Lists of civil parishes in England

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Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 69. Chapters: List of civil parishes in Somerset, Civil parishes in Cheshire, List of civil parishes in Lancashire, Civil parishes in Cambridgeshire, Civil parishes in Cornwall, Civil parishes in West Yorkshire, Civil parishes in Greater Manchester, Civil parishes in South Yorkshire, Civil parishes in Bedfordshire, List of civil parishes in North Yorkshire, List of civil parishes in Devon, List of civil parishes in Lincolnshire, Civil parishes in Merseyside, List of civil parishes in Norfolk, Civil parishes in Tyne and Wear, Civil parishes in the West Midlands, List of civil parishes in Suffolk, List of civil parishes in Kent, List of civil parishes in Essex, List of civil parishes in Greater London, List of civil parishes in Derbyshire, List of civil parishes in Gloucestershire, List of civil parishes in Hampshire, List of civil parishes in Wiltshire, List of civil parishes in Oxfordshire, List of civil parishes in Buckinghamshire, List of civil parishes in Cumbria, List of civil parishes in Northamptonshire, List of civil parishes in Worcestershire, List of civil parishes in Nottinghamshire, List of civil parishes in Dorset, List of civil parishes in County Durham, List of civil parishes in Leicestershire, List of civil parishes in Staffordshire, List of civil parishes in the East Riding of Yorkshire, List of civil parishes in Hertfordshire, List of civil parishes in Warwickshire, List of civil parishes in Northumberland, List of civil parishes in Shropshire, List of civil parishes in Herefordshire, List of civil parishes in West Sussex, List of civil parishes in Surrey, List of civil parishes in Cornwall/version 2, List of civil parishes in Berkshire, List of civil parishes in East Sussex, List of civil parishes in the City of London, List of civil parishes on the Isle of Wight, List of civil parishes in Rutland, List of civil parishes in Bristol. Excerpt: Connection Timeout A civil parish is a subnational entity, forming the lowest unit of local government in England. There are 332 civil parishes in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, most of the county being parished. At the 2001 census, there were 565, 259 people living in the 332 parishes, accounting for 57.5 per cent of the county's population. Parishes arose from Church of England divisions, and were originally purely ecclesiastical divisions. Over time they acquired civil administration powers. The Highways Act 1555 made parishes responsible for the upkeep of roads. Every adult inhabitant of the parish was obliged to work four days a year on the roads, providing their own tools, carts and horses, the work was overseen by an unpaid local appointee, the Surveyor of Highways. The poor were looked after by the monasteries, until their dissolution. In 1572, magistrates were given power to 'survey the poor' and impose taxes for their relief. This system was made more formal by the Poor Law Act 1601, which made parishes responsible for administering the Poor Law, overseers were appointed to charge a rate to support the poor of the parish. The 19th century saw an increase in the responsibility of parishes, although the Poor Law powers were transferred to Poor Law Unions. The Public Health Act 1872 grouped parishes into Rural Sanitary Districts, based on the Poor Law Unions, these subsequently formed the basis for Rural Districts. Parishes were run by vestries, meeting annually to appoint officials, and were generally identical to ecclesiastical parishes, althou...