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    A parish council is a civil local authority found in England, which is the lowest tier of local government. They are elected corporate bodies, with variable...
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    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...
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  • Parish council may refer to: Pastoral council (Catholic Church) Parish councils in England Civil parishes in Scotland Parochial church council This disambiguation...
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    government in England broadly consists of three layers: civil parishes, local authorities, and regional authorities. Every part of England is governed by...
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    was rising, the parish council was abolished in 1926 and the parish was removed from the rural district. On 1 April 1926 the parish of Hornchurch became...
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    Handforth Town Council is the civil parish council of Handforth, Cheshire, England. Following the Local Government Act 1894 Handford Parish Council was established...
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    Braunstone is a town and civil parish in the district of Blaby in Leicestershire, England. At the 2011 census the population of the town was 16,850. Braunstone...
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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...
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  • charter trustees. Since 1 April 1974 any parish council in England has the right to resolve to call itself a town council and many communities have taken up...
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    parish is the most local unit of government in England. A parish is governed by a parish council or parish meeting, which exercises a limited number of...
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    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...
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    the main parish church. In England civil parishes and their governing parish councils evolved in the 19th century as ecclesiastical parishes began to...
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    rural areas outside the main settlement proper. In England, the status sometimes applies to civil parishes, such as the city of Ripon; though the status may...
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    the council. Before the establishment of districts in the 1890s, the basic unit of local government in England was the parish, overseen by the parish church...
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  • A community council is a public representative body in Great Britain. In England they may be statutory parish councils by another name, under the Local...
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  • Merton (redirect from Merton Parish Council)
    London (parish) Merton (electoral division), Greater London Council Merton, Devon, a village, ecclesiastical parish, former manor and civil parish Merton...
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  • this case with three tiers of local government, it has a parish council rather than a town council. Also, it has a village hall instead of a town hall. All...
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    community level, much of England is divided into civil parishes with their own councils; in Greater London only one such parish, Queen's Park, exists as...
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    over by a bishop. Within each diocese are local parishes. The General Synod of the Church of England is the legislative body for the church and comprises...
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  • the Elstree Parish Council, the local council is Elstree and Borehamwood Town Council. One of the most populous civil parishes in England, at the 2021...
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    by the Tory prime minister Lord Salisbury established county councils throughout England and Wales, covering areas known as administrative counties. Many...
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    Aylesbury (redirect from Aylesbury, England)
    South East England branch. There are two tiers of local government covering the town, at parish and unitary authority level: Aylesbury Town Council, based...
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    11.5 miles (18.5 km) east of Charing Cross. It was historically a rural parish in the Becontree Hundred of Essex, stretching from Hainault Forest in the...
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  • Stephen Parish (born 18 July 1965) is an English businessman who is the co-owner and chairman of the Premier League's Crystal Palace F.C. Parish was born...
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    (/ˈkɛnɪlwərθ/ KEN-il-wərth) is a market town and civil parish in the Warwick District in Warwickshire, England, 6 miles (10 km) south-west of Coventry and 5 miles...
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  • commissioners in England and Wales. And it also doesn't include the thousands of parish/local councils of England, community councils of Scotland and community...
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    Castle Combe (category Civil parishes in Wiltshire)
    Castle Combe is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. The village is around 5 miles (8 km) north-west of Chippenham and 10 miles (16 km) north-east...
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  • being some of the most populous civil parishes in England, among the smallest cities. The first civil parish councils were created in 1894, mostly in rural...
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    Mapperton (category Civil parishes in Dorset)
    civil parish in Dorset, England, 3 miles (4.8 km) south-east of Beaminster. Dorset County Council estimated that the population of the parish was 60...
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    Pinner (redirect from Pinner Parish Council)
    "Conservation". Harrow Council. Retrieved 26 October 2020. "THE VICTORY PUBLIC HOUSE, Non Civil Parish – 1286035 | Historic England". historicengland.org...
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