Britain sent more than 5 million men to fight in the war, consequently having a negative impact on the rural parishes.

The old church of the parish was left to the rural parish.

Until the 19th century Kempston was a mainly rural parish.

Cury is a rural parish with a population of 388 at the 2001 census.

Callahan began thinking that a smaller church, a rural parish, would put him back in touch with God and himself.

He subsequently was assigned to serve only in rural parishes.

The area corresponds to the rural parish of the same name.

Until his election he had been just an assistant pastor of a small rural parish.

The other areas included a number of small towns and the surrounding rural parishes.

He served in a rural parish for three years before moving to the capital, Lusaka.