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In the US, the ecclesiastical unit committed to one minister or priest. In Britain, a subdivision of a county often coinciding with an original territorial subdivision in Christian church administration, served by a parish church.

The origins of the parish lay in early medieval Italian cities, and by the 12th century most of Christian Europe was divided into parishes. The parish has frequently been the center of community life, especially in rural areas.
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Peter Gillard, a committee member of Roath Local History Group, said: "There is a bit of a mishmash of order but I think it all stems from the ecclesiastical parish in Roath which covered a much bigger area then.
A Roath by any other name would smell just as sweet; Areas could be ... by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)
It was only in 1863 that the church was consecrated, and a separate ecclesiastical parish formed in 1864.
Developments have broken down the barriers; all our yesterdays by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
It was based on the old ecclesiastical parish, which includes Bamburgh, Seahouses, Beadnell, North Sunderland, Lucker, Warenford, Newham, and Fleetham and received backing from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
Joint venture digs into the parish's most recent past by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
 
 
 
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