Parish council (England)
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A parish council is a civil local authority found in England, which is the lowest tier of local government. Parish councils are elected corporate bodies, with variable tax raising powers, and they car
A parish office, Sawtry. Only larger parishes have these.
War Memorial looked after by St Bees Parish Council
Parish council office and hall, Selston
A parish council community centre, Ackworth, West Yorkshire
Common land
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Common land is collective land in which all persons have certain common rights, such as to allow their livestock to graze upon it, to collect wood, or to cut turf for fuel. A person who has a right in
Poohsticks Bridge in Ashdown Forest, an area of common land
Modern-day pannage, or common of mast, in the New Forest
Snake's head fritillary, North Meadow, Cricklade. This is grazed as Lammas common land.
View of the Scafell massif from Yewbarrow, Wasdale, Cumbria. In the valley bottom are older enclosures and higher up on the fell-side are later enclosures on poorer land with substantial walls following boundary lines regardless of terrain. Above those is the unenclosed common land.