Civil parishes in Cumbria

A civil parish in England is the lowest unit of local government. There are 284 civil parishes in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, with most of the county being parished. At the 2001 census, there were 359,692 people living in those 284 parishes, accounting for 73.8 per cent of the county's population.
The extent of modern civil parishes are largely geographically based on historic Church of England parish boundaries, which were ecclesiastical divisions that had acquired civil administration powers managed by the Vestry committee.

History

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.
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 [Elizabethan English Poor Laws|Poor Law (1601)|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. The 19th century saw an increase in the responsibility of parishes, although the Poor Law powers were transferred to Poor Law Unions. The Public Health Act 1872 grouped parishes into Rural Sanitary Districts, based on the Poor Law Unions; these subsequently formed the basis for Rural Districts.
Parishes were run by vestries, meeting annually to appoint officials, and were generally identical to ecclesiastical parishes, although some 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.
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. Urban civil parishes continued to exist, and were generally coterminous with the 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.
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.

The current position

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.
A parish council can become a town council unilaterally, simply by resolution; and a civil parish can also gain city status, but only if that is granted by the Crown. The chairman of a town or city council is called a mayor. The 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.

List of civil parishes and unparished areas

Image	Name	Status	Population	District	Former District	Former local authority	Refs
	Above Derwent	Civil parish	1,207	Cumberland	Allerdale	Cockermouth Rural District
	Aikton	Civil parish	480	Cumberland	Allerdale	Wigton Rural District
	Allhallows	Civil parish	548	Cumberland	Allerdale	Wigton Rural District
	Allonby	Civil parish	462	Cumberland	Allerdale	Wigton Rural District
	Aspatria	Town	2,718	Cumberland	Allerdale	Wigton Rural District
	Bassenthwaite	Civil parish	412	Cumberland	Allerdale	Cockermouth Rural District
	Bewaldeth and Snittlegarth	Civil parish	40	Cumberland	Allerdale	Cockermouth Rural District
	Blennerhasset and Torpenhow	Civil parish	437	Cumberland	Allerdale	Wigton Rural District
	Blindbothel	Civil parish	148	Cumberland	Allerdale	Cockermouth Rural District
	Blindcrake	Civil parish	287	Cumberland	Allerdale	Cockermouth Rural District
	Boltons	Civil parish	585	Cumberland	Allerdale	Wigton Rural District
	Borrowdale	Civil parish	438	Cumberland	Allerdale	Cockermouth Rural District
	Bothel and Threapland	Civil parish	438	Cumberland	Allerdale	Cockermouth Rural District
	Bowness	Civil parish	1,221	Cumberland	Allerdale	Wigton Rural District
	Bridekirk	Civil parish	636	Cumberland	Allerdale	Cockermouth Rural District
	Brigham	Civil parish	1,065	Cumberland	Allerdale	Cockermouth Rural District
	Bromfield	Civil parish	530	Cumberland	Allerdale	Wigton Rural District
	Broughton	Community	1,727	Cumberland	Allerdale	Cockermouth Rural District
	Broughton Moor	Civil parish	726	Cumberland	Allerdale	Cockermouth Rural District
	Buttermere	Civil parish	127	Cumberland	Allerdale	Cockermouth Rural District
	Caldbeck	Civil parish	714	Cumberland	Allerdale	Wigton Rural District
	Camerton	Civil parish	172	Cumberland	Allerdale	Cockermouth Rural District
	Cockermouth	Town	7,877	Cumberland	Allerdale	Cockermouth Urban District
	Crosscanonby	Civil parish	1,054	Cumberland	Allerdale	Cockermouth Rural District
	Dean	Civil parish	1,077	Cumberland	Allerdale	Cockermouth Rural District
	Dearham	Civil parish	2,028	Cumberland	Allerdale	Cockermouth Rural District
	Dundraw	Civil parish	167	Cumberland	Allerdale	Wigton Rural District
	Embleton	Civil parish	297	Cumberland	Allerdale	Cockermouth Rural District
	Gilcrux	Civil parish	303	Cumberland	Allerdale	Cockermouth Rural District
	Great Clifton	Civil parish	1,101	Cumberland	Allerdale	Cockermouth Rural District
	Greysouthen	Civil parish	508	Cumberland	Allerdale	Cockermouth Rural District
	Hayton and Mealo	Civil parish	229	Cumberland	Allerdale	Wigton Rural District
	Holme Abbey	Civil parish	776	Cumberland	Allerdale	Wigton Rural District
	Holme East Waver	Civil parish	306	Cumberland	Allerdale	Wigton Rural District
	Holme Low	Civil parish	373	Cumberland	Allerdale	Wigton Rural District
	Holme St Cuthbert	Civil parish	421	Cumberland	Allerdale	Wigton Rural District
	Ireby and Uldale	Civil parish	428	Cumberland	Allerdale	Wigton Rural District
	Keswick	Town	4,984	Cumberland	Allerdale	Keswick Urban District
	Kirkbampton	Civil parish	471	Cumberland	Allerdale	Wigton Rural District
	Kirkbride	Civil parish	519	Cumberland	Allerdale	Wigton Rural District
	Little Clifton	Civil parish	391	Cumberland	Allerdale	Cockermouth Rural District
	Lorton	Civil parish	250	Cumberland	Allerdale	Cockermouth Rural District
	Loweswater	Civil parish	209	Cumberland	Allerdale	Cockermouth Rural District
	Maryport	Town	11,275	Cumberland	Allerdale	Maryport Urban District
	Oughterside and Allerby	Civil parish	626	Cumberland	Allerdale	Cockermouth Rural District
	Papcastle	Civil parish	406	Cumberland	Allerdale	Cockermouth Rural District
	Plumbland	Civil parish	367	Cumberland	Allerdale	Cockermouth Rural District
	Seaton	Civil parish	4,861	Cumberland	Allerdale	Cockermouth Rural District
	Sebergham	Civil parish	361	Cumberland	Allerdale	Wigton Rural District
	Setmurthy	Civil parish	108	Cumberland	Allerdale	Cockermouth Rural District
	Silloth-on-Solway	Town	2,932	Cumberland	Allerdale	Wigton Rural District
	Lands common to Holme Abbey, Holme Low and Holme St Cuthbert	Common lands	0	Cumberland	Allerdale	Wigton Rural District
	St John's Castlerigg and Wythburn	Civil parish	407	Cumberland	Allerdale	Cockermouth Rural District
	Thursby	Civil parish	1,185	Cumberland	Allerdale	Wigton Rural District
	Underskiddaw	Civil parish	282	Cumberland	Allerdale	Cockermouth Rural District
	Waverton	Civil parish	326	Cumberland	Allerdale	Wigton Rural District
	Westnewton	Civil parish	247	Cumberland	Allerdale	Wigton Rural District
	Westward	Civil parish	814	Cumberland	Allerdale	Wigton Rural District
	Wigton	Town	5,360	Cumberland	Allerdale	Wigton Rural District
	Winscales	Civil parish	186	Cumberland	Allerdale	Cockermouth Rural District
	Woodside	Civil parish	516	Cumberland	Allerdale	Wigton Rural District
	Workington	Town	24,295	Cumberland	Allerdale	Workington Municipal Borough
	Wythop	Civil parish	51	Cumberland	Allerdale	Cockermouth Rural District
	Barrow	Town	59,181	Westmorland and Furness	Barrow-in-Furness	Barrow in Furness County Borough
	Askam and Ireleth	Civil parish	3,632	Westmorland and Furness	Barrow-in-Furness	Dalton in Furness Urban District
	Dalton Town with Newton	Town	8,394	Westmorland and Furness	Barrow-in-Furness	Dalton in Furness Urban District
	Lindal and Marton	Civil parish	773	Westmorland and Furness	Barrow-in-Furness	Dalton in Furness Urban District
	Arthuret	Civil parish	2,434	Cumberland	Carlisle	Border Rural District
	Askerton	Civil parish	162	Cumberland	Carlisle	Border Rural District
	Beaumont	Civil parish	447	Cumberland	Carlisle	Border Rural District
	Bewcastle	Civil parish	411	Cumberland	Carlisle	Border Rural District
	Brampton	Civil parish	4,361	Cumberland	Carlisle	Border Rural District
	Burgh by Sands	Civil parish	1,143	Cumberland	Carlisle	Border Rural District
	Burtholme	Civil parish	184	Cumberland	Carlisle	Border Rural District
	Carlatton	Civil parish	29	Cumberland	Carlisle	Border Rural District
	Carlisle	Unparished area	68,735	Cumberland	Carlisle	Carlisle County Borough
	Castle Carrock	Civil parish	309	Cumberland	Carlisle	Border Rural District
	Cummersdale	Civil parish	486	Cumberland	Carlisle	Border Rural District
	Cumrew	Civil parish	85	Cumberland	Carlisle	Border Rural District
	Cumwhitton	Civil parish	293	Cumberland	Carlisle	Border Rural District
	Dalston	Civil parish	2,643	Cumberland	Carlisle	Border Rural District
	Farlam	Civil parish	590	Cumberland	Carlisle	Border Rural District
	Hayton	Civil parish	2,180	Cumberland	Carlisle	Border Rural District
	Hethersgill	Civil parish	382	Cumberland	Carlisle	Border Rural District
	Irthington	Civil parish	712	Cumberland	Carlisle	Border Rural District
	Kingmoor	Civil parish	407	Cumberland	Carlisle	Border Rural District
	Kingwater	Civil parish	164	Cumberland	Carlisle	Border Rural District
	Kirkandrews	Civil parish	447	Cumberland	Carlisle	Border Rural District
	Kirklinton Middle	Civil parish	369	Cumberland	Carlisle	Border Rural District
	Midgeholme	Civil parish	67	Cumberland	Carlisle	Border Rural District
	Nether Denton	Civil parish	318	Cumberland	Carlisle	Border Rural District
	Nicholforest	Civil parish	386	Cumberland	Carlisle	Border Rural District
	Orton	Civil parish	383	Cumberland	Carlisle	Border Rural District
	Rockcliffe	Civil parish	733	Cumberland	Carlisle	Border Rural District
	Scaleby	Civil parish	349	Cumberland	Carlisle	Border Rural District
	Solport	Civil parish	168	Cumberland	Carlisle	Border Rural District
	St Cuthbert Without	Civil parish	2,043	Cumberland	Carlisle	Border Rural District
	Stanwix Rural	Civil parish	3,043	Cumberland	Carlisle	Border Rural District
	Stapleton	Civil parish	221	Cumberland	Carlisle	Border Rural District
	Upper Denton	Civil parish	92	Cumberland	Carlisle	Border Rural District
	Walton	Civil parish	278	Cumberland	Carlisle	Border Rural District
	Waterhead	Civil parish	124	Cumberland	Carlisle	Border Rural District
	Westlinton	Civil parish	359	Cumberland	Carlisle	Border Rural District
	Wetheral	Civil parish	5,203	Cumberland	Carlisle	Border Rural District
	Arlecdon and Frizington	Civil parish	3,678	Cumberland	Copeland	Ennerdale Rural District
	Beckermet	Civil parish	2,310	Cumberland	Copeland	Ennerdale Rural District
	Bootle	Civil parish	745	Cumberland	Copeland	Millom Rural District
	Cleator Moor	Town	6,939	Cumberland	Copeland	Ennerdale Rural District
	Distington	Civil parish	2,247	Cumberland	Copeland	Ennerdale Rural District
	Drigg and Carleton	Civil parish	450	Cumberland	Copeland	Millom Rural District
	Egremont	Town	7,444	Cumberland	Copeland	Ennerdale Rural District
	Ennerdale and Kinniside	Civil parish	240	Cumberland	Copeland	Ennerdale Rural District
	Eskdale	Civil parish	264	Cumberland	Copeland	Millom Rural District
	Gosforth	Civil parish	1,230	Cumberland	Copeland	Ennerdale Rural District
	Haile	Civil parish	237	Cumberland	Copeland	Ennerdale Rural District
	Irton with Santon	Civil parish	373	Cumberland	Copeland	Millom Rural District
	Lamplugh	Civil parish	763	Cumberland	Copeland	Ennerdale Rural District
	Lowca	Civil parish	773	Cumberland	Copeland	Ennerdale Rural District
	Lowside Quarter	Civil parish	379	Cumberland	Copeland	Ennerdale Rural District
	Millom	Town	7,132	Cumberland	Copeland	Millom Rural District
	Millom Without	Civil parish	1,638	Cumberland	Copeland	Millom Rural District
	Moresby	Civil parish	1,280	Cumberland	Copeland	Ennerdale Rural District
	Muncaster	Civil parish	335	Cumberland	Copeland	Millom Rural District
	Parton	Civil parish	924	Cumberland	Copeland	Ennerdale Rural District
	Ponsonby	Civil parish	92	Cumberland	Copeland	Ennerdale Rural District
	Seascale	Civil parish	1,747	Cumberland	Copeland	Millom Rural District
	St Bees	Civil parish	1,717	Cumberland	Copeland	Ennerdale Rural District
	Ulpha	Civil parish	159	Cumberland	Copeland	Millom Rural District
	Waberthwaite	Civil parish	274	Cumberland	Copeland	Millom Rural District
	Wasdale	Civil parish	79	Cumberland	Copeland	Ennerdale Rural District
	Weddicar	Civil parish	442	Cumberland	Copeland	Ennerdale Rural District
	Whicham	Civil parish	395	Cumberland	Copeland	Millom Rural District
	Whitehaven	Town	25,032	Cumberland	Copeland	Whitehaven Municipal Borough
	Ainstable	Civil parish	532	Westmorland and Furness	Eden	Penrith Rural District
	Alston Moor	Civil parish	2,156	Westmorland and Furness	Eden	Alston with Garrigill Rural District
	Appleby-in-Westmorland	Town	2,862	Westmorland and Furness	Eden	Appleby Municipal Borough
	Asby	Civil parish	280	Westmorland and Furness	Eden	North Westmorland Rural District
	Askham	Civil parish	360	Westmorland and Furness	Eden	North Westmorland Rural District
	Bampton	Civil parish	283	Westmorland and Furness	Eden	North Westmorland Rural District
	Barton and Pooley Bridge	Civil parish	232	Westmorland and Furness	Eden	North Westmorland Rural District
	Bolton	Civil parish	416	Westmorland and Furness	Eden	North Westmorland Rural District
	Brough	Civil parish	680	Westmorland and Furness	Eden	North Westmorland Rural District
	Brough Sowerby	Civil parish	127	Westmorland and Furness	Eden	North Westmorland Rural District
	Brougham	Civil parish	279	Westmorland and Furness	Eden	North Westmorland Rural District
	Castle Sowerby	Civil parish	337	Westmorland and Furness	Eden	Penrith Rural District
	Catterlen	Civil parish	471	Westmorland and Furness	Eden	Penrith Rural District
	Cliburn	Civil parish	204	Westmorland and Furness	Eden	North Westmorland Rural District
	Clifton	Civil parish	461	Westmorland and Furness	Eden	North Westmorland Rural District
	Colby	Civil parish	120	Westmorland and Furness	Eden	North Westmorland Rural District
	Crackenthorpe	Civil parish	77	Westmorland and Furness	Eden	North Westmorland Rural District
	Crosby Garrett	Civil parish	112	Westmorland and Furness	Eden	North Westmorland Rural District
	Crosby Ravensworth	Civil parish	538	Westmorland and Furness	Eden	North Westmorland Rural District
	Culgaith	Civil parish	721	Westmorland and Furness	Eden	Penrith Rural District
	Dacre	Civil parish	1,326	Westmorland and Furness	Eden	Penrith Rural District
	Dufton	Civil parish	169	Westmorland and Furness	Eden	North Westmorland Rural District
	Glassonby	Civil parish	314	Westmorland and Furness	Eden	Penrith Rural District
	Great Salkeld	Civil parish	445	Westmorland and Furness	Eden	Penrith Rural District
	Great Strickland	Civil parish	246	Westmorland and Furness	Eden	North Westmorland Rural District
	Greystoke	Civil parish	733	Westmorland and Furness	Eden	Penrith Rural District
	Hartley	Civil parish	133	Westmorland and Furness	Eden	North Westmorland Rural District
	Helbeck	Civil parish	19	Westmorland and Furness	Eden	North Westmorland Rural District
	Hesket	Civil parish	2,363	Westmorland and Furness	Eden	Penrith Rural District
	Hoff	Civil parish	189	Westmorland and Furness	Eden	North Westmorland Rural District
	Hunsonby	Civil parish	383	Westmorland and Furness	Eden	Penrith Rural District
	Hutton	Civil parish	326	Westmorland and Furness	Eden	Penrith Rural District
	Kaber	Civil parish	89	Westmorland and Furness	Eden	North Westmorland Rural District
	King's Meaburn	Civil parish	105	Westmorland and Furness	Eden	North Westmorland Rural District
	Kirkby Stephen	Civil parish	1,832	Westmorland and Furness	Eden	North Westmorland Rural District
	Kirkby Thore	Civil parish	731	Westmorland and Furness	Eden	North Westmorland Rural District
	Kirkoswald	Civil parish	870	Westmorland and Furness	Eden	Penrith Rural District
	Langwathby	Civil parish	748	Westmorland and Furness	Eden	Penrith Rural District
	Lazonby	Civil parish	980	Westmorland and Furness	Eden	Penrith Rural District
	Little Strickland	Civil parish	96	Westmorland and Furness	Eden	North Westmorland Rural District
	Long Marton	Civil parish	704	Westmorland and Furness	Eden	North Westmorland Rural District
	Lowther	Civil parish	402	Westmorland and Furness	Eden	North Westmorland Rural District
	Mallerstang	Civil parish	87	Westmorland and Furness	Eden	North Westmorland Rural District
	Martindale	Civil parish	49	Westmorland and Furness	Eden	North Westmorland Rural District
	Matterdale	Civil parish	526	Westmorland and Furness	Eden	Penrith Rural District
	Melmerby	Civil parish		Westmorland and Furness	Eden	Penrith Rural District
	Milburn	Civil parish	171	Westmorland and Furness	Eden	North Westmorland Rural District
	Morland	Civil parish	380	Westmorland and Furness	Eden	North Westmorland Rural District
	Mungrisdale	Civil parish	284	Westmorland and Furness	Eden	Penrith Rural District
	Murton	Civil parish	330	Westmorland and Furness	Eden	North Westmorland Rural District
	Musgrave	Civil parish	152	Westmorland and Furness	Eden	North Westmorland Rural District
	Nateby	Civil parish	110	Westmorland and Furness	Eden	North Westmorland Rural District
	Newbiggin	Civil parish	96	Westmorland and Furness	Eden	North Westmorland Rural District
	Newby	Civil parish	164	Westmorland and Furness	Eden	North Westmorland Rural District
	Ormside	Civil parish	133	Westmorland and Furness	Eden	North Westmorland Rural District
	Orton	Civil parish	594	Westmorland and Furness	Eden	North Westmorland Rural District
	Ousby	Civil parish	362	Westmorland and Furness	Eden	Penrith Rural District
	Patterdale	Civil parish	460	Westmorland and Furness	Eden	Lakes Urban District
	Penrith	Town	14,756	Westmorland and Furness	Eden	Penrith Urban District
	Ravenstonedale	Civil parish	570	Westmorland and Furness	Eden	North Westmorland Rural District
	Shap	Civil parish	1,221	Westmorland and Furness	Eden	North Westmorland Rural District
	Shap Rural	Civil parish	119	Westmorland and Furness	Eden	North Westmorland Rural District
	Skelton	Civil parish	1,059	Westmorland and Furness	Eden	Penrith Rural District
	Sleagill	Civil parish	100	Westmorland and Furness	Eden	North Westmorland Rural District
	Sockbridge and Tirril	Civil parish	397	Westmorland and Furness	Eden	North Westmorland Rural District
	Soulby	Civil parish	186	Westmorland and Furness	Eden	North Westmorland Rural District
	Stainmore	Civil parish	253	Westmorland and Furness	Eden	North Westmorland Rural District
	Tebay	Civil parish	728	Westmorland and Furness	Eden	North Westmorland Rural District
	Temple Sowerby	Civil parish	333	Westmorland and Furness	Eden	North Westmorland Rural District
	Threlkeld	Civil parish	454	Westmorland and Furness	Eden	Penrith Rural District
	Waitby	Civil parish	60	Westmorland and Furness	Eden	North Westmorland Rural District
	Warcop	Civil parish	491	Westmorland and Furness	Eden	North Westmorland Rural District
	Wharton	Civil parish	31	Westmorland and Furness	Eden	North Westmorland Rural District
	Winton	Civil parish	213	Westmorland and Furness	Eden	North Westmorland Rural District
	Yanwath and Eamont Bridge	Civil parish	457	Westmorland and Furness	Eden	North Westmorland Rural District
	Aldingham	Civil parish	1,187	Westmorland and Furness	South Lakeland	North Lonsdale Rural District
	Angerton	Civil parish	14	Westmorland and Furness	South Lakeland	North Lonsdale Rural District
	Arnside	Civil parish	2,301	Westmorland and Furness	South Lakeland	South Westmorland Rural District
	Barbon	Civil parish	263	Westmorland and Furness	South Lakeland	South Westmorland Rural District
	Beetham	Civil parish	1,724	Westmorland and Furness	South Lakeland	South Westmorland Rural District
	Blawith and Subberthwaite	Civil parish	189	Westmorland and Furness	South Lakeland	North Lonsdale Rural District
	Broughton East	Civil parish	173	Westmorland and Furness	South Lakeland	North Lonsdale Rural District
	Broughton West	Civil parish	954	Westmorland and Furness	South Lakeland	North Lonsdale Rural District
	Burton-in-Kendal	Civil parish	1,411	Westmorland and Furness	South Lakeland	South Westmorland Rural District
	Cartmel Fell	Civil parish	309	Westmorland and Furness	South Lakeland	North Lonsdale Rural District
	Casterton	Civil parish	500	Westmorland and Furness	South Lakeland	South Westmorland Rural District
	Claife	Civil parish	392	Westmorland and Furness	South Lakeland	North Lonsdale Rural District
	Colton	Civil parish	765	Westmorland and Furness	South Lakeland	North Lonsdale Rural District
	Coniston	Civil parish	1,058	Westmorland and Furness	South Lakeland	North Lonsdale Rural District
	Crook	Civil parish	340	Westmorland and Furness	South Lakeland	South Westmorland Rural District
	Crosthwaite and Lyth	Civil parish	562	Westmorland and Furness	South Lakeland	South Westmorland Rural District
	Dent	Civil parish	675	Westmorland and Furness	South Lakeland	Sedbergh Rural District
	Docker	Civil parish	55	Westmorland and Furness	South Lakeland	South Westmorland Rural District
	Dunnerdale-with-Seathwaite	Civil parish	129	Westmorland and Furness	South Lakeland	North Lonsdale Rural District
	Egton with Newland	Civil parish	898	Westmorland and Furness	South Lakeland	North Lonsdale Rural District
	Firbank	Civil parish	97	Westmorland and Furness	South Lakeland	South Westmorland Rural District
	Garsdale	Civil parish	202	Westmorland and Furness	South Lakeland	Sedbergh Rural District
	Grange-over-Sands	Town	4,042	Westmorland and Furness	South Lakeland	Grange Urban District
	Grayrigg	Civil parish	223	Westmorland and Furness	South Lakeland	South Westmorland Rural District
	Haverthwaite	Civil parish	728	Westmorland and Furness	South Lakeland	North Lonsdale Rural District
	Hawkshead	Civil parish	589	Westmorland and Furness	South Lakeland	North Lonsdale Rural District
	Helsington	Civil parish	288	Westmorland and Furness	South Lakeland	South Westmorland Rural District
	Heversham	Civil parish	647	Westmorland and Furness	South Lakeland	South Westmorland Rural District
	Hincaster	Civil parish	195	Westmorland and Furness	South Lakeland	South Westmorland Rural District
	Holme	Civil parish	1,167	Westmorland and Furness	South Lakeland	South Westmorland Rural District
	Hugill	Civil parish	416	Westmorland and Furness	South Lakeland	South Westmorland Rural District
	Hutton Roof	Civil parish	193	Westmorland and Furness	South Lakeland	South Westmorland Rural District
	Kendal	Town	27,505	Westmorland and Furness	South Lakeland	Kendal Municipal Borough
	Kentmere	Civil parish	95	Westmorland and Furness	South Lakeland	South Westmorland Rural District
	Killington	Civil parish	152	Westmorland and Furness	South Lakeland	South Westmorland Rural District
	Kirkby Ireleth	Civil parish	1,247	Westmorland and Furness	South Lakeland	North Lonsdale Rural District
	Kirkby Lonsdale	Town	1,771	Westmorland and Furness	South Lakeland	South Westmorland Rural District
	Lakes	Civil parish	5,127	Westmorland and Furness	South Lakeland	Lakes Urban District
	Lambrigg	Civil parish	90	Westmorland and Furness	South Lakeland	South Westmorland Rural District
	Levens	Civil parish	1,007	Westmorland and Furness	South Lakeland	South Westmorland Rural District
	Lindale and Newton-in-Cartmel	Civil parish	824	Westmorland and Furness	South Lakeland	North Lonsdale Rural District
	Longsleddale	Civil parish	73	Westmorland and Furness	South Lakeland	South Westmorland Rural District
	Lower Allithwaite	Civil parish	1,758	Westmorland and Furness	South Lakeland	North Lonsdale Rural District
	Lower Holker	Civil parish	1,808	Westmorland and Furness	South Lakeland	North Lonsdale Rural District
	Lowick	Civil parish	224	Westmorland and Furness	South Lakeland	North Lonsdale Rural District
	Lupton	Civil parish	165	Westmorland and Furness	South Lakeland	South Westmorland Rural District
	Mansergh	Civil parish	141	Westmorland and Furness	South Lakeland	South Westmorland Rural District
	Mansriggs	Civil parish	42	Westmorland and Furness	South Lakeland	North Lonsdale Rural District
	Middleton	Civil parish	109	Westmorland and Furness	South Lakeland	South Westmorland Rural District
	Milnthorpe	Civil parish	2,106	Westmorland and Furness	South Lakeland	South Westmorland Rural District
	Natland	Civil parish	747	Westmorland and Furness	South Lakeland	South Westmorland Rural District
	Nether Staveley	Civil parish	677	Westmorland and Furness	South Lakeland	South Westmorland Rural District
	New Hutton	Civil parish	313	Westmorland and Furness	South Lakeland	South Westmorland Rural District
	Old Hutton and Holmescales	Civil parish	357	Westmorland and Furness	South Lakeland	South Westmorland Rural District
	Osmotherley	Civil parish	234	Westmorland and Furness	South Lakeland	North Lonsdale Rural District
	Over Staveley	Civil parish	516	Westmorland and Furness	South Lakeland	South Westmorland Rural District
	Pennington	Civil parish	1,794	Westmorland and Furness	South Lakeland	North Lonsdale Rural District
	Preston Patrick	Civil parish	438	Westmorland and Furness	South Lakeland	South Westmorland Rural District
	Preston Richard	Civil parish	1,307	Westmorland and Furness	South Lakeland	South Westmorland Rural District
	Satterthwaite	Civil parish	257	Westmorland and Furness	South Lakeland	North Lonsdale Rural District
	Sedbergh	Civil parish	2,705	Westmorland and Furness	South Lakeland	Sedbergh Rural District
	Sedgwick	Civil parish	380	Westmorland and Furness	South Lakeland	South Westmorland Rural District
	Selside and Fawcett Forest	Civil parish	317	Westmorland and Furness	South Lakeland	South Westmorland Rural District
	Skelsmergh and Scalthwaiterigg	Civil parish	374	Westmorland and Furness	South Lakeland	South Westmorland Rural District
	Skelwith	Civil parish	185	Westmorland and Furness	South Lakeland	North Lonsdale Rural District
	Stainton	Civil parish	301	Westmorland and Furness	South Lakeland	South Westmorland Rural District
	Staveley-in-Cartmel	Civil parish	428	Westmorland and Furness	South Lakeland	North Lonsdale Rural District
	Strickland Ketel	Civil parish	1,093	Westmorland and Furness	South Lakeland	South Westmorland Rural District
	Strickland Roger	Civil parish	544	Westmorland and Furness	South Lakeland	South Westmorland Rural District
	Torver	Civil parish	135	Westmorland and Furness	South Lakeland	North Lonsdale Rural District
	Ulverston	Town	11,524	Westmorland and Furness	South Lakeland	Ulverston Urban District
	Underbarrow and Bradleyfield	Civil parish	351	Westmorland and Furness	South Lakeland	South Westmorland Rural District
	Urswick	Civil parish	1,467	Westmorland and Furness	South Lakeland	North Lonsdale Rural District
	Whinfell	Civil parish	152	Westmorland and Furness	South Lakeland	South Westmorland Rural District
	Windermere and Bowness	Town	8,245	Westmorland and Furness	South Lakeland	Windermere Urban District
	Witherslack, Meathop and Ulpha	Civil parish	625	Westmorland and Furness	South Lakeland	South Westmorland Rural District

Ancient parishes and townships and their relationships to modern civil and ecclesiastical organisation

Cumberland

Medieval parishes and chapelries

The following lists parishes by ward and includes chapelries in italics.

Ward	Parishes
Allerdale Above Derwent	Arlecdon • Beckermet St Bridget • Beckermet St John • Brigham • Bootle • Cleator • Corney • Dean • Distington • Drigg • Egremont • Gosforth • Haile • Harrington • Irton • Lamplugh • Millom • Moresby • Muncaster • Ponsonby • St Bees • Thornthwaite¹ • Waberthwaite • Whicham • Whitbeck • Workington
Allerdale Below Derwent	Allhallows • Aspatria • Bassenthwaite • Bolton • Bridekirk • Bromfield • Caldbeck • Camerton • Crosscanonby • Crosthwaite • Dearham • Gilcrux • Holme Cultram • Ireby • Isel • Plumbland • Torpenhow • Uldale • Westward
Cumberland	Aikton • Beaumont • Bowness • Burgh-by-Sands • Carlisle St Cuthbert • Carlisle St Mary • Dalston • Grinsdale • Kirkandrews-on-Eden • Kirkbampton • Kirkbride • Orton • Rockcliffe • Sebergham • Thursby • Warwick-on-Eden • Wetheral • Wigton
Eskdale	Arthuret • Bewcastle • Brampton • Castle Carrock • Crosby-on-Eden • Cumrew • Cumwhitton • Easton • Farlam • Hayton • Irthington • Kirkandrews-on-Esk • Kirkcambeck • Kirklinton • Lanercost • Nether Denton • Scaleby • Stanwix • Stapleton • Upper Denton • Walton
Leath	Addingham • Ainstable • Alston • Castle Sowerby • Croglin • Dacre • Edenhall • Great Salkeld • Greystoke • Hesket-in-the-Forest • Hutton-in-the-Forest • Kirkland • Kirkoswald • Langwathby • Lazonby • Melmerby • Newton Reigny • Ousby • Penrith • Renwick • Skelton

¹chapelry to Crosthwaite in Allerdale Below Derwent ward

Westmorland

Medieval parishes and chapelries

The following lists parishes by ward and includes chapelries in italics.

Ward	Parishes
East	Appleby St Lawrence • Appleby St Michael • Asby • Crosby Garrett • Dufton • Great Musgrave • Kirkby Stephen • Kirkby Thore • Long Marton • Newbiggin • Ormside • Orton • Ravenstonedale
Kendal	Beetham • Heversham • Kendal • Preston Patrick¹
Lonsdale	Burton • Kirkby Lonsdale
West	Askham • Bampton • Barton • Brougham • Cliburn • Clifton • Crosby Ravensworth • Lowther • Morland • Shap • Warcop
Lonsdale	Aldingham • Cartmel • Dalton-in-Furness • Kirkby Ireleth • Pennington • Ulverston • Urswick

¹chapelry to Burton in Lonsdale ward