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History [ edit ]
Parishes arose from Church of England divisions, and were originally purely ecclesiastical divisions. Over time they acquired civil administration powers.[1]
The Highways Act 1555 made parishes responsible for the upkeep of roads. Every adult inhabitant of the parish was obliged to work four days a year on the roads, providing their own tools, carts and horses; the work was overseen by an unpaid local appointee, the Surveyor of Highways .[2]
The poor were looked after by the monasteries , until their dissolution . In 1572, magistrates were given power to 'survey the poor' and impose taxes for their relief. This system was made more formal by the Poor Law Act 1601 , which made parishes responsible for administering the Poor Law ; overseers were appointed to charge a rate to support the poor of the parish.[3] Poor Law powers were transferred to Poor Law Unions .[4] Public Health Act 1872 grouped parishes into Rural Sanitary Districts, based on the Poor Law Unions; these subsequently formed the basis for Rural Districts .[5]
Parishes were run by vestries , meeting annually to appoint officials, and were generally identical to ecclesiastical parishes,[6] townships in large parishes administered the Poor Law themselves; under the Divided Parishes and Poor Law Amendment Act 1882 , all extra-parochial areas and townships that levied a separate rate became independent civil parishes.[7]
Civil parishes in their modern sense date from the Local Government Act 1894 , which abolished vestries ; established elected parish councils in all rural parishes with more than 300 electors; grouped rural parishes into Rural Districts; and aligned parish boundaries with county and borough boundaries.[7] Urban District , Municipal Borough or County Borough in which they were situated; many large towns contained a number of parishes, and these were usually merged into one. Parish councils were not formed in urban areas, and the only function of the parish was to elect guardians to Poor Law Unions; with the abolition of the Poor Law system in 1930 the parishes had only a nominal existence.[8]
The Local Government Act 1972 retained civil parishes in rural areas, and many former Urban Districts and Municipal Boroughs that were being abolished, were replaced by new successor parishes; urban areas that were considered too large to be single parishes became unparished areas .[9]
The current position [ edit ]
Recent governments have encouraged the formation of town and parish councils in unparished areas, and the Local Government and Rating Act 1997 gave local residents the right to demand the creation of a new civil parish.[10]
A parish council can become a town council unilaterally, simply by resolution;[9] city status , but only if that is granted by the Crown .[9] mayor .[9] Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 introduced alternative names: a parish council can now choose to be called a community; village; or neighbourhood council.[11]
Civil parishes with town status
List of civil parishes and unparished areas [ edit ]
Image
Name
Status
Population (2001 census)
District
Former local authority
Refs
Binfield Civil parish
7,475
Bracknell Forest Easthampstead [12] [13]
Bracknell Town
50,131
Bracknell Forest Easthampstead [12] [13]
Crowthorne Civil parish
6,711
Bracknell Forest Easthampstead [12] [13]
Sandhurst Town
20,803
Bracknell Forest Easthampstead [12] [13]
Warfield Civil parish
9,226
Bracknell Forest Easthampstead [12] [13]
Winkfield Civil parish
15,271
Bracknell Forest Easthampstead [12] [13]
Reading Unparished area
143,096
Reading Reading County Borough [14] [15]
Britwell Civil parish
5,989
Slough Eton [16] [17] [18]
Colnbrook with Poyle Civil parish
5,408
Slough Eton [16] [17] [19]
Slough Unparished area
103,428
Slough Slough Municipal Borough [20] [21]
Wexham Court Civil parish
4,242
Slough Eton [16] [17] [18]
Aldermaston Civil parish
927
West Berkshire Bradfield [22] [23]
Aldworth Civil parish
308
West Berkshire Wantage [24] [23]
Ashampstead Civil parish
398
West Berkshire Bradfield [22] [23]
Basildon Civil parish
1,559
West Berkshire Bradfield [22] [23]
Beech Hill Civil parish
311
West Berkshire Bradfield [22] [23]
Beedon Civil parish
393
West Berkshire Wantage [24] [23]
Beenham Civil parish
1,175
West Berkshire Bradfield [22] [23]
Boxford Civil parish
466
West Berkshire Newbury [25] [23]
Bradfield Civil parish
2,172
West Berkshire Bradfield [22] [23]
Brightwalton Civil parish
322
West Berkshire Wantage [24] [23]
Brimpton Civil parish
613
West Berkshire Newbury [25] [23]
Bucklebury Civil parish
2,066
West Berkshire Bradfield [22] [23]
Burghfield Civil parish
5,894
West Berkshire Bradfield [22] [23]
Catmore Civil parish
28 West Berkshire Wantage [24] [23]
Chaddleworth Civil parish
482
West Berkshire Wantage [24] [23]
Chieveley Civil parish
2,710
West Berkshire Newbury [25] [23]
Cold Ash Civil parish
3,623
West Berkshire Newbury [25] [23]
Combe Civil parish
38 West Berkshire Hungerford [23] [26]
Compton Civil parish
1,521
West Berkshire Wantage [24] [23]
East Garston Civil parish
532
West Berkshire Hungerford [26] [23]
East Ilsley Civil parish
519
West Berkshire Wantage [24] [23]
Enborne Civil parish
492
West Berkshire Newbury [25] [23]
Englefield Civil parish
303
West Berkshire Bradfield [22] [23]
Farnborough Civil parish
100
West Berkshire Wantage [24] [23]
Fawley Civil parish
172
West Berkshire Wantage [24] [23]
Frilsham Civil parish
321
West Berkshire Bradfield [22] [23]
Great Shefford Civil parish
896
West Berkshire Hungerford [26] [23]
Greenham Civil parish
2,712
West Berkshire Newbury [25] [23]
Hampstead Marshall Civil parish
276
West Berkshire Newbury [25] [23]
Hampstead Norreys Civil parish
748
West Berkshire Wantage [24] [23]
Hermitage Civil parish
1,154
West Berkshire Newbury [25] [23]
Holybrook Civil parish
7,162
West Berkshire Bradfield [22] [23]
Hungerford Town
5,559
West Berkshire Hungerford [26] [23]
Inkpen Civil parish
877
West Berkshire Hungerford [26] [23]
Kintbury Civil parish
2,593
West Berkshire Hungerford [26] [23]
Lambourn Civil parish
4,017
West Berkshire Hungerford [26] [23]
Leckhampstead Civil parish
315
West Berkshire Newbury [25] [23]
Midgham Civil parish
282
West Berkshire Newbury [25] [23]
Newbury Town
28,339
West Berkshire Newbury Municipal Borough [27] [23]
Padworth Civil parish
548
West Berkshire Bradfield [22] [23]
Pangbourne Civil parish
2,981
West Berkshire Bradfield [22] [23]
Peasemore Civil parish
297
West Berkshire Wantage [24] [23]
Purley on Thames Civil parish
4,232
West Berkshire Bradfield [22] [23]
Shaw cum Donnington Civil parish
1,680
West Berkshire Newbury [25] [23]
Speen Civil parish
2,634
West Berkshire Newbury [25] [23]
Stanford Dingley Civil parish
209
West Berkshire Bradfield [22] [23]
Stratfield Mortimer Civil parish
3,584
West Berkshire Bradfield [22] [23]
Streatley Civil parish
974
West Berkshire Bradfield [22] [23]
Sulham Civil parish
80 West Berkshire Bradfield [22] [23]
Sulhamstead Civil parish
1,248
West Berkshire Bradfield [22] [23]
Thatcham Town
22,824
West Berkshire Newbury [25] [23]
Theale Civil parish
2,771
West Berkshire Bradfield [22] [23]
Tidmarsh Civil parish
391
West Berkshire Bradfield [22] [23]
Tilehurst Civil parish
14,683
West Berkshire Bradfield [22] [23]
Ufton Nervet Civil parish
321
West Berkshire Bradfield [22] [23]
Wasing Civil parish
55 West Berkshire Newbury [25] [23]
Welford Civil parish
522
West Berkshire Newbury [25] [23]
West Ilsley Civil parish
340
West Berkshire Wantage [24] [23]
West Woodhay Civil parish
100
West Berkshire Hungerford [26] [23]
Winterbourne Civil parish
206
West Berkshire Newbury [25] [23]
Wokefield Civil parish
325
West Berkshire Bradfield [22] [23]
Woolhampton Civil parish
725
West Berkshire Newbury [25] [23]
Yattendon Civil parish
378
West Berkshire Bradfield [22] [23]
Bisham Civil parish
1,149
Windsor and Maidenhead Cookham [28] [29]
Bray Civil parish
8,425
Windsor and Maidenhead Cookham [28] [29]
Cookham Civil parish
5,519
Windsor and Maidenhead Cookham [28] [29]
Cox Green Civil parish
7,203
Windsor and Maidenhead Maidenhead Municipal Borough [30] [29]
Datchet Civil parish
4,646
Windsor and Maidenhead Eton [16] [29]
Eton Town
4,980
Windsor and Maidenhead Eton Urban District [31] [29]
Horton Civil parish
983
Windsor and Maidenhead Eton [16] [29]
Hurley Civil parish
1,854
Windsor and Maidenhead Cookham [28] [29]
Maidenhead Unparished area
42,827
Windsor and Maidenhead Maidenhead Municipal Borough [30] [32]
New Windsor Unparished area
26,885
Windsor and Maidenhead New Windsor Municipal Borough [33] [34]
Old Windsor Civil parish
4,775
Windsor and Maidenhead Windsor [35] [29]
Shottesbrooke Civil parish
154
Windsor and Maidenhead Cookham [28] [29]
Sunningdale Civil parish
4,875
Windsor and Maidenhead Windsor [35] [29]
Sunninghill and Ascot Civil parish
11,603
Windsor and Maidenhead Windsor [35] [29] [36]
Waltham St Lawrence Civil parish
1,232
Windsor and Maidenhead Cookham [28] [29]
White Waltham Civil parish
2,875
Windsor and Maidenhead Cookham [28] [29]
Wraysbury Civil parish
3,641
Windsor and Maidenhead Eton [16] [29]
Arborfield and Newland Civil parish
2,228
Wokingham Wokingham [37] [38]
Barkham Civil parish
3,511
Wokingham Wokingham [37] [38]
Charvil Civil parish
2,990
Wokingham Wokingham [37] [38]
Earley Town
32,036
Wokingham Wokingham [37] [38]
Finchampstead Civil parish
12,334
Wokingham Wokingham [37] [38]
Remenham Civil parish
547
Wokingham Wokingham [37] [38]
Ruscombe Civil parish
1,027
Wokingham Wokingham [37] [38]
Shinfield Civil parish
8,136
Wokingham Wokingham [37] [38]
Sonning Civil parish
1,445
Wokingham Wokingham [37] [38]
St Nicholas Hurst Civil parish
2,008
Wokingham Wokingham [37] [38]
Swallowfield Civil parish
1,961
Wokingham Wokingham [37] [38]
Twyford Civil parish
6,216
Wokingham Wokingham [37] [38]
Wargrave Civil parish
3,910
Wokingham Wokingham [37] [38]
Winnersh Civil parish
7,939
Wokingham Wokingham [37] [38]
Wokingham Town
30,403
Wokingham Wokingham Municipal Borough [39] [38]
Wokingham Without Civil parish
7,099
Wokingham Wokingham [37] [38]
Woodley Town
26,439
Wokingham Wokingham [37] [38]
See also [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
^ The Victorian Web : The Poor Law : Introduction Retrieved 22 August 2009
^ Staffordshire University : Poor Law Unions and Registration Districts Archived 2012-09-14 at archive.today Retrieved 22 August 2009
^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Status Details for Rural Sanitary District Retrieved 22 August 2009
^ Robert Tittler, The Reformation and the Towns in England , 1998, Oxford University Press, 395 pages, ISBN 9780198207184
^ a b Modern British Surnames : Selected Events in the History of Civil Registration and Boundary Changes 1801-1996 Archived August 1, 2010, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 22 August 2009
^ Alex MacMorran and T R Colquhoun Dill, The Local Government Act 1894 and the Subsequent Statutes Affecting Parish Councils , 1907, Butterworth and Co, London, 626 pages
^ a b c d Office of Public Sector Information : Local Government Act 1972 Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today Retrieved 22 August 2009
^ Office of Public Sector Information : Local Government and Rating Act 1997 Archived 2012-08-05 at archive.today Retrieved 22 August 2009
^ Office of Public Sector Information : Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 Archived 2012-08-05 at archive.today Retrieved 22 August 2009
^ a b c d e f A Vision of Britain Through Time : Easthampstead Rural District Archived 2011-05-14 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 3 November 2010
^ a b c d e f Office for National Statistics: Census 2001: Parish Headcounts: Bracknell Forest Retrieved 3 November 2010
^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Reading County Borough Retrieved 3 November 2010
^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Table KS01 : Usual Resident Population Archived 2015-04-22 at the Wayback Machine Abbey; Battle; Caversham; Church; Katesgrove; Kentwood; Mapledurham; Minster; Norcot; Park; Peppard; Redlands; Southcote; Thames; Tilehurst; and Whitley wards. Retrieved 3 November 2010
^ a b c d e f A Vision of Britain Through Time : Eton Rural District Archived 2009-08-04 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 3 November 2010
^ a b c Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Slough Retrieved 3 November 2010
^ a b The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Definition) Order 1972, Schedule, Part 3
^ The Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Surrey (County Boundaries) Order 1994
^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Slough Municipal Borough Retrieved 3 November 2010
^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Table KS01 : Usual Resident Population Archived 2015-04-22 at the Wayback Machine Baylis and Stoke; Britwell (part); Central; Chalvey; Cippenham Green; Cippenham Meadows; Farnham; Foxborough; Haymill; Kedermister; Langley St Mary's; Upton; and Wexham Lea (part) wards. Retrieved 3 November 2010
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y A Vision of Britain Through Time : Bradfield Rural District Archived 2011-05-14 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 3 November 2010
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk Office for National Statistics : Census 2010 : Parish Headcounts : West Berkshire Archived 10 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 3 November 2010
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l A Vision of Britain Through Time : Wantage Rural District Retrieved 3 November 2010
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q A Vision of Britain Through Time : Newbury Rural District Retrieved 3 November 2010
^ a b c d e f g h A Vision of Britain Through Time : Hungerford Rural District Retrieved 3 November 2010
^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Newbury Municipal Borough Retrieved 3 November 2010
^ a b c d e f g A Vision of Britain Through Time : Cookham Rural District Archived 2011-05-14 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 3 November 2010
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Windsor and Maidenhead Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 3 November 2010
^ a b A Vision of Britain Through Time : Maidenhead Municipal Borough Retrieved 3 November 2010
^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Eton Urban District Retrieved 3 November 2010
^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Table KS01 : Usual Resident Population Archived 2015-04-22 at the Wayback Machine Belmont; Boyn Hill; Furze Platt; Maidenhead Riverside; Oldfield; and Pinkneys Green wards. Retrieved 3 November 2010
^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : New Windsor Municipal Borough Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 3 November 2010
^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Table KS01 : Usual Resident Population Archived 2015-04-22 at the Wayback Machine Castle Without; Clewer East; Clewer North (part); Clewer South (part); Eton and Castle (part); and Park wards. Retrieved 3 November 2010
^ a b c A Vision of Britain Through Time : Windsor Rural District Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 3 November 2010
^ Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: Bulletin of Changes to Local Authority Areas in England: Orders Made Between 1 April 2004 and 31 March 2005: District Council Notices of the Change of Name of a Parish Under Section 75 of the Local Government Act 1975 Archived March 14, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 3 November 2010
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p A Vision of Britain Through Time : Wokingham Rural District Retrieved 3 November 2010
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Wokingham Retrieved 3 November 2010
^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Wokingham Municipal Borough Retrieved 3 November 2010
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