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List of civil parishes in England

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, Berkshire,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.

Sources

* Office for National Statistics (ONS) - Geographical Area Listings
* Northumberland

See also

* List of civil parishes in Scotland
* List of communities in Wales
* List of communities in Scotland



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