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-* [[Ancient parish]] - divisions linked with the manorial system
+*[[Ancient parish]] - districts in England formed by the 13th century each with its own priest and often with boundaries the same as the local manor; given increasing civil administrative functions, their civil importance declined with the abolition of Church Rates in 1868.
-* [[Civil parish]] - an administrative division
+*[[Civil parish]] - in England, the smallest local government division, during the 19th century, took over the civil administrative activities of the ancient parishes and other areas. In Wales, the term used is [Communities in Wales|community].
-* [[Ecclesiastical parish]] - a geographic area served by a church
+*[[Ecclesiastical parish]] - a geographic subdivision of a diocese; the term is used in England to distinguish it from the corresponding civil parish.
-* [[Mother parish]] - an ancient parish from which a civil parish was at first subordinate to
+*[[Parish Administration in England and Wales]] - how English and Welsh parishes were managed from the 16th century and the sort of records which resulted
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