# Civil parishes in Lancashire

A civil parish is a subnational entity, forming the lowest unit of local government in England. There are 219 civil parishes in the ceremonial county of Lancashire; Blackpool is completely unparished; Pendle and Ribble Valley are entirely parished. At the 2001 census, there were 587,074 people living in the 219 parishes, accounting for 41.5 per cent of the county's population.

## History

Parishes arose from Church of England divisions, and were originally purely ecclesiastical divisions. Over time they acquired civil administration powers.
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 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

| Name | Status | Population | District | Former local authority | Refs | Map ref |
| Blackburn | Unparished area | 97,058 | Blackburn with Darwen | Blackburn County Borough | [12] [13] | A98 |
| Darwen | Town | 27,495 | Blackburn with Darwen | Darwen Municipal Borough | [14] [15] [16] | A1 |
| Eccleshill | Civil parish | 276 | Blackburn with Darwen | Blackburn Rural District | [17] [18] | A2 |
| Hoddlesden | Unparished area | 1,292 | Blackburn with Darwen | Darwen Municipal Borough | [14] [19] | A99 |
| Livesey | Civil parish | 6,337 | Blackburn with Darwen | Blackburn Rural District | [17] [18] | A3 |
| North Turton | Civil parish | 3,736 | Blackburn with Darwen | Turton Urban District | [20] [18] | A4 |
| Pleasington | Civil parish | 467 | Blackburn with Darwen | Blackburn Rural District | [17] [18] | A5 |
| Tockholes | Civil parish | 454 | Blackburn with Darwen | Blackburn Rural District | [17] [18] | A6 |
| Yate and Pickup Bank | Civil parish | 355 | Blackburn with Darwen | Blackburn Rural District | [17] [18] | A7 |
| Blackpool | Unparished area | 142,283 | Blackpool | Blackpool County Borough | [21] [22] | B99 |
| Briercliffe | Civil parish | 3,187 | Burnley | Burnley Rural District | [23] [24] | C1 |
| Burnley | Unparished area | 64,925 | Burnley | Burnley County Borough | [25] [26] | C99 |
| Cliviger | Civil parish | 2,350 | Burnley | Burnley Rural District | [23] [24] | C2 |
| Dunnockshaw | Civil parish | 212 | Burnley | Burnley Rural District | [23] [24] | C3 |
| Habergham Eaves | Civil parish | 1,581 | Burnley | Burnley Rural District | [23] [24] | C4 |
| Hapton | Civil parish | 3,769 | Burnley | Burnley Rural District | [23] [24] | C5 |
| Ightenhill | Civil parish | 1,512 | Burnley | Burnley Rural District | [23] [24] | C6 |
| Padiham | Town | 8,998 | Burnley | Padiham Urban District | [27] [24] | C7 |
| Worsthorne-with-Hurstwood | Civil parish | 2,986 | Burnley | Burnley Rural District | [23] [24] | C8 |
| Adlington | Town | 5,270 | Chorley | Adlington Urban District | [28] [29] | D1 |
| Anderton | Civil parish | 1,206 | Chorley | Chorley Rural District | [30] [29] | D2 |
| Anglezarke | Civil parish | 23 | Chorley | Chorley Rural District | [30] [29] | D3 |
| Astley Village | Civil parish | 3,329 | Chorley | Chorley Municipal Borough | [31] [29] | D4 |
| Bretherton | Civil parish | 655 | Chorley | Chorley Rural District | [30] [29] | D5 |
| Brindle | Civil parish | 999 | Chorley | Chorley Rural District | [30] [29] | D6 |
| Charnock Richard | Civil parish | 1,885 | Chorley | Chorley Rural District | [30] [29] | D7 |
| Chorley | Unparished area | 31,556 | Chorley | Chorley Municipal Borough | [31] [32] | D99 |
| Clayton-le-Woods | Civil parish | 14,528 | Chorley | Chorley Rural District | [30] [29] | D8 |
| Coppull | Civil parish | 7,637 | Chorley | Chorley Rural District | [30] [29] | D9 |
| Croston | Civil parish | 2,679 | Chorley | Chorley Rural District | [30] [29] | D10 |
| Cuerden | Civil parish | 77 | Chorley | Chorley Rural District | [30] [29] | D11 |
| Eccleston | Civil parish | 4,353 | Chorley | Chorley Rural District | [30] [29] | D12 |
| Euxton | Civil parish | 8,318 | Chorley | Chorley Rural District | [30] [29] | D13 |
| Heapey | Civil parish | 955 | Chorley | Chorley Rural District | [30] [29] | D14 |
| Heath Charnock | Civil parish | 2,065 | Chorley | Chorley Rural District | [30] [29] | D15 |
| Heskin | Civil parish | 883 | Chorley | Chorley Rural District | [30] [29] | D16 |
| Hoghton | Civil parish | 867 | Chorley | Chorley Rural District | [30] [29] | D17 |
| Mawdesley | Civil parish | 1,787 | Chorley | Chorley Rural District | [30] [29] | D18 |
| Rivington | Civil parish | 144 | Chorley | Chorley Rural District | [30] [29] | D19 |
| Ulnes Walton | Civil parish | 2,048 | Chorley | Chorley Rural District | [30] [29] | D20 |
| Wheelton | Civil parish | 1,001 | Chorley | Chorley Rural District | [30] [29] | D21 |
| Whittle-le-Woods | Civil parish | 4,553 | Chorley | Chorley Rural District | [30] [29] | D22 |
| Withnell | Civil parish | 3,631 | Chorley | Withnell Urban District | [33] [29] | D23 |
| Bryning-with-Warton | Civil parish | 3,572 | Fylde | Fylde Rural District | [34] [35] | E1 |
| Elswick | Civil parish | 1,057 | Fylde | Fylde Rural District | [34] [35] | E2 |
| Freckleton | Civil parish | 6,045 | Fylde | Fylde Rural District | [34] [35] | E3 |
| Greenhalgh-with-Thistleton | Civil parish | 462 | Fylde | Fylde Rural District | [34] [35] | E4 |
| Kirkham | Town | 7,127 | Fylde | Kirkham Urban District | [36] [35] | E5 |
| Little Eccleston-with-Larbreck | Civil parish | 374 | Fylde | Fylde Rural District | [34] [35] | E6 |
| Lytham | Unparished area | 15,584 | Fylde | Lytham St Annes Municipal Borough | [37] [38] | E99 |
| Medlar-with-Wesham | Town | 3,245 | Fylde | Fylde Rural District | [34] [35] | E7 |
| Newton-with-Clifton | Civil parish | 2,680 | Fylde | Fylde Rural District | [34] [35] | E8 |
| Ribby-with-Wrea | Civil parish | 1,489 | Fylde | Fylde Rural District | [34] [35] | E9 |
| Saint Anne's on the Sea | Town | 25,743 | Fylde | Lytham St Annes Municipal Borough | [37] [39] | E10 |
| Singleton | Civil parish | 877 | Fylde | Fylde Rural District | [34] [35] | E11 |
| Staining | Civil parish | 2,312 | Fylde | Fylde Rural District | [34] [35] | E12 |
| Treales, Roseacre and Wharles | Civil parish | 447 | Fylde | Fylde Rural District | [34] [35] | E13 |
| Weeton-with-Preese | Civil parish | 1,096 | Fylde | Fylde Rural District | [34] [35] | E14 |
| Westby-with-Plumptons | Civil parish | 1,107 | Fylde | Fylde Rural District | [34] [35] | E15 |
| Accrington | Unparished area | 34,128 | Hyndburn | Accrington Municipal Borough | [40] [41] | F99 |
| Altham | Civil parish | 897 | Hyndburn | Burnley Rural District | [23] [42] | F1 |
| Church | Unparished area | 3,988 | Hyndburn | Church Urban District | [43] [44] | F99 |
| Clayton le Moors | Unparished area | 8,289 | Hyndburn | Clayton le Moors Urban District | [45] [46] | F99 |
| Great Harwood | Unparished area | 11,217 | Hyndburn | Great Harwood Urban District | [47] [48] | F99 |
| Oswaldtwistle | Unparished area | 15,627 | Hyndburn | Oswaldtwistle Urban District | [49] [50] | F99 |
| Rishton | Unparished area | 7,350 | Hyndburn | Rishton Urban District | [51] [52] | F99 |
| Aldcliffe-with-Stodday | Civil parish | 189 | Lancaster | Lancaster Municipal Borough | | G99 |
| Arkholme-with-Cawood | Civil parish | 334 | Lancaster | Lunesdale Rural District | [55] [56] | G1 |
| Bolton-le-Sands | Civil parish | 4,098 | Lancaster | Lancaster Rural District | [57] [56] | G2 |
| Borwick | Civil parish | 210 | Lancaster | Lunesdale Rural District | [55] [56] | G3 |
| Burrow-with-Burrow | Civil parish | 191 | Lancaster | Lunesdale Rural District | [55] [56] | G4 |
| Cantsfield | Civil parish | 76 | Lancaster | Lunesdale Rural District | [55] [56] | G5 |
| Carnforth | Town | 5,350 | Lancaster | Carnforth Urban District | [58] [56] | G6 |
| Caton-with-Littledale | Civil parish | 2,720 | Lancaster | Lunesdale Rural District | [55] [56] | G7 |
| Claughton | Civil parish | 132 | Lancaster | Lunesdale Rural District | [55] [56] | G8 |
| Cockerham | Civil parish | 558 | Lancaster | Lancaster Rural District | [57] [56] | G9 |
| Ellel | Civil parish | 2,521 | Lancaster | Lancaster Rural District | [57] [56] | G10 |
| Gressingham | Civil parish | 153 | Lancaster | Lunesdale Rural District | [55] [56] | G11 |
| Halton-with-Aughton | Civil parish | 2,360 | Lancaster | Lunesdale Rural District | [55] [56] | G12 |
| Heaton-with-Oxcliffe | Civil parish | 2,225 | Lancaster | Lancaster Rural District | [57] [56] | G13 |
| Heysham | Unparished area | 11,016 | Lancaster | Morecambe and Heysham Municipal Borough | [59] [60] | G98 |
| Hornby-with-Farleton | Civil parish | 729 | Lancaster | Lunesdale Rural District | [55] [56] | G14 |
| Ireby | Civil parish | 78 | Lancaster | Lunesdale Rural District | [55] [56] | G15 |
| Lancaster | Unparished area | 50,867 (including Aldcliffe-with-Stodday) | Lancaster | Lancaster Municipal Borough | [53] [61] | G99 |
| Leck | Civil parish | 189 | Lancaster | Lunesdale Rural District | [55] [56] | G16 |
| Melling-with-Wrayton | Civil parish | 290 | Lancaster | Lunesdale Rural District | [55] [56] | G17 |
| Middleton | Civil parish | 521 | Lancaster | Lancaster Rural District | [57] [56] | G18 |
| Morecambe | Town | 35,916 | Lancaster | Morecambe and Heysham Municipal Borough | [59] [62] [63] | G19 |
| Nether Kellet | Civil parish | 646 | Lancaster | Lunesdale Rural District | [55] [56] | G20 |
| Over Kellet | Civil parish | 778 | Lancaster | Lunesdale Rural District | [55] [56] | G21 |
| Over Wyresdale | Civil parish | 348 | Lancaster | Lancaster Rural District | [57] [56] | G22 |
| Overton | Civil parish | 1,015 | Lancaster | Lancaster Rural District | [57] [56] | G23 |
| Priest Hutton | Civil parish | 177 | Lancaster | Lancaster Rural District | [57] [56] | G24 |
| Quernmore | Civil parish | 532 | Lancaster | Lunesdale Rural District | [55] [56] | G25 |
| Roeburndale | Civil parish | 76 | Lancaster | Lunesdale Rural District | [55] [56] | G26 |
| Scotforth | Civil parish | 239 | Lancaster | Lancaster Rural District | [57] [56] | G27 |
| Silverdale | Civil parish | 1,545 | Lancaster | Lancaster Rural District | [57] [56] | G28 |
| Slyne-with-Hest | Civil parish | 3,163 | Lancaster | Lancaster Rural District | [57] [56] | G29 |
| Tatham | Civil parish | 393 | Lancaster | Lunesdale Rural District | [55] [56] | G30 |
| Thurnham | Civil parish | 595 | Lancaster | Lancaster Rural District | [57] [56] | G31 |
| Tunstall | Civil parish | 105 | Lancaster | Lunesdale Rural District | [55] [56] | G32 |
| Warton | Civil parish | 2,315 | Lancaster | Lancaster Rural District | [57] [56] | G33 |
| Wennington | Civil parish | 102 | Lancaster | Lunesdale Rural District | [55] [56] | G34 |
| Whittington | Civil parish | 359 | Lancaster | Lunesdale Rural District | [55] [56] | G35 |
| Wray-with-Botton | Civil parish | 521 | Lancaster | Lunesdale Rural District | [55] [56] | G36 |
| The Yealands | Civil parish | 471 | Lancaster | Lancaster Rural District | [57] [56] | G37 and G38 |
| Barley-with-Wheatley Booth | Civil parish | 271 | Pendle | Burnley Rural District | [23] [65] | H1 |
| Barnoldswick | Town | 10,859 | Pendle | Barnoldswick Urban District | [66] [65] | H2 |
| Barrowford | Civil parish | 6,039 | Pendle | Barrowford Urban District | [67] [65] | H3 |
| Blacko | Civil parish | 595 | Pendle | Burnley Rural District | [23] [65] | H4 |
| Brierfield | Town | 8,199 | Pendle | Brierfield Urban District | [68] [65] | H6 |
| Colne | Town | 18,117 | Pendle | Colne Municipal Borough | [69] [70] [71] | H7 |
| Earby | Civil parish | 4,348 | Pendle | Earby Urban District | [72] [65] | H18 |
| Foulridge | Civil parish | 1,506 | Pendle | Burnley Rural District | [23] [65] | H9 |
| Goldshaw Booth | Civil parish | 265 | Pendle | Burnley Rural District | [23] [65] | H10 |
| Higham-with-West Close Booth | Civil parish | 808 | Pendle | Burnley Rural District | [23] [65] | H11 |
| Kelbrook and Sough | Civil parish | 1,026 | Pendle | Earby Urban District | [72] [65] | H12 |
| Laneshaw Bridge | Civil parish | 759 | Pendle | Colne Municipal Borough | [69] [65] | H13 |
| Nelson | Town | 29,108 | Pendle | Nelson Municipal Borough | [73] [74] [71] | H14 |
| Old Laund Booth | Civil parish | 1,586 | Pendle | Burnley Rural District | [23] [65] | H15 |
| Reedley Hallows | Civil parish | 1,994 | Pendle | Burnley Rural District | [23] [65] | H16 |
| Roughlee Booth | Civil parish | 328 | Pendle | Burnley Rural District | [23] [65] | H17 |
| Salterforth | Civil parish | 625 | Pendle | Skipton Rural District | [75] [65] | H8 |
| Trawden Forest | Civil parish | 2,580 | Pendle | Trawden Urban District | [76] [65] | H19 |
| Barton | Civil parish | 1,096 | Preston | Preston Rural District | [77] [78] | I1 |
| Broughton | Civil parish | 1,735 | Preston | Preston Rural District | [77] [78] | I2 |
| Fulwood | Unparished area | 33,171 | Preston | Fulwood Urban District | [79] [80] | I99 |
| Goosnargh | Civil parish | 1,204 | Preston | Preston Rural District | [77] [78] | I3 |
| Grimsargh | Civil parish | 2,164 | Preston | Preston Rural District | [77] [78] | I4 |
| Haighton | Civil parish | 197 | Preston | Preston Rural District | [77] [78] | I5 |
| Ingol and Tanterton | Civil parish | | Preston | | | I99 |
| Lea | Civil parish | 5,962 | Preston | Preston Rural District | [77] [78] | I6 |
| Preston | Unparished area | 79,864 (including Ingol and Tanterton) | Preston | Preston County Borough | [82] [83] | I99 |
| Whittingham | Civil parish | 2,189 | Preston | Preston Rural District | [77] [78] | I7 |
| Woodplumpton | Civil parish | 2,051 | Preston | Preston Rural District | [77] [78] | I8 |
| Aighton, Bailey and Chaigley | Civil parish | 1,249 | Ribble Valley | Clitheroe Rural District | [84] [85] | J1 |
| Balderstone | Civil parish | 379 | Ribble Valley | Blackburn Rural District | [17] [85] | J2 |
| Barrow | Civil parish | | Ribble Valley | Clitheroe Rural District | [86][84] [85] | J48 |
| Bashall Eaves | Civil parish | 162 | Ribble Valley | Bowland Rural District | [87] [85] | J3 |
| Billington and Langho | Civil parish | 4,555 | Ribble Valley | Blackburn Rural District | [17] [85] | J4 |
| Bolton-by-Bowland | Civil parish | 498 | Ribble Valley | Bowland Rural District | [87] [85] | J5 |
| Bowland Forest High | Civil parish | 163 | Ribble Valley | Bowland Rural District | [87] [85] | J6 |
| Bowland Forest Low | Civil parish | 168 | Ribble Valley | Bowland Rural District | [87] [85] | J7 |
| Bowland-with-Leagram | Civil parish | 128 | Ribble Valley | Clitheroe Rural District | [84] [85] | J8 |
| Chatburn | Civil parish | 1,104 | Ribble Valley | Clitheroe Rural District | [84] [85] | J9 |
| Chipping | Civil parish | 1,046 | Ribble Valley | Clitheroe Rural District | [84] [85] | J10 |
| Clayton-le-Dale | Civil parish | 1,142 | Ribble Valley | Blackburn Rural District | [17] [85] | J11 |
| Clitheroe | Town | 14,697 | Ribble Valley | Clitheroe Municipal Borough | [88] [85] | J12 |
| Dinckley | Civil parish | 83 | Ribble Valley | Blackburn Rural District | [17] [85] | J13 |
| Downham | Civil parish | 156 | Ribble Valley | Clitheroe Rural District | [84] [85] | J14 |
| Dutton | Civil parish | 212 | Ribble Valley | Preston Rural District | [77] [85] | J15 |
| Easington | Civil parish | 52 | Ribble Valley | Bowland Rural District | [87] [85] | J16 |
| Gisburn | Civil parish | 506 | Ribble Valley | Bowland Rural District | [87] [85] | J17 |
| Gisburn Forest | Civil parish | 137 | Ribble Valley | Bowland Rural District | [87] [85] | J18 |
| Great Mitton | Civil parish | 205 | Ribble Valley | Bowland Rural District | [87] [85] | J19 |
| Grindleton | Civil parish | 723 | Ribble Valley | Bowland Rural District | [87] [85] | J20 |
| Horton | Civil parish | 76 | Ribble Valley | Bowland Rural District | [87] [85] | J21 |
| Hothersall | Civil parish | 136 | Ribble Valley | Preston Rural District | [77] [85] | J22 |
| Little Mitton | Civil parish | 42 | Ribble Valley | Clitheroe Rural District | [84] [85] | J23 |
| Longridge | Town | 7,546 | Ribble Valley | Longridge Urban District | [89] [85] | J24 |
| Mearley | Civil parish | 25 | Ribble Valley | Clitheroe Rural District | [84] [85] | J25 |
| Mellor | Civil parish | 2,126 | Ribble Valley | Blackburn Rural District | [17] [85] | J26 |
| Middop | Civil parish | 43 | Ribble Valley | Bowland Rural District | [87] [85] | J27 |
| Newsholme | Civil parish | 50 | Ribble Valley | Bowland Rural District | [87] [85] | J28 |
| Newton | Civil parish | 237 | Ribble Valley | Bowland Rural District | [87] [85] | J29 |
| Osbaldeston | Civil parish | 165 | Ribble Valley | Blackburn Rural District | [17] [85] | J30 |
| Paythorne | Civil parish | 95 | Ribble Valley | Bowland Rural District | [87] [85] | J31 |
| Pendleton | Civil parish | 203 | Ribble Valley | Clitheroe Rural District | [84] [85] | J32 |
| Ramsgreave | Civil parish | 770 | Ribble Valley | Blackburn Rural District | [17] [85] | J33 |
| Read | Civil parish | 1,383 | Ribble Valley | Burnley Rural District | [23] [85] | J34 |
| Ribchester | Civil parish | 1,535 | Ribble Valley | Preston Rural District | [77] [85] | J35 |
| Rimington | Civil parish | 382 | Ribble Valley | Bowland Rural District | [87] [85] | J36 |
| Sabden | Civil parish | 1,371 | Ribble Valley | Burnley Rural District | [23] [85] | J37 |
| Salesbury | Civil parish | 391 | Ribble Valley | Blackburn Rural District | [17] [85] | J38 |
| Sawley | Civil parish | 305 | Ribble Valley | Bowland Rural District | [87] [85] | J39 |
| Simonstone | Civil parish | 1,152 | Ribble Valley | Burnley Rural District | [23] [85] | J40 |
| Slaidburn | Civil parish | 288 | Ribble Valley | Bowland Rural District | [87] [85] | J41 |
| Thornley-with-Wheatley | Civil parish | 327 | Ribble Valley | Clitheroe Rural District | [84] [85] | J42 |
| Twiston | Civil parish | 64 | Ribble Valley | Clitheroe Rural District | [84] [85] | J43 |
| Waddington | Civil parish | 878 | Ribble Valley | Bowland Rural District | [87] [85] | J44 |
| West Bradford | Civil parish | 730 | Ribble Valley | Bowland Rural District | [87] [85] | J45 |
| Whalley | Civil parish | 2,645 | Ribble Valley | Clitheroe Rural District | [84] [85] | J46 |
| Wilpshire | Civil parish | 2,569 | Ribble Valley | Blackburn Rural District | [17] [85] | J47 |
| Wiswell | Civil parish | 985 (including Barrow) | Ribble Valley | Clitheroe Rural District | [84] [85] | J48 |
| Worston | Civil parish | 76 | Ribble Valley | Clitheroe Rural District | [84] [85] | J49 |
| Bacup | Unparished area | 14,191 | Rossendale | Bacup Municipal Borough | [90] [91] | K99 |
| Edenfield | Unparished area | 3,544 | Rossendale | Ramsbottom Urban District | [92] [93] | K99 |
| Haslingden | Unparished area | 16,849 | Rossendale | Haslingden Municipal Borough | [94] [95] | K99 |
| Rawtenstall | Unparished area | 23,805 | Rossendale | Rawtenstall Municipal Borough | [96] [97] | K99 |
| Whitworth | Town | 7,263 | Rossendale | Whitworth Urban District | [98] [99] | K1 |
| Cuerdale | Civil parish | 36 | South Ribble | Preston Rural District | [77] [100] | L1 |
| Farington | Civil parish | 6,088 | South Ribble | Preston Rural District | [77] [100] | L2 |
| Hutton | Civil parish | 2,073 | South Ribble | Preston Rural District | [77] [100] | L3 |
| Leyland | Unparished area | 30,165 | South Ribble | Leyland Urban District | [101] [102] | L99 |
| Little Hoole | Civil parish | 1,815 | South Ribble | Preston Rural District | [77] [100] | L4 |
| Longton | Civil parish | 7,732 | South Ribble | Preston Rural District | [77] [100] | L5 |
| Much Hoole | Civil parish | 1,851 | South Ribble | Preston Rural District | [77] [100] | L6 |
| Penwortham | Town | 23,436 | South Ribble | Preston Rural District | [77] [100] | L7 |
| Samlesbury | Civil parish | 1,011 | South Ribble | Preston Rural District | [77] [100] | L8 |
| Walton le Dale | Unparished area | 29,660 | South Ribble | Walton le Dale Urban District | [103] [104] | L99 |
| Aughton | Civil parish | 8,342 | West Lancashire | West Lancashire Rural District | [105] [106] | M1 |
| Bickerstaffe | Civil parish | 1,196 | West Lancashire | West Lancashire Rural District | [105] [106] | M2 |
| Bispham | Civil parish | 207 | West Lancashire | West Lancashire Rural District | [105] [106] | M3 |
| Burscough | Civil parish | 8,968 | West Lancashire | Ormskirk Urban District | [107] [106] | M4 |
| Dalton | Civil parish | 348 | West Lancashire | Wigan Rural District | [108] [106] | M5 |
| Downholland | Civil parish | 966 | West Lancashire | West Lancashire Rural District | [105] [106] | M6 |
| Great Altcar | Civil parish | 243 | West Lancashire | West Lancashire Rural District | [105] [106] | M7 |
| Halsall | Civil parish | 1,873 | West Lancashire | West Lancashire Rural District | [105] [106] | M8 |
| Hesketh-with-Becconsall | Civil parish | 3,873 | West Lancashire | West Lancashire Rural District | [105] [106] | M9 |
| Hilldale | Civil parish | 633 | West Lancashire | Wigan Rural District | [108] [106] | M10 |
| Lathom | Civil parish | 890 | West Lancashire | Ormskirk Urban District | [107] [106] | M11 |
| Lathom South | Civil parish | 762 | West Lancashire | Ormskirk Urban District | [107] [109] [110] | M12 |
| Newburgh | Civil parish | 1,080 | West Lancashire | Ormskirk Urban District | [107] [106] | M13 |
| North Meols | Civil parish | 3,792 | West Lancashire | West Lancashire Rural District | [105] [106] | M14 |
| Ormskirk | Unparished area | 17,234 | West Lancashire | Ormskirk Urban District | [107] [111] | M98 |
| Parbold | Civil parish | 2,702 | West Lancashire | Wigan Rural District | [108] [106] | M15 |
| Rufford | Civil parish | 2,048 | West Lancashire | West Lancashire Rural District | [105] [106] | M16 |
| Scarisbrick | Civil parish | 3,204 | West Lancashire | West Lancashire Rural District | [105] [106] | M17 |
| Simonswood | Civil parish | 130 | West Lancashire | West Lancashire Rural District | [105] [106] [112] | M18 |
| Skelmersdale | Unparished area | 34,550 | West Lancashire | Skelmersdale and Holland Urban District | [113] [114] | M99 |
| Tarleton | Civil parish | 5,350 | West Lancashire | West Lancashire Rural District | [105] [106] | M19 |
| Up Holland | Civil parish | 7,180 | West Lancashire | Skelmersdale and Holland Urban District | [113] [106] | M20 |
| Wrightington | Civil parish | 2,807 | West Lancashire | Wigan Rural District | [108] [106] | M21 |
| Barnacre-with-Bonds | Civil parish | 1,751 | Wyre | Garstang Rural District | [115] [116] | N1 |
| Bleasdale | Civil parish | 147 | Wyre | Garstang Rural District | [115] [116] | N2 |
| Cabus | Civil parish | 1,572 | Wyre | Garstang Rural District | [115] [116] | N3 |
| Catterall | Civil parish | 1,981 | Wyre | Garstang Rural District | [115] [116] | N4 |
| Claughton | Civil parish | 562 | Wyre | Garstang Rural District | [115] [116] | N5 |
| Fleetwood | Town | 26,841 | Wyre | Fleetwood Municipal Borough | [117] [118] [119] | N6 |
| Forton | Civil parish | 1,253 | Wyre | Garstang Rural District | [115] [116] | N7 |
| Garstang | Town | 4,074 | Wyre | Garstang Rural District | [115] [116] | N8 |
| Great Eccleston | Civil parish | 1,473 | Wyre | Garstang Rural District | [115] [116] | N9 |
| Hambleton | Civil parish | 2,678 | Wyre | Garstang Rural District | [115] [116] | N10 |
| Inskip-with-Sowerby | Civil parish | 878 | Wyre | Garstang Rural District | [115] [116] | N11 |
| Kirkland | Civil parish | 343 | Wyre | Garstang Rural District | [115] [116] | N12 |
| Myerscough and Bilsborrow | Civil parish | 1,521 | Wyre | Garstang Rural District | [115] [116] [120] | N13 |
| Nateby | Civil parish | 475 | Wyre | Garstang Rural District | [115] [116] | N14 |
| Nether Wyresdale | Civil parish | 613 | Wyre | Garstang Rural District | [115] [116] | N15 |
| Out Rawcliffe | Civil parish | 567 | Wyre | Garstang Rural District | [115] [116] | N16 |
| Pilling | Civil parish | 1,739 | Wyre | Garstang Rural District | [115] [116] | N17 |
| Poulton-le-Fylde | Unparished area | 18,264 | Wyre | Poulton-le-Fylde Urban District | [121] [122] | N99 |
| Preesall | Town | 5,314 | Wyre | Preesall Urban District | [123] [116] | N18 |
| Stalmine-with-Staynall | Civil parish | 1,476 | Wyre | Garstang Rural District | [115] [116] | N19 |
| Thornton–Cleveleys | Unparished Area | 31,157 | Wyre | Thornton–Cleveleys Urban District | [124] [125] | N99 |
| Upper Rawcliffe-with-Tarnacre | Civil parish | 604 | Wyre | Garstang Rural District | [115] [116] | N20 |
| Winmarleigh | Civil parish | 335 | Wyre | Garstang Rural District | [115] [116] | N21 |