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This is a list of the most populous civil parishes in England. [1] It includes all civil parishes with populations over 30,000, representing less than 1% of all civil parishes but almost 3% of the population. Lichfield, Hereford and Salisbury are in addition to being some of the most populous civil parishes in England, among the smallest cities.
This is a list of civil parishes in England split by ceremonial county (see map below). The civil parish is the lowest level of local government in England . Northumberland
Stanhope parish is the largest parish area in England, at 85 square miles (221 km 2) [5] It has some land in common with the neighbouring Wolsingham civil parish. On 31 December 1894 "Stanhope Urban" parish was formed from part of Stanhope parish, but on 1 April 1937 it was merged back.
Dartmoor Forest is a civil parish in Devon, England It was formed in 1987 by the splitting of the former parish of Lydford . It covers about 56,000 acres (230 km 2 ) entirely within Dartmoor National Park , and is the largest parish in Devon.
A parish is governed by a parish council or parish meeting, which exercises a limited number of functions that would otherwise be delivered by the local authority. There is one civil parish in Greater London (Queen's Park, in the City of Westminster), [11] and not all of the rest of England is parished. The number of parishes and total area ...
The fourth-largest parish church in England by floor area (2473 m 2). Kendal, Cumbria: Holy Trinity Church: Claims to be the widest parish church in England Leeds: Minster and Parish Church of St Peter: Leeds has no Anglican cathedral, so the Minster has several administrative functions below those of Bradford, Ripon and Wakefield Cathedrals ...
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. [ 2 ] Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes , which for centuries were the principal unit of secular and religious administration in most of ...
Lydford, sometimes spelled Lidford, is a village and civil parish, in Devon, seven miles (11 km) north of Tavistock [1] on the western fringe of Dartmoor in the West Devon district. The parish covers an area of 50,000 acres (200 km 2 ), [ citation needed ] and at the 2021 census had a population of 370.