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The church building reflects this status, and there is considerable variety in the size and style of parish churches. Many villages in Europe have churches that date back to the Middle Ages, but all periods of architecture are represented.

Larger towns and cities, even those with cathedrals, still have parishes and parish churches. However, with the decline in the number of worshippers and the shortage of parish priests, there is a trend towards team ministry and many parish churches no longer have a service every Sunday.

Some notable parish churches in Britain:

St Peter's Church, Barton-upon-Humber, North Lincolnshire ( Saxon tower)

St Botolph's Church, Boston, Lincolnshire

St Mary Redcliffe's Church, Bristol

St Martin's Church, CanterburyCanterbury ( Latin: Duroverum is a cathedral city in the county of Kent in southeast England. Canterbury is the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury, the primate of the Church of England. History The name Canterbury derives from the Old English Cantwareby, KentThis article is about the English county of Kent. See also Kent (disambiguation). Kent is a county in England, south-east of London. The county town is Maidstone. Kent has land borders with East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London, and a defined boundary wi (oldest church in England)

St Wulfram's Church, GranthamGrantham is a small market town in Kesteven, Lincolnshire in England with about 35,000 inhabitants. Situated on the River Witham, it has the main east coast railway line and the A1 main road from London to Edinburgh running through it. The main local land, Lincolnshire ( 14th century13th century 14th century 15th century more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 14th century was that century which lasted from 1301 to 1400. Events The transition from the Medieval Warm Period to the Little Ice Age Beginning of th spire)

St Michael's Church, LewesThis is about Lewes in England. For articles about other uses of the name Lewes, please see Lewes (disambiguation). Lewes is the county town of East Sussex, England. It is situated in a gap in the South Downs where the river Ouse runs. It also serves as t, SussexThis article refers to the county in England. traditional county. Sussex is a traditional county in southern England, divided for administrative purposes into the two counties of West Sussex and East Sussex and the city of Brighton and Hove. It correspond (round tower)

St Illtyd's Church, Llantwit MajorLlantwit Major ( Welsh: Llanilltud Fawr llan church + Illtud + mawr greater) is a small town in the Vale of Glamorgan, south Wales, lying on the Bristol Channel coast. The town grew around a monastery or "llan", founded in the sixth century as a centre of, Vale of GlamorganThe Vale of Glamorgan ( Welsh: Dyffryn (or Bro Morgannwg is an exceptionally rich agricultural area in the southern part of Glamorgan, Wales. It has a rugged coastline, but its rolling countryside is quite untypical of Wales as a whole. It has been a coun (medieval wall paintings)

St Andrew's Church, Plymouth, Devon (rebuilt after World War II)