Avon (County abolished in 1996 and six districts replaced by four unitary authorities: names of successor unitary authorities where different shown in brackets.)
|
District |
Unparished area |
Changes since 1974
|
Bath (Bath and North East Somerset) |
all (former county borough of Bath) |
still unparished, with Charter Trustees since 1996
|
Bristol |
all (former county borough of Bristol) |
still unparished
|
Kingswood (South Gloucestershire) |
all (former urban districts of Kingswood and Mangotsfield) |
became part of South Gloucestershire district in 1996. Parish of Downend and Bromley Heath created in 2003,[41] remainder parished as Kingswood and Staple Hill and Mangotsfield in 2023[42]
|
Northavon (South Gloucestershire)
|
none
|
Wansdyke (Bath and North East Somerset) |
former urban district of Keynsham |
Divided into two new parishes of Keynsham and Saltford in 1991[43][44]
|
Woodspring (North Somerset) |
former borough of Weston-super-Mare |
parish of Weston-super-Mare created in 2000[45]
|
Bedfordshire (Four districts replaced by three unitary authorities in 2009: names of successor unitary authorities where different shown in brackets.)
|
District |
Unparished area |
Changes since 1974
|
Bedford |
former borough of Bedford |
still unparished (apart from one parish in the Brickhill area of the town established in 2004)[46]
|
Luton |
all (former county borough of Luton) |
still unparished
|
Mid Bedfordshire (Central Bedfordshire)
|
none
|
South Bedfordshire (Central Bedfordshire) |
former borough of Dunstable |
New parish of Dunstable formed in 1985, with remainder of unparished area transferred to existing parish of Houghton Regis.[47]
|
Berkshire
|
District |
Unparished area |
Changes since 1974
|
Bracknell (Bracknell Forest)
|
none
|
Newbury (West Berkshire) |
former borough of Newbury |
Newbury parish formed in 1997[48]
|
Reading |
all (former county borough of Reading) |
still unparished
|
Slough |
former borough of Slough |
still unparished (a Colnbrook with Poyle parish created in territory taken from South Bucks and Spelthorne in 1995). Britwell and Wexham Court parishes were created in 1974 for the areas added to Slough from Burnham and Wexham parishes. An order to abolish these two parishes was made in 2019,[49] but the order was quashed in court and so the two parishes continue.
|
Wokingham
|
none
|
Windsor and Maidenhead |
former boroughs of Maidenhead and New Windsor |
still unparished
|
Buckinghamshire
|
District |
Unparished area |
Changes since 1974
|
Aylesbury Vale (Buckinghamshire)
|
former borough of Aylesbury
|
Divided into three new parishes of Aylesbury, Coldharbour and Watermead in 2001.[50]
|
Beaconsfield (Buckinghamshire)
|
none
|
Chiltern (Buckinghamshire)
|
none
|
Milton Keynes
|
former urban districts of Bletchley, Newport Pagnell and Wolverton
|
The entire Borough is now parished.[51]
|
Wycombe (Buckinghamshire)
|
former borough of High Wycombe
|
still unparished
|
Cambridgeshire
|
District |
Unparished area |
Changes since 1974
|
Cambridge
|
all (former borough of Cambridge)
|
still unparished
|
East Cambridgeshire
|
none
|
Fenland
|
former urban district of Whittlesey
|
Parished in 1981 as Whittlesey.[52]
|
Huntingdon (Huntingdonshire)
|
none
|
Peterborough
|
former borough of Peterborough and urban district of Old Fletton
|
Part of Peterborough became parish of Bretton in 1994.[53] In 2010 a new parish of Hampton Hargate and Vale was created from part of Peterborough.[54] In 2004 the unpopulated parish of Stanground North was abolished and its area became unparished.[55]
|
South Cambridgeshire
|
none
|
Cheshire
|
District |
Unparished area |
Changes since 1974
|
Chester (Cheshire West and Chester)
|
former county borough of Chester
|
part transferred to Great Boughton[56]
|
Congleton (Cheshire East)
|
former borough of Congleton
|
Parished in 1980 as Congleton[57]
|
Crewe and Nantwich (Cheshire East)
|
former borough of Crewe
|
To form a parish of Crewe in 2013[58]
|
Ellesmere Port (Ellesmere Port and Neston, Cheshire West and Chester)
|
former borough of Ellesmere Port and urban district of Neston
|
Parish of Ince created 1987,[59] parish of Neston created 2009,[60][61] with Burton,[62] Ellesmere Port[63] and Willaston[64] still unparished. A further part of Ellesmere Port transferred to Ince[65] and Little Stanney,[66]
|
Halton
|
former borough of Widnes and urban district of Runcorn
|
Parish of Halebank formed part of Widnes and parish of Sandymoor formed from part of Runcorn in 2008.[67]
|
Macclesfield (Cheshire East)
|
former borough of Macclesfield and urban district of Wilmslow
|
Wilmslow divided into three new parishes of Handforth, Styal and Wilmslow in 2011.[68] Macclesfield parished[69] in 2015.[70]
|
Vale Royal (Cheshire West and Chester)
|
none
|
Warrington
|
former county borough of Warrington
|
Cleveland (County abolished in 1996 and four districts replaced by four unitary authorities: names of successor unitary authorities where different shown in brackets.)
|
District |
Unparished area |
Changes since 1974
|
Hartlepool
|
former county borough of Hartlepool
|
Headland parished as in 1999.[71]
|
Middlesbrough
|
Part of the former County Borough of Teesside
|
Nunthorpe remained parished due to not being in the former county borough. Stainton and Thornton had been added to Teesside County Borough in 1968 and therefore formed part of the Middlesbrough unparished area until recreated as a parish in 1986.
|
Langbaurgh (Redcar and Cleveland)
|
Part of the former Teesside County Borough, covering the pre-1968 Eston Urban District, Redcar Municipal Borough, parts of Guisborough Urban District (around Kirkleatham and Wilton) and the former parish of Ormesby from Stokesley Rural District.
|
Still unparished.
|
Stockton-on-Tees
|
part of the former county borough of Teesside
|
Thornaby-on-Tees parish created in 1995.[72] Billingham parish created in 2007.[73]
|
Cornwall
|
District |
Unparished area |
Changes since 1974
|
Caradon (Cornwall)
|
none
|
Carrick (Cornwall)
|
none
|
Isles of Scilly
|
none
|
Kerrier (Cornwall)
|
former urban district of Camborne-Redruth
|
Divided into eight parishes: Camborne, Carharrack, Carn Brea, Illogan, Lanner, Portreath, Redruth and St Day in 1985.[74]
|
North Cornwall (Cornwall)
|
none
|
Penwith (Cornwall)
|
former borough of Penzance
|
Parished in 1980 as Penzance[75]
|
Restormel (Cornwall)
|
former borough of St. Austell with Fowey, urban district of Newquay
|
Newquay parished as two parishes of Crantock and Newquay in 1983, part of St Austell with Fowey divided into four parishes (Fowey, Mevagissey, St Blaise and Tywardreath) in 1983;[76] remainder divided into the further four parishes of St Austell (now St Austell Town Council), Carlyon, St Austell Bay, and Pentewan Valley with effect from 1 April 2009.[77]
|
Cumbria
|
District |
Unparished area |
Changes since 1974
|
Allerdale
|
former borough of Workington
|
Parished in 1982 as Workington[78]
|
Barrow-in-Furness
|
former county borough of Barrow-in-Furness
|
Parished in 2023 as Barrow[79][80]
|
Carlisle
|
former County Borough of Carlisle
|
still unparished
|
Copeland
|
former borough of Whitehaven
|
Parished in 2015 as Whitehaven[81]
|
Eden
|
former urban district of Penrith
|
Parished in 2015 as Penrith[82]
|
South Lakeland
|
none
|
Derbyshire
|
District |
Unparished area |
Changes since 1974
|
Amber Valley
|
former urban districts of Alfreton and Heanor
|
Partly parished in 1984: Alfreton divided into three parishes: Alfreton, Somercotes and Swanwick, Riddings remained unparished; Heanor divided into four parishes: Aldercar and Langley Mill, Codnor, Heanor and Loscoe and Ironville.[83]
|
Bolsover
|
none
|
Chesterfield
|
former borough of Chesterfield
|
still unparished
|
Derby
|
all (former county borough of Derby)
|
still unparished
|
Erewash
|
former borough of Ilkeston and urban district of Long Eaton
|
Part of Long Eaton parished as Sawley in 1999.[84]
|
High Peak
|
former boroughs of Buxton and Glossop
|
still unparished
|
North East Derbyshire
|
none
|
South Derbyshire
|
former urban district of Swadlincote
|
still unparished
|
West Derbyshire (Derbyshire Dales)
|
former urban district of Matlock
|
Parts of unparished area divided into six new parishes of Bonsall, Darley Dale, Matlock Bath, Northwood and Tinkersley, South Darley and Tansley in 1980.[85] Remainder of unparished area divided into two civil parishes (Cromford and Matlock Town) in 1983.[86]
|
Devon
|
District |
Unparished area |
Changes since 1974
|
East Devon
|
former urban district of Exmouth
|
parished in 1996 as Exmouth[87]
|
Exeter
|
all (former county borough of Exeter)
|
still unparished
|
North Devon
|
none
|
Plymouth
|
all (former county borough of Plymouth)
|
still unparished
|
South Hams
|
none
|
Teignbridge
|
none
|
Tiverton (Mid Devon)
|
none
|
Torbay
|
All (former county borough of Torbay)
|
Part parished as Brixham in 2007.[88]
|
Torridge
|
Lundy Island formerly a civil parish,[89] now regarded as an unparished area.[90]
|
West Devon
|
none
|
Dorset
|
District |
Unparished area |
Changes since 1974
|
Bournemouth (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole)
|
all (former county borough of Bournemouth)
|
Holdenhurst Village created in 2013[91]
|
Christchurch (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole)
|
former borough of Christchurch
|
parishes of Christchurch and Highcliffe and Walkford[92] now exist
|
East Dorset (Dorset)
|
none
|
North Dorset (Dorset)
|
none
|
Poole (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole)
|
all (former borough of Poole)
|
still unparished
|
Purbeck (Dorset)
|
none
|
West Dorset (Dorset)
|
none
|
Weymouth and Portland (Dorset)
|
former borough of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis
|
Parished as Weymouth in 2019.[93]
|
Durham
|
District |
Unparished area |
Changes since 1974
|
Chester-le-Street (County Durham)
|
former urban district of Chester-le-Street
|
still unparished
|
Darlington
|
former county borough of Darlington
|
still unparished
|
Durham (County Durham)
|
former borough of Durham and Framwelgate
|
Parish of City of Durham formed in 2018.[94] Three areas remain unparished.
|
Derwentside (County Durham)
|
former urban districts of Consett and Stanley
|
Stanley parished in 2008.[95][96] Consett and part of Stanley still unparished.
|
Easington (County Durham)
|
former urban district of Seaham
|
Parished in 1983 as Seaham.[97]
|
Sedgefield (County Durham)
|
none
|
Teesdale (County Durham)
|
none
|
Wear Valley (County Durham)
|
former urban districts of Bishop Auckland and Crook and Willington
|
Part of former urban district parished Dene Valley and Witton-le-Wear parish in 1999.[98] Part parished as Bishop Auckland in 2007, part of Crook and Willington parished as Greater Willington in 2007.[99] Crook and part of Bishop Auckland still unparished.
|
East Sussex (The Districts of Brighton and Hove were merged to form the unitary authority of Brighton and Hove in 1996.)
|
District |
Unparished area |
Changes since 1974
|
Brighton (Brighton and Hove)
|
all (former county borough of Brighton)
|
Part parished as Rottingdean in 1995.[100]
|
Eastbourne
|
all (former county borough of Eastbourne)
|
still unparished
|
Hastings
|
all (former county borough of Hastings)
|
still unparished
|
Hove (Brighton and Hove)
|
all (former borough of Hove and urban district of Portslade-by-Sea)
|
still unparished
|
Lewes
|
former urban district of Seaford
|
Parished in 1999 as Seaford.[101]
|
Rother
|
former borough of Bexhill
|
Parished in 2021 as Bexhill-on-Sea.[102]
|
Wealden
|
none
|
Essex
|
District |
Unparished area |
Changes since 1974
|
Basildon
|
all (former urban district of Basildon)
|
Parishes of Billericay, Great Burstead and South Green, Little Burstead, Ramsden Bellhouse and Ramsden Crays created in 1996.[103] Parish of Noak Bridge formed in 2002.[104] Parish of Shotgate formed in 2007.[105] Parish of Bowers Gifford and North Benfleet formed 2010.[106] Remainder still unparished.
|
Braintree
|
former urban districts of Braintree and Bocking and Witham
|
Witham divided into three new parishes of Rivenhall, Silver End and Witham in 1982.[107] Braintree and Bocking still unparished.
|
Brentwood
|
former urban district of Brentwood
|
Part formed into two parishes of Herongate and Ingrave and West Horndon in 2002.[108]
|
Castle Point
|
all (former urban districts of Benfleet and Canvey Island)
|
Canvey Island parish formed 2007[109]
|
Chelmsford
|
former borough of Chelmsford
|
Part parished as Chelmer and Chelmsford Garden in 2023
|
Colchester
|
former borough of Colchester
|
Part parished as Myland in 1999.[110] Part of the parish of East Donyland was added to the unparished area in 2004.[111]
|
Epping Forest
|
former urban district of Chigwell
|
parished since 1996 - Buckhurst Hill, Chigwell, and Loughton
|
Harlow
|
all (former urban district of Harlow)
|
still unparished
|
Maldon
|
former urban district of Maldon
|
Divided into two parishes of Heybridge and Maldon in 1987.[112]
|
Rochford
|
former urban district of Rayleigh
|
Part parished as Rawreth in 1994.[113] Remainder parished as Rayleigh in 1996.[114]
|
Southend-on-Sea
|
all (former county borough of Southend-on-Sea)
|
Part parished as Leigh-on-Sea in 1996.[115] Remainder still unparished.
|
Tendring
|
former urban district of Clacton
|
|
Thurrock
|
all (former urban district of Thurrock)
|
still unparished
|
Uttlesford
|
none
|
Gloucestershire
|
District |
Unparished area |
Changes since 1974
|
Cotswold
|
none
|
Cheltenham
|
all (former borough of Cheltenham and urban district of Charlton Kings)
|
The unparished area was enlarged in 1991 at the same time as four civil parishes were transferred, with altered boundaries, from Tewkesbury District.[116] Charlton Kings was parished in 1995.[117] The remainder (the town of Cheltenham) remains unparished. In 2018 part of the unparished area was transferred to the parishes of Charlton Kings,[118] Leckhampton,[119] Prestbury[120] and Up Hatherley.[121]
|
Forest of Dean
|
none
|
Gloucester
|
all (former county borough of Gloucester)
|
Still unparished. (The parish of Quedgeley was transferred to Gloucester District in 1991.[116])
|
Stroud
|
former urban district of Stroud
|
Parished in 1990: Most to a new Stroud parish with parts to form a new parish of Cainscross and part transferred to existing parish of Rodborough.[122]
|
Tewkesbury
|
none
|
Greater Manchester
|
District |
Unparished area |
Changes since 1974
|
Bolton
|
the former County Borough of Bolton, borough of Farnworth, urban districts of Kearsley, Little Lever, South Turton and Westhoughton
|
Westhoughton parished in 1985.[123] Rest and part of the former Westhoughton urban district remain unparished.
|
Bury
|
all (former County Borough of Bury, boroughs of Prestwich and Radcliffe, urban districts of Tottington, Whitefield, part Ramsbottom, Affetside part of Turton)
|
still unparished
|
Manchester
|
the former county borough of Manchester
|
still unparished
|
Oldham
|
former County Borough of Oldham, urban districts of Chadderton, Crompton, Failsworth, Lees and Royton
|
Crompton parish formed in April 1987[124] and renamed to Shaw and Crompton in July 1987.[125] Other areas still unparished.
|
Rochdale
|
all (former County Borough of Rochdale, boroughs of Heywood and Middleton, urban districts of Littleborough, Milnrow and Wardle)
|
still unparished
|
Salford
|
all (former County Borough of Salford, boroughs of Eccles and Swinton and Pendlebury, urban districts of Irlam and Worsley)
|
still unparished
|
Stockport
|
all (former County Borough of Stockport, urban districts of Bredbury and Romiley, Cheadle and Gatley, Hazel Grove and Bramhall and Marple)
|
Offerton Estate parish formed in 2002,[126] renamed to Offerton Park in 2006,[127] and abolished in 2011.[128]
|
Tameside
|
all (former boroughs of Ashton-under-Lyne, Dukinfield, Hyde, Mossley, Stalybridge, urban districts of Audenshaw, Denton, Droylsden and Longdendale)
|
Mossley parish formed in 1999[129] Remainder still unparished.
|
Trafford
|
former boroughs of Altrincham, Sale, Stretford, urban districts of Bowdon, Hale, Urmston
|
still unparished
|
Wigan
|
former County Borough of Wigan, borough of Leigh, urban districts of Abram, Aspull, Ashton-in-Makerfield (part), Atherton, Billinge and Winstanley (part), Golborne (part), Hindley, Ince-in-Makerfield, Orrell, Standish with Langtree and Tyldesley
|
still unparished
|
Hampshire
|
District |
Unparished area |
Changes since 1974
|
Basingstoke and Deane
|
former borough of Basingstoke
|
still unparished.
|
Eastleigh
|
former borough of Eastleigh
|
Part parished as Bishopstoke in 1995.[130] Part parished as Allbrook[131] and as Chandler's Ford in 2010.[132][133][134] Boyatt Wood and Eastleigh Town formed in 2021.[135]
|
East Hampshire
|
none
|
Fareham
|
all (former urban district of Fareham)
|
still unparished
|
Gosport
|
all (former borough of Gosport)
|
still unparished
|
Hart
|
former urban district of Fleet
|
Divided into four parishes of Church Crookham, Elvetham Heath, Ewshot and Fleet in 2010.[136]
|
Havant
|
all (former urban district of Havant and Waterloo)
|
still unparished
|
New Forest
|
former borough of Lymington
|
Divided into four parishes: Hordle, Lymington and Pennington, Milford-on-Sea and New Milton in 1979.[137]
|
Portsmouth
|
all (former county borough of Portsmouth)
|
Southsea parish formed in 1999,[138] parish dissolved 2010 and entire district now unparished.[139][140]
|
Rushmoor
|
all (former borough of Aldershot and urban district of Farnborough)
|
still unparished
|
Southampton
|
all (former county borough of Southampton)
|
still unparished
|
Test Valley
|
former borough of Andover
|
Part parished as Charlton in 1984.[141] Part parished as Enham Alamein in 2007.[142] Remainder constituted parish of Andover in 2010.[140]
|
Winchester
|
former borough of Winchester
|
Part parished as Badger Farm in 1985.[143] Remainder still unparished.
|
Hereford and Worcester (County abolished in 1998 with some districts transferred to a reconstituted Worcestershire and some merged to form a unitary Herefordshire. Where unparished areas were transferred to new districts the name of the new district is shown in brackets.)
|
District |
Unparished area |
Changes since 1974
|
Bromsgrove |
former urban district of Bromsgrove
|
Parts constituted as five parishes: Barnt Green, Bournheath, Catshill, Finstall and Lickey in 1993.[144] Part parished as Lickey End in 2001.[145] Part of the unparished area was transferred to the existing parish of Stoke Prior in 2004.[146] The parish of Lickey End was abolished in 2011 and it and the remainder of the area remains unparished.[147]
|
Hereford (Herefordshire) |
all (former City of Hereford) |
Hereford district abolished 1998, parished 2000
|
Leominster (Herefordshire) |
none
|
Malvern Hills |
former urban district of Malvern |
Part formed into the parishes of Malvern Wells and West Malvern in 1986.[148] The remainder parished as Malvern in 1995.[149]
|
Redditch |
all (former urban district of Redditch)
|
Parish of Feckenham formed in 1983.[150] Remainder still unparished.
|
South Herefordshire (Herefordshire) |
none
|
Worcester |
former borough of Worcester
|
still unparished
|
Wychavon |
none
|
Wyre Forest |
former borough of Kidderminster
|
Kidderminster parish formed in 2016[151]
|
Hertfordshire
|
District |
Unparished area |
Changes since 1974
|
Broxbourne
|
all (former urban districts of Cheshunt and Hoddesdon)
|
still unparished
|
Dacorum
|
former borough of Hemel Hempstead
|
still unparished
|
East Hertfordshire
|
none
|
Hertsmere
|
former urban districts of Bushey and Potters Bar
|
Part of former Potters Bar UD parished as South Mimms in 2008.[152] Remainder still unparished.
|
North Hertfordshire
|
former urban districts of Baldock, Hitchin, Letchworth
|
Letchworth parished as Letchworth Garden City in 2005,[153] and abolished in 2013,[154] Baldock and Hitchin still unparished
|
St Albans
|
former borough of St Albans
|
still unparished
|
Stevenage
|
all (former urban district of Stevenage)
|
still unparished
|
Three Rivers
|
former urban district of Rickmansworth
|
Part parished as Croxley Green in 1986,[155] another part parished as Batchworth in 2017,[156] remainder still unparished.
|
Watford
|
former borough of Watford
|
still unparished
|
Welwyn Hatfield
|
former urban district of Welwyn Garden City
|
still unparished
|
Humberside (County abolished in 1996 and nine districts replaced by four unitary authorities: names of successor unitary authorities where different shown in brackets.)
|
District |
Unparished area |
Changes since 1974
|
Beverley (East Riding of Yorkshire)
|
former borough of Beverley and former urban district of Haltemprice |
Part of Haltemprice parished as Hessle in 1986.[157] Another part of Haltemprice parished as Cottingham and parish of Beverley formed in 1999.[158] Remainder of Haltemprice divided into parishes of Anlaby with Anlaby Common, Kirk Ella and Willerby in 2000.[159]
|
Boothferry (East Riding of Yorkshire / North Lincolnshire) |
former borough of Goole |
Parish formed in 1983 as Goole.[160][161]
|
Cleethorpes (North East Lincolnshire) |
former borough of Cleethorpes |
still unparished
|
Glanford (North Lincolnshire)
|
none
|
Grimsby (North East Lincolnshire) |
all (former county borough of Grimsby) |
Part parished as Great Coates in 2003.[162] Remainder still unparished.
|
Holderness (East Riding of Yorkshire) |
former urban district of Withernsea |
Parished in 1983 as Withernsea.[163][164]
|
Kingston upon Hull |
all (former county borough of Kingston upon Hull) |
still unparished
|
North Wolds renamed East Yorkshire (East Riding of Yorkshire) |
former borough of Bridlington, former urban district of Driffield |
Driffield parished in 1981,[165] Bridlington parished in 2000[159]
|
Scunthorpe (North Lincolnshire) |
all (former borough of Scunthorpe) |
still unparished
|
Isle of Wight (The two districts were abolished in 1995 and replaced by a single unitary authority.)
|
District |
Unparished area |
Changes since 1974
|
Medina
|
all (former boroughs of Newport and Ryde, urban district of Cowes)
|
Partly parished in 1985: Cowes and Gurnard parishes formed part of former Cowes Urban District, St Helens formed from part of former Borough of Ryde, Wootton formed from part of former Borough of Newport.[166][167] Part of former Borough of Ryde parished as Seaview in 1989.[167][168] East Cowes parished in 1998.[169] Part of remainder of former Borough of Ryde divided into two parishes of Fishbourne and Havenstreet and Ashey in 2006.[170] Remainder of unparished area divided into parishes of Newport, Northwood, Ryde and Whippingham in 2008.[171]
|
South Wight
|
former urban district of Sandown-Shanklin
|
Divided into three parishes of Lake, Sandown and Shanklin in 1984.[172]
|
Kent (In 1998 the districts of Gillingham and Rochester-upon-Medway were merged to form a new Medway unitary authority.)
|
District |
Unparished area |
Changes since 1974
|
Ashford
|
former urban district of Ashford
|
parishes of Kennington[173] and South Willesborough and Newtown[174] formed in 2019, remainder still unparished
|
Canterbury
|
former county borough of Canterbury and urban districts of Herne Bay and Whitstable
|
Part of Herne Bay parished as Herne & Broomfield and part of Whitstable as Chestfield in 1988.[175] Remainder still unparished.
|
Dartford
|
former borough of Dartford
|
still unparished
|
Dover
|
former boroughs of Deal and Dover
|
Part of Dover parished as River in 1987.[176] Dover parished in 1996[177] Former Borough of Deal divided into Deal[178] and Walmer[179] parishes.
|
Gillingham (Medway)
|
all (former borough of Gillingham)
|
still unparished
|
Gravesham
|
former borough of Gravesend and urban district of Northfleet
|
still unparished
|
Maidstone
|
former borough of Maidstone
|
Part parished as Tovil, with small part forming part of new parish of Downswood in 1987.[180] Remainder still unparished.
|
Medway: renamed City of Rochester-upon-Medway (Medway)
|
former boroughs of Chatham, Rochester
|
still unparished
|
Sevenoaks
|
none
|
Shepway (Folkestone and Hythe)
|
former borough of Folkestone
|
Folkestone parished in 2004[181]
|
Swale
|
former borough of Queenborough-in-Sheppey and urban district of Sittingbourne and Milton
|
Queenborough parished in 1983[182] Minster-on-Sea parished in 2003[183] Leysdown, Eastchurch and Sheerness[184][185] parishes also have been created[when?] but Halfway Houses and Sittingbourne and Milton remain unparished
|
Thanet
|
former boroughs of Margate and Ramsgate
|
Ramsgate parished in 2009[186] Birchington and parts of Manston were covered by the former Borough of Margate and are now parished, further part of former Borough of Margate parished as Westgate in 2015.[187]
|
Tonbridge and Malling
|
former urban district of Tonbridge
|
Tunbridge Wells
|
former borough of Royal Tunbridge Wells
|
Lancashire
|
District |
Unparished area |
Changes since 1974
|
Blackburn (Blackburn with Darwen)
|
former county borough of Blackburn, borough of Darwen
|
Darwen is a parish since 2009, the Hoddlesden part of Darwen borough remains unparished[188]
|
Blackpool
|
all (former county borough of Blackpool)
|
Burnley
|
former county borough of Burnley, urban district of Padiham
|
Padiham is a parish since 2002
|
Chorley
|
former borough of Chorley
|
part parished as Astley Village in 1991.[189]
|
Fylde
|
former borough of Lytham St. Anne's
|
St Anne's on the Sea was created in 2005,[190] Lytham remains unparished.
|
Hyndburn
|
former borough of Accrington, urban districts of Church, Clayton-le-Moors, Great Harwood, Oswaldtwistle and Rishton
|
Lancaster
|
former borough of Lancaster and Morecambe and Heysham
|
Morecambe parished in 2009[191] parish of Aldcliffe-with-Stodday formed in 2017[192]
|
Pendle
|
former boroughs of Colne and Nelson, urban districts of Barnoldswick, Barrowford, Brierfield, Earby, Trawden
|
entirely parished, parishes of Barnoldswick, Barrowford, Bracewell and Brogden (merger of two parishes and unparished area) and Trawden Forest formed in 1987,[193] Brierfield, Earby, Kelbrook and Sough (formerly part of Earby) and Laneshaw Bridge (formerly part of Colne) in 1992,[194] parishes of Colne and Nelson formed in 2008[195]
|
Preston
|
former County Borough of Preston, urban district of Fulwood
|
Ingol and Tanterton is a parish since 2012[196]
|
Ribble Valley
|
none
|
Rossendale
|
former boroughs of Bacup, Haslingden, Rawtenstall, urban district of Ramsbottom (part)
|
South Ribble
|
former urban districts of Leyland and Walton-le-Dale
|
West Lancashire
|
former urban districts of Ormskirk and Skelmersdale and Holland
|
Burscough, Lathom, Newburgh and Up Holland are parishes since 1983;[197] Lathom South is a parish since 2007.[198]
|
Wyre
|
former borough of Fleetwood, urban districts of Poulton-le-Fylde and Thornton Cleveleys
|
Fleetwood is a parish since 2009
|
Leicestershire
|
District |
Unparished area |
Changes since 1974
|
Blaby
|
none
|
Charnwood
|
former borough of Loughborough
|
part of the unparished area transferred to Cotes in 2019,[199] part of Woodhouse was transferred to the unparished area[200] part became part of the new parish of Stonebow Village[201]
|
former urban district of Shepshed
|
parished as Shepshed
|
Harborough
|
former urban district of Market Harborough
|
still unparished
|
Hinckley and Bosworth
|
former urban district of Hinckley
|
partly (Burbage, Earl Shilton, Stoke Golding), core Hinckley still unparished
|
Leicester
|
all (former county borough of Leicester)
|
still unparished
|
Melton
|
former urban district of Melton Mowbray
|
still unparished
|
North West Leicestershire
|
former urban district of Coalville
|
Ellistown and Battleflat created from part of former Coalville UD,[when?][citation needed] Whitwick created in 2011,[202] otherwise remains unparished
|
Oadby and Wigston
|
all (former urban districts of Oadby and Wigston)
|
still unparished
|
Rutland
|
none
|
Lincolnshire
|
District |
Unparished area |
Changes since 1974
|
Boston
|
former borough of Boston
|
East Lindsey
|
none
|
Lincoln
|
all (former county borough of Lincoln)
|
North Kesteven
|
none
|
South Holland
|
former urban district of Spalding
|
South Kesteven
|
former borough of Grantham
|
parish of Grantham formed in 2024[203]
|
West Lindsey
|
former urban district of Gainsborough
|
parish of Gainsborough formed in 1992[204]
|
Merseyside
|
District |
Unparished area |
Changes since 1974
|
Knowsley
|
former urban districts of Huyton with Roby, Kirkby and Prescot
|
Parish of Prescot formed in 1983,[205] parish of Tarbock abolished in 2014.[206]
|
Liverpool
|
all (former county borough of Liverpool)
|
still unparished
|
St Helens
|
former county borough of St Helens, urban districts of Haydock and Newton-le-Willows
|
Sefton
|
former county boroughs of Bootle and Southport, borough of Crosby, urban districts of Formby and Litherland
|
Hightown created from part of former Crosby borough in 2000,[207] and Formby parished in 2004.[208]
|
Wirral
|
all (former county boroughs of Birkenhead and Wallasey, borough of Bebington, urban districts of Hoylake and Wirral)
|
still unparished
|
Norfolk
|
District |
Unparished area |
Changes since 1974
|
Breckland
|
none
|
Broadland
|
none
|
Great Yarmouth
|
former county borough of Great Yarmouth
|
North Norfolk
|
none
|
Norwich
|
all (former county borough of Norwich)
|
South Norfolk
|
none
|
West Norfolk (King's Lynn and West Norfolk)
|
former borough of King's Lynn
|
North Yorkshire
|
District |
Unparished area |
Changes since 1974
|
Craven
|
none
|
Hambleton
|
none
|
Harrogate
|
former borough of Harrogate
|
Parish of Pannal and Burn Bridge formed 2016[209]
|
Richmondshire
|
none
|
Ryedale
|
none
|
Scarborough
|
former borough of Scarborough
|
Eastfield parish created in 1999, rest of former borough remains unparished
|
Selby
|
none
|
York
|
all (former county borough of York)
|
added parishes in Ryedale, Selby and Harrogate districts in 1996, original area still unparished
|
Northamptonshire
|
District |
Unparished area |
Changes since 1974
|
Corby (North Northamptonshire)
|
former urban district of Corby
|
Parished as Corby in 2021.[210]
|
Daventry (West Northamptonshire)
|
former borough of Daventry
|
parished as Daventry in 2003
|
East Northamptonshire (North Northamptonshire)
|
former urban district of Rushden
|
parished as Rushden
|
Kettering (North Northamptonshire)
|
former borough of Kettering
|
Parished as Kettering Town in 2021.[211]
|
Northampton (West Northamptonshire)
|
former county borough of Northampton
|
parished in 2020 as Far Cotton and Delapre, Kingsthorpe and Northampton[212]
|
South Northamptonshire (West Northamptonshire)
|
none
|
Wellingborough (North Northamptonshire)
|
former urban district of Wellingborough
|
parished as Wellingborough[213]
|
Northumberland
|
District |
Unparished area |
Changes since 1974
|
Alnwick
|
none
|
Berwick-upon-Tweed
|
former borough of Berwick-upon-Tweed
|
parished as Berwick-upon-Tweed in 2008
|
Blyth Valley
|
all (former borough of Blyth, part of Whitley Bay, part of urban district of Seaton Valley)
|
parishes of Blyth[214] and Seaton Valley formed in 2009[215]
|
Castle Morpeth
|
former borough of Morpeth
|
parished as Morpeth in 1984
|
Tynedale
|
none
|
Wansbeck
|
all (former urban districts of Ashington, Bedlingtonshire and Newbiggin-by-the-Sea)
|
parishes of Ashington, Newbiggin by the Sea, North Bedlington (now Choppington),[216] East Bedlington and West Bedlington formed in 2009[217]
|
Nottinghamshire
|
District |
Unparished area |
Changes since 1974
|
Ashfield
|
former urban districts of Hucknall, Kirkby in Ashfield and Sutton in Ashfield
|
still unparished
|
Bassetlaw
|
former boroughs of East Retford and Worksop
|
Civil parishes of Clumber and Hardwick, Rhodesia and Shireoaks created. East Retford and the remainder of Worksop remain unparished.
|
Broxtowe
|
former urban district of Beeston and Stapleford
|
Stapleford parished in 1987; Beeston, Chilwell, Toton, Attenborough and Bramcote remain unparished
|
Gedling
|
former urban districts of Arnold and Carlton
|
Civil parish of Colwick created. Arnold and the remainder of Carlton remain unparished.
|
Mansfield
|
former borough of Mansfield and urban district of Mansfield Woodhouse
|
still unparished
|
Newark (Newark and Sherwood)
|
former borough of Newark
|
Civil parish of Newark created (1980).[218]
|
Nottingham
|
all (former county borough of Nottingham)
|
still unparished
|
Rushcliffe
|
former urban district of West Bridgford
|
still unparished
|
Oxfordshire
|
District |
Unparished area |
Changes since 1974
|
Cherwell
|
former borough of Banbury
|
parished in 2000 as Banbury[219]
|
Oxford
|
all (former county borough of Oxford)
|
majority still unparished: four parishes formed: Blackbird Leys (1990), Littlemore, Old Marston, Risinghurst and Sandhills
|
South Oxfordshire
|
none
|
Vale of White Horse
|
none
|
West Oxfordshire
|
none
|
Shropshire
|
Pre-2009 District |
Unparished area |
Changes since 1974
|
Bridgnorth
|
none
|
North Shropshire
|
none
|
Oswestry
|
none
|
Shrewsbury and Atcham
|
former borough of Shrewsbury
|
parished in 2008 as Shrewsbury
|
South Shropshire
|
none
|
Wrekin (Telford and Wrekin)
|
former urban districts of Dawley, Oakengates and Wellington
|
now entirely parished
|
Somerset
|
District |
Unparished area |
Changes since 1974
|
Mendip
|
none
|
Sedgemoor
|
former borough of Bridgwater
|
parished in 2003 as Bridgwater
|
Taunton Deane (Somerset West and Taunton)
|
former borough of Taunton
|
parish of Taunton created in 2023[220]
|
West Somerset (Somerset West and Taunton)
|
former urban district of Minehead
|
parish of Minehead created in 1986[221]
|
Yeovil (South Somerset)
|
former borough of Yeovil
|
parish of Yeovil created in 1982[222]
|
South Yorkshire
|
District |
Unparished area |
Changes since 1974
|
Barnsley
|
former county borough of Barnsley, urban districts of Cudworth, Darfield, Darton, Dearne, Dodworth, Hoyland Nether, Royston, Wombwell and Worsborough
|
Brierley parish abolished in 2016[223]
|
Doncaster
|
former county borough of Doncaster, urban districts of Adwick le Street, Bentley with Arksey, Conisbrough and Mexborough
|
Rotherham
|
former county borough of Rotherham, urban districts of Maltby, Rawmarsh, Swinton and Wath upon Dearne
|
Maltby parished 2000
|
Sheffield
|
former county borough of Sheffield
|
still unparished
|
Staffordshire
|
District |
Unparished area |
Changes since 1974
|
Cannock Chase
|
former urban districts of Cannock and Rugeley
|
Rugeley and Hednesford now parished, Rawnsley part of Cannock still unparished
|
East Staffordshire
|
former county borough of Burton upon Trent
|
2003, to various parishes
|
Lichfield
|
former borough of Lichfield
|
parished in 1980 as Lichfield
|
Newcastle-under-Lyme
|
former borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme
|
South Staffordshire
|
none
|
Stafford
|
former borough of Stafford
|
Staffordshire Moorlands
|
none
|
Stoke-on-Trent
|
all (former county borough of Stoke-on-Trent)
|
Tamworth
|
all (former borough of Tamworth)
|
Suffolk
|
District |
Unparished area |
Changes since 1974
|
Babergh
|
none
|
Ipswich
|
all (former county borough of Ipswich)
|
still unparished
|
Mid Suffolk
|
none
|
Forest Heath (West Suffolk)
|
former urban district of Newmarket
|
parished in 1999 as Newmarket and Exning
|
St Edmundsbury (West Suffolk)
|
former borough of Bury St Edmunds and urban district of Haverhill
|
Hardwick abolished in 1988 and became unparished[224] Haverhill parished in 1989, Bury St Edmunds (also covering the former Hardwick parish) parished in 2003
|
Suffolk Coastal (East Suffolk)
|
none
|
Waveney (East Suffolk)
|
former borough of Lowestoft
|
parishes of Lowestoft and Oulton Broad formed in 2017[225]
|
Surrey
|
District |
Unparished area |
Changes since 1974
|
Elmbridge
|
all (former urban districts of Esher and Walton and Weybridge)
|
one parish (Claygate) created in 2000
|
Epsom and Ewell
|
all (former borough of Epsom and Ewell)
|
Guildford
|
former borough of Guildford
|
Mole Valley
|
former urban districts of Dorking and Leatherhead
|
Reigate and Banstead
|
former borough of Reigate and urban district of Banstead
|
|
Runnymede
|
all (former urban districts of Chertsey and Egham)
|
still unparished
|
Spelthorne
|
all (former urban districts of Staines and Sunbury)
|
still unparished
|
Surrey Heath
|
former urban district of Frimley and Camberley
|
still unparished
|
Tandridge
|
former urban district of Caterham and Warlingham
|
entirely parished in 2000
|
Waverley
|
former urban district of Farnham
|
parished as Farnham
|
Woking
|
all (former urban district of Woking)
|
Byfleet parish created in 1989[226] and abolished 2010[227]
|
Tyne and Wear
|
District |
Unparished area |
Changes since 1974
|
Gateshead
|
former county borough of Gateshead, urban districts of Blaydon, Felling, Ryton and Whickham
|
still unparished. parish of Birtley became unparished in 2006
|
Newcastle upon Tyne
|
former county borough of Newcastle upon Tyne, urban districts of Gosforth and Newburn
|
a Blakelaw and North Fenham parish set up in 2001, rest remains unparished
|
North Tyneside
|
all (former county borough of Tynemouth, boroughs of Wallsend and Whitley Bay (part), urban districts of Longbenton, Seaton Valley (part))
|
still unparished
|
South Tyneside
|
all (former county borough of South Shields, borough of Jarrow, urban districts of Boldon and Hebburn)
|
still unparished
|
Sunderland
|
former County Borough of Sunderland, urban districts of Houghton-le-Spring and Washington
|
still unparished
|
Warwickshire
|
District |
Unparished area |
Changes since 1974
|
North Warwickshire
|
none
|
Nuneaton (Nuneaton and Bedworth)
|
all (former borough of Nuneaton, urban district of Bedworth)
|
Rugby
|
former borough of Rugby
|
Stratford-on-Avon
|
none
|
Warwick
|
former borough of Royal Leamington Spa
|
2002
|
West Midlands
|
District |
Unparished area |
Changes since 1974
|
Birmingham |
all (former county borough of Birmingham and borough of Sutton Coldfield) |
New Frankley in Birmingham parish created in 2000 from land prior to 1995 in Bromsgrove district, Sutton Coldfield parish formed in 2016[228]
|
Coventry |
former county borough of Coventry |
parish of Finham formed in 2016[229]
|
Dudley |
all (former county borough of Dudley and boroughs of Halesowen and Stourbridge |
still unparished
|
Sandwell |
all (former county boroughs of West Bromwich and Warley) |
still unparished
|
Solihull |
former county borough of Solihull |
part of the unparished area transferred to Hampton in Arden in 2019[230]
|
Walsall |
all (former county borough of Walsall and urban district of Aldridge-Brownhills)
|
Wolverhampton |
all (former county borough of Wolverhampton) |
still unparished
|
West Sussex
|
District |
Unparished area |
Changes since 1974
|
Adur
|
former urban districts of Shoreham-by-Sea and Southwick
|
still unparished
|
Arun
|
former urban districts of Bognor Regis and Littlehampton
|
both parished as Bognor Regis and Littlehampton
|
Chichester
|
none
|
Crawley
|
all (former urban district of Crawley)
|
Horsham
|
former urban district of Horsham
|
still unparished
|
Mid Sussex
|
former urban district of Cuckfield
|
Cuckfield parished
|
Worthing
|
all (former borough of Worthing)
|
still unparished
|
West Yorkshire
|
District |
Unparished area |
Changes since 1974
|
Bradford
|
former county borough of Bradford, borough of Keighley, urban districts of Baildon, Bingley and Shipley, Queensbury and Shelf (part)
|
Keighley parished in 2002, various parts of former county borough parished in 2004 as Clayton, Sandy Lane, Wilsden and Wrose.[231] Trident parish also created from part of Former county borough in 2009.[232][233] Parishes of Baildon and Harden formed in 2007.[234] Bingley and Shipley[235] now parished.[236][when?]
|
Calderdale
|
former county borough of Halifax, borough of Brighouse, urban districts of Elland and Sowerby Bridge, Queensbury and Shelf (part)
|
part parished as Stainland and District in 2018, rest still unparished
|
Kirklees
|
former county boroughs of Dewsbury and Huddersfield, boroughs of Batley and Spenborough, urban districts of Colne Valley, Heckmondwike and Mirfield
|
Mirfield parish created 1988,[237] rest still unparished
|
Leeds
|
former county borough of Leeds, boroughs of Morley and Pudsey, urban districts of Aireborough, Garforth, Horsforth, Rothwell and former parish of Ledston
|
various parishes created. Morley parish does not include some areas that had been in the pre-1974 borough Parishes of Allerton Bywater and Horsforth formed in 1999.[238] Parish of Rawdon formed in 2012 from part of Aireborough.[239] Ledston parish abolished[240]
|
Wakefield
|
former county borough of Wakefield, boroughs of Castleford, Ossett and Pontefract, urban districts of Horbury, Knottingley, Stanley and former parish of Wintersett
|
Wintersett parish abolished in 2023[241]
|
Wiltshire
|
District |
Unparished area |
Changes since 1974
|
Kennet (Wiltshire)
|
none
|
North Wiltshire (Wiltshire)
|
none
|
Salisbury (Wiltshire)
|
former borough of Salisbury (New Sarum)
|
parished in 2009 as Salisbury
|
Thamesdown (Swindon)
|
former borough of Swindon
|
parished with effect from 1 April 2017[242]
|
West Wiltshire (Wiltshire)
|
none
|