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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. In some cases, a largely rural district will have one or two unparished areas in it. Some unparished areas have Charter Trustees to maintain a historic charter, such as City status (an example being in Bath) or simply the mayoralty of a town.
Unparished areas were created in 1974 in areas that were formerly urban districts or municipal boroughs that did not become successor parishes.

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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. In some cases, a largely rural district will have one or two unparished areas in it. Some unparished areas have Charter Trustees to maintain a historic charter, such as City status (an example being in Bath) or simply the mayoralty of a town.
Unparished areas were created in 1974 in areas that were formerly urban districts or municipal boroughs that did not become successor parishes. Parishes were not allowed in Greater London until the passing of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007. and it remains entirely unparished.
List of unparished areas
This is a list of unparished areas as they existed on April 1, 1974. Many parishes have been created since then. Note that the list does not contain parishes which existed on that date.
Avon
Bedfordshire
Berkshire
Buckinghamshire
| District | Unparished areas | Parished? |
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| Aylesbury Vale | former borough of Aylesbury | 2000 | | Beaconsfield (South Bucks) | none | | Chiltern | none | | Milton Keynes | former urban districts of Bletchley, Newport Pagnell and Wolverton | 2001, as Bletchley and Fenny Stratford, Calverton, Central Milton Keynes, Kents Hill, Monkston and Brinklow, New Bradwell, Newport Pagnell, Stony Stratford, Wolverton and Greenleys | | Wycombe | former borough of High Wycombe |
Cambridgeshire
Cheshire
Cleveland
Cornwall
Cumbria
Derbyshire
Devon
Dorset
Durham
East Sussex
Essex
Gloucestershire
| District | Unparished areas | Parished? |
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| Cotswold | none | | Cheltenham | all (former borough of Cheltenham and urban district of Charlton Kings) | various parishes formed since | | Forest of Dean | none | | Gloucester | all (former county borough of Gloucester) | | Stroud | former urban district of Stroud | | Tewkesbury | none |
Greater Manchester
| District | Unparished areas | Parished |
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| Bolton | the former County Borough of Bolton, borough of Farnworth, urban districts of Kearsley, Little Lever, South Turton | the former urban districts of Blackrod, Horwich, Westhoughton | | Bury | all (former County Borough of Bury, boroughs of Prestwich and Radcliffe, urban districts of Tottington, Whitefield, part Ramsbottom) | | Manchester | the former county borough of Manchester | | Oldham | former County Borough of Oldham, urban districts of Chadderton, Failsworth, Lees Royton | Shaw and Crompton parish formed in 1987 | | Rochdale | all (former County Borough of Rochdale, boroughs of Heywood and Middleton, urban districts of Littleborough, Milnrow and Wardle) | | Salford | all (former County Borough of Salford, boroughs of Eccles and Swinton and Pendlebury, urban districts of Irlam and Worsley | | Stockport | all (former County Borough of Stockport, urban districts of Bredbury and Romiley, Cheadle and Gatley, Hazel Grove and Bramhall and Marple | Offerton Estate parish formed in 2002 | | Tameside | all (former boroughs of Ashton-under-Lyne, Dukinfield, Hyde, Mossley, Stalybridge, urban districts of Audenshaw, Denton, Droylsden and Longdendale | Mossley parish formed in 1999 | | Trafford | former boroughs of Altrincham, Sale, Stretford, urban districts of Bowdon, Hale, Urmston | | Wigan | former County Borough of Wigan, borough of Leigh, urban districts of Abram, Aspull, Ashton-in-Makerfield (part), Atherton, Billinge-and-Winstanley (part), Golborne (part), Hindley, Ince-in-Makerfield, Orrell, Standish-with-Langtree and Tyldesley, |
Hampshire
Hereford and Worcester
Hertfordshire
Humberside
Isle of Wight
Kent
Lancashire
| District | Unparished areas | Parished? |
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| Blackburn (Blackburn with Darwen) | former county borough of Blackburn, borough of Darwen | | Blackpool | former county borough of Blackpool | | Burnley | former county borough of Burnley, urban district of Padiham | | Chorley | former borough of Chorley | | Fylde | former borough of Lytham St. Anne's | | Hyndburn | former borough of Accrington, urban districts of Church, Clayton-le-Moors, Great Harwood, Oswaldtwistle and Rishton | | Lancaster | former borough of Lancaster and Morecambe and Heysham | | Pendle | former boroughs of Colne and Nelson, urban districts of Barrowford, Barnoldswick, Brierfield, Earby, Trawden | | Preston | former county borough of Preston, urban district of Fulwood | | Ribble Valley | none | | Rossendale | former boroughs of Bacup, Haslingden, Rawtenstall, urban district of Ramsbottom (part) | | South Ribble | former urban districts of Leyland and Walton-le-Dale | | West Lancashire | former urban districts of Ormskirk and Skelmersdale and Holland | | Wyre | former borough of Fleetwood, urban districts of Poulton-le-Fylde and Thornton Cleveleys |
Leicestershire
Lincolnshire
Merseyside
Norfolk
North Yorkshire
Northamptonshire
Northumberland
Nottinghamshire
Oxfordshire
Salop (Shropshire)
Somerset
South Yorkshire
| District | Unparished areas | Parished? |
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| Barnsley | former county borough of Barnsley, urban districts of Cudworth, Darfield, Darton, Dearne, Dodworth, Hoyland Nether, Royston, Wombwell and Worsborough | | Doncaster | former county borough of Doncaster, urban districts of Adwick-le-Street, Bentley with Arksey, Conisbrough and Mexborough | | Rotherham | former county borough of Rotherham, urban districts of Maltby, Rawmarsh, Swinton and Wath upon Dearne | Maltby parished 2000 | | Sheffield | former county borough of Sheffield | still unparished |
Staffordshire
Suffolk
Surrey
Tyne and Wear
| District | Unparished areas | Parished? |
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| Gateshead | former county borough of Gateshead, urban districts of Blaydon, Felling, Ryton and Whickham | still unparished. parish of Birtley became unparished in 2006 | | Newcastle upon Tyne | former county borough of Newcastle upon Tyne, urban districts of Gosforth and Newburn | a Blakelaw and North Fenham parish set up in 2001, rest remains unparished | | North Tyneside | all (former county borough of Tynemouth, boroughs of Wallsend and Whitley Bay (part), urban districts of Longbenton, Seaton Valley (part)) | still unparished | | South Tyneside | all (former county borough of South Shields, borough of Jarrow, urban districts of Boldon and Hebburn) | still unparished | | Sunderland | former county borough of Sunderland, urban districts of Houghton-le-Spring and Washington | still unparished |
Warwickshire
West Midlands
West Sussex
West Yorkshire
| District | Unparished areas | Parished? |
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| Bradford | former county borough of Bradford, borough of Keighley, urban districts of Baildon, Bingley and Shipley, Queensbury and Shelf (part) | Keighley parished in 2002, various parts of former county borough parished in 2004 as Clayton, Sandy Lane, Wilsden and Wrose. | | Calderdale | former county borough of Halifax, borough of Brighouse, urban districts of Elland and Sowerby Bridge, Queensbury and Shelf (part) | still unparished | | Kirklees | former county boroughs of Dewsbury and Huddersfield, boroughs of Batley and Spenborough, urban districts of Colne Valley, Heckmondwike and Mirfield | Mirfield parish created 1988, rest still unparished | | Leeds | former county borough of Leeds, boroughs of Morley and Pudsey, urban districts of Aireborough, Garforth, Horsforth, Rothwell | various parishes created. Morley parish does not include some areas that had been in the pre-1974 borough | | Wakefield | former county borough of Wakefield, boroughs of Castleford, Ossett and Pontefract, urban districts of Horbury, Knottingley and Stanley | still unparished |
Wiltshire
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