These districts are entirely parished and have no unparished areas:
- Allerdale
- Alnwick
- Amber Valley
- Arun
- Aylesbury Vale
- Babergh
- Blaby
- Bolsover
- Breckland
- Bridgnorth
- Broadland
- Caradon
- Carrick
- Castle Morpeth
- Cherwell
- Chichester
- Chiltern
- Congleton
- Cotswold
- Craven
- Derbyshire Dales
- Dover
- Easington
- East Cambridgeshire
- East Devon
- East Dorset
- East Hampshire
- East Hertfordshire
- East Lindsey
- East Northamptonshire
- East Staffordshire
- Epping Forest
- Fenland
- Forest Heath
- Forest of Dean
- Hambleton
- Huntingdonshire
- Kennet
- Kerrier
- Lewes
- Lichfield
- Maldon
- Malvern Hills
- Mendip
- Mid Bedfordshire
- Mid Devon
- Mid Suffolk
- Mid Sussex
- Newark and Sherwood
- New Forest
- North Cornwall
- North Devon
- North Dorset
- North East Derbyshire
- North Kesteven
- North Norfolk
- North Shropshire
- North Warwickshire
- North Wiltshire
- Oswestry
- Penwith
- Purbeck
- Ribble Valley
- Richmondshire
- Rochford
- Ryedale
- Sedgefield
- Selby
- Sevenoaks
- South Bedfordshire
- South Bucks
- South Cambridgeshire
- South Hams
- South Lakeland
- South Norfolk
- South Northamptonshire
- South Oxfordshire
- South Shropshire
- South Somerset
- South Staffordshire
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- St Edmundsbury
- Stratford-on-Avon
- Stroud
- Suffolk Coastal
- Tandridge
- Teesdale
- Teignbridge
- Tewkesbury
- Torridge
- Tynedale
- Uttlesford
- Vale of White Horse
- Vale Royal
- Warwick
- Waverley
- Wealden
- West Devon
- West Dorset
- West Lindsey
- West Oxfordshire
- West Somerset
- West Wiltshire
- Wychavon
These districts are entirely unparished:
- Blackpool
- Blyth Valley
- Bournemouth
- Bristol
- Broxbourne
- Metropolitan Borough of Bury
- Cambridge
- Castle Point
- Crawley
- Derby
- Dudley
- Eastbourne
- Epsom and Ewell
- Exeter
- Fareham
- Gosport
- Harlow
- Hastings
- Havant
- Ipswich
- Kingston upon Hull
- Leicester
- Lincoln
- Liverpool
- Luton
- North Tyneside
- Norwich
- Nottingham
- Nuneaton and Bedworth
- Oadby and Wigston
- Plymouth
- Poole
- Reading
- Rochdale (borough)
- Runnymede (district)
- Rushmoor
- City of Salford
- Sandwell
- South Tyneside
- Southampton
- Spelthorne
- Stevenage
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Tamworth
- Thurrock
- Torbay
- Metropolitan Borough of Walsall
- Wansbeck
- Watford
- Wirral
- Wolverhampton
- Worthing
These districts have unparished areas
Of these - the metropolitan boroughs
- Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley
- Birmingham - all the city apart from New Frankley is unparished
- Metropolitan Borough of Bolton
- City of Bradford
- Calderdale
- Coventry - most of the city is unparished (two CPs)
- Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster
- Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead
- Kirklees
- Knowsley
- City of Leeds
- Manchester - all of the city is unparished apart from Ringway
- Newcastle upon Tyne - most of the borough is unparished
- Metropolitan Borough of Oldham
- Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham
- Sefton
- City of Sheffield
- Metropolitan Borough of Solihull - "western urban area is the only unparished part of the borough"
- Metropolitan Borough of St Helens
- Metropolitan Borough of Stockport
- City of Sunderland
- Tameside
- Metropolitan Borough of Trafford
- City of Wakefield
- Metropolitan Borough of Wigan
Of the remaining, the following names are pure district names, not after a settlement at all (or after multiple settlements)
- Adur - Shoreham-by-Sea and Southwick are unparished.
- Ashfield - Hucknall, Kirkby in Ashfield and Sutton in Ashfield are unparished.
- Bassetlaw - Worksop and East Retford are unparished
- Broxtowe - Beeston, Chilwell and Stapleford (part) are unparished
- Cannock Chase - Cannock town is unparished
- Charnwood - Loughborough is unparished
- Chelmsford (borough) - Chelmsford town is unparished
- Copeland, Cumbria - Whitehaven is unparished
- Dacorum - Hemel Hempstead is unparished
- Derwentside - northern part of the district is unparished. Includes Consett, Stanley, Annfield Plain
- Eden, Cumbria - Penrith is unparished
- Elmbridge - largely unparished apart from one civil parish, Claygate
- Erewash - parished apart from "Ilkeston and Long Eaton and part of Kirk Hallam area"
- Fylde - Lytham St Annes is unparished
- Gedling - Arnold and Carlton, Nottinghamshire are unparished (apart from Colwick parish)
- Gravesham - Gravesham, Northfleet and Island Rise are unparished
- Hertsmere - Bushey, Potters Bar, and South Mimms are unparished
- High Peak - Buxton and Glossop are unparished
- Hart (district) - Fleet is unparished
- Hyndburn - nearly entirely unparished (apart from Altham)
- Isle of Wight - a large section including Newport, Parkhurst, Northwood and Ryde is unparished
- Medway - southern urban area unparished, including Rochester, Chatham, Gillingham, Strood
- Mole Valley - Dorking and Leatherhead are unparished (others???)
- Pendle - Nelson and Colne are unparished
- Restormel - St Austell is unparished
- Rossendale - most of the borough, apart from Whitworth, is unparished
- Rother - Bexhill-on-Sea is unparished
- Rushcliffe - West Bridgford is unparished
- Sedgemoor - Bridgwater is unparished
- Shepway - the town of Folkestone is unparished
- Surrey Heath - appears to be just the western end of the borough, including Camberley and Frimley
- Swale - Sheerness and Sittingbourne are unparished
- Taunton Deane - Taunton is unparished
- Tendring - Clacton-on-Sea is unparished
- Test Valley - Andover is unparished
- Thanet - The towns of Margate and Ramsgate are unparished
- Three Rivers (district) - Rickmansworth, Maple Cross, Mile End, Moneyhill and Moor Park are unparished
- Waveney - Lowestoft is unparished
- Wear Valley - area in the east, including Crook and Willington (which used to make up a single UD)
- Wyre - Fleetwood, Thornton Cleveleys and Poulton-le-Fylde are unparished
- Wyre Forest - Kidderminster is unparished
The following districts are based on points of the compass
- North East Lincolnshire - Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes are unparished
- North Hertfordshire - Baldock, Hitchin and Letchworth are unparished
- North Lincolnshire - Scunthorpe is unparished
- North West Leicestershire - Coalville is unparished
- South Derbyshire - Swadlincote is only unparished area??
- South Gloucestershire - Kingswood is unparished
- South Holland, Lincolnshire - ???Spalding???
- South Kesteven - ???Grantham???
- South Ribble - the "Bamber Bridge and Leyland areas are unparished"
The following districts have "and" or "with" in the name
- Bath and North East Somerset - Bath is unparished
- Basingstoke and Deane - Basingstoke is unparished
- Blackburn with Darwen - Blackburn and Darwen are unparished
- Brighton and Hove - all unparished apart from Rottingdean
- Crewe and Nantwich - all parished apart from Crewe
- Ellesmere Port and Neston - all unparished apart from Ince
- Hinckley and Bosworth - Hinckley and Barwell are unparished
- King's Lynn and West Norfolk - King's Lynn is unparished
- Redcar and Cleveland - "western urban core and Redcar are unparished"
- Reigate and Banstead - mostly unparished (2 parishes)
- Shrewsbury and Atcham - Shrewsbury is unparished
- Tonbridge and Malling - Tonbridge is unparished
- Welwyn Hatfield - Welwyn Garden City is unparished
- West Lancashire - Ormskirk and Skelmersdale are unparished
- Weymouth and Portland - most of the borough is unparished - only the Isle of Portland is
- Windsor and Maidenhead - Windsor and Maidenhead are unparished
The following districts have a name based on a town name, but not all of it
- Harborough - Market Harborough is unparished
- Melton - Melton Mowbray is unparished
- Wycombe - High Wycombe is unparished
The following districts are named after a town but generally not considered to be coterminous with the town
- Ashford (borough) - most of Ashford town is unparished
- Barrow-in-Furness (borough) - only 3 parishes
- Basildon (district)
- Bedford (borough) - Bedford is unparished
- Berwick-upon-Tweed (borough)
- Boston (borough) - Boston is unparished
- Braintree (district) - Braintree and Bocking are unparished
- Brentwood (borough) - "southern part of borough, including Brentwood and Hutton areas, is unparished"
- Bromsgrove (district) - Bromsgrove and Rubery are unparished
- Burnley (borough) - mostly unparished - Burnley town
- City of Canterbury
- City of Carlisle - Carlisle is unparished
- Chester (district) - Chester and "Chester Castle" unparished
- Chester-le-Street (district)
- Chorley (borough) - Chorley town is unparished
- Colchester (borough) - Colchester town is unparished
- Dartford (district) - Dartford is unparished
- Daventry (district)
- City of Durham
- Eastleigh (borough) - Eastleight and Chandler's Ford are unparished
- Great Yarmouth (borough) - Great Yarmouth is unparished
- Guildford (borough) - lots of parishes - Guildford town is unparished
- Halton (borough) - largely unparished - 4 parishes
- Harrogate (district) - Harrogate town is unparished
- Horsham (district)
- Kettering (borough) - Kettering town is unparished
- City of Lancaster - Lancaster, Morecambe and Skerton are unparished
- Macclesfield (borough) - Macclesfield and Wilmslow are unparished
- Maidstone (borough) - the town of Maidstone is largely unparished
- Mansfield (district) - nearly all of the district is unparished, apart from Warsop
- Newcastle-under-Lyme (borough) - Newcastle-under-Lyme is unparished
- Rugby (borough) - Rugby is unparished
- City of Peterborough - Peterborough is unparished
- Salisbury (district) - the city of Salisbury is unparished
- City and District of St Albans - St Albans is unparished
- Stafford (district) - Stafford is only unparished area???
- Stockton-on-Tees (borough) - Billingham and Stockton-on-Tees are unparished
- Scarborough (borough) - Scarborough town is unparished
- Swindon (borough) - the Swindon area itself is unparished
- Tunbridge Wells (district) - Royal Tunbridge Wells is unparished
- Wellingborough (borough)
- City of Winchester - Winchester is unparished
The following districts are considered by Wikipedia to be coterminous with the town
- Cheltenham - 5 parishes
- Chesterfield - 2 parishes
- Christchurch - the borough is unparished apart from 2 parishes
- Corby - Corby town is unparished - 6 parishes
- Darlington - many parishes (split??)
- Gloucester - 1 parish
- Hartlepool - 8 parishes
- Middlesbrough - 2 parishes
- Northampton - 6 parishes
- Oxford - 4 parishes
- Portsmouth - 1 parish (Southsea)
- Preston - most of the borough is unparished
- Redditch - only 1 parish, Feckenham
- Slough - 3 parishes
- Southend-on-Sea - only one parish, Leigh-on-Sea
- Warrington - many parishes (split??)
- Woking - 1 parish - Byfleet
- Worcester - most of the city is unparished, only 2 parishes
- York - city of York is unparished - many parishes - split strongly opposed