List of civil parishes in Essex facts for kids
This is a list of civil parishes in the ceremonial county of Essex, England. There are 307 civil parishes. The former Thurrock Urban District, Benfleet Urban District, Harlow Urban District and Clacton Urban District are unparished. Parts of the former Basildon Urban District, Braintree and Bocking Urban District, Brentwood Urban District, Colchester Municipal Borough, Chelmsford Municipal Borough and Southend-on-Sea County Borough are also unparished. Population figures are not available for some of the smallest parishes.
| Civil Parish | Civil Parish Population 2011 | Area (Hectares) 2011 | Pre 1974 District | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abberton** | 424 | 318.31 | Colchester | |
| Abbess Beauchamp and Berners Roding | 481 | 1600.96 | Epping and Ongar Rural District | Epping Forest |
| Aldham | 491 | 716.65 | Lexden and Winstree Rural District | Colchester |
| Alphamstone | 200 | 691.31 | Halstead Rural District | Braintree |
| Alresford | 2,009 | 680.93 | Tendring Rural District | Tendring |
| Althorne | 1,159 | 853.73 | Maldon Rural District | Maldon |
| Ardleigh | 2,058 | 2040.33 | Tendring Rural District | Tendring |
| Arkesden | 366 | 882.25 | Saffron Walden Rural District | Uttlesford |
| Ashdon | 893 | 1997.27 | Saffron Walden Rural District | Uttlesford |
| Asheldham | 142 | 529.82 | Maldon Rural District | Maldon |
| Ashen | 323 | 607.11 | Halstead Rural District | Braintree |
| Ashingdon | 3,634 | 1016.45 | Rochford Rural District | Rochford |
| Aythorpe Roding | 214 | 590.80 | Dunmow Rural District | Uttlesford |
| Barling Magna | 1,740 | 1393.87 | Rochford Rural District | Rochford |
| Barnston | 947 | 694.05 | Dunmow Rural District | Uttlesford |
| Beaumont-cum-Moze | 339 | 1075.71 | Tendring Rural District | Tendring |
| Belchamp Otten | 164 | 702.05 | Halstead Rural District | Braintree |
| Belchamp St Paul | 362 | 1023.81 | Halstead Rural District | Braintree |
| Belchamp Walter | 328 | 1209.09 | Halstead Rural District | Braintree |
| Berden | 465 | 729.19 | Saffron Walden Rural District | Uttlesford |
| Billericay (town) | 27,998 | 1484.57 | Basildon Urban District | Basildon |
| Birch | 873 | 1361.95 | Lexden and Winstree Rural District | Colchester |
| Birchanger | 1,589 | 414.09 | Saffron Walden Rural District | Uttlesford |
| Birdbrook | 397 | 842.91 | Halstead Rural District | Braintree |
| Black Notley | 2,478 | 753.75 | Braintree Rural District | Braintree |
| Blackmore, Hook End and Wyatts Green | 3,040 | 1041.16 | Epping and Ongar Rural District | Brentwood |
| Bobbingworth | 280 | 1005.20 | Epping and Ongar Rural District | Epping Forest |
| Boreham | 3,597 | 1539.58 | Chelmsford Rural District | Chelmsford |
| Borley | Halstead Rural District | Braintree | ||
| Bowers Gifford and North Benfleet | 1,936 | 980.62 | Basildon Urban District | Basildon |
| Boxted | 1,379 | 1285.26 | Lexden and Winstree Rural District | Colchester |
| Bradfield | 1,112 | 865.67 | Tendring Rural District | Tendring |
| Bradwell | 509 | 973.38 | Braintree Rural District | Braintree |
| Bradwell on Sea | 863 | 2141.89 | Maldon Rural District | Maldon |
| Brightlingsea (town) | 8,076 | 1143.20 | Brightlingsea Urban District | Tendring |
| Broomfield | 4,575 | 746.69 | Chelmsford Rural District | Chelmsford |
| Broxted | 508 | 1119.54 | Dunmow Rural District | Uttlesford |
| Buckhurst Hill | 11,380 | 385.21 | Chigwell Urban District | Epping Forest |
| Bulmer | 584 | 1125.79 | Halstead Rural District | Braintree |
| Bures Hamlet | 749 | 746.88 | Halstead Rural District | Braintree |
| Burnham on Crouch (town) | 7,671 | 2164.56 | Burnham on Crouch Urban District | Maldon |
| Canewdon | 1,473 | 2748.89 | Rochford Rural District | Rochford |
| Canvey Island (town) | 38,170 | 1827.88 | Canvey Island Urban District | Castle Point |
| Castle Hedingham | 1,201 | 970.42 | Halstead Rural District | Braintree |
| Chappel | 506 | 466.27 | Lexden and Winstree Rural District | Colchester |
| Chelmer | Chelmsford | |||
| Chelmsford Garden | Chelmsford | |||
| Chickney | Dunmow Rural District | Uttlesford | ||
| Chignall | 311 | 912.29 | Chelmsford Rural District | Chelmsford |
| Chigwell | 12,987 | 1567.76 | Chigwell Urban District | Epping Forest |
| Chrishall | 555 | 993.38 | Saffron Walden Rural District | Uttlesford |
| Clavering | 1,238 | 1547.14 | Saffron Walden Rural District | Uttlesford |
| Coggeshall | 4,727 | 2281.73 | Braintree Rural District | Braintree |
| Cold Norton | 1,099 | 676.90 | Maldon Rural District | Maldon |
| Colne Engaine | 1,008 | 987.79 | Halstead Rural District | Braintree |
| Copford | 1,689 | 869.57 | Lexden and Winstree Rural District | Colchester |
| Cressing | 1,649 | 1051.63 | Braintree Rural District | Braintree |
| Danbury | 5,087 | 1186.33 | Chelmsford Rural District | Chelmsford |
| Debden | 778 | 1643.75 | Saffron Walden Rural District | Uttlesford |
| Dedham | 1,907 | 1043.52 | Lexden and Winstree Rural District | Colchester |
| Dengie | 119 | 1160.85 | Maldon Rural District | Maldon |
| Doddinghurst | 2,832 | 661.33 | Epping and Ongar Rural District | Brentwood |
| Earls Colne | 3,693 | 1196.77 | Halstead Rural District | Braintree |
| East Donyland | 1,930 | 82.72 | Lexden and Winstree Rural District | Colchester |
| East Hanningfield | 1,171 | 1019.02 | Chelmsford Rural District | Chelmsford |
| East Mersea | 266 | 801.31 | Lexden and Winstree Rural District | Colchester |
| Eight Ash Green | 1,730 | 651.42 | Lexden and Winstree Rural District | Colchester |
| Elmdon | 610 | 1689.96 | Saffron Walden Rural District | Uttlesford |
| Elmstead | 1,855 | 1459.04 | Tendring Rural District | Tendring |
| Elsenham | 2,446 | 862.22 | Saffron Walden Rural District | Uttlesford |
| Epping Upland | 831 | 1773.78 | Epping and Ongar Rural District | Epping Forest |
| Epping (town) | 11,461 | 773.07 | Epping Urban District | Epping Forest |
| Fairstead | 290 | 1185.42 | Braintree Rural District | Braintree |
| Farnham | 410 | 859.59 | Saffron Walden Rural District | Uttlesford |
| Faulkbourne | Braintree Rural District | Braintree | ||
| Feering | 2,035 | 1069.86 | Braintree Rural District | Braintree |
| Felsted | 3,051 | 2404.10 | Dunmow Rural District | Uttlesford |
| Finchingfield | 1,471 | 3351.65 | Braintree Rural District | Braintree |
| Fingringhoe | 775 | 1019.82 | Lexden and Winstree Rural District | Colchester |
| Flitch Green | 2,190 | 215.94 | Dunmow Rural District | Uttlesford |
| Fordham | 835 | 763.70 | Lexden and Winstree Rural District | Colchester |
| Foulness | 151 | 2930.26 | Rochford Rural District | Rochford |
| Foxearth | 296 | 950.63 | Halstead Rural District | Braintree |
| Frating | 537 | 479.54 | Tendring Rural District | Tendring |
| Frinton and Walton (town) | 18,845 | 2493.47 | Frinton and Walton Urban District | Tendring |
| Fyfield | 796 | 991.56 | Epping and Ongar Rural District | Epping Forest |
| Galleywood | 5,738 | 894.87 | Chelmsford Rural District | Chelmsford |
| Gestingthorpe | 421 | 995.72 | Halstead Rural District | Braintree |
| Goldhanger | 654 | 653.01 | Maldon Rural District | Maldon |
| Good Easter | 382 | 794.93 | Chelmsford Rural District | Chelmsford |
| Gosfield | 1,362 | 1282.00 | Halstead Rural District | Braintree |
| Great and Little Leighs | 2,709 | 1689.25 | Chelmsford Rural District | Chelmsford |
| Great and Little Wigborough* | 246 | 1345.40 | Colchester | |
| Great Baddow | 14,650 | 648.28 | Chelmsford Rural District | Chelmsford |
| Great Bardfield | 1,227 | 1411.38 | Braintree Rural District | Braintree |
| Great Bentley | 2,253 | 1307.85 | Tendring Rural District | Tendring |
| Great Braxted | 330 | 1066.80 | Maldon Rural District | Maldon |
| Great Bromley | 1,037 | 1212.53 | Tendring Rural District | Tendring |
| Great Burstead and South Green (village) | 5,968 | 742.00 | Basildon Urban District | Basildon |
| Great Canfield | 414 | 1023.18 | Dunmow Rural District | Uttlesford |
| Great Chesterford | 1,494 | 1146.12 | Saffron Walden Rural District | Uttlesford |
| Great Dunmow (town) | 8,830 | 2332.22 | Dunmow Rural District | Uttlesford |
| Great Easton | 1,035 | 1517.59 | Dunmow Rural District | Uttlesford |
| Great Hallingbury | 713 | 1032.62 | Dunmow Rural District | Uttlesford |
| Great Henny | 191 | 587.42 | Halstead Rural District | Braintree |
| Great Horkesley | 2,476 | 1192.33 | Lexden and Winstree Rural District | Colchester |
| Great Maplestead | 343 | 736.65 | Halstead Rural District | Braintree |
| Great Notley | 6,496 | 262.80 | Braintree Rural District | Braintree |
| Great Oakley | 1,017 | 1342.25 | Tendring Rural District | Tendring |
| Great Sampford | 586 | 702.58 | Saffron Walden Rural District | Uttlesford |
| Great Tey | 911 | 1133.61 | Lexden and Winstree Rural District | Colchester |
| Great Totham | 2,930 | 1453.00 | Maldon Rural District | Maldon |
| Great Wakering | 5,587 | 1022.98 | Rochford Rural District | Rochford |
| Great Waltham | 2,172 | 2503.81 | Chelmsford Rural District | Chelmsford |
| Great Yeldham | 1,844 | 779.75 | Halstead Rural District | Braintree |
| Greenstead Green and Halstead Rural | 670 | 1770.91 | Halstead Rural District | Braintree |
| Hadstock | 332 | 685.54 | Saffron Walden Rural District | Uttlesford |
| Halstead (town) | 11,906 | 507.66 | Halstead Urban District | Braintree |
| Harwich (town) | 17,684 | 642.34 | Harwich Municipal Borough | Tendring |
| Hatfield Broad Oak | 1,276 | 2425.16 | Dunmow Rural District | Uttlesford |
| Hatfield Heath | 1,930 | 1086.83 | Dunmow Rural District | Uttlesford |
| Hatfield Peverel | 4,376 | 1910.22 | Braintree Rural District | Braintree |
| Hawkwell | 11,730 | 549.79 | Rochford Rural District | Rochford |
| Hazeleigh | Maldon Rural District | Maldon | ||
| Helions Bumpstead | 439 | 1151.67 | Halstead Rural District | Braintree |
| Hempstead | 451 | 1461.78 | Saffron Walden Rural District | Uttlesford |
| Henham | 1,233 | 1449.67 | Saffron Walden Rural District | Uttlesford |
| Herongate and Ingrave | 2,175 | 1219.85 | Brentwood Urban District | Brentwood |
| Heybridge Basin | 14,220 | 1228.81 | Maldon Municipal Borough | Maldon |
| Heybridge | 8,175 | 682.90 | Maldon Municipal Borough | Maldon |
| High Easter | 754 | 2095.93 | Dunmow Rural District | Uttlesford |
| High Laver | 493 | 1159.13 | Epping and Ongar Rural District | Epping Forest |
| High Ongar | 1,255 | 1585.07 | Epping and Ongar Rural District | Epping Forest |
| High Roothing | 478 | 795.72 | Dunmow Rural District | Uttlesford |
| Highwood | 654 | 1410.07 | Chelmsford Rural District | Chelmsford |
| Hockley | 9,616 | 696.76 | Rochford Rural District | Rochford |
| Hullbridge | 6,527 | 783.78 | Rochford Rural District | Rochford |
| Ingatestone and Fryerning | 4,783 | 1584.60 | Chelmsford Rural District | Brentwood |
| Kelvedon Hatch | 2,541 | 765.34 | Epping and Ongar Rural District | Brentwood |
| Kelvedon | 3,587 | 1297.62 | Braintree Rural District | Braintree |
| Lamarsh | 187 | 379.26 | Halstead Rural District | Braintree |
| Lambourne | 2,013 | 1041.69 | Epping and Ongar Rural District | Epping Forest |
| Langenhoe** | 572 | 811.88 | Colchester | |
| Langford | 161 | 400.71 | Maldon Rural District | Maldon |
| Langham | 1,036 | 1205.26 | Lexden and Winstree Rural District | Colchester |
| Langley | 355 | 736.31 | Saffron Walden Rural District | Uttlesford |
| Latchingdon | 1,241 | 1467.69 | Maldon Rural District | Maldon |
| Lawford | 4,302 | 1100.92 | Tendring Rural District | Tendring |
| Layer Breton | 287 | 510.07 | Lexden and Winstree Rural District | Colchester |
| Layer de la Haye | 1,767 | 826.15 | Lexden and Winstree Rural District | Colchester |
| Layer Marney | 199 | 896.48 | Lexden and Winstree Rural District | Colchester |
| Leaden Roding | 616 | 420.70 | Dunmow Rural District | Uttlesford |
| Leigh-on-Sea (town) | 22,509 | 523.37 | Southend on Sea County Borough | Southend-on-Sea |
| Lindsell | 260 | 802.75 | Dunmow Rural District | Uttlesford |
| Liston | Halstead Rural District | Braintree | ||
| Little Baddow | 1,586 | 1115.87 | Chelmsford Rural District | Chelmsford |
| Little Bardfield | 264 | 867.81 | Dunmow Rural District | Uttlesford |
| Little Bentley | 271 | 847.92 | Tendring Rural District | Tendring |
| Little Braxted | 170 | 251.80 | Maldon Rural District | Maldon |
| Little Bromley | 253 | 747.18 | Tendring Rural District | Tendring |
| Little Burstead | 395 | 759.54 | Basildon Urban District | Basildon |
| Little Canfield | 935 | 690.88 | Dunmow Rural District | Uttlesford |
| Little Chesterford | 215 | 616.66 | Saffron Walden Rural District | Uttlesford |
| Little Clacton | 2,822 | 901.72 | Tendring Rural District | Tendring |
| Little Dunmow | 284 | 483.58 | Dunmow Rural District | Uttlesford |
| Little Easton | 437 | 718.98 | Dunmow Rural District | Uttlesford |
| Little Hallingbury | 1,582 | 731.66 | Dunmow Rural District | Uttlesford |
| Little Henny | Halstead Rural District | Braintree | ||
| Little Horkesley | 188 | 517.29 | Lexden and Winstree Rural District | Colchester |
| Little Laver | Epping and Ongar Rural District | Epping Forest | ||
| Little Maplestead | 270 | 592.53 | Halstead Rural District | Braintree |
| Little Oakley | 1,171 | 488.00 | Tendring Rural District | Tendring |
| Little Sampford | 251 | 1343.42 | Saffron Walden Rural District | Uttlesford |
| Little Totham | 400 | 518.93 | Maldon Rural District | Maldon |
| Little Waltham | 1,316 | 1206.28 | Chelmsford Rural District | Chelmsford |
| Little Yeldham | 331 | 517.06 | Halstead Rural District | Braintree |
| Littlebury | 869 | 1647.52 | Saffron Walden Rural District | Uttlesford |
| Loughton (town) | 31,106 | 1512.13 | Chigwell Urban District | Epping Forest |
| Magdalen Laver | 232 | 606.44 | Epping and Ongar Rural District | Epping Forest |
| Maldon (town) | Maldon Municipal Borough | Maldon | ||
| Manningtree (town) | 911 | 20.09 | Tendring Rural District | Tendring |
| Manuden | 677 | 1015.41 | Saffron Walden Rural District | Uttlesford |
| Margaret Roding | 218 | 519.20 | Dunmow Rural District | Uttlesford |
| Margaretting | 847 | 1126.36 | Chelmsford Rural District | Chelmsford |
| Marks Tey | 2,551 | 609.68 | Lexden and Winstree Rural District | Colchester |
| Mashbury | Chelmsford Rural District | Chelmsford | ||
| Matching | 661 | 1261.84 | Epping and Ongar Rural District | Epping Forest |
| Mayland | 3,855 | 801.34 | Maldon Rural District | Maldon |
| Messing-cum-Inworth | 363 | 994.06 | Lexden and Winstree Rural District | Colchester |
| Middleton | 128 | 386.04 | Halstead Rural District | Braintree |
| Mistley | 2,685 | 857.14 | Tendring Rural District | Tendring |
| Moreton | 321 | 596.29 | Epping and Ongar Rural District | Epping Forest |
| Mount Bures | 249 | 523.41 | Lexden and Winstree Rural District | Colchester |
| Mountnessing | 1,183 | 1210.40 | Chelmsford Rural District | Brentwood |
| Mundon | 355 | 1325.86 | Maldon Rural District | Maldon |
| Myland | 11,299 | 667.84 | Colchester Municipal Borough | Colchester |
| Navestock | 585 | 1829.53 | Epping and Ongar Rural District | Brentwood |
| Nazeing | 4,378 | 1644.12 | Epping and Ongar Rural District | Epping Forest |
| Newport | 2,352 | 876.89 | Saffron Walden Rural District | Uttlesford |
| Noak Bridge | 2,763 | 270.65 | Basildon Urban District | Basildon |
| North Fambridge | 835 | 500.10 | Maldon Rural District | Maldon |
| North Weald Bassett | 6,032 | 2278.61 | Epping and Ongar Rural District | Epping Forest |
| Ongar (town) | 6,251 | 901.80 | Epping and Ongar Rural District | Epping Forest |
| Ovington | Halstead Rural District | Braintree | ||
| Paglesham | 246 | 760.82 | Rochford Rural District | Rochford |
| Panfield | 841 | 607.24 | Braintree Rural District | Braintree |
| Pebmarsh | 570 | 835.72 | Halstead Rural District | Braintree |
| Peldon* | 559 | 1023.15 | Colchester | |
| Pentlow | 227 | 767.81 | Halstead Rural District | Braintree |
| Pleshey | 373 | 879.92 | Chelmsford Rural District | Chelmsford |
| Purleigh | 1,271 | 2240.57 | Maldon Rural District | Maldon |
| Quendon and Rickling | 587 | 829.53 | Saffron Walden Rural District | Uttlesford |
| Radwinter | 612 | 1527.99 | Saffron Walden Rural District | Uttlesford |
| Ramsden Bellhouse | 788 | 231.33 | Basildon Urban District | Basildon |
| Ramsden Crays | 1,838 | 517.34 | Basildon Urban District | Basildon |
| Ramsey and Parkeston | 2,343 | 1599.05 | Tendring Rural District | Tendring |
| Rawreth | 1,126 | 1112.86 | Rayleigh Urban District | Rochford |
| Rayleigh (town) | 32,150 | 1197.98 | Rayleigh Urban District | Rochford |
| Rayne | 2,299 | 846.56 | Braintree Rural District | Braintree |
| Rettendon | 1,627 | 1735.53 | Chelmsford Rural District | Chelmsford |
| Ridgewell | 509 | 605.95 | Halstead Rural District | Braintree |
| Rivenhall | 742 | 951.07 | Witham Urban District | Braintree |
| Rochford | 8,471 | 1222.23 | Rochford Rural District | Rochford |
| Roxwell | 1,044 | 1934.92 | Chelmsford Rural District | Chelmsford |
| Roydon | 2,828 | 1094.34 | Epping and Ongar Rural District | Epping Forest |
| Runwell | 3,394 | 583.50 | Chelmsford Rural District | Chelmsford |
| Saffron Walden (town) | 15,504 | 2488.85 | Saffron Walden Municipal Borough | Uttlesford |
| Salcott* | 317 | 249.88 | Colchester | |
| Sandon | 1,612 | 1053.07 | Chelmsford Rural District | Chelmsford |
| Sewards End | 511 | 490.47 | Saffron Walden Municipal Borough | Uttlesford |
| Shalford | 747 | 999.25 | Braintree Rural District | Braintree |
| Sheering | 2,905 | 837.62 | Epping and Ongar Rural District | Epping Forest |
| Shotgate | 3,699 | 125.49 | Basildon Urban District | Basildon |
| Sible Hedingham | 3,994 | 2178.17 | Halstead Rural District | Braintree |
| Silver End | 3,861 | 504.74 | Witham Urban District | Braintree |
| South Hanningfield | 2,629 | 1422.43 | Chelmsford Rural District | Chelmsford |
| South Woodham Ferrers (town) | 16,453 | 852.50 | Chelmsford Rural District | Chelmsford |
| Southminster (town) | 4,272 | 2637.86 | Maldon Rural District | Maldon |
| Springfield | 20,084 | 817.62 | Chelmsford Rural District | Chelmsford |
| St Lawrence | 1,388 | 924.23 | Maldon Rural District | Maldon |
| St Osyth | 4,277 | 3221.10 | Tendring Rural District | Tendring |
| Stambourne | 409 | 892.42 | Halstead Rural District | Braintree |
| Stambridge | 700 | 890.90 | Rochford Rural District | Rochford |
| Stanford Rivers | 817 | 1748.51 | Epping and Ongar Rural District | Epping Forest |
| Stansted Mountfitchet | 6,011 | 1619.40 | Saffron Walden Rural District | Uttlesford |
| Stanway | 8,509 | 1142.39 | Lexden and Winstree Rural District | Colchester |
| Stapleford Abbotts | 1,008 | 956.90 | Epping and Ongar Rural District | Epping Forest |
| Stapleford Tawney | 135 | 669.69 | Epping and Ongar Rural District | Epping Forest |
| Stebbing | 1,300 | 1770.71 | Dunmow Rural District | Uttlesford |
| Steeple Bumpstead | 1,627 | 1521.40 | Halstead Rural District | Braintree |
| Steeple | 490 | 1035.11 | Maldon Rural District | Maldon |
| Stisted | 662 | 1239.22 | Braintree Rural District | Braintree |
| Stock | 2,100 | 1788.21 | Chelmsford Rural District | Chelmsford |
| Stondon Massey | 767 | 485.95 | Epping and Ongar Rural District | Brentwood |
| Stow Maries | 214 | 661.57 | Maldon Rural District | Maldon |
| Strethall | Saffron Walden Rural District | Uttlesford | ||
| Sturmer | 492 | 397.93 | Halstead Rural District | Braintree |
| Sutton | 136 | 622.27 | Rochford Rural District | Rochford |
| Takeley | 3,367 | 1311.43 | Dunmow Rural District | Uttlesford |
| Tendring | 736 | 1163.08 | Tendring Rural District | Tendring |
| Terling | 764 | 1331.26 | Braintree Rural District | Braintree |
| Thaxted | 2,845 | 2537.21 | Dunmow Rural District | Uttlesford |
| The Salings | 475 | 1,132.21 | Braintree Rural District | Braintree |
| Theydon Bois | 4,062 | 831.66 | Epping and Ongar Rural District | Epping Forest |
| Theydon Garnon | 121 | 804.20 | Epping and Ongar Rural District | Epping Forest |
| Theydon Mount | 175 | 632.00 | Epping and Ongar Rural District | Epping Forest |
| Thorpe-le-Soken | 1,961 | 2130.26 | Tendring Rural District | Tendring |
| Thorrington | 1,258 | 832.83 | Tendring Rural District | Tendring |
| Tilbury juxta Clare | 205 | 671.32 | Halstead Rural District | Braintree |
| Tillingham | 1,058 | 2015.64 | Maldon Rural District | Maldon |
| Tilty | Dunmow Rural District | Uttlesford | ||
| Tiptree | 9,182 | 957.70 | Lexden and Winstree Rural District | Colchester |
| Tollesbury | 2,621 | 1931.09 | Maldon Rural District | Maldon |
| Tolleshunt D'Arcy | 1,042 | 1639.10 | Maldon Rural District | Maldon |
| Tolleshunt Knights | 1,030 | 800.16 | Maldon Rural District | Maldon |
| Tolleshunt Major | 695 | 913.11 | Maldon Rural District | Maldon |
| Toppesfield | 507 | 1345.20 | Halstead Rural District | Braintree |
| Twinstead | 155 | 467.18 | Halstead Rural District | Braintree |
| Ugley | 449 | 866.37 | Saffron Walden Rural District | Uttlesford |
| Ulting | 167 | 418.52 | Maldon Rural District | Maldon |
| Virley* | Colchester | |||
| Wakes Colne | 538 | 832.76 | Lexden and Winstree Rural District | Colchester |
| Waltham Abbey (town) | 21,149 | 4240.60 | Waltham Holy Cross Urban District | Epping Forest |
| Weeley | 1,768 | 803.19 | Tendring Rural District | Tendring |
| Wenden Lofts | Saffron Walden Rural District | Uttlesford | ||
| Wendens Ambo | 473 | 627.70 | Saffron Walden Rural District | Uttlesford |
| West Bergholt | 3,344 | 1034.42 | Lexden and Winstree Rural District | Colchester |
| West Hanningfield | 975 | 1125.70 | Chelmsford Rural District | Chelmsford |
| West Horndon | 1,537 | 765.05 | Brentwood Urban District | Brentwood |
| West Mersea (town) | 7,183 | 1061.37 | West Mersea Urban District | Colchester |
| Wethersfield | 1,269 | 1709.29 | Braintree Rural District | Braintree |
| White Colne | 540 | 608.84 | Halstead Rural District | Braintree |
| White Notley | 522 | 754.82 | Braintree Rural District | Braintree |
| White Roothing | 327 | 975.05 | Dunmow Rural District | Uttlesford |
| Wicken Bonhunt | 223 | 343.74 | Saffron Walden Rural District | Uttlesford |
| Wickford | Basildon Urban District | Basildon | ||
| Wickham Bishops | 1,829 | 759.48 | Maldon Rural District | Maldon |
| Wickham St Paul | 321 | 495.65 | Halstead Rural District | Braintree |
| Widdington | 504 | 869.30 | Saffron Walden Rural District | Uttlesford |
| Willingale | 501 | 1398.38 | Epping and Ongar Rural District | Epping Forest |
| Wimbish | 1,629 | 1990.55 | Saffron Walden Rural District | Uttlesford |
| Witham (town) | 25,353 | 1400.43 | Witham Urban District | Braintree |
| Wivenhoe (town) | 7,637 | 484.27 | Wivenhoe Urban District | Colchester |
| Wix | 720 | 1265.85 | Tendring Rural District | Tendring |
| Woodham Ferrers and Bicknacre | 2,889 | 1205.78 | Chelmsford Rural District | Chelmsford |
| Woodham Mortimer | 641 | 962.30 | Maldon Rural District | Maldon |
| Woodham Walter | 532 | 1059.32 | Maldon Rural District | Maldon |
| Wormingford | 454 | 925.30 | Lexden and Winstree Rural District | Colchester |
| Wrabness | 401 | 445.86 | Tendring Rural District | Tendring |
| Writtle | 5,383 | 1806.45 | Chelmsford Rural District | Chelmsford |
*Salcott, Virley, Peldon, Great and Little Wigborough are governed by the joint Winstred Hundred Parish Council.
**Abberton and Langenhoe are governed by the joint Abberton and Langenhoe Parish Council.
The three parishes of Heydon, Great Chishill and Little Chishill were formerly in Essex, they were transferred to Cambridgeshire in boundary changes in 1895.
See also
- List of civil parishes in England
- The Hundred Parishes - a grouping of parishes in NW Essex, NE Herts and southern Cambridgeshire
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