Church of England parishes and benefices

 

Diocese of Chelmsford

 

Archdeaconry	Deaneries	Benefices	Parishes	Churches
BARKING	2	35	36	43
CHELMSFORD	3	55	73	83
COLCHESTER	4	45	86	103
HARLOW	2	27	44	57
SOUTHEND	5	54	62	92
STANSTED	4	25	100	124
WEST HAM	3	61	62	71
Totals	23	302	463	573

 

49.46% 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
Rodings, Easters and Great Canfield	10
Thurstable and Winstree	9
The Benefice of the Blackwater	7
The Hedinghams and Upper Colne	7
The Icknield Way Villages	7
Witham and Villages	7
Clavering with Langley, Arkesden, Wicken Bonhunt, Manuden and Berden	6
Pant Valley Churches	6
The Two Rivers	6
Billericay and Lt Burstead	5
Great Oakley, Wix, Wrabness, Tendring and Beaumont-cum-Moze	5
Thaxted, The Sampfords, Radwinter and Hempstead	5
The Vale of Roding	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