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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 - 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 community.
Ecclesiastical parish - a geographic subdivision of a diocese; the term is used in England to distinguish it from the corresponding civil parish.
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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For individual English parish pages, see the relevant county (or London) page:

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+For individual English parish pages, see the relevant county (or London) page:
+*[[Bedfordshire Parishes|Bedfordshire]]
+*[[Berkshire Parishes|Berkshire]]
+*[[Buckinghamshire Parishes|Buckinghamshire]]
+*[[Cambridgeshire Parishes|Cambridgeshire]]
+*[[Cheshire Parishes|Cheshire]]
+*[[Cornwall Parishes|Cornwall]]
+*[[Cumberland Parishes|Cumberland.]]
+*[[Derbyshire Parishes|Derbyshire.]]
+*[[Devon Parishes|Devon]]
+*[[Dorset Parishes|Dorset]]
+*[[Durham Parishes|Durham]]
+*[[Essex Parishes|Essex]]
+*[[Gloucestershire Parishes|Gloucestershire]]
+*[[Hampshire Parishes|Hampshire]]
+*[[Herefordshire Parishes|Herefordshire]]
+*[[Hertfordshire Parishes|Hertfordshire]]
+*[[Huntingdonshire Parishes|Huntingdonshire]]
+*[[Kent Parishes|Kent]]
+*[[Lancashire Parishes|Lancashire]]
+*[[Leicestershire Parishes|Leicestershire]]
+*[[Lincolnshire Parishes|Lincolnshire]]
+*[[London Parishes|London]]
+*[[Middlesex Parishes|Middlesex]]
+*[[Norfolk Parishes|Norfolk]]
+*[[Northamptonshire Parishes|Northamptonshire]]
+*[[Northumberland Parishes|Northumberland]]
+*[[Nottinghamshire Parishes|Nottinghamshire]]
+*[[Oxfordshire Parishes|Oxfordshire]]
+*[[Rutland Parishes|Rutland]]
+*[[Shropshire Parishes|Shropshire]]
+*[[Somerset Parishes|Somerset]]
+*[[Staffordshire Parishes|Staffordshire]]
+*[[Suffolk Parishes|Suffolk]]
+*[[Surrey Parishes|Surrey]]
+*[[Sussex Parishes|Sussex]]
+*[[Warwickshire Parishes|Warwickshire]]
+*[[Westmorland Parishes|Westmorland]]
+*[[Wiltshire Parishes|Wiltshire]]
+*[[Worcestershire Parishes|Worcestershire]]
+*[[Yorkshire Parishes|Yorkshire]]
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