List of cities in the United Kingdom

For a list of the largest urban areas in the UK, including conurbations, see List of urban areas in the United Kingdom.

Examples of major urban areas in the United Kingdom; Liverpool, Edinburgh, Newcastle upon Tyne; and London.

This is a list of cities in the United Kingdom that are officially designated such as of 12 November 2022 ^[update] . ^{[1] [2]} It lists those places that have been granted city status by letters patent or royal charter. ^{[3] [4]}

There are currently a total of 76 such cities in the United Kingdom: 55 in England, eight in Scotland, seven in Wales, and six in Northern Ireland. ^[3] Of these, 24 in England, two in Wales, and two in Northern Ireland have Lord Mayors; four in Scotland have Lord Provosts. ^{[lower-alpha 1]} In some cases, the area holding city status does not coincide with the built up area or conurbation of which it forms part. In Greater London, for example, the City of London and that of Westminster each hold city status separately, but no other local authority in the London Region has been granted city status, nor has the Greater London Authority.

In other cases, such as the cities of Canterbury and Lancaster, the status applies to a local government district which extends over a number of towns and rural areas outside the main settlement proper. ^[5] In England, the status sometimes applies to civil parishes, such as the city of Ripon; though the status may not apply to the local government district which share their name. For example, the civil parishes of Lichfield and Chichester each hold city status, but the Lichfield District and the Chichester District, in which they are situated, respectively, do not.

The list does not include places like Luton or Northampton which, despite having populations of over 200,000, have not been awarded city status and thus formally remain as towns. As of 2022, there are currently 5 ceremonial counties which contain 3 cities – Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hampshire, West Midlands and West Yorkshire. Outside the UK within British overseas cities of the British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, there are currently five. The number has increased as part of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations, with longstanding cities Gibraltar, Hamilton in Bermuda and Jamestown in St Helena being joined by Stanley in the Falkland Islands and Douglas in the Isle of Man.

History

Main articles: City status in the United Kingdom and Ireland, also Roman cities in Britain.

The initial cities (Latin : civitas ) of Britain were the fortified settlements organised by the Romans as the capitals of the Celtic tribes under Roman rule. The British clerics of the early Middle Ages later preserved a traditional list of the "28 Cities" (Old Welsh : cair ) which was mentioned by Gildas ^[7] and listed by Nennius. ^[8]

The title of city was initially informal and, into the 20th century, royal charters were considered to recognise city status rather than to grant it. ^[10] The usual criterion in early modern Britain was the presence of a cathedral, particularly after King Henry VIII granted letters patent establishing six new cities when he established a series of new dioceses in the 1540s as part of the English Reformation. ^[11] No new cities were created between the 16th and 19th centuries, but following the Industrial Revolution and the accompanying population boom and growth in urbanisation, new sees were established at Ripon (1836) and Manchester (1847); their councils began to style them cities immediately. Inverness in Scotland was even refused a charter at the time of the Jubilee honours of 1897, in part because it would have drawn more attention to the other traditional "cities" still not formally chartered as such. ^[5]

Beginning in the mid-19th century, however, the process became more formal. A visit by Queen Victoria in 1851 prompted Manchester to petition Parliament for recognition of its status. Ripon followed in the 1860s, and a series of hitherto informal "cities" were formally recognised in the 1880s and 1890s. On the basis of its size, importance, and regular government, Belfast was elevated in spite of its lack of a cathedral in 1888; other large municipalities followed, while smaller applicants began to be rejected. King Edward VII and the Home Office established three criteria for future applicants in 1907—a minimum population of 300,000, a good record of local government, and a "local metropolitan character" ^[5]  –but these criteria were not made public, and following Leicester's successful elevation in 1919 a series of exceptions were made. The 1972 Local Government Act effectively eliminated all authorities holding city status outside Greater London on 1 April 1974; most of their replacements were confirmed in their predecessor's status—even in cases such as the 1974–2023 City of Carlisle district, where much of the local authority area was undeveloped countryside—but the Borough of Medway was not permitted to continue Rochester's title. In recent times there have been competitions for new grants of city status. Towns or councils that claim city status or add "city" to their name have been known to be rebuked by the Advertising Standards Authority. ^[12]

The cities of Scotland and Ireland were treated separately. Scottish towns irregularly applied the description to themselves, but were formally organised as royal burghs; the special rights of these were preserved by Article XXI of the Treaty of Union which established the single state of Great Britain in 1707. ^[13] Edinburgh and Glasgow were confirmed as cities "by ancient usage" in the 18th century, ^[5] as was Aberdeen, ^[14] and this was later reconfirmed in the Act enlarging the burgh in 1891. Dundee was granted letters patent in 1889 and Elgin and Perth were recognised as cities by the Home Office in 1972, before the privilege was removed by the Scottish Local Government Act of 1973. ^[15] In Ireland, only the seat of the primate at Armagh was accorded city status by ancient usage, and this status was abolished by the Irish Municipal Corporations Act of 1840. All other cities have been those explicitly recognised as such.

Statistical role

Further information: City status in the United Kingdom § Smallest and largest cities, and City status in the United Kingdom § Populous towns

City status has no significance in UK statistically because it is not a measure of a city's size and only holds a ceremonial status. Historic cities, such as St Davids (a cathedral city in Wales) can be quite small, however newer cities, such as those conferred in 2022, can range in size from anywhere between 50,000 to over 200,000. There are large populous settlements, such as Luton, Northampton and Reading, that still do not have city status.

Conurbations

The term "city" is sometimes loosely applied to conurbations in the UK. The government tends to recognise these as primary urban areas for statistical and economic purposes, though greater urban areas are what most determine to be a city region. ^[16] Large cities outside of London such as Manchester or Birmingham are often confused with these greater conurbations. According to the 2011 census, Manchester was significantly less populous than Birmingham, despite Greater Manchester having a larger urban population than the West Midlands conurbation. ^[17] This question of definition has provoked a second city debate in the United Kingdom.

Conversely, many official cities in the UK contain a substantial rural area encompassing settlements which are physically separated from the core urban area. This applies to settlements such as Milton Keynes and Colchester, whose local authorities received Letters Patent, despite the City of Milton Keynes and City of Colchester administrative units covering an area substantially larger than that of their respective core urban areas, meaning that extra-urban settlements such as Olney ^[18] and West Mersea fall within de jure cities. ^{[19] [20]}

List of cities

Image	De facto [lower-alpha 2]			De jure [lower-alpha 3]
	City	Region, Country	Year granted or confirmed	City [3] [1]	City council status [lower-alpha 4]	Population
	London	London,England	time immemorial	City of London 6	LGD ( sui generis and ceremonial county) Map	12,156 (2023) [21]
	Westminster	London, England	1540	City of Westminster 21	LGD (London borough) Map	213,119 (2023) [21]
	Birmingham	West Midlands, England	1889 33	City of Birmingham 2	LGD (Metropolitan borough) Map	1,171,467 (2023) [21]
	Leeds	Yorkshire and the Humber, England	1893	City of Leeds 1	LGD (Metropolitan borough) Map	829,417 (2023) [21]
	Glasgow 32 (Scots : Glesga) (Scottish Gaelic : Glaschu)	Scotland	18th century [5] (Burgh: 1492)	Glasgow	LGD (Council area) Map	620,700 (2022) [22]
	Manchester	North West, England	1853 34	City of Manchester 1	LGD (Metropolitan borough) Map	585,057 (2023) [23]
	Sheffield	Yorkshire and the Humber, England	1893	City of Sheffield 3	LGD (Metropolitan borough) Map	579,082 (2023) [24]
	Bradford	Yorkshire and the Humber, England	1897	City of Bradford 1	LGD (Metropolitan borough) Map	556,880 (2023) [25]
	Edinburgh 32 (Scottish Gaelic : Dùn Èideann)	Scotland	18th century [14] (Burgh: 1329)	Edinburgh	LGD (Council area) Map	512,700 (2022) [22]
	Liverpool	North West, England	1880	City of Liverpool 2	LGD (Metropolitan borough) Map	504,932 (2023) [21]
	Bristol	South West, England	1542	City of Bristol 1	LGD (Unitary and county) Map	482,815 (2023) [21]
	Cardiff 9 (Welsh : Caerdydd)	Wales	1905 29	Cardiff	LGD (Principal area) Map	381,759 (2023) [21]
	Leicester	East Midlands, England	1919 22	City of Leicester 1	LGD (Unitary) Map	379,963 (2023) [26]
	Coventry	West Midlands, England	1102 ( time immemorial )	City of Coventry 1	LGD (Metropolitan borough) Map	368,483 (2023) [26]
	Wakefield	Yorkshire and the Humber, England	1888	City of Wakefield 3	LGD (Metropolitan borough) Map	362,355 (2023) [26]
	Belfast (Irish : Béal Feirste) (Ulster-Scots: Bilfawst)	Northern Ireland	1888	Belfast	LGD Map	345,418 (2021) [27]
	Nottingham	East Midlands, England	1897	City of Nottingham 1	LGD (Unitary) Map	330,949 (2023) [28]
	Newcastle upon Tyne 1	North East, England	1882	City of Newcastle upon Tyne 1	LGD (Metropolitan borough) Map	315,110 (2023) [29]
	Doncaster	Yorkshire and the Humber, England	2022 47	City of Doncaster	LGD (Metropolitan borough) Map	314,252 (2023) [30]
	Milton Keynes	South East, England	2022 41	City of Milton Keynes	LGD (Unitary) Map	297,180 (2023) [31]
	Salford	North West, England	1926 24	City of Salford 1	LGD (Metropolitan borough) Map	282,487 (2023) [31]
	Sunderland	North East, England	1992	City of Sunderland 18	LGD (Metropolitan borough) Map	279,556 (2023) [31]
	Brighton and Hove	South East, England	2001	Brighton and Hove 15	LGD (Unitary) Map	278,455 (2023) [32]
	Wolverhampton	West Midlands, England	2001	City of Wolverhampton 16	LGD (Metropolitan borough) Map	271,173 (2023) [32]
	Kingston upon Hull	Yorkshire and the Humber, England	1897	City of Kingston upon Hull 12	LGD (Unitary) Map	271,095 (2023) [32]
	Plymouth	South West, England	1928 27	City of Plymouth 1	LGD (Unitary) Map	267,888 (2023) [33]
	Derby	East Midlands, England	1977	City of Derby 13	LGD (Unitary) Map	265,082 (2023) [33]
	Stoke-on-Trent	West Midlands, England	1925 28	City of Stoke-on-Trent 3	LGD (Unitary) Map	261,867 (2023) [33]
	Southampton	South East, England	1964	City of Southampton 1	LGD (Unitary) Map	257,160 (2023) [33]
	Swansea 9 (Welsh : Abertawe)	Wales	1969 23	Swansea	LGD (Principal area) Map	245,440 (2023) [33]
	Aberdeen 32 (Scots : Aiberdeen) (Scottish Gaelic : Obar Dheathain)	Scotland	1891 31 (Burgh: 1179)	Aberdeen	LGD (Council area) Map	224,000 (2022) [34]
	Peterborough	East, England	1541	City of Peterborough 2	LGD (Unitary) Map	218,179 (2023) [35]
	Portsmouth	South East, England	1926 24	City of Portsmouth 1	LGD (Unitary) Map	209,171 (2023) [36]
	York	Yorkshire and the Humber, England	time immemorial	City of York 1 , 8	LGD (Unitary) Map	206,825 (2023) [36]
	Colchester	East, England	2022 44	City of Colchester	LGD (Non-metropolitan borough) Map	196,808 (2023) [36]
	Chelmsford	East, England	2012	City of Chelmsford 37	LGD (Non-metropolitan borough) Map	185,288 (2023) [37]
	Southend-on-Sea	East, England	2022 45	City of Southend-on-Sea	LGD (Unitary) Map	182,278 (2023) [37]
	Oxford	South East, England	1542	City of Oxford 1	LGD (Non-metropolitan borough) Map	165,257 (2023) [21]
	Newport (Welsh : Casnewydd)	Wales	2002	Newport 14	LGD (Principal area) Map	163,547 (2023) [38]
	Canterbury	South East, England	time immemorial	City of Canterbury 3	LGD (Non-metropolitan borough) Map	160,351 (2023) [39]
	Preston	North West, England	2002	City of Preston 14	LGD (Non-metropolitan borough) Map	155,634 (2023) [39]
	Dundee 32 (Scottish Gaelic : Dùn Dèagh)	Scotland	1889 30 (Burgh: 1191)	Dundee	LGD (Council area) Map	148,100 (2022) [40]
	Cambridge	East, England	1951 25	City of Cambridge 3	LGD (Non-metropolitan borough) Map	147,797 (2023) [41]
	St Albans	East, England	1877 36	St Albans City and District 7	LGD (Non-metropolitan borough) Map	147,410 (2023) [41]
	Lancaster	North West, England	1937 26	City of Lancaster 1	LGD (Non-metropolitan borough) Map	145,346 (2023) [41]
	Norwich	East, England	1094 ( time immemorial )	City of Norwich 1	LGD (Non-metropolitan borough) Map	144,251 (2023) [42]
	Chester	North West, England	1541	(Cheshire West and Chester does not hold status) 3	Charter trustees ‡ Map	138,873 (2021) [43]
	Exeter	South West, England	time immemorial	City of Exeter 1	LGD (Non-metropolitan borough) Map	137,462 (2023) [42]
	Wrexham (Welsh : Wrecsam)	Wales	2022 43	Wrexham County Borough	LGD (Principal area) Map	137,341 (2023) [21]
	Gloucester	South West, England	1541	City of Gloucester 1	LGD (Non-metropolitan borough) Map	133,998 (2023) [44]
	Winchester	South East, England	time immemorial	City of Winchester 1	LGD (Non-metropolitan borough) Map	132,341 (2023) [44]
	Durham 1	North East, England	time immemorial	(County Durham does not hold status) 1	Charter trustees ‡ Map	126,486 (2021) [45]
	Carlisle	North West, England	1133 ( time immemorial )	(Cumberland does not hold status) 1	Charter trustees Map	110,024 (2021) [46]
	Worcester	West Midlands, England	time immemorial	City of Worcester 3	LGD (Non-metropolitan borough) Map	104,589 (2023) [47]
	Lincoln	East Midlands, England	1072 ( time immemorial )	City of Lincoln 3	LGD (Non-metropolitan borough) Map	102,392 (2023) [47]
	Bath	South West, England	1090 ( time immemorial )	(Bath and North East Somerset does not hold status) 1	Charter trustees Map	95,043 (2021) [48] [49]
	Derry 39 (Irish : Doire) (Ulster-Scots: Derrie)	Northern Ireland	1604 [50]	None	Represented on Derry City and Strabane District Council Map	85,279 (2021) [51]
	Dunfermline	Scotland	2022 46	None	None Map	76,210 (2020) [52]
	Bangor (Irish : Beannchar)	Northern Ireland	2022 48	None	Represented on Ards and North Down Borough Council Map	64,596 (2021) [51]
	Inverness (Scots : Inerness) (Scottish Gaelic : Inbhir Nis)	Scotland	2001	None	None Map	63,730 (2020) [52]
	Hereford	West Midlands, England	time immemorial	Hereford parish 1 19	Civil parish Map	53,113 (2021) [53]
	Lisburn (Irish : Lios na gCearrbhach)	Northern Ireland	2002	None	Represented on Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council Map	51,447 (2021) [54]
	Stirling (Scots : Stirlin) (Scottish Gaelic : Sruighlea)	Scotland	2002	None	None Map	49,950 (2020) [55]
	Perth (Scots : Pairth) (Scottish Gaelic : Peairt)	Scotland	2012 [56] (Burgh: 12th century) [58]	None	None Map	47,350 (2020) [59]
	Salisbury	South West, England	1227	Salisbury parish 35	Civil parish ‡ Map	41,552 (2021) [60]
	Lichfield	West Midlands, England	time immemorial	Lichfield parish 17	Civil parish Map	32,580 (2021) [61]
	Chichester	South East, England	1075 ( time immemorial )	Chichester parish 1	Civil parish Map	29,407 (2021) [62]
	Newry (Irish : Iúr Cinn Trá) (Ulster-Scots: Newrie)	Northern Ireland	2002	None	Represented on Newry, Mourne and Down District Council Map	28,530 (2021) [63]
	Truro (Cornish : Truru)	South West, England	1877	Truro parish 1	Civil parish Map	21,046 (2021) [64]
	Ely	East, England	1109 [65] ( time immemorial )	Ely parish 1	Civil parish Map	20,574 (2021) [66]
	Ripon	Yorkshire and the Humber, England	1865	Ripon parish 1	Civil parish Map	16,590 (2021) [67]
	Armagh 11 (Irish : Ard Mhacha) (Ulster-Scots: Airmagh)	Northern Ireland	1994	None	Represented on Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council Map	16,310 (2021) [68]
	Bangor	Wales	time immemorial	Bangor community 1	Community Map	15,060 (2021) [69]
	Wells	South West, England	time immemorial	Wells parish 1	Civil parish Map	11,145 (2021) [70]
	St Asaph (Welsh : Llanelwy)	Wales	2012	St Asaph community 37	Community Map	3,485 (2021) [71]
	St Davids (Welsh : Tyddewi)	Wales	1994	St Davids and the Cathedral Close 20	Community Map	1,751 (2021) [72]

Map of the cities

Below is a map of the 76 cities in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Also shown is the one city in a UK Crown Dependency, Douglas in the Isle of Man. (For cities in UK Overseas Territories, see below.)

32 cities have a Lord Provost (in Scotland) or a Lord Mayor (in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland), see List of lord mayoralties and lord provostships in the United Kingdom.

The six cities where the Lord Mayor or Lord Provost has the right to the style The Right Honourable are York, the City of London, Edinburgh, Glasgow (since 1912), Belfast (since 1923), and Cardiff (since 1956).

Bath

Birmingham

Bradford

Brighton and Hove

Bristol

Cambridge

Canterbury

Carlisle

Chelmsford

Chester

Chichester

Colchester

Coventry

Derby    

Doncaster

Durham

Ely

Exeter

Gloucester

Hereford

Kingston upon Hull

Lancaster

Leeds

Leicester

Lichfield

Lincoln

Liverpool

City of London

Manchester

Milton Keynes

Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Norwich

Nottingham

Oxford

Peterborough

Plymouth

Portsmouth

Preston

Ripon

Salford

Salisbury

Sheffield

Southampton

Southend-on-Sea

St Albans

Stoke-on-Trent

Sunderland

Truro

Wakefield

Wells

Westminster

Winchester

Wolverhampton

Worcester

York

Aberdeen

Dundee

Dunfermline

Edinburgh

Glasgow

Inverness

Perth

Stirling

Bangor

Cardiff

Newport

St Asaph    

St Davids

Swansea

Wrexham

Armagh

Bangor

Belfast

Lisburn

Newry

Derry

Douglas

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Location of cities in the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man:
Diocese cities before 1230
English reformation cities (1540–42); Derry (1604)
18th century cities to 2022

• Scalable map displaying local government city boundaries

Map

Key

Aberdeen Armagh Bangor Bangor Bath Belfast Birmingham Bradford Brighton and Hove Bristol Cambridge Canterbury Cardiff Carlisle Chelmsford Chester Chichester City of London City of Westminster Colchester Coventry Derby Derry Doncaster Dundee Dunfermline Durham Edinburgh Ely Exeter Glasgow Gloucester Hereford Inverness Kingston upon Hull Lancaster Leeds Leicester Lichfield Lincoln Lisburn Liverpool Manchester Milton Keynes Newcastle upon Tyne Newport Newry Norwich Nottingham Oxford Perth Peterborough Plymouth Portsmouth Preston Ripon Salford Salisbury Sheffield Southampton Southend-on-Sea St Albans St Asaph St Davids Stirling Stoke-on-Trent Sunderland Swansea Truro Wakefield Wells Winchester Wolverhampton Worcester Wrexham York

Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies

Main article: British overseas cities

The UK Overseas Territories and UK Crown Dependencies do not form part of the United Kingdom. Association of city status with cathedrals ended in 1865. ^[73] There are presently five cities in Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. ^[74]

Image	City	Year granted or confirmed	Territory/Dependency	Status	Population (Census)
	Gibraltar	1842 42 [75]	Gibraltar, southwestern Europe Map	British Overseas Territory	32,194 (2012)
	Hamilton	1897	Bermuda, North Atlantic Ocean Map	British Overseas Territory	854 (2016)
	Jamestown	1859	St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, South Atlantic Ocean Map	British Overseas Territory	629 (2016)
	Stanley	2022 40	Falkland Islands, South Atlantic Ocean Map	British Overseas Territory	2,460 (2016)
	Douglas (Manx : Doolish)	2022 49	Isle of Man, Irish Sea Map	Crown Dependency	27,938 (2011)

See also

• United Kingdom portal
• Cities portal

• City status in the United Kingdom
• Centre for Cities
• List of lord mayoralties and lord provostships in the United Kingdom
• List of towns in the United Kingdom
• List of urban areas in the United Kingdom
• City status in Ireland
• List of smallest cities in the United Kingdom
• Royal burgh

Table notes

• ^‡ The status bearers of these cities changed on 1 April 2009 due to local government reforms. Salisbury became a civil parish, while charter trustees were formed for the former district council areas of Chester and Durham in the new unitary authorities of Cheshire West and Chester and County Durham respectively. ^{[76] [77]}
• ^1 City status confirmed by Letters Patent issued under the Great Seal dated 1 April 1974. ^[78]
• ^2 City status confirmed by Letters Patent issued under the Great Seal dated 25 June 1974. ^[79]
• ^3 City status confirmed by Letters Patent issued under the Great Seal dated 28 May 1974. ^[80]
• ^4 Bath Abbey and Westminster Abbey are no longer cathedrals.
• ^5 Coventry has had three cathedrals: the first, St Mary's, from 1043 to 1539 (it became a cathedral in 1102); the second, St Michael's, from 1918 to 1940, when it was destroyed by German bombardment; and its replacement, also St Michael's, built alongside the old cathedral, consecrated in 1962.
• ^6 Note that the City of London covers only the "square mile", and is usually just referred to as "the City". The larger conurbation of Greater London has no city charter, and consists of the City of London, the City of Westminster and 31 other London boroughs. This can be compared to the City of Brussels, within Brussels.
• ^7 City status was confirmed by Letters Patent dated 9 July 1974. ^[81] The city status extends to the entire district, although the district council calls itself "St Albans District Council" or "St Albans City and District".
• ^8 Letters Patent under the Great Seal conferring City Status were issued to the unitary authority of York on 1 April 1996, confirming the right of the Lord Mayor to be styled "Right Honourable", in continuation to those granted to the previous City Council abolished 31 March 1996. ^[82]
• ^9 Letters Patent under the Great Seal were issued on 29 March 1996 ordaining that the counties of Swansea and Cardiff should have the status of cities from 1 April 1996. The counties replaced the previous district councils which had enjoyed city status. ^[82]
• ^10 According to the Municipal Year Book, 1972 the royal burghs of Perth and Elgin officially enjoyed city status. The royal burghs of Brechin, Dunfermline and Kirkwall had also been officially described as "cities". As all burghs were abolished in 1975, these areas are now often called "former cities". Although Brechin does not have city status, the community council formed for the area uses the title "City of Brechin and District".
• ^11 Armagh had previously enjoyed city status, with St Patrick's Cathedral the seat of the metropolitan primate of all Ireland. The city status was lost in 1840 when the city corporation was abolished. However, the successor urban district council and district council frequently used the title of city without official sanction prior to 1994.
• ^12 City Status confirmed by Letters Patent issued under the Great Seal dated 18 March 1975. ^[83]
• ^13 City status granted by Letters Patent dated 7 June 1977. ^[84]
• ^14 City status granted to the "Town of Newport in the County Borough of Newport" and the "Town of Preston" by Letters Patent dated 15 May 2002. ^[85]
• ^15 Letters Patent dated 31 January 2001 ordained that "the Towns of Brighton and Hove shall have the status of a City". ^[86]
• ^16 Letters Patent dated 31 January 2001 ordained that "the Town of Wolverhampton shall have the status of a City". ^[86]
• ^17 Letters Patent dated 4 November 1980 ordained that the "Town of Lichfield shall have the status of a City". A town council had been constituted in 1980 leading to the dissolution of the Charter Trustees of the City of Lichfield. ^{[87] [88]}
• ^18 City status granted by Letters Patent dated 23 March 1992. ^[89]
• ^19 City status was conferred on Hereford Town Council 11 October 2000. ^[90] The status had previously been confirmed to the district council formed in 1974. When that council was abolished in 1996 charter trustees were formed for the City of Hereford. On the formation of a town council for Hereford in April 2000 the charter trustees were dissolved, and the city status temporarily lapsed.
• ^20 St David's historically had city status because of the presence of St David's Cathedral. In 1849 it was noted that the city had no municipal corporation: There was however a recognised "city" in which a mayor had limited jurisdiction. ^[91] A Royal Commission appointed in 1876 reported that the corporation had long been extinct, and the city was formally abolished in 1886 under the provisions of the Municipal Corporations Act 1883. ^[92] Letters Patent dated 16 September 1994 ordained that the "Town of St. David's shall have the status of a City". ^[93]
• ^21 The title of City was used "by courtesy" after 1550 when Westminster ceased to be the see of a bishop. By Letters Patent dated 27 October 1900 city status was conferred on the newly created Metropolitan Borough of Westminster from 1 November. ^[94] This status was continued on the creation of the City of Westminster as a London borough in 1965.
• ^22 A letter from the Home Secretary to the Mayor of Leicester dated 14 June 1919, confirming that the city status would be bestowed, noted that this was a "restoration to your ancient town of its former status of a city". ^{[95] [96] [97]}
• ^23 Letters Patent dated 10 December 1969. ^[98]
• ^24 Letters Patent dated 21 April 1926. ^[99]
• ^25 Letters Patent dated 21 March 1951. ^[100]
• ^26 Letters Patent dated 14 May 1937. ^[101]
• ^27 Letters Patent dated 18 October 1928. ^[102]
• ^28 Letters Patent dated 5 June 1925. ^[103]
• ^29 Letters Patent dated 28 October 1905, which also granted the title of Lord Mayor. ^[104]
• ^30 Warrant issued 28 January 1889 that Letters Patent be issued under the Seal appointed by the treaty of union to be used in place of the Great Seal of Scotland, ordaining and declaring that the Burgh of Dundee shall be a City, and shall be called and styled "The City of Dundee". ^[105]
• ^31 Burghs of Old Aberdeen and Woodside and the district of Torry incorporated as the City and Royal Burgh of Aberdeen by the Aberdeen Corporation Act 1891 (54 & 55 Vict. c. cxxiv).
• ^32 The present council areas are designated "cities" by virtue of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, which also reserves the post of Lord Provost for the convener of the four councils. The previous local government districts and district councils created by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 enjoyed the same privileges.
• ^33 Letters Patent dated 14 January 1889. ^[106]
• ^34 Letters Patent dated 29 March 1853. ^[107]
• ^35 Letters Patent dated 1 April 2009. ^[108] City status had been held prior to this date (and since 1974) by the Charter Trustees of the City of New Sarum. The city of Salisbury's formal name was New Sarum (see also: Old Sarum) from 1227 until 2009.
• ^36 Letters Patent dated 28 August 1877. ^[109]
• ^37 Letters Patent dated 1 June 2012 "to ordain that the Town of Chelmsford in the County of Essex and the Town of St Asaph in the County of Denbighshire shall have the status of a City". ^[110]
• ^38 [2015] Localities (Glasgow) ^[111]
• ^39 Legally, the city and county are called "Londonderry", while the local government district is called "Derry". See Derry/Londonderry name dispute. ^[112]
• ^40 Letters Patent dated 14 June 2022. ^[113]
• ^41 Letters Patent dated 15 August 2022. ^[114]
• ^42 Letters Patent dated 30 September 1842 ^[115]
• ^43 Letters Patent dated 1 September 2022 ^[116]
• ^44 Letters Patent dated 5 September 2022 ^[117]
• ^45 Letters Patent dated 26 January 2022 ^[118]
• ^46 Letters Patent dated 28 July 2022 ^[119]
• ^47 Letters Patent dated 7 September 2022, with effect from 1 November 2022 ^[120]
• ^48 Letters Patent dated 22 November 2022 ^[121]
• ^49 Letters Patent dated 7 September 2022, with effect from 1 November 2022 ^[122]

Notes

1. See List of lord mayoralties and lord provostships in the United Kingdom.
2. De facto - named city settlement
3. De jure - entity with city status
4. LGD - Local government district

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