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Abbey, Renfrewshire

Abbey or sometimes Abbey Paisley is a civil parish in Renfrewshire, Scotland traditionally centred on the towns of Paisley and Johnstone and including the smaller settlements of Elderslie, Inkerman, Hurlet, Nitshill, the Dovecothall area of Barrhead, and the hamlets of Thorn and Quarrelton, now subsumed into Johnstone.

Afife

It is neighbours include the civil parish of Vila Praia de Âncora (municipality of Caminha) and Freixieiro de Soutelo (in the municipality of Viana do Castelo) to the north; the parish of Carreço, and a small area of the parish of Areosa, (within the municipality of Viana do Castelo) to the south; the parish of Outeiro to the east; and fronting the Atlantic Ocean in the west.

Asgarby and Howell

Asgarby and Howell is a civil parish in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England, consisting of the villages of Asgarby and Howell.

Barlby

Across the bypass is Barlby's smaller sister village, Osgodby with which it forms the civil parish of Barlby with Osgodby.

Barton in the Beans

Barton in the Beans is a hamlet in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of Leicestershire, England and forms part of the Shackerstone civil parish.

Bedwellty

On 19 June 1874, Ebbw Vale, Rhymney and Tredegar local boards of health and local government districts were formed, each including parts of the civil parish.

Britwell

A civil parish was established at that point for the part of the estate that had previously lain in the Burnham civil parish.

Burton Overy

Burton Overy is a civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, about nine miles south-east of Leicester city centre, and not far from Great Glen.

Butlers Marston

Butlers Marston is a village and civil parish on the River Dene in south-eastern Warwickshire, England.

Carrickmore

The townland of Carrickmore is situated in the historic barony of Omagh East and the civil parish of Termonmaguirk and covers an area of 915 acres.

Charsfield

A Civil Parish in East Anglia, Charsfield was famously used as one of the key locations in the 1974 film Akenfield, based loosely upon the book Akenfield: Portrait of an English Village by the historian Ronald Blythe (1969).

Cholderton

Cholderton, or more properly West Cholderton, is a village and civil parish in the Bourne Valley of Wiltshire, England.

Church of All Saints, Sutton Bingham

The Church of All Saints in Sutton Bingham in the civil parish of Closworth, Somerset, England dates from the 12th and 13th centuries and has been designated as a Grade I listed building.

Cockayne, North Yorkshire

It is the largest settlement in the civil parish of Bransdale, in the North York Moors national park, near the village of Chop Gate (3 miles, 5 km as the crow flies, though much further by road.)

Donyarth

He is thought to be the 'Doniert' recorded on an inscription on King Doniert's Stone, a 9th-century cross shaft which stands in St Cleer parish in Cornwall, although he is not given any title in the inscription.

Duck's Cross

The settlement forms part of the Colmworth civil parish, though Duck's Cross is located nearer to the villages of Wilden, and Colesden.

Dunton Green

Dunton Green is a small village (forming a northern suburb of Sevenoaks) and civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England, lying in the valley of the River Darent, three miles north of Sevenoaks.

Edenthorpe

Edenthorpe is a village and civil parish in the east of the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster in the English county of South Yorkshire.

Elloughton

It is conjoined with Brough that lies to the south-east, with which it forms the civil parish of Elloughton-cum-Brough.

Felbridge

Felbridge is a village and civil parish in the Tandridge district of Surrey with a playing field and Felbridge Nurseries within its focal area, narrowly in West Sussex.

Fisherton Delamere

Fisherton Delamere, also spelt Fisherton de la Mere and Fisherton Delamare, is a small village and former civil parish on the River Wylye, Wiltshire, England.

The civil parish, was extinguished in 1934, when Fisherton was transferred to Wylye, and Bapton to Stockton.

Frenchay

Frenchay is a village, now part of Bristol, England, to the north east of the city, but located mainly in South Gloucestershire and the Civil Parish of Winterbourne.

Hardwell Castle

It is situated in the civil parish of Compton Beauchamp in the Vale of White Horse, very close to the small settlements of both Compton Beauchamp and Knighton, 2 miles from Uffington and 1 mile from the hilltop Uffington Castle.

Hawkenbury, Tunbridge Wells

Hawkenbury was settled before Tunbridge Wells itself was founded in the 17th century, and at one time fell within the parish of Frant, lying as it then did in Sussex.

Hinton Ampner

Hinton Ampner House is a stately home with gardens within the civil parish of Bramdean and Hinton Ampner, near Alresford, Hampshire, England.

Keld, Cumbria

On the banks of the River Lowther it is a mile southwest of Shap and falls within that village's civil parish, Shap Abbey is nearby.

Kempston

Kempston Rural remains a civil parish and is part of Turvey Ward for borough election purposes.

Kennet Valley Alderwoods

Kennet Valley Alderwoods is a 56.8 hectare (140.35 acre) Site of Special Scientific Interest in the civil parishes of Welford and Speen in the English county of Berkshire, notified in 1997.

Kirkstead

Kirkstead Wharfs was absorbed by the encroaching civil parish of Woodhall Spa in 1894, and the rest was incorporated into it in 1987, so that Kirkstead is now the western part of Woodhall Spa between the village centre and the River Witham.

Leverton, Berkshire

Leverton was the Berkshire part of the civil parish of Chilton Foliat which was half in Wiltshire and half in Berkshire, until transferred to Hungerford parish in the 1890s.

Lifton, Devon

Lifton is a village and civil parish in Devon, South West England near the confluence of the rivers Wolf and Lyd, 1¼ miles south of the A30 trunk road and very near the border between Devon and Cornwall.

Loch Veyatie

The boundary between Ross-shire and Sutherland (and therefore between the parishes of Lochbroom and Assynt) runs the length of the loch.

Manchester Jewish Museum

The synagogue was completed in 1874 but the building became redundant through the migration of the Jewish population away from the Cheetham area further north to Prestwich and Whitefield.

Mawgan Porth

Mawgan Porth is in the civil parish of Mawgan-in-Pydar at the seaward end of the Vale of Lanherne (or Vale of Mawgan) where the River Menalhyl discharges into the sea.

Mitchell's Fold

Mitchell's Fold (sometimes called Medgel's Fold or Madges Pinfold) is a Bronze Age stone circle in South-West Shropshire, located near the small village of White Grit on dry heathland at the south-west end of Stapeley Hill in the civil parish of Chirbury with Brompton, at a height of 1083 ft (330m) o.d.

North Shoebury

North Shoebury was, until 1 October 1933, additionally a civil parish; on this date it was abolished and administration split between Southend-on-Sea and Great Wakering parishes.

Oxenford Farm

Oxenford Farm was formerly an abbey farm, a dependency of Waverley Abbey in the civil parish of Milford, Surrey, England, with several listed buildings around a courtyard, including three by Augustus Pugin.

Pousada of D. Maria

The Pousada of D. Maria is part of the Pousadas de Portugal network of lodgings, housed in the historical servants quarters/annex of the Queluz National Palace, located in the civil parish of Queluz in the municipality of Sintra in the Portuguese sub-region of Greater Lisbon.

Rowledge

Rowledge had a Civil Parish, covering the area within Surrey, now forms part of the Waverley ward of Wrecclesham and Rowledge.

Royal Militia of the Island of Jersey

Around 1730, it was divided into five regiments, based on the Parishes of the island, the 4th Regiment (that of the parishes of Saint Lawrence and Saint Helier) consisting of two battalions.

Sefton, Merseyside

From 1997 until 2010 the village and civil parish of Sefton was part of the Knowsley North and Sefton East constituency represented by George Howarth, a Labour Party MP.

St Chad's Chapel, Tushingham

St Chad's Chapel, Tushingham is in the scattered community of Tushingham in the civil parish of Tushingham cum Grindley, Cheshire, England.

Stoke Charity

Stoke Charity is a small village that lies within the Wonston civil parish in the City of Winchester district of Hampshire, England.

Wixenford

Wixenford is an area of the civil parish of Wokingham Without in which Ludgrove School stands.

Wykeham, Weston, Lincolnshire

Wykeham is a deserted medieval village in the civil parish of Weston, and the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England.

Wylye, Wiltshire

Wylye is a village and civil parish on the River Wylye in Wiltshire, England.


see also

Albrighton

Albrighton, Bridgnorth, a large village and civil parish in Shropshire, England, north-west of Wolverhampton

Altham

Altham, Lancashire, a village and a civil parish in the Hyndburn district of Lancashire, England

Aspall

Aspall, Suffolk, a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk, England

Bayford

Bayford, Hertfordshire, a village and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England

Bentley with Arksey

The civil parish was formed in 1866 by the grouping of the two townships of Arksey and Bentley.

Boxted

Boxted, Essex, a village and civil parish in the Colchester district of Essex, England

Brington

Brington, Northamptonshire, the civil parish in the Daventry district of Northamptonshire, England

Cacela

Cacela Velha, a village also located in the same civil parish.

Calore

Calore, an Italian civil parish of the municipalities of Venticano (AV) and Mirabella Eclano (AV)

Castel Lagopesole

Castel Lagopesole, or simply Lagopesole, is a civil parish (frazione) of the municipality (comune) of Avigliano, in Basilicata, southern Italy.

Cholesbury-cum-St Leonards

Governance for the civil parish is administered through a parish council.

Clifton, Cumbria

The civil parish of Clifton has its western boundary defined by the River Lowther, to the north and east lie the civil parishes of Brougham and Great Strickland, to the south is the civil parish of Lowther.

Colyford

It is adjacent to the town of Colyton to the north and lies within its civil parish boundaries.

County Borough of Warley

This was united as the civil parish of Warley in 1884, but later divided between the boroughs of Oldbury and Smethwick (Warley Woods).

Farnborough

Farnborough, Warwickshire, a village and civil parish in the English county of Warwickshire

Farnley

Farnley, North Yorkshire, a village and civil parish in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England, near Otley, West Yorkshire

Feock

Feock, Cornwall, a village and civil parish south of Truro in Cornwall, United Kingdom

Giesteira

Giesteira is located northeast of the Póvoa de Varzim City Center and subdivided by the parishes of Póvoa de Varzim Parish and Beiriz, most of its land area belongs to Beiriz civil parish.

Gransden

Great Gransden, civil parish and village in the Huntingdonshire district of Cambridgeshire, England

Hammerton

Green Hammerton, village and civil parish in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire

Kirk Hammerton, village and civil parish in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire

Hardres

Lower Hardres, a village and civil parish near Canterbury, Kent, England

Hensall

Hensall, North Yorkshire, a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England

Hever

Hever, Kent, a village and civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England

High Cross, Cornwall

High Cross, Constantine is a hamlet in the Civil Parish of Constantine, Kerrier.

Kelk

Kelk, East Riding of Yorkshire, a civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England

Keyham

Keyham, Leicestershire, a village and civil parish in Leicestershire, England

Kingston, Sussex

Kingston by Ferring, a civil parish in the Arun district of West Sussex

Kingston near Lewes, a village and civil parish in the Lewes district of East Sussex

Longlevens

Wotton St. Mary (Without), save for a few acres given to Barnwood and Churchdown, was included with parts of Barnwood, Churchdown, and Hucclecote in the new civil parish of Longlevens, north-east of Gloucester.

Loweswater, Cumbria

The civil parish of Loweswater covers a considerable area around the village, and is bordered on its eastern side by the western shore of Crummock Water and by the River Cocker.

Lyneham

Lyneham, Oxfordshire, a village and civil parish in Oxfordshire, England

Mablethorpe and Sutton

In 1894 the Civil Parish of Mablethorpe was included in Louth Rural District but in 1896 was created as an urban district in Lincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey.

Manadas

Located 15 kilometres from the municipal seat of Velas, on the municipalities southern border with (Calheta); it is delimited by the São Jorge Channel (on the southern coast), the civil parish of Urzelina (along the Ribeira Large) and the ridge of Pico da Esperança (in the civil parish of Norte Grande.

Marden Ash

Marden Ash is an urban settlement in the Ongar civil parish of the Epping Forest District in Essex, contiguous with the small town of Chipping Ongar.

Matravers

Worth Matravers, village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset

Overy

Burnham Overy, a civil parish on the north coast of Norfolk, England

Ridley, Cheshire

The River Weaver runs north–south through the west of the civil parish and the River Gowy runs east–west along part of its northern border.

Shepton

Shepton Mallet, small rural town and civil parish in the Mendip district of Somerset, England

Sot's Hole

Metheringham, a village and civil parish in Lincolnshire, England

St Issey

Trelow Downs, to the south of the civil parish, is designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest for the dry and wet heaths, valley mires and scrub.

Tamlaght, County Fermanagh

It is part of the Derryvullan Civil Parish and St Michael's Catholic Parish which lie in the Diocese of Clogher.

The Littletons

North and Middle Littleton, a civil parish containing the villages of North and Middle Littleton

Thirkleby, Kirby Grindalythe

Thirkleby is a hamlet in the civil parish of Kirby Grindalythe, Ryedale, North Yorkshire, England.

Trussell

Marston Trussell, village and civil parish in Northamptonshire in England

Whorlton

Whorlton, North Yorkshire, a hamlet and civil parish in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England

Willerby

Willerby, North Yorkshire, a small village and civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire

Yealands

Yealand Redmayne, a village and civil parish in the English county of Lancashire