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  2. List of civil parishes in England - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. List of Church of England dioceses - Wikipedia

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    There are 42 dioceses of the Church of England. [1] These cover England, the Isle of Man, the Channel Islands and a small part of Wales. The Diocese in Europe is also a part of the Church of England, [1] and covers the whole of continental Europe, Morocco and the post-Soviet states. [2]

  4. Lists of churches in England - Wikipedia

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    Lists of churches in England include lists of notable current or former church buildings, territories, places of worship, or congregations, and may be discriminated by various criteria, including affiliation, location, or architectural characteristics.

  5. Parish (Church of England) - Wikipedia

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    The parish with its parish church(es) is the basic territorial unit of the Church of England. The parish has its roots in the Roman Catholic Church and survived the English Reformation largely untouched. Each is within one of 42 dioceses: [1] divided between the thirty of the Province of Canterbury and the twelve of that of York. There are ...

  6. List of ecclesiastical parishes in the Diocese of Bath and ...

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    The parish within the Church of England structure has its roots in the Roman Catholic Church and survived the Reformation largely untouched. Church of England parishes are currently each within one of 44 dioceses divided between the provinces of Canterbury, with 30 dioceses, and York with 14. In 2017 there were approximately 12,600 Church of ...

  7. List of civil parishes in Somerset - Wikipedia

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    A parish council can become a town council unilaterally, simply by resolution; [19] and a civil parish can also gain city status, but only if that is granted by the Crown. [19] The chairman of a town or city council is called a mayor. [19] There are currently 28 civil parishes in the county with the status of a town, and one (Wells) with city ...

  8. Civil parish - Wikipedia

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    As the administration of the poor laws was the main civil function of parishes, the Poor Law Amendment Act 1866, which received royal assent on 10 August 1866, declared all areas that levied a separate rate or had their own overseer of the poor to be parishes. This included the Church of England parishes (until then simply known as "parishes ...

  9. List of Catholic churches in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    A list of Catholic churches in the United Kingdom, notable current and former individual church buildings and congregations and administration. These churches are listed buildings or have been recognised for their historical importance, or are church congregations notable for reasons unrelated to their buildings.