished 1998, parished 2000
Leominster none
Malvern Hills former urban district of Malvern  ?
Redditch all (former urban district of Redditch)
South Herefordshire none
Worcester former borough of Worcester
Wychavon none
Wyre Forest former borough of Kidderminster

[edit] Hertfordshire

District Unparished areas Parished?
Broxbourne all (former urban districts of Cheshunt and Hoddesdon) still unparished
Dacorum former borough of Hemel Hempstead still unparished
East Hertfordshire none
Hertsmere former urban districts of Bushey and Potters Bar still unparished
North Hertfordshire former urban districts of Baldock, Hitchin, Letchworth Letchworth parished 2005, Baldock and Hitchin still unparished
St Albans former borough of St Albans still unparished
Stevenage all (former urban district of Stevenage) still unparished
Three Rivers former urban district of Rickmansworth still unparished
Watford former borough of Watford still unparished
Welwyn Hatfield former urban district of Welwyn Garden City still unparished

[edit] Humberside

District Unparished areas Parished
Beverley former borough of Beverley 1999
former urban district of Haltemprice 1999 (Cottingham) and 2000 (Anlaby with Anlaby Common, Kirk Ella and West Ella and Willerby)
Boothferry former borough of Goole  ?
Cleethorpes former borough of Cleethorpes still unparished
Glanford none
Grimsby all (former county borough of Grimsby) still unparished
Holderness former urban district of Withernsea  ?
Hull all (former county borough of Hull) still unparished
North Wolds former borough of Bridlington 2000
former urban district of Driffield  ?
Scunthorpe all (former borough of Scunthorpe) still unparished

[edit] Isle of Wight

District Unparished areas Parished?
Medina former boroughs of Newport and Ryde, urban district of Cowes East Cowes parish now exists
South Wight former urban district of Sandown-Shanklin

[edit] Kent

District Unparished areas Parished?
Ashford former urban district of Ashford
Canterbury former county borough of Canterbury and urban districts of Herne Bay and Whitstable
Dartford former borough of Dartford
Dover former boroughs of Deal and Dover 1996 (Deal, Dover and Walmer parishes)
Gillingham all (former borough of Gillingham)
Gravesham former borough of Gravesend and urban district of Northfleet
Maidstone former borough of Maidstone
Medway (Rochester upon Medway) former boroughs of Chatham, Rochester
Sevenoaks none
Swale former borough of Queenborough-in-Sheppey and urban district of Sittingbourne and Milton
Shepway former borough of Folkestone 2004
Thanet former boroughs of Margate and Ramsgate
Tonbridge and Malling former urban district of Tonbridge
Tunbridge Wells former borough of Royal Tunbridge Wells

[edit] Lancashire

District Unparished areas Parished?
Blackburn (Blackburn with Darwen) former county borough of Blackburn, borough of Darwen
Blackpool former county borough of Blackpool
Burnley former county borough of Burnley, urban district of Padiham
Chorley former borough of Chorley
Fylde former borough of Lytham St. Anne's
Hyndburn former borough of Accrington, urban districts of Church, Clayton-le-Moors, Great Harwood, Oswaldtwistle and Rishton
Lancaster former borough of Lancaster and Morecambe and Heysham
Pendle former boroughs of Colne and Nelson, urban districts of Barrowford, Barnoldswick, Brierfield, Earby, Trawden
Preston former county borough of Preston, urban district of Fulwood
Ribble Valley none
Rossendale former boroughs of Bacup, Haslingden, Rawtenstall, urban district of Ramsbottom (part)
South Ribble former urban districts of Leyland and Walton-le-Dale
West Lancashire former urban districts of Ormskirk and Skelmersdale and Holland
Wyre former borough of Fleetwood, urban districts of Poulton-le-Fylde and Thornton Cleveleys

[edit] Leicestershire

District Unparished areas Parished?
Blaby none
Charnwood former borough of Loughborough still unparished
former urban district of Shepshed parished
Harborough former urban district of Market Harborough still unparished
Hinckley and Bosworth former urban district of Hinckley partly (Burbage, Earl Shilton, Stoke Golding), core Hinckley still unparished
Leicester all (former county borough of Leicester) still unparished
Melton former urban district of Melton Mowbray still unparished
North West Leicestershire former urban district of Coalville Ellistown and Battleflat created from part of former Coalville UD, otherwise remains unparished
Oadby and Wigston all (former urban districts of Oadby and Wigston) still unparished
Rutland none

[edit] Lincolnshire

District Unparished areas Parished?
Boston former borough of Boston
East Lindsey none
Lincoln all (former county borough of Lincoln)
North Kesteven none
South Holland none
South Kesteven former borough of Grantham
West Lindsey former urban district of Gainsborough ?

[edit] Merseyside

District Unparished areas Parished
Knowsley former urban districts of Huyton-with-Roby, Kirkby and Prescot
Liverpool all (former county borough of Liverpool) still unparished
St Helens former county borough of St Helens, urban districts of Haydock and Newton-le-Willows
Sefton former county boroughs of Bootle and Southport, borough of Crosby, urban districts of Formby and Litherland Formby, Hightown, Little Altcar and Lydiate parishes now exist
Wirral all (former county boroughs of Birkenhead and Wallasey, borough of Bebington, urban districts of Hoylake and Wirral) still unparished

[edit] Norfolk

District Unparished areas Parished?
Breckland none
Broadland none
Great Yarmouth former county borough of Great Yarmouth
North Norfolk none
Norwich all (former county borough of Norwich)
South Norfolk none
West Norfolk (King's Lynn and West Norfolk) former borough of King's Lynn

[edit] North Yorkshire

District Unparished areas Parished?
Craven none
Hambleton none
Harrogate former borough of Harrogate
Richmondshire none
Ryedale none
Selby none
Scarborough former borough of Scarborough
York all (former county borough of York) added parishes in Ryedale, Selby and Hambleton districts in 1996, original area still unparished

[edit] Northamptonshire

District Unparished areas Parished?
Corby former urban district of Corby still unparished
Daventry former borough of Daventry 2003
East Northamptonshire former urban district of Rushden yes
Kettering former borough of Kettering still unparished
Northampton former county borough of Northampton
South Northamptonshire former urban district of Towcester yes
Wellingborough former urban district of Wellingborough still unparished

[edit] Northumberland

District Unparished areas Parished?
Alnwick none
Berwick-upon-Tweed former borough of Berwick-upon-Tweed still unparished
Blyth Valley all (former borough of Blyth, part of Whitley Bay, part of urban district of Seaton Valley) still unparished
Castle Morpeth former borough of Morpeth yes
Tynedale none
Wansbeck all (former urban districts of Ashington, Bedlingtonshire and Newbiggin-by-the-Sea) still unparished

[edit] Nottinghamshire

District Unparished areas Parished?
Ashfield former urban districts of Hucknall, Kirkby in Ashfield and Sutton in Ashfield still unparished
Bassetlaw former boroughs of East Retford and Worksop still unparished
Broxtowe former urban district of Beeston and Stapleford Stapleford parished in 1987, Beeston area still unparished
Gedling former urban districts of Arnold and Carlton still unparished
Mansfield former borough of Mansfield and urban district of Mansfield Woodhouse still unparished
Newark (Newark and Sherwood) former borough of Newark yes (1976?)
Nottingham all (former county borough of Nottingham) still unparished
Rushcliffe former urban district of West Bridgford still unparished

[edit] Oxfordshire

District Unparished areas Parished?
Cherwell former borough of Banbury 2000
Oxford all (former county borough of Oxford) majority still unparished: four parishes formed: Blackbird Leys (1990), Littlemore, Old Marston, Risinghurst and Sandhills
South Oxfordshire none
Vale of White Horse none
West Oxfordshire none

[edit] Salop (Shropshire)

District Unparished areas Parished?
Bridgnorth none
North Shropshire none
Oswestry none
Shrewsbury and Atcham former borough of Shrewsbury still unparished
Wrekin (Telford and Wrekin) former urban districts of Dawley, Oakengates and Wellington now entirely parished

[edit] Somerset

District Unparished areas Parished?
Mendip none
Sedgemoor former borough of Bridgwater 2003
Taunton Deane former borough of Taunton
West Somerset former urban district of Minehead
Yeovil (South Somerset) former borough of Yeovil

[edit] South Yorkshire

District Unparished areas Parished?
Barnsley former county borough of Barnsley, urban districts of Cudworth, Darfield, Darton, Dearne, Dodworth, Hoyland Nether, Royston, Wombwell and Worsborough
Doncaster former county borough of Doncaster, urban districts of Adwick-le-Street, Bentley with Arksey, Conisbrough and Mexborough
Rotherham former county borough of Rotherham, urban districts of Maltby, Rawmarsh, Swinton and Wath upon Dearne Maltby parished 2000
Sheffield former county borough of Sheffield still unparished

[edit] Staffordshire

District Unparished areas Parished?
Cannock Chase former urban districts of Cannock and Rugeley Rugeley and Hednesford now parished
East Staffordshire former county borough of Burton upon Trent 2003, to various parishes
Lichfield former borough of Lichfield 1980
Newcastle-under-Lyme former borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme
South Staffordshire none
Stafford former borough of Stafford
Staffordshire Moorlands none
Stoke-on-Trent all (former county borough of Stoke-on-Trent)
Tamworth all (former borough of Tamworth)

[edit] Suffolk

District Unparished areas Parished?
Babergh none
Ipswich all (former county borough of Ipswich) still unparished
Mid Suffolk none
Forest Heath former urban district of Newmarket parished in 1999 as Newmarket and Exning
St Edmundsbury former borough of Bury St Edmunds and urban district of Haverhill Haverhill in 1989, Bury St Edmunds in 2003
Suffolk Coastal none
Waveney former borough of Lowestoft still unparished

[edit] Surrey

District Unparished areas Parished?
Elmbridge all (former urban districts of Esher and Walton and Weybridge) one parish (Claygate) created in 2000
Epsom and Ewell all (former borough of Epsom and Ewell)
Guildford former borough of Guildford
Mole Valley former urban districts of Dorking and Leatherhead
Reigate and Banstead former borough of Reigate and urban district of Banstead
Runnymede all (former urban districts of Chertsey and Egham) still unparished
Spelthorne all (former urban districts of Staines and Sunbury) still unparished
Surrey Heath former urban districts of Frimley and Camberley still unparished
Tandridge former urban district of Caterham and Warlingham entirely parished in 2000
Waverley former urban district of Farnham parished
Woking former urban district of Woking Byfleet parish created in 1989

[edit] Tyne and Wear

District Unparished areas Parished?
Gateshead former county borough of Gateshead, urban districts of Blaydon, Felling, Ryton and Whickham still unparished. parish of Birtley became unparished in 2006
Newcastle upon Tyne former county borough of Newcastle upon Tyne, urban districts of Gosforth and Newburn a Blakelaw and North Fenham parish set up in 2001, rest remains unparished
North Tyneside all (former county borough of Tynemouth, boroughs of Wallsend and Whitley Bay (part), urban districts of Longbenton, Seaton Valley (part)) still unparished
South Tyneside all (former county borough of South Shields, borough of Jarrow, urban districts of Boldon and Hebburn) still unparished
Sunderland former county borough of Sunderland, urban districts of Houghton-le-Spring and Washington still unparished

[edit] Warwickshire

District Unparished areas Parished?
North Warwickshire none
Nuneaton (Nuneaton and Bedworth) all (former borough of Nuneaton, urban district of Bedworth)
Rugby former borough of Rugby
Stratford-on-Avon none
Warwick former borough of Royal Leamington Spa 2002

[edit] West Midlands

District Unparished areas Parished?
Birmingham all (former county borough of Birmingham and borough of Sutton Coldfield) New Frankley parish created in 2000 from land prior to 1995 in Bromsgrove district
Coventry former county borough of Coventry still unparished
Dudley all (former county borough of Dudley and boroughs of Halesowen and Stourbridge still unparished
Sandwell all (former county boroughs of West Bromwich and Warley) still unparished
Solihull former county borough of Solihull still unparished
Walsall all (former county borough of Walsall and urban district of Aldridge-Brownhills)
Wolverhampton all (former county borough of Wolverhampton) still unparished

[edit] West Sussex

District Unparished areas Parished?
Adur former urban districts of Shoreham-by-Sea and Southwick both parished
Arun former urban districts of Bognor Regis and Littlehampton both parished
Chichester none
Crawley all
Horsham former urban district of Horsham still unparished
Mid Sussex former urban district of Cuckfield Cuckfield parished
Worthing all (former borough of Worthing) still unparished

[edit] West Yorkshire

District Unparished areas Parished?
Bradford former county borough of Bradford, borough of Keighley, urban districts of Baildon, Bingley and Shipley, Queensbury and Shelf (part) various parts parished in 2000s
Calderdale former county borough of Halifax, borough of Brighouse, urban districts of Elland and Sowerby Bridge, Queensbury and Shelf (part) still unparished
Kirklees former county boroughs of Dewsbury and Huddersfield, boroughs of Batley and Spenborough, urban districts of Colne Valley, Heckmondwike and Mirfield Mirfield parish created 1988, rest still unparished
Leeds former county borough of Leeds, boroughs of Morley and Pudsey, urban districts of Aireborough, Garforth, Horsforth, Rothwell various parishes created. Morley parish does not include some areas that had been in the pre-1974 borough
Wakefield former county borough of Wakefield, boroughs of Castleford, Ossett and Pontefract, urban districts of Horbury, Knottingley and Stanley still unparished

[edit] Wiltshire

District Unparished areas Parished?
Kennet none
North Wiltshire none
Salisbury former borough of Salisbury (New Sarum)
Thamesdown (Swindon) former borough of Swindon
West Wiltshire none

[edit] See also