This is a list of civil parishes in the ceremonial county

Ceremonial counties of England

The ceremonial counties are areas of England to which are appointed a Lord Lieutenant, and are defined by the government as counties and areas for the purposes of the Lieutenancies Act 1997 with reference to the metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England and Lieutenancies Act 1997...

 of the City of London

City of London

The City of London is a small area within Greater London, England. It is the historic core of London around which the modern conurbation grew and has held city status since time immemorial. The City’s boundaries have remained almost unchanged since the Middle Ages, and it is now only a tiny part of...

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There are currently no civil parishes in the City of London and it is entirely unparished

Unparished area

In England, an unparished area is an area that is not covered by a civil parish. Most urbanised districts of England are either entirely or partly unparished. Many towns and some cities in otherwise rural districts are also unparished areas and therefore no longer have a town council or city...

. Although it is possible to create new civil parishes in a London borough

London borough

The administrative area of Greater London contains thirty-two London boroughs. Inner London comprises twelve of these boroughs plus the City of London. Outer London comprises the twenty remaining boroughs of Greater London.-Functions:...

, it is not possible within the City of London.

The City of London formed a single civil parish

Civil parish

In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...

 from 1907, until it was abolished on 1 April 1965.

List of parishes prior to 1907

The parishes abolished in 1907 (with the exception of the Inner and Middle Temples) were as follows (other parishes that existed previously but were amalgamated are noted):

• Allhallows Barking
• Allhallows Bread Street
• Allhallows Honey Lane
• Allhallows Lombard Street
• Allhallows London Wall
  • Absorbed St Augustine on the Wall 1441
• Allhallows Staining
• Allhallows the Great
• Allhallows the Less
• Bridewell Precinct
  • Extra-parochial place, civil parish from 1858.
• Christchurch Newgate Street
  • Formed 1547 by union of abolished parishes St Audoen, St Nicholas Shambles
• Holy Trinity the Less
• Inner Temple
  Inner Temple
  The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple, commonly known as Inner Temple, is one of the four Inns of Court in London. To be called to the Bar and practise as a barrister in England and Wales, an individual must belong to one of these Inns...
  
  
  • Extra-parochial place. Still extant.
• Middle Temple
  Middle Temple
  The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, commonly known as Middle Temple, is one of the four Inns of Court exclusively entitled to call their members to the English Bar as barristers; the others being the Inner Temple, Gray's Inn and Lincoln's Inn...
  
  
  • Extra-parochial place. Still extant.
• St Alban Wood Street
• St Alphage Sion College (also known St Alphage London Wall)
• St Andrew by the Wardrobe
• St Andrew Holborn Below the Bars
  • Created 1723 from the part of the parish of St Andrew Holborn within the city. (remainder, in Middlesex
    Middlesex
    Middlesex is one of the historic counties of England and the second smallest by area. The low-lying county contained the wealthy and politically independent City of London on its southern boundary and was dominated by it from a very early time...
    
     became St Andrew Holborn Above Bars)
• St Andrew Hubbard (also known as St Andrew Budge Row)
• St Andrew Undershaft
  • Absorbed parish of St Mary Axe in 1562
• St Anne and St Agnes Aldersgate
• St Anne Blackfriars
• St Antholin
• St Augustine (also known as St Augustine Watling Street)
• St Bartholomew by the Royal Exchange
• St Bartholomew the Great (also known as St Bartholomew West Smithfield)
  • Parish formed 1544, previously extra-parochial precinct of Priory.
• St Bartholomew the Less
  • Parish formed 1547, previously extra-parochial area occupied by St Bartholomew's Hospital
    St Bartholomew's Hospital
    St Bartholomew's Hospital, also known as Barts, is a hospital in Smithfield in the City of London, England.-Early history:It was founded in 1123 by Raherus or Rahere , a favourite courtier of King Henry I...
    
    
• St Benet Fink
• St Benet Gracechurch
• St Benet Paul's Wharf
• St Benet Sherehog
• St Botolph by Billingsgate
• St Botolph Without Aldersgate
  • Included Liberty of Glasshouse Yard in Middlesex until 1899
• St Botolph Without Aldgate
• St Botolph Without Bishopsgate
• St Bride
• St Christopher le Stocks
• St Clement Eastcheap
• St Dionis Backchurch
• St Dunstan in the East
• St Dunstan in the West
  • Included the Liberty of the Rolls
    Liberty of the Rolls
    The Liberty of the Rolls was a liberty, and civil parish from 1866, in the metropolitan area of London, England.It consisted of the part of the ancient parish of St Dunstan-in-the-West that was in the Ossulstone hundred of Middlesex, the rest was within the City of London...
    
     in Middlesex until 1866
• St Edmund the King and Martyr
• St Ethelburga (also known as St Ethelburga Bishopsgate)
• St Faith under St Paul's
• St Gabriel Fenchurch Street
  • Originally All Hallows Fenchurch
• St George Botolph Lane
• St Giles Without Cripplegate
  • Included an area in Middlesex until 1723 when it was constiuted as separate parish of St Luke's
    St Luke's
    St Luke's is an area in the London Borough of Islington, just north of the City of London near the Barbican and Shoreditch. It takes its name from the church of St Luke's, on Old Street west of the tube station. The area extends north of the church to City Road and south to Finsbury Square and...
    
    
• St Gregory by St Paul
• St Helen Bishopsgate
• St James Duke’s Place
  • Formed 1622/23 from part of St Katherine Cree
• St James Garlickhithe
• St John the Baptist Walbrook
• St John the Evangelist Friday Street
  • Originally St Werburga
• St John Zachary
• St Katherine Coleman
  • Originally All Hallows Coleman
• St Katherine Cree
• St Lawrence Jewry
• St Lawrence Pountney
• St Leonard Eastcheap
• St Leonard Foster Lane
• St Magnus the Martyr
• St Margaret Lothbury
• St Margaret Moses
• St Margaret New Fish Street
• St Margaret Pattens
• St Martin Ludgate
• St Martin Orgar
• St Martin Outwich
• St Martin Pomeroy
• St Martin Vintry
• St Mary Abchurch
• St Mary Aldermanbury
• St Mary Aldermary
• St Mary at Hill
• St Mary Axe
  • Absorbed by St Andrew Undershaft 1562
• St Mary Bothaw
• St Mary Colechurch
• St Mary le Bow
• St Mary Magdalene Milk Street
• St Mary Magdalene Old Fish Street
• St Mary Mounthaw
• St Mary Somerset
• St Mary Staining
• St Mary Woolchurch Haw
• St Mary Woolnoth
• St Matthew Friday Street
• St Michael Bassishaw
• St Michael Cornhill
• St Michael Crooked Lane
• St Michael le Querne
• St Michael Paternoster Royal
• St Michael Queenhithe
• St Michael Wood Street
• St Mildred Bread Street
• St Mildred Poultry
• St Nicholas Acons
• St Nicholas Cole Abbey
• St Nicholas Olave
• St Nicholas Shambles
  • Formed part of new parish of Christchurch Newgate Street 1547
• St Olave Hart Street
• St Olave Old Jewry
• St Olave Silver Street
• St Pancras Soper Lane
• St Peter Cornhill
• St Peter le Poer
• St Peter Paul’s Wharf
• St Peter Westcheap
• St Sepulchre Without Newgate
• St Stephen Coleman Street
• St Stephen Walbrook
• St Swithin London Stone
• St Thomas Apostle
• St Vedast Foster Lane
• Serjeants' Inn Fleet Street
  • Extra-parochial place, civil parish from 1858.
• Thavies Inn
  • Extra-parochial place, civil parish from 1858.
• Whitefriars Precinct
  • Extra-parochial place, civil parish from 1858.

External links

• Office for National Statistics : Geographical Area Listings