In addition to the Isle of Man itself, the Isle of Man Government administers three small neighbouring islands: the Calf of Man, St Patrick's Isle and St Michael's Isle. There is one place with official status as a city and three places with official status as towns, and four villages, as well as many other smaller settlements. Traditionally the Island is divided into six sheadings, then further into seventeen parishes.
Manx language names are given in italics.
The official towns of the Isle of Man are:
The official villages of the Isle of Man, with village commissioners, are:
Other notable settlements, with no official status, are:
Those marked ‡ (at least) are mostly not large enough to be notable as settlements, but rather as hamlets.
The sheadings (Manx : sheadin (singular), sheadinyn (plural)) of the Isle of Man are:
The historic parishes (Manx : skeerey (singular), skeeraghyn (plural)) currently included in each sheading of the Isle of Man are:
Historically, each parish was divided into between 5 and 16 treens, each consisting of four quarterlands. [1]
Ballabeg is a village on the Isle of Man. It is in the parish of Arbory in the sheading of Rushen, in the south of the island near Castletown. There are several small villages and hamlets with the name, although Ballabeg in Arbory is the most well-known and populous.
Local governmentin the Isle of Man was formerly based on six sheadings, which were divided into seventeen parishes. The island is today divided for local government purposes into town districts, village districts, parish districts, and "districts", as follows:
Ballaugh is a small village on the Isle of Man in the parish of the same name, in the sheading of Michael. It is the only village in the parish.
Rushen, formally Kirk Christ Rushen, is one of the seventeen historic parishes of the Isle of Man.
Santon, historically Santan, is one of the seventeen historic parishes of the Isle of Man.
These are the constituencies used in the elections to the House of Keys, the lower house of the parliament of the Isle of Man.
Middle is one of the six sheadings of the Isle of Man.
Lezayre, formally Kirk Christ Lezayre, is one of the seventeen historic parishes of the Isle of Man.
Arbory is one of the seventeen historic parishes of the Isle of Man.
Lonan is one of the 17 parishes of the Isle of Man.
Patrick is one of the seventeen historic parishes of the Isle of Man.
There are about eight small places on the Isle of Man with the name Ballabeg. The name Ballabeg derives from the Manx Balley Beg which means small homestead; although the spelling is different, it is pronounced approximately the same as the English name.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the Isle of Man:
Brandywell, Isle of Man or is an area of Mountain Lands of heath moorland and coniferous woodland plantations situated in the Northern Upland Massif in the parish of Kirk Michael in the Isle of Man. The area was previously used by local shepherds due to a local stream and a nearby former venerated water well which was known for its distinctive quality and "brandy" colour of the water.
The Parish Walk is a walking race that takes place on the Isle of Man each year usually on the weekend nearest to the Northern Summer solstice. It is the biggest walking event on the island.
Quarry Bends is situated adjacent to the 20th Milestone road-side marker on the primary A3 Castletown to Ramsey, in the parishes of Ballaugh and Kirk Christ Lezayre in the Isle of Man.
Rushen is a House of Keys constituency in the south of the Isle of Man which incorporates most of the parish of Rushen together with the village districts of Port Erin and Port St Mary.