This dataset is part of the Geographical repository maintained by Opendatasoft. This dataset contains data for parishes/communities in the United Kingdom (England/Wales)The smallest type of administrative area in England is the civil parish (commonly called parish); the equivalent unit in Wales is the community.English parishes are a very old form of spatial unit which originally represented areas of both civil and ecclesiastical administration. They used to be significant local government areas but now have very limited functions. Modern parish councils (which may choose to call themselves a town council) can provide facilities such as village halls, war memorials, cemeteries, leisure facilities and playgrounds. They have duties such as maintenance of public footpaths and may also spend money on cultural projects, community transport initiatives and crime-prevention equipment. In addition they must be notified of all planning applications and consulted on the making of certain by-laws. However, not all parishes have a council – if there are fewer than 200 parishioners, or if the parishioners do not want one, decisions can instead be taken at parish meetings. The geography is further complicated by the fact that several smaller parishes may come together to elect a joint council. Parishes are confined within local authority district boundaries but are not contiguous with electoral wards. In some smaller urban areas, successor parishes have been created, but this is not universal. Non-civil parish areas (NCP) refer to the area in a local authority not comprised of parishes, i.e. unparished areas.The Welsh equivalents of parishes are communities, which fit into and change with UAs. Their councils have similar powers to English parish councils and may also choose to call themselves town councils. Unlike parishes in England, communities cover the whole of Wales, and this gives them greater potential as a statistical unit. There are 877 communities in Wales, over 730 of which currently have a council. Prior to 1974 Wales also had parishes, but these were technically abolished when communities were introduced, despite the new communities initially being aligned to the old parish boundaries.Processors and tools are using this data.EnhancementsAdd ISO 3166-3 codes.Simplify geometries to provide better performance across the services.Add administrative hierarchy.

Parishes are subdivisions of local authorities in many parts of England, and their councils are the most local level of government. Unlike electoral wards/divisions however, parishes are not found in all parts of England. The Welsh equivalents are communities. Note that the full term for administrative parishes is 'civil parishes', to distinguish them from the ecclesiastical parishes which are found in all parts of the UK.

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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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This dataset is intended for researchers, students, and policy makers for reference and mapping purposes, and may be used for basic applications such as viewing, querying, and map output production, or to provide a basemap to support graphical overlays and analysis with other spatial data.

This file contains the digital vector boundaries for Parishes and Non Civil Parished Areas, in England and Wales, as at December 2024.The boundaries available are: (BFC) Full resolution - clipped to the coastline (Mean High Water mark).Contains both Ordnance Survey and ONS Intellectual Property Rights.

REST URL of Feature Access Service – https://services1.arcgis.com/ESMARspQHYMw9BZ9/arcgis/rest/services/Parishes_and_Non_Civil_Parished_Areas_December_2024_Boundaries_EW_BFC/FeatureServerREST URL of WFS Server –https://dservices1.arcgis.com/ESMARspQHYMw9BZ9/arcgis/services/Parishes_and_Non_Civil_Parished_Areas_December_2024_Boundaries_EW_BFC/WFSServer?service=wfs&request=getcapabilitiesREST URL of Map Server –https://services1.arcgis.com/ESMARspQHYMw9BZ9/arcgis/rest/services/Parishes_and_Non_Civil_Parished_Areas_December_2024_Boundaries_EW_BFC/MapServer

This dataset provides information on local precepting authorities (parishes, charter trustees and Temples) and the amount of council tax collected on their behalf by their billing authorities in England, known as a precept, for the financial years 2013-14 and 2014-15. Data are collected from Council Tax Return Forms completed by local authorities. A process has been undertaken to match the parishes recorded to standard ONS codes, but it has not been possible to match Charter Trustees, Temples and 26 parishes, and therefore these will not appear in map(s) as they do not have an ONS Code.

This release provides information on individual local parishes and the amount of council tax collected on their behalf by their billing authorities in England, for the financial year 2013-14.

This is the first year that the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has collected data about individual parishes. Up to and including 2012-13 this information was collected by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA).

The information in this release is derived from the local precepting authorities section (lines 23, 24 and 25) submitted by all 326 billing authorities in England; and the individual local data section (lines 23x, 24x and 25x) of the Council Tax Requirement (CTR1) forms submit-ted by 241 parished billing authorities. The data are as reported by local authorities, and have been subjected to rigorous validation processes.

The release has been compiled by the Local Government Finance - Data Collection, Analy-sis and Accountancy division of the Department for Communities and Local Government. Parishes and other local precepting authorities in England, 2013-14

There are more than 10,000 parishes in England. A parish may be represented by a parish council, a town council or community council. In the case of small parishes, the parish meet-ing (an annual meeting of all electors in a parish) can take on the role of parish council. Par-ishes represent the most local level of Government in England - the third tier of local gov-ernment.

In a small number of the un-parished areas bodies called “charter trustees” exist. These bodies exist to administer ceremonial functions, such as the appointment of a mayor, where there is no parish to administer them. There are currently 16 such bodies in England one less than in 2012-13 due to Crewe in Cheshire becoming a parish council on 4 April 2013.

There are two further local precepting authorities: the Inner and Middle Temples of London (“the Temples”) situated within the Temple area of the City of London. The Temples are dif-ferent from parishes and charter trustees in that they perform the functions within their area that are performed by the City of London authority (“the City”). In exchange for performing these functions the City pays the Temples an annual precept apportioned from the council tax raised by the City.

Parish or village councils need funds to support their activities. These funds are raised by adding an extra cost known as a "precept" to each householder's Council Tax bill. Parishes (together with charter trustees and the two Temples of London as described above) are col-lectively known as “local precepting authorities”. This means they have the power to raise a precept on properties in their area in order to finance the functions that they perform. Parish precepts are included separately on council tax bills and are collected by the billing authority on behalf of the parish.

Some smaller parishes may group together for precepting purposes and will perform this function as one local precepting authority and for the purposes of this release are counted as 1 parish.

Further information is provided in the Definitions section of this release. (https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/260449/Parishes_and_other_precepting_authorities_2013-14_England_revised_.pdf)

Special factors affecting comparability to previous years

This is the first time DCLG has collected local parish council tax data. Changes to the council tax system and the method for collecting individual parish data mean these figures are not directly comparable to earlier years and caution must be taken when interpreting time trends. Significant factors which have affected comparability include:

Localisation of council tax support; a change in the way council tax benefit is paid. Council tax support is now paid in the form of a grant passed down to parishes from their billing authori-ties and is not included in the local precept. Previously individual council taxpayers might re-ceive support to pay their council tax bill from DWP. The value of this support would have been included in the local precept. However, taxpayers now have their bills covered by coun-cil tax support and therefore are removed from the tax base, whereas under the old system they would previously have been included. The localisation of council tax support has reduced the local precept and the tax bases significantly compared to earlier years (see Definitions for further details).

Parish groupings; in some cases parishes have been grouped together for precepting pur-poses. This makes the number of parishes setting a precept in 2013-14 look smaller than in previous collections - for example data collected by CIPFA split all groupings and listed all parishes individually.

Data previously published on local precepting authorities can be accessed here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/parishes-and-charter-trustees-in-england-2012-to-2013.

Revisions

This is a revised version of the original statistical release on Parishes and other local precepting authorities: 2013-14 England. The revisions are minor and do not change the headline figures.

These adjustments correct for an error in the way the data were originally uploaded.

This file contains the digital vector boundaries for Parishes and Non Civil Parished Areas, in England and Wales, as at December 2024.The boundaries available are: (BSC) Super Generalised (200m) - clipped to the coastline (Mean High Water mark).Contains both Ordnance Survey and ONS Intellectual Property Rights.

REST URL of Feature Access Service – https://services1.arcgis.com/ESMARspQHYMw9BZ9/arcgis/rest/services/Parishes_and_Non_Civil_Parished_Areas_December_2024_Boundaries_EW_BSC/FeatureServerREST URL of WFS Server –https://dservices1.arcgis.com/ESMARspQHYMw9BZ9/arcgis/services/Parishes_and_Non_Civil_Parished_Areas_December_2024_Boundaries_EW_BSC/WFSServer?service=wfs&request=getcapabilitiesREST URL of Map Server –https://services1.arcgis.com/ESMARspQHYMw9BZ9/arcgis/rest/services/Parishes_and_Non_Civil_Parished_Areas_December_2024_Boundaries_EW_BSC/MapServer

This is a lookup file between civil parishes/communities, electoral wards/divisions and local authorities/unitary authorities in England and Wales as at 31st December 2021. (File Size - 634 KB) Field Names - PAR21CD, PAR21NM, WD21CD, WD21NM, LAD21CD, LAD21NM, FIDField Types - Text, Text, Text, Text, Text, TextField Lengths - 9, 66, 9, 53, 9, 35FID = The FID, or Feature ID is created by the publication process when the names and codes / lookup products are published to the Open Geography portal. File updated to include changes to 3 parishes in North Northamptonshire following the late receipt of The Borough Council of Wellingborough (Reorganisation of Community Governance) Order 2019

This file contains the digital vector boundaries for Parishes and Non Civil Parished Areas in England and Wales as at December 2022.The boundaries available are: (BFE) Full resolution - extent of the realm (usually this is the Mean Low Water mark but in some cases boundaries extend beyond this to include off shore islands).Contains both Ordnance Survey and ONS Intellectual Property Rights.REST URL of Feature Access Service –https://services1.arcgis.com/ESMARspQHYMw9BZ9/arcgis/rest/services/Parishes_and_Non_Civil_Parished_Areas_December_2022_EW_BFE_V3/FeatureServerREST URL of WFS Server –https://dservices1.arcgis.com/ESMARspQHYMw9BZ9/arcgis/services/Parishes_and_Non_Civil_Parished_Areas_December_2022_EW_BFE_V3/WFSServer?service=wfs&request=getcapabilitiesREST URL of Map Server –https://services1.arcgis.com/ESMARspQHYMw9BZ9/arcgis/rest/services/Parishes_and_Non_Civil_Parished_Areas_December_2022_EW_BFE_V3/MapServer

The Chester Urban Characterisation is part of a national programme developed and funded by English Heritage and encompasses the civil parishes of Chester Non parish, Chester Castle and Great Boughton.

This characterization of the city of Chester is based primarily on archaeological evidence, rather than on the relatively recent historic urban development. The Civil War period comprises a limited dataset based on archaeological and documentary evidence regarding the extent and location of the Civil War defences around Chester.

Human activity and social organisation have an impact on the landscape which is often visible today. Historic Landscape Characterisation involves the examination of the modern landscape, in order to infer the historic processes that have formed that landscape as it is seen today. This characterization of the city of Chester is based primarily on archaeological evidence, rather than on the relatively recent historic development that tend to define Historic Landscape Characterization (HLC) or Extensive Urban Survey (EUS) projects, however there is some consideration of documentary and cartographic sources for the later period mapping. The collated data is held in a database, which can be analysed to produce broad or detailed historic landscape classifications, answer specific questions or map change and whose results can be displayed through a Geographic Information System to produce map based interpretative models.

Characterisation aims to improve our understanding and appreciation of the urban landscape; by interpreting how past communities have contributed to its form and appearance. It creates an important body of knowledge and a tool to help make informed decisions on conservation and development proposals from a strategic level.

Attribute - Description HLCUID - HLC Unique Identifier BroadTypeDec - name of dataset BroadTypeCode - code for dataset HLCTypeDesc - name of archaeological character type HLCTypeCode - code for archaeological character type Name - Name of character zone Summary - brief text on definition of character type xgEdited - Date/Editor of Last CHER Edit Shape_Length - Perimeter of the polygon in Meters Shape_Area - Area of polygon in Square Meters

This file contains the digital vector boundaries for Parishes and Non Civil Parished Areas in England and Wales as at December 2022.The boundaries available are: (BFC) Full resolution - clipped to the coastline (Mean High Water mark).Contains both Ordnance Survey and ONS Intellectual Property Rights.REST URL of Feature Access Service –https://services1.arcgis.com/ESMARspQHYMw9BZ9/arcgis/rest/services/Parishes_and_Non_Civil_Parished_Areas_December_2022_EW_BFC_V3/FeatureServerREST URL of WFS Server –https://dservices1.arcgis.com/ESMARspQHYMw9BZ9/arcgis/services/Parishes_and_Non_Civil_Parished_Areas_December_2022_EW_BFC_V3/WFSServer?service=wfs&request=getcapabilitiesREST URL of Map Server –https://services1.arcgis.com/ESMARspQHYMw9BZ9/arcgis/rest/services/Parishes_and_Non_Civil_Parished_Areas_December_2022_EW_BFC_V3/MapServer

This dataset is from the Ordnance Survey and it provides a representation of the hierarchy of administrative and electoral boundaries for GB (England, Scotland and Wales). The product is part of the new OS Open products suite and is designed to be used with other OpenData sets.The dataset is made up of 18 layers which are grouped in their respective categories. It contains all levels of electoral and administrative boundaries, from district, wards, civil parishes (or communities) up to parliamentary and assembly constituencies. The layers can be grouped as followed:Administrative Boundaries• Mean high water (GB)• Country (GB)• Historic European regions (GB)• Historic counties (GB)• Ceremonial counties (GB)• District, Metropolitan district, Unitary authority (GB)• Civil parish and community (GB)• Ward (district, unitary, metropolitan, London borough) (England, Scotland)• English region (England)• County (England)• Community (Wales)Electoral Boundaries• Westminster constituencies (GB)• Scottish and Welsh constituency• Scottish and Welsh electoral region• Polling districts (England)• County electoral division (England)• Unitary electoral division (England and Wales)• Greater London Authority Assembly constituenciesThe currency of this data is 04/2022 and the coverage of this service is GB.The map projection is British National Grid.

The Chester Urban Characterisation is part of a national programme developed and funded by English Heritage and encompasses the civil parishes of Chester Non parish, Chester Castle and Great Boughton.

This characterization of the city of Chester is based primarily on archaeological evidence, rather than on the relatively recent historic urban development. The Roman period is primarily based on remains recovered during archaeological investigations in the city.

Human activity and social organisation have an impact on the landscape which is often visible today. Historic Landscape Characterisation involves the examination of the modern landscape, in order to infer the historic processes that have formed that landscape as it is seen today. This characterization of the city of Chester is based primarily on archaeological evidence, rather than on the relatively recent historic development that tend to define Historic Landscape Characterization (HLC) or Extensive Urban Survey (EUS) projects, however there is some consideration of documentary and cartographic sources for the later period mapping. The collated data is held in a database, which can be analysed to produce broad or detailed historic landscape classifications, answer specific questions or map change and whose results can be displayed through a Geographic Information System to produce map based interpretative models.

Characterisation aims to improve our understanding and appreciation of the urban landscape; by interpreting how past communities have contributed to its form and appearance. It creates an important body of knowledge and a tool to help make informed decisions on conservation and development proposals from a strategic level.

Attribute - Description HLCUID - HLC Unique Identifier BroadTypeDec - name of dataset BroadTypeCode - code for dataset HLCTypeDesc - name of archaeological character type HLCTypeCode - code for archaeological character type Name - Name of character zone Summary - brief text on definition of character type xgEdited - Date/Editor of Last CHER Edit Shape_Length - Perimeter of the polygon in Meters Shape_Area - Area of polygon in Square Meters

This file contains the digital vector boundaries for Parishes and Non Civil Parished Areas in England and Wales, as at 1st April 2019. The BFE boundaries are full resolution - extent of the realm (usually this is the Mean Low Water mark but in some cases boundaries extend beyond this to include off shore islands). Contains both Ordnance Survey and ONS Intellectual Property Rights.REST URL of ArcGIS for INSPIRE View Service – https://services1.arcgis.com/ESMARspQHYMw9BZ9/arcgis/rest/services/Parishes_and_Non_Civil_Parished_Areas_(April_2019)_FEB_EW/MapServerREST URL of ArcGIS for INSPIRE Feature DownloadService – https://dservices1.arcgis.com/ESMARspQHYMw9BZ9/arcgis/services/Parishes_and_Non_Civil_Parished_Areas_April_2019_Full_Extent_Boundaries_EW/WFSServer?service=wfs&request=getcapabilitiesREST URL of Feature Access Service – https://services1.arcgis.com/ESMARspQHYMw9BZ9/arcgis/rest/services/Parishes_and_Non_Civil_Parished_Areas_April_2019_FEB_EW_2022/FeatureServer

This file contains the digital vector boundaries for Parishes and Non Civil Parished Areas in England and Wales, as at 31 December 2018. The BFE boundaries are full resolution - extent of the realm (usually this is the Mean Low Water mark but in some cases boundaries extend beyond this to include off shore islands). Contains both Ordnance Survey and ONS Intellectual Property Rights.REST URL of ArcGIS for INSPIRE View Service – https://services1.arcgis.com/ESMARspQHYMw9BZ9/arcgis/rest/services/Parishes_and_Non_Civil_Parished_Areas_(Dec_2018)_FEB_EW/MapServerREST URL of ArcGIS for INSPIRE Feature DownloadService – https://dservices1.arcgis.com/ESMARspQHYMw9BZ9/arcgis/services/Parishes_and_Non_Civil_Parished_Areas_December_2018_Full_Extent_Boundaries_EW/WFSServer?service=wfs&request=getcapabilitiesREST URL of Feature Access Service – https://services1.arcgis.com/ESMARspQHYMw9BZ9/arcgis/rest/services/Parishes_and_Non_Civil_Parished_Areas_Dec_2018_FEB_EW_2022/FeatureServer

This file contains the digital vector boundaries for Parishes and Non Civil Parished Areas, in England and Wales, as at December 2024.The boundaries available are:(BFE) Full resolution - extent of the realm (usually this is the Mean Low Water mark but in some cases boundaries extend beyond this to include off shore islands).Contains both Ordnance Survey and ONS Intellectual Property Rights.REST URL of Feature Access Service – https://services1.arcgis.com/ESMARspQHYMw9BZ9/arcgis/rest/services/Parishes_and_Non_Civil_Parished_Areas_December_2024_Boundaries_EW_BFE/FeatureServerREST URL of WFS Server –https://dservices1.arcgis.com/ESMARspQHYMw9BZ9/arcgis/services/Parishes_and_Non_Civil_Parished_Areas_December_2024_Boundaries_EW_BFE/WFSServer?service=wfs&request=getcapabilitiesREST URL of Map Server –https://services1.arcgis.com/ESMARspQHYMw9BZ9/arcgis/rest/services/Parishes_and_Non_Civil_Parished_Areas_December_2024_Boundaries_EW_BFE/MapServer

This file contains the digital vector boundaries for Parishes and Non Civil Parished Areas, in England and Wales, as at December 2023.The boundaries available are: (BSC) Super Generalised (200m) - clipped to the coastline (Mean High Water mark).Contains both Ordnance Survey and ONS Intellectual Property Rights.

REST URL of Feature Access Service – https://services1.arcgis.com/ESMARspQHYMw9BZ9/arcgis/rest/services/Parishes_and_Non_Civil_Parished_Areas_December_2023_Boundaries_EW_BSC/FeatureServerREST URL of WFS Server –https://dservices1.arcgis.com/ESMARspQHYMw9BZ9/arcgis/services/Parishes_and_Non_Civil_Parished_Areas_December_2023_Boundaries_EW_BSC/WFSServer?service=wfs&request=getcapabilitiesREST URL of Map Server –https://services1.arcgis.com/ESMARspQHYMw9BZ9/arcgis/rest/services/Parishes_and_Non_Civil_Parished_Areas_December_2023_Boundaries_EW_BSC/MapServer

This file contains names and codes for the parishes and communities in England and Wales as at 31st December 2021. (File Size - 379 KB)Field Names - PAR21CD, PAR21NM, PAR21NMW, LAD21CD, LAD21NM, FIDField Types - Text, Text, Text, Text, TextField Lengths - 9, 66, 42, 9, 35FID = The FID, or Feature ID is created by the publication process when the names and codes / lookup products are published to the Open Geography portal. File updated to include changes to 3 parishes in North Northamptonshire following the late receipt of The Borough Council of Wellingborough (Reorganisation of Community Governance) Order 2019

This file contains the digital vector boundaries for Parishes and Non Civil Parished Areas, in England and Wales, as at December 2021.The boundaries available are: (BSC) Super Generalised (200m) - clipped to the coastline (Mean High Water mark).Contains both Ordnance Survey and ONS Intellectual Property Rights.REST URL of ArcGIS for INSPIRE View Service – https://services1.arcgis.com/ESMARspQHYMw9BZ9/arcgis/rest/services/Parishes_and_Non_Civil_Parished_Areas_(December_2021)_EW_BSC/MapServerREST URL of ArcGIS for INSPIRE Feature DownloadService – https://dservices1.arcgis.com/ESMARspQHYMw9BZ9/arcgis/services/Parishes_and_Non_Civil_Parished_Areas_December_2021_EW_BSC/WFSServer?service=wfs&request=getcapabilitiesREST URL of Feature Access Service – https://services1.arcgis.com/ESMARspQHYMw9BZ9/arcgis/rest/services/Parishes_and_Non_Civil_Parished_Areas_December_2021_EW_BSC_2022/FeatureServer

This file contains the digital vector boundaries for Parishes and Non-Civil Parished Areas in England and Wales as at 31st December 2015. The boundaries are generalised (20m) - clipped to the coastline (Mean High Water mark). This second version updates parish boundaries in Sevenoaks district, operative on 1st April 2015. Contains both Ordnance Survey and ONS Intellectual Property Rights.REST URL of ArcGIS for INSPIRE View Service – https://services1.arcgis.com/ESMARspQHYMw9BZ9/arcgis/rest/services/PARNCP_(Dec_2015)_GCB_in_England_and_Wales_V2/MapServerREST URL of ArcGIS for INSPIRE Feature DownloadService – https://dservices1.arcgis.com/ESMARspQHYMw9BZ9/arcgis/services/PARNCP_Dec_2015_Generalised_Clipped_Boundaries_in_England_and_Wales_V2/WFSServer?service=wfs&request=getcapabilitiesREST URL of Feature Access Service – https://services1.arcgis.com/ESMARspQHYMw9BZ9/arcgis/rest/services/PARNCP_Dec_2015_GCB_in_England_and_Wales_V2_2022/FeatureServer

This file contains the digital vector boundaries for Parishes and Non-Civil Parished Areas in England and Wales as at 31st December 2016. The boundaries are generalised (20m) - clipped to the coastline (Mean High Water mark). Contains both Ordnance Survey and ONS Intellectual Property Rights.REST URL of ArcGIS for INSPIRE View Service – https://services1.arcgis.com/ESMARspQHYMw9BZ9/arcgis/rest/services/PARNCP_(Dec_2016)_GCB_in_England_and_Wales/MapServerREST URL of ArcGIS for INSPIRE Feature DownloadService – https://dservices1.arcgis.com/ESMARspQHYMw9BZ9/arcgis/services/PARNCP_Dec_2016_Generalised_Clipped_Boundaries_in_England_and_Wales/WFSServer?service=wfs&request=getcapabilitiesREST URL of Feature Access Service – https://services1.arcgis.com/ESMARspQHYMw9BZ9/arcgis/rest/services/PARNCP_Dec_2016_GCB_in_England_and_Wales_2022/FeatureServer