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Example sentences for "this parish"

  • The purtiest girl in this parish, anyhow," replied Flanagan, unawares.

  • The first paper mill in England is said to have been built in this parish.

  • The villagers of this parish, 100 years ago, are said to have exercised the art of weaving on a considerable scale, and one of the writer’s parishioners states that his grandmother lived there and had a hand-loom.

  • For example, you require the people of this parish to believe implicitly what the Rev.

  • Two persons belonging to Boston have died this week in this parish.

  • There are two mills fitting up in this parish.

  • Here lies William Smith, And what is somewhat rarish, He was born, bred, and Hanged in this parish.

  • On the 28th the fox-hounds came to throw off at Penwood, in this parish.

  • There used to be ten well-fed families in this parish at any rate: these, taking five to a family, made fifty well-fed people.

  • The living of this parish of Wyly was lately owned by Dampier (a brother of the Judge), who lived at, and I believe had the living of, Meon Stoke in Hampshire.

  • I have been asked to preach this day for the National Schools of this parish.

  • Have any of you here ever stood godfather or godmother to any young person in this parish who is not yet confirmed?

  • The total lengths of sewers in this parish, under the immediate direction of the vestry, are as follows: Brick Sewers 27¾ miles.

  • This parish contains a number of antiquities of varying ages, in fact, as has been said, "dead faiths and dead beliefs lie about this countryside like withered leaves in autumn.

  • This parish, like so many others in Cornwall, is rich in ancient crosses, there being no less than three, all having incised crosses on them, in the vicarage garden.

  • Now I believe that He has taught us all by His blessing on the ministry in this church during the twenty years we have worshipped together, for it was twenty years yesterday since I became incumbent of this parish.

  • Fullerton, indignantly; "why, it's a burning shame for him to have charge of this parish at all.

  • Strict obedience in all things, but more especially in those where any lapse might reflect upon my conduct as the clergyman of this parish.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "this parish" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    could easily; excellent water; this act; this building; this colony; this earth; this fellow; this little; this man; this matter; this one; this picture; this play; this realm; this room; this season; this sense; this side; this society; this sort; this state; this story; this system; this village; three quarts; widow woman