Question: Watford Rural is a civil parish in which local government based in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, in southern England?

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Quoad sacra parish: A "quoad sacra" parish is a parish of the Church of Scotland which is not a civil parish.  That is, it had ecclesiastical functions but no local government functions.  Since the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1929, civil parishes have had no local government functions, and are of statistical and historical interest only.  Typically, a number of "quoad sacra" parishes could exist within a single civil parish, each often maintaining its own parish church.  "Quoad sacra" translates from Latin as 'concerning sacred matters'.  Where a civil and ecclesiastical parish were coterminous, the area was designated as a 'parish proper', parish "quoad omnia" (English: concerning all matters , or parish "quoad civilia et sacra" (English: concerning civil matters and sacred matters .

Abbots Langley: Abbots Langley is a large village and civil parish in the English county of Hertfordshire.  It is an old settlement and is mentioned (under the name of Langelai) in the Domesday Book.  Economically the village is closely linked to Watford and was formerly part of the Watford Rural District.  Since 1974 it has been included in the Three Rivers district.

Carpenders Park: Carpenders Park is a suburb of Watford in the Watford Rural parish of the Three Rivers district of Hertfordshire, England.  It is located in the south western corner of Hertfordshire and close to the boundary with Greater London.  It is bounded to the West by a railway line that separates it from South Oxhey, to the East by the A4008 Watford to Harrow Road (Oxhey Lane), to the South by the B4542 (Little Oxhey Lane), Green Belt and the boundary with the London Borough of Harrow and to the North by woodland (Margeholes Wood and Sherwood Wood).

West Orchard: West Orchard is a small village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England.  It is situated in the Blackmore Vale in the North Dorset administrative district, approximately halfway between the towns of Shaftesbury and Sturminster Newton.  It is separated from the adjacent settlement of East Orchard by a stream.  In 2013 the civil parish had an estimated population of 50.  For local government purposes the parish is grouped with the parishes of East Orchard and Margaret Marsh, to form a Group Parish Council.

List of Watford F.C. players: Watford Football Club is an English association football club based in Watford, Hertfordshire.  Formed as Watford Rovers in 1881, and renamed West Hertfordshire in 1893, the team joined the Southern League in 1896.  West Hertfordshire merged with local rivals Watford St. Mary's for the start of the 1898–99 season, adopting the club's present name.  Between 1898 and 1920, Watford competed in the Southern League, winning the championship in 1914–15.  The Southern League was suspended for the next four seasons due to the First World War.  On the league's resumption in 1919–20, Watford finished as runners up on goal average.  At the start of 1920–21, Watford joined the Football League Third Division, and transferred to the Third Division South when the league was reorganised the following season.  They have played in the Football League ever since, with the exception of 1939–1946, when competitive football was suspended due to the Second World War, and the 1999–2000 and 2006–07 seasons, when they competed in the Premier League.  In addition to the latter two seasons, the club also competed in the top division of English football between 1982 and 1988, achieving their highest league placing of second in the 1982–83 season.

Oxhey: Oxhey is a suburb of the borough of Watford in the Three Rivers district of the county of Hertfordshire, England.  It is located at grid reference [ TQ125955] and forms part Watford Rural civil parish and Watford post town.  It is in the Bushey St James Ward of Hertsmere District Council.

South Oxhey: South Oxhey is a suburb of Watford in the Watford Rural parish of the Three Rivers district of Hertfordshire, England.  It is located in the south western corner of Hertfordshire and close to the boundary with Greater London.  At the 2011 Census South Oxhey's population was included in the Northwick Ward of Three Rivers Council.

Watford Rural: Watford Rural is a civil parish in the Three Rivers District of Hertfordshire, England.  Located approximately 14 mi northwest of central London and adjacent to the Greater London boundary, it is an urbanised parish characterised by suburban residential development.  The local council is Watford Rural Parish Council.  The parish covers South Oxhey and Carpenders Park, which although part of the Watford urban area, are outside the borough of Watford.  The parish was created in 1894 when the ancient Watford parish was split into urban and rural parishes.  At the 2001 census it had a population of 20,250.

Three Rivers District: Three Rivers District Council is a local government based in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, in southern England.

Rickmansworth: Rickmansworth is a small town in south-west Hertfordshire, England, situated approximately 20 mi northwest of central London and inside the perimeter of the M25 motorway.  The town is mainly to the north of the Grand Union Canal (formerly the Grand Junction Canal) and the River Colne.  The nearest large town is Watford, approximately 5 mi to the east.  Rickmansworth is the administrative seat of the Three Rivers District Council; the local authority is named from the confluence of three rivers within Rickmansworth's borders; the River Gade and the Grand Union Canal join the upper River Colne near Rickmansworth's eastern boundary and are joined by the River Chess near the town centre from where the enlarged Colne flows south to form a major tributary of the River Thames.  The town is served by the Metropolitan line of the London Underground and Chiltern Railways from London Marylebone to Aylesbury.

Supporting paragraphs: Watford Rural Three Rivers District
Answer: Three Rivers District