List of civil parishes in Essex

This is a list of civil parishes in the ceremonial county of Essex, England. There are 307 civil parishes.

The former Thurrock Urban District, Benfleet Urban District, Harlow Urban District and Clacton Urban District are unparished. Parts of the former Basildon Urban District, Braintree and Bocking Urban District, Brentwood Urban District, Colchester Municipal Borough, Chelmsford Municipal Borough and Southend-on-Sea County Borough are also unparished. Population figures are not available for some of the smallest parishes.

Civil Parish Civil Parish Population 2011 Area (Hectares) 2011 Pre 1974 District District
Abberton** 424 318.31 Colchester
Abbess Beauchamp and Berners Roding 481 1600.96 Epping and Ongar Rural District Epping Forest
Aldham 491 716.65 Lexden and Winstree Rural District Colchester
Alphamstone 200 691.31 Halstead Rural District Braintree
Alresford 2,009 680.93 Tendring Rural District Tendring
Althorne 1,159 853.73 Maldon Rural District Maldon
Ardleigh 2,058 2040.33 Tendring Rural District Tendring
Arkesden 366 882.25 Saffron Walden Rural District Uttlesford
Ashdon 893 1997.27 Saffron Walden Rural District Uttlesford
Asheldham 142 529.82 Maldon Rural District Maldon
Ashen 323 607.11 Halstead Rural District Braintree
Ashingdon 3,634 1016.45 Rochford Rural District Rochford
Aythorpe Roding 214 590.80 Dunmow Rural District Uttlesford
Barling Magna 1,740 1393.87 Rochford Rural District Rochford
Barnston 947 694.05 Dunmow Rural District Uttlesford
Beaumont-cum-Moze 339 1075.71 Tendring Rural District Tendring
Belchamp Otten 164 702.05 Halstead Rural District Braintree
Belchamp St Paul 362 1023.81 Halstead Rural District Braintree
Belchamp Walter 328 1209.09 Halstead Rural District Braintree
Berden 465 729.19 Saffron Walden Rural District Uttlesford
Billericay (town) 27,998 1484.57 Basildon Urban District Basildon
Birch 873 1361.95 Lexden and Winstree Rural District Colchester
Birchanger 1,589 414.09 Saffron Walden Rural District Uttlesford
Birdbrook 397 842.91 Halstead Rural District Braintree
Black Notley 2,478 753.75 Braintree Rural District Braintree
Blackmore, Hook End and Wyatts Green 3,040 1041.16 Epping and Ongar Rural District Brentwood
Bobbingworth 280 1005.20 Epping and Ongar Rural District Epping Forest
Boreham 3,597 1539.58 Chelmsford Rural District Chelmsford
Borley Halstead Rural District Braintree
Bowers Gifford and North Benfleet 1,936 980.62 Basildon Urban District Basildon
Boxted 1,379 1285.26 Lexden and Winstree Rural District Colchester
Bradfield 1,112 865.67 Tendring Rural District Tendring
Bradwell 509 973.38 Braintree Rural District Braintree
Bradwell on Sea 863 2141.89 Maldon Rural District Maldon
Brightlingsea (town) 8,076 1143.20 Brightlingsea Urban District Tendring
Broomfield 4,575 746.69 Chelmsford Rural District Chelmsford
Broxted 508 1119.54 Dunmow Rural District Uttlesford
Buckhurst Hill 11,380 385.21 Chigwell Urban District Epping Forest
Bulmer 584 1125.79 Halstead Rural District Braintree
Bures Hamlet 749 746.88 Halstead Rural District Braintree
Burnham on Crouch (town) 7,671 2164.56 Burnham on Crouch Urban District Maldon
Canewdon 1,473 2748.89 Rochford Rural District Rochford
Canvey Island (town) 38,170 1827.88 Canvey Island Urban District Castle Point
Castle Hedingham 1,201 970.42 Halstead Rural District Braintree
Chappel 506 466.27 Lexden and Winstree Rural District Colchester
Chelmer Chelmsford
Chelmsford Garden Chelmsford
Chickney Dunmow Rural District Uttlesford
Chignall 311 912.29 Chelmsford Rural District Chelmsford
Chigwell 12,987 1567.76 Chigwell Urban District Epping Forest
Chrishall 555 993.38 Saffron Walden Rural District Uttlesford
Clavering 1,238 1547.14 Saffron Walden Rural District Uttlesford
Coggeshall 4,727 2281.73 Braintree Rural District Braintree
Cold Norton 1,099 676.90 Maldon Rural District Maldon
Colne Engaine 1,008 987.79 Halstead Rural District Braintree
Copford 1,689 869.57 Lexden and Winstree Rural District Colchester
Cressing 1,649 1051.63 Braintree Rural District Braintree
Danbury 5,087 1186.33 Chelmsford Rural District Chelmsford
Debden 778 1643.75 Saffron Walden Rural District Uttlesford
Dedham 1,907 1043.52 Lexden and Winstree Rural District Colchester
Dengie 119 1160.85 Maldon Rural District Maldon
Doddinghurst 2,832 661.33 Epping and Ongar Rural District Brentwood
Earls Colne 3,693 1196.77 Halstead Rural District Braintree
East Donyland 1,930 82.72 Lexden and Winstree Rural District Colchester
East Hanningfield 1,171 1019.02 Chelmsford Rural District Chelmsford
East Mersea 266 801.31 Lexden and Winstree Rural District Colchester
Eight Ash Green 1,730 651.42 Lexden and Winstree Rural District Colchester
Elmdon 610 1689.96 Saffron Walden Rural District Uttlesford
Elmstead 1,855 1459.04 Tendring Rural District Tendring
Elsenham 2,446 862.22 Saffron Walden Rural District Uttlesford
Epping Upland 831 1773.78 Epping and Ongar Rural District Epping Forest
Epping (town) 11,461 773.07 Epping Urban District Epping Forest
Fairstead 290 1185.42 Braintree Rural District Braintree
Farnham 410 859.59 Saffron Walden Rural District Uttlesford
Faulkbourne Braintree Rural District Braintree
Feering 2,035 1069.86 Braintree Rural District Braintree
Felsted 3,051 2404.10 Dunmow Rural District Uttlesford
Finchingfield 1,471 3351.65 Braintree Rural District Braintree
Fingringhoe 775 1019.82 Lexden and Winstree Rural District Colchester
Flitch Green 2,190 215.94 Dunmow Rural District Uttlesford
Fordham 835 763.70 Lexden and Winstree Rural District Colchester
Foulness 151 2930.26 Rochford Rural District Rochford
Foxearth 296 950.63 Halstead Rural District Braintree
Frating 537 479.54 Tendring Rural District Tendring
Frinton and Walton (town) 18,845 2493.47 Frinton and Walton Urban District Tendring
Fyfield 796 991.56 Epping and Ongar Rural District Epping Forest
Galleywood 5,738 894.87 Chelmsford Rural District Chelmsford
Gestingthorpe 421 995.72 Halstead Rural District Braintree
Goldhanger 654 653.01 Maldon Rural District Maldon
Good Easter 382 794.93 Chelmsford Rural District Chelmsford
Gosfield 1,362 1282.00 Halstead Rural District Braintree
Great and Little Leighs 2,709 1689.25 Chelmsford Rural District Chelmsford
Great and Little Wigborough* 246 1345.40 Colchester
Great Baddow 14,650 648.28 Chelmsford Rural District Chelmsford
Great Bardfield 1,227 1411.38 Braintree Rural District Braintree
Great Bentley 2,253 1307.85 Tendring Rural District Tendring
Great Braxted 330 1066.80 Maldon Rural District Maldon
Great Bromley 1,037 1212.53 Tendring Rural District Tendring
Great Burstead and South Green (village) 5,968 742.00 Basildon Urban District Basildon
Great Canfield 414 1023.18 Dunmow Rural District Uttlesford
Great Chesterford 1,494 1146.12 Saffron Walden Rural District Uttlesford
Great Dunmow (town) 8,830 2332.22 Dunmow Rural District Uttlesford
Great Easton 1,035 1517.59 Dunmow Rural District Uttlesford
Great Hallingbury 713 1032.62 Dunmow Rural District Uttlesford
Great Henny*** 191 587.42 Halstead Rural District Braintree
Great Horkesley 2,476 1192.33 Lexden and Winstree Rural District Colchester
Great Maplestead 343 736.65 Halstead Rural District Braintree
Great Notley 6,496 262.80 Braintree Rural District Braintree
Great Oakley 1,017 1342.25 Tendring Rural District Tendring
Great Sampford 586 702.58 Saffron Walden Rural District Uttlesford
Great Tey 911 1133.61 Lexden and Winstree Rural District Colchester
Great Totham 2,930 1453.00 Maldon Rural District Maldon
Great Wakering 5,587 1022.98 Rochford Rural District Rochford
Great Waltham 2,172 2503.81 Chelmsford Rural District Chelmsford
Great Yeldham 1,844 779.75 Halstead Rural District Braintree
Greenstead Green and Halstead Rural 670 1770.91 Halstead Rural District Braintree
Hadstock 332 685.54 Saffron Walden Rural District Uttlesford
Halstead (town) 11,906 507.66 Halstead Urban District Braintree
Harwich (town) 17,684 642.34 Harwich Municipal Borough Tendring
Hatfield Broad Oak 1,276 2425.16 Dunmow Rural District Uttlesford
Hatfield Heath 1,930 1086.83 Dunmow Rural District Uttlesford
Hatfield Peverel 4,376 1910.22 Braintree Rural District Braintree
Hawkwell 11,730 549.79 Rochford Rural District Rochford
Hazeleigh Maldon Rural District Maldon
Helions Bumpstead 439 1151.67 Halstead Rural District Braintree
Hempstead 451 1461.78 Saffron Walden Rural District Uttlesford
Henham 1,233 1449.67 Saffron Walden Rural District Uttlesford
Herongate and Ingrave 2,175 1219.85 Brentwood Urban District Brentwood
Heybridge Basin 14,220 1228.81 Maldon Municipal Borough Maldon
Heybridge 8,175 682.90 Maldon Municipal Borough Maldon
High Easter 754 2095.93 Dunmow Rural District Uttlesford
High Laver 493 1159.13 Epping and Ongar Rural District Epping Forest
High Ongar 1,255 1585.07 Epping and Ongar Rural District Epping Forest
High Roothing 478 795.72 Dunmow Rural District Uttlesford
Highwood 654 1410.07 Chelmsford Rural District Chelmsford
Hockley 9,616 696.76 Rochford Rural District Rochford
Hullbridge 6,527 783.78 Rochford Rural District Rochford
Ingatestone and Fryerning 4,783 1584.60 Chelmsford Rural District Brentwood
Kelvedon Hatch 2,541 765.34 Epping and Ongar Rural District Brentwood
Kelvedon 3,587 1297.62 Braintree Rural District Braintree
Lamarsh 187 379.26 Halstead Rural District Braintree
Lambourne 2,013 1041.69 Epping and Ongar Rural District Epping Forest
Langenhoe** 572 811.88 Colchester
Langford 161 400.71 Maldon Rural District Maldon
Langham 1,036 1205.26 Lexden and Winstree Rural District Colchester
Langley 355 736.31 Saffron Walden Rural District Uttlesford
Latchingdon 1,241 1467.69 Maldon Rural District Maldon
Lawford 4,302 1100.92 Tendring Rural District Tendring
Layer Breton 287 510.07 Lexden and Winstree Rural District Colchester
Layer de la Haye 1,767 826.15 Lexden and Winstree Rural District Colchester
Layer Marney 199 896.48 Lexden and Winstree Rural District Colchester
Leaden Roding 616 420.70 Dunmow Rural District Uttlesford
Leigh-on-Sea (town) 22,509 523.37 Southend on Sea County Borough Southend-on-Sea
Lindsell 260 802.75 Dunmow Rural District Uttlesford
Liston Halstead Rural District Braintree
Little Baddow 1,586 1115.87 Chelmsford Rural District Chelmsford
Little Bardfield 264 867.81 Dunmow Rural District Uttlesford
Little Bentley 271 847.92 Tendring Rural District Tendring
Little Braxted 170 251.80 Maldon Rural District Maldon
Little Bromley 253 747.18 Tendring Rural District Tendring
Little Burstead 395 759.54 Basildon Urban District Basildon
Little Canfield 935 690.88 Dunmow Rural District Uttlesford
Little Chesterford 215 616.66 Saffron Walden Rural District Uttlesford
Little Clacton 2,822 901.72 Tendring Rural District Tendring
Little Dunmow 284 483.58 Dunmow Rural District Uttlesford
Little Easton 437 718.98 Dunmow Rural District Uttlesford
Little Hallingbury 1,582 731.66 Dunmow Rural District Uttlesford
Little Henny*** Halstead Rural District Braintree
Little Horkesley 188 517.29 Lexden and Winstree Rural District Colchester
Little Laver Epping and Ongar Rural District Epping Forest
Little Maplestead 270 592.53 Halstead Rural District Braintree
Little Oakley 1,171 488.00 Tendring Rural District Tendring
Little Sampford 251 1343.42 Saffron Walden Rural District Uttlesford
Little Totham 400 518.93 Maldon Rural District Maldon
Little Waltham 1,316 1206.28 Chelmsford Rural District Chelmsford
Little Yeldham 331 517.06 Halstead Rural District Braintree
Littlebury 869 1647.52 Saffron Walden Rural District Uttlesford
Loughton (town) 31,106 1512.13 Chigwell Urban District Epping Forest
Magdalen Laver 232 606.44 Epping and Ongar Rural District Epping Forest
Maldon (town) Maldon Municipal Borough Maldon
Manningtree (town) 911 20.09 Tendring Rural District Tendring
Manuden 677 1015.41 Saffron Walden Rural District Uttlesford
Margaret Roding 218 519.20 Dunmow Rural District Uttlesford
Margaretting 847 1126.36 Chelmsford Rural District Chelmsford
Marks Tey 2,551 609.68 Lexden and Winstree Rural District Colchester
Mashbury Chelmsford Rural District Chelmsford
Matching 661 1261.84 Epping and Ongar Rural District Epping Forest
Mayland 3,855 801.34 Maldon Rural District Maldon
Messing-cum-Inworth 363 994.06 Lexden and Winstree Rural District Colchester
Middleton*** 128 386.04 Halstead Rural District Braintree
Mistley 2,685 857.14 Tendring Rural District Tendring
Moreton 321 596.29 Epping and Ongar Rural District Epping Forest
Mount Bures 249 523.41 Lexden and Winstree Rural District Colchester
Mountnessing 1,183 1210.40 Chelmsford Rural District Brentwood
Mundon 355 1325.86 Maldon Rural District Maldon
Myland 11,299 667.84 Colchester Municipal Borough Colchester
Navestock 585 1829.53 Epping and Ongar Rural District Brentwood
Nazeing 4,378 1644.12 Epping and Ongar Rural District Epping Forest
Newport 2,352 876.89 Saffron Walden Rural District Uttlesford
Noak Bridge 2,763 270.65 Basildon Urban District Basildon
North Fambridge 835 500.10 Maldon Rural District Maldon
North Weald Bassett 6,032 2278.61 Epping and Ongar Rural District Epping Forest
Ongar (town) 6,251 901.80 Epping and Ongar Rural District Epping Forest
Ovington Halstead Rural District Braintree
Paglesham 246 760.82 Rochford Rural District Rochford
Panfield 841 607.24 Braintree Rural District Braintree
Pebmarsh 570 835.72 Halstead Rural District Braintree
Peldon* 559 1023.15 Colchester
Pentlow 227 767.81 Halstead Rural District Braintree
Pleshey 373 879.92 Chelmsford Rural District Chelmsford
Purleigh 1,271 2240.57 Maldon Rural District Maldon
Quendon and Rickling 587 829.53 Saffron Walden Rural District Uttlesford
Radwinter 612 1527.99 Saffron Walden Rural District Uttlesford
Ramsden Bellhouse 788 231.33 Basildon Urban District Basildon
Ramsden Crays 1,838 517.34 Basildon Urban District Basildon
Ramsey and Parkeston 2,343 1599.05 Tendring Rural District Tendring
Rawreth 1,126 1112.86 Rayleigh Urban District Rochford
Rayleigh (town) 32,150 1197.98 Rayleigh Urban District Rochford
Rayne 2,299 846.56 Braintree Rural District Braintree
Rettendon 1,627 1735.53 Chelmsford Rural District Chelmsford
Ridgewell 509 605.95 Halstead Rural District Braintree
Rivenhall 742 951.07 Witham Urban District Braintree
Rochford 8,471 1222.23 Rochford Rural District Rochford
Roxwell 1,044 1934.92 Chelmsford Rural District Chelmsford
Roydon 2,828 1094.34 Epping and Ongar Rural District Epping Forest
Runwell 3,394 583.50 Chelmsford Rural District Chelmsford
Saffron Walden (town) 15,504 2488.85 Saffron Walden Municipal Borough Uttlesford
Salcott* 317 249.88 Colchester
Sandon 1,612 1053.07 Chelmsford Rural District Chelmsford
Sewards End 511 490.47 Saffron Walden Municipal Borough Uttlesford
Shalford 747 999.25 Braintree Rural District Braintree
Sheering 2,905 837.62 Epping and Ongar Rural District Epping Forest
Shotgate 3,699 125.49 Basildon Urban District Basildon
Sible Hedingham 3,994 2178.17 Halstead Rural District Braintree
Silver End 3,861 504.74 Witham Urban District Braintree
South Hanningfield 2,629 1422.43 Chelmsford Rural District Chelmsford
South Woodham Ferrers (town) 16,453 852.50 Chelmsford Rural District Chelmsford
Southminster (town) 4,272 2637.86 Maldon Rural District Maldon
Springfield 20,084 817.62 Chelmsford Rural District Chelmsford
St Lawrence 1,388 924.23 Maldon Rural District Maldon
St Osyth 4,277 3221.10 Tendring Rural District Tendring
Stambourne 409 892.42 Halstead Rural District Braintree
Stambridge 700 890.90 Rochford Rural District Rochford
Stanford Rivers 817 1748.51 Epping and Ongar Rural District Epping Forest
Stansted Mountfitchet 6,011 1619.40 Saffron Walden Rural District Uttlesford
Stanway 8,509 1142.39 Lexden and Winstree Rural District Colchester
Stapleford Abbotts 1,008 956.90 Epping and Ongar Rural District Epping Forest
Stapleford Tawney 135 669.69 Epping and Ongar Rural District Epping Forest
Stebbing 1,300 1770.71 Dunmow Rural District Uttlesford
Steeple Bumpstead 1,627 1521.40 Halstead Rural District Braintree
Steeple 490 1035.11 Maldon Rural District Maldon
Stisted 662 1239.22 Braintree Rural District Braintree
Stock 2,100 1788.21 Chelmsford Rural District Chelmsford
Stondon Massey 767 485.95 Epping and Ongar Rural District Brentwood
Stow Maries 214 661.57 Maldon Rural District Maldon
Strethall Saffron Walden Rural District Uttlesford
Sturmer 492 397.93 Halstead Rural District Braintree
Sutton 136 622.27 Rochford Rural District Rochford
Takeley 3,367 1311.43 Dunmow Rural District Uttlesford
Tendring 736 1163.08 Tendring Rural District Tendring
Terling 764 1331.26 Braintree Rural District Braintree
Thaxted 2,845 2537.21 Dunmow Rural District Uttlesford
The Salings 475 1,132.21 Braintree Rural District Braintree
Theydon Bois 4,062 831.66 Epping and Ongar Rural District Epping Forest
Theydon Garnon 121 804.20 Epping and Ongar Rural District Epping Forest
Theydon Mount 175 632.00 Epping and Ongar Rural District Epping Forest
Thorpe-le-Soken 1,961 2130.26 Tendring Rural District Tendring
Thorrington 1,258 832.83 Tendring Rural District Tendring
Tilbury juxta Clare 205 671.32 Halstead Rural District Braintree
Tillingham 1,058 2015.64 Maldon Rural District Maldon
Tilty Dunmow Rural District Uttlesford
Tiptree 9,182 957.70 Lexden and Winstree Rural District Colchester
Tollesbury 2,621 1931.09 Maldon Rural District Maldon
Tolleshunt D'Arcy 1,042 1639.10 Maldon Rural District Maldon
Tolleshunt Knights 1,030 800.16 Maldon Rural District Maldon
Tolleshunt Major 695 913.11 Maldon Rural District Maldon
Toppesfield 507 1345.20 Halstead Rural District Braintree
Twinstead*** 155 467.18 Halstead Rural District Braintree
Ugley 449 866.37 Saffron Walden Rural District Uttlesford
Ulting 167 418.52 Maldon Rural District Maldon
Virley* Colchester
Wakes Colne 538 832.76 Lexden and Winstree Rural District Colchester
Waltham Abbey (town) 21,149 4240.60 Waltham Holy Cross Urban District Epping Forest
Weeley 1,768 803.19 Tendring Rural District Tendring
Wenden Lofts Saffron Walden Rural District Uttlesford
Wendens Ambo 473 627.70 Saffron Walden Rural District Uttlesford
West Bergholt 3,344 1034.42 Lexden and Winstree Rural District Colchester
West Hanningfield 975 1125.70 Chelmsford Rural District Chelmsford
West Horndon 1,537 765.05 Brentwood Urban District Brentwood
West Mersea (town) 7,183 1061.37 West Mersea Urban District Colchester
Wethersfield 1,269 1709.29 Braintree Rural District Braintree
White Colne 540 608.84 Halstead Rural District Braintree
White Notley 522 754.82 Braintree Rural District Braintree
White Roothing 327 975.05 Dunmow Rural District Uttlesford
Wicken Bonhunt 223 343.74 Saffron Walden Rural District Uttlesford
Wickford Basildon Urban District Basildon
Wickham Bishops 1,829 759.48 Maldon Rural District Maldon
Wickham St Paul 321 495.65 Halstead Rural District Braintree
Widdington 504 869.30 Saffron Walden Rural District Uttlesford
Willingale 501 1398.38 Epping and Ongar Rural District Epping Forest
Wimbish 1,629 1990.55 Saffron Walden Rural District Uttlesford
Witham (town) 25,353 1400.43 Witham Urban District Braintree
Wivenhoe (town) 7,637 484.27 Wivenhoe Urban District Colchester
Wix 720 1265.85 Tendring Rural District Tendring
Woodham Ferrers and Bicknacre 2,889 1205.78 Chelmsford Rural District Chelmsford
Woodham Mortimer 641 962.30 Maldon Rural District Maldon
Woodham Walter 532 1059.32 Maldon Rural District Maldon
Wormingford 454 925.30 Lexden and Winstree Rural District Colchester
Wrabness 401 445.86 Tendring Rural District Tendring
Writtle 5,383 1806.45 Chelmsford Rural District Chelmsford

*Salcott, Virley, Peldon, Great and Little Wigborough are governed by the joint Winstred Hundred Parish Council.

**Abberton and Langenhoe are governed by the joint Abberton and Langenhoe Parish Council.

***Little Henny, Great Henny, Middleton and Twinsted are governed by the joint Hennys', Middleton & Twinstead Parish Council.

The three parishes of Heydon, Great Chishill and Little Chishill were formerly in Essex, they were transferred to Cambridgeshire in boundary changes in 1895.

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