parish council
Local civic body
A parish council is the lowest tier of local government in England, governing a civil parish.
Parish councils handle local matters like maintaining village greens, footpaths, and community facilities.
Members are elected volunteers who meet to address neighborhood concerns.
The parish council voted to install new benches in the churchyard.
- village hallPublic building for locals
- community centreShared neighborhood facility
- local governmentRegional civic administration
- preceptRule governing behavior
- bylawsOrganization's internal regulations
allotments · public footpath · street lighting · quorum · co-option · residents · clerk · code of conduct · public consultation · local residents · financial audit · standing orders · notice board · chairperson · England · vicar · chairman · accountability
- Catholic ChurchVatican, papacy, cardinals, popes, papal
- CouncilsSanhedrin, Soviet, Duma, curia, conclave
- governing bodiesgoverning body, senate, board of directors, parliament, executive committee
- American Catholicismarchdiocese, archdioceses, Catholic school, Catholic schools, cardinals
- Catholic parishparishioner, rectory, pew, pews, bulletin
- Church Bodiesarchdiocese, diocese, dioceses, bishopric, parishes
parish councilnational government
Country's central ruling body
federal government · national legislature · parliament · Congress · central government
parish councilcentral authority
Single governing power source
Whitehall · imperial government · autocracy · federal authority · federal agency