Parish (Church of England)
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The parish with its parish church is the basic territorial unit of the Church of England. The parish has its roots in the Catholic Church and survived the English Reformation largely untouched. Each i
All Saints Bakewell, a parish church in Derbyshire
Escomb Church County Durham Saxon c.670-675
A parish boundary marker commemorating the ancient custom of Beating the bounds
A window commemorating a priest who served his parish for 47 years
Vestry
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A vestry was a committee for the local secular and ecclesiastical government of a parish in England, Wales and some English colonies. At their height, the vestries were the only form of local governme
St. George's Parish Vestry House built in 1766 at Perryman, Maryland
Notice dated April 1843 (which would have been pinned to the church door) calling a meeting of the select vestry of the parish of St Bees, for rating and assessing property in the parish to raise money for the repair of the church and the provision of ornaments and other necessary goods for the coming year. It is signed by the Rev R P Buddicom, vicar of St Bees, and three of the four churchwardens
Parish chest in St Mary's Church, Kempley, Gloucestershire.
Satirical cartoon of the select vestry of St. Paul's, Covent Garden. Thomas Jones 1828