Parishes and Charter Trustees in England: Local Precepting Authorities

Information on local precepting authorities in England, including parishes and charter trustees. The dataset is produced by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and is designated as Official Statistics not designated as National Statistics. It was last updated on 2026-07-08.

Use Cases

• Mapping local administrative boundaries based on the description of precepting authorities.
• Analyzing the distribution and types of local governance bodies in England.
• Supporting public finance studies by identifying authorities with precepting powers.

Strengths

• Produced by the authoritative Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
• Released under the permissive OGL-UK-3.0 license.
• Last updated on 2026-07-08, indicating recent maintenance.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic or institutional bias inherent to the UK government source.

Provenance

Source

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Collection Method

Likely compiled from official government records.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:05.161015

Geography

England