Church of England parishes and benefices

 

Diocese of Chelmsford

 

Archdeaconry	Deaneries	Benefices	Parishes	Churches
BARKING	2	34	35	43
CHELMSFORD	4	55	75	83
COLCHESTER	4	45	87	104
HARLOW	2	27	45	58
SOUTHEND	5	53	62	92
STANSTED	4	29	101	124
WEST HAM	3	62	62	72
Totals	24	305	467	576

 

50.32% of parishes are part of multi-parish benefices

 

Benefices with the most churches

Benefice	Churches
North Hinckford	15
Saffron Walden and Villages	12
Halstead Area	10
Thurstable and Winstree	9
The Hedinghams and Upper Colne	7
The Icknield Way Villages	7
Witham and Villages	7
Clavering with Langley, Arkesden, Wicken Bonhunt,	6
The Two Rivers	6
The Vale of Roding	6
Billericay and Lt Burstead	5
Great Oakley, Wix, Wrabness, Tendring and Beaumont-cum-Moze	5
Thaxted, The Sampfords, Radwinter and Hempstead	5
West Mersea with East Mersea, Peldon, Great and Li	5
Ashingdon with South Fambridge, Canewdon and Pagle	4
Broxted w Chickney and Tilty etc	4
Chipping Ongar with Shelley, Greensted juxta Ongar & Stanford Rivers	4
East Ham, Holy Trinity	4
Finchingfield and Cornish Hall End etc	4
Fyfield Moreton w Bobbingworth etc	4