List of towns in England

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This is a list of towns in England.

Historically, towns were any settlement with a charter, including market towns and ancient boroughs. The process of incorporation was reformed in 1835 and many more places received borough charters, whilst others were lost. All existing boroughs were abolished on 1 April 1974 and borough status was reformed as a civic honour for local government districts. At the same time a limited number of former boroughs and other settlements became successor parishes, with the right to be known as a town and preserve their charter. Boroughs that did not become successor parishes formed unparished areas, but were able to preserve their charters without a corporate body by appointing charter trustees. Since 1 April 1974 any parish council in England has the right to resolve to call itself a town council and many communities have taken up this right, including areas that preserved continuity with charter trustees. However, no successor parishes have exercised this right (e.g. Ilkley).

Contents

This list does not include cities in England.

Towns

This list includes:

A

TownCeremonial countyStatus
Abingdon-on-Thames Oxfordshiretown council 1
Accrington Lancashireborough (1878–1974)
Acle Norfolkmarket charter
Acton Greater Londonborough (1921–1965)
Adlington Lancashiretown council 1
Alcester Warwickshiretown council
Aldeburgh Suffolktown council 1
Aldershot Hampshireborough (1922–1974)
Alford Lincolnshiretown council 1
Alfreton Derbyshiretown council
Alnwick Northumberlandtown council 1
Alsager Cheshiretown council 1
Alston Cumbriamarket charter
Alton Hampshiretown council 1
Altrincham Greater Manchesterborough (1937–1974)
Amble Northumberlandtown council 1
Ambleside Cumbriamarket charter
Amersham Buckinghamshiretown council
Amesbury Wiltshiretown council
Ampthill Bedfordshiretown council 1
Andover Hampshireborough (1835–1974)
Appleby-in-Westmorland Cumbriatown council 1
Arlesey Bedfordshiretown council
Arundel West Sussextown council 1
Ashbourne Derbyshiretown council 1
Ashburton Devontown council 1
Ashby-de-la-Zouch Leicestershiretown council 1
Ashford Kentmarket charter
Ashington Northumberlandtown council
Ashton-under-Lyne Greater Manchesterborough (1847–1974)
Askern South Yorkshiretown council
Atherstone Warwickshiretown council
Attleborough Norfolktown council
Axbridge Somersettown council
Axminster Devontown council
Aylesbury Buckinghamshiretown council
Aylsham Norfolktown council

B

TownCeremonial countyStatus
Bacup Lancashireborough (1883–1974)
Bakewell Derbyshiretown council 1
Bampton Devontown council
Banbury Oxfordshiretown council
Barking Greater Londonborough (1931–1965)
Barnard Castle Durhamtown council 1
Barnes Greater Londonborough (1932–1965)
Barnet Greater Londonmarket charter
Barnoldswick Lancashiretown council
Barnsley South Yorkshireborough (1869–1974)
Barnstaple Devontown council 1
Barrow-in-Furness Cumbriaborough (1867–1974)
Barton-upon-Humber Lincolnshiretown council 1
Basildon Essexnew town (designated 1949)
Basingstoke Hampshireborough (1835–1974)
Batley West Yorkshireborough (1868–1974)
Battle East Sussextown council
Bawtry South Yorkshiretown council
Beaconsfield Buckinghamshiretown council 1
Beaminster Dorsettown council
Bebington Merseysideborough (1937–1974)
Beccles Suffolktown council 1
Beckenham Greater Londonborough (1935–1965)
Bedale North Yorkshiretown council
Bedford Bedfordshireborough (1835–1974)
Bedworth Warwickshiremarket charter
Belper Derbyshiretown council 1
Bentham North Yorkshiretown council
Berkeley Gloucestershiretown council
Berkhamsted Hertfordshiretown council 1
Berwick-upon-Tweed Northumberlandtown council
Beverley East Riding of Yorkshiretown council
Bewdley Worcestershiretown council 1
Bexhill-on-Sea East Sussexcharter trustees
Bexley Greater Londonborough (1937–1965)
Bicester Oxfordshiretown council 1
Biddulph Staffordshiretown council 1
Bideford Devontown council 1
Biggleswade Bedfordshiretown council 1
Billericay Essextown council
Billingham Durhamtown council
Bilston West Midlandsborough (1938–1967)
Bingham Nottinghamshiretown council
Bingley West Yorkshiremarket charter
Birchwood Cheshiretown council
Birkenhead Merseysideborough (1877–1974)
Bishop Auckland Durhamtown council
Bishop's Castle Shropshiretown council
Bishop's Stortford Hertfordshiretown council 1
Bishop's Waltham Hampshiremarket charter
Blackburn Lancashireborough (1851–1974)
Blackpool Lancashireborough (1867–1974)
Blackrod Greater Manchestertown council 1
Blackwater and Hawley Hampshiretown council
Blandford Forum Dorsettown council 1
Bletchley and Fenny Stratford Buckinghamshiretown council
Blyth Northumberlandtown council
Bodmin Cornwalltown council 1
Bognor Regis West Sussextown council
Bollington Cheshiretown council 1
Bolsover Derbyshiretown council 1
Bolton Greater Manchesterborough (1838–1974)
Bootle Merseysideborough (1868–1974)
Bordon Hampshiretown council
Boroughbridge North Yorkshiretown council
Boston Lincolnshiretown council
Bottesford Lincolnshiretown council
Bourne Lincolnshiretown council 1
Bournemouth Dorsetborough (1890–1974)
Bovey Tracey Devontown council
Brackley Northamptonshiretown council 1
Bracknell Berkshirenew town (designated 1949)
Bradford-on-Avon Wiltshiretown council 1
Brading Isle of Wighttown council
Bradley Stoke Gloucestershiretown council
Bradninch Devontown council
Braintree Essexmarket charter
Brampton Cumbriamarket charter (1252)
Brandon Suffolktown council
Braunstone Town Leicestershiretown council
Brentford Greater Londonmarket charter
Brentwood Essexmarket charter
Brewood Staffordshiremarket charter
Bridgnorth Shropshiretown council
Bridgwater Somersettown council
Bridlington East Riding of Yorkshiretown council
Bridport Dorsettown council 1
Brierfield Lancashiretown council
Brierley South Yorkshiretown council
Brigg Lincolnshiretown council 1
Brighouse West Yorkshireborough (1893–1974)
Brightlingsea Essextown council 1
Brixham Devontown council
Broadstairs and St Peter's Kenttown council 1
Bromborough Merseysidemarket charter
Bromley Greater Londonborough (1903–1965)
Bromsgrove Worcestershiremarket charter
Bromyard Herefordshiretown council
Broseley Shropshiretown council
Brough East Riding of Yorkshiretown council
Broughton Lincolnshiretown council
Broughton-in-Furness Cumbriamarket charter
Bruton Somersettown council
Buckfastleigh Devontown council 1
Buckingham Buckinghamshiretown council 1
Bude-Stratton Cornwalltown council 1
Budleigh Salterton Devontown council 1
Bulwell Nottinghamshiremarket charter
Bungay Suffolktown council 1
Buntingford Hertfordshiretown council
Burford Oxfordshiretown council
Burgess Hill West Sussextown council 1
Burgh-le-Marsh Lincolnshiretown council
Burnham-on-Crouch Essextown council 1
Burnham-on-Sea Somersettown council 1
Burnley Lancashireborough (1861–1974)
Burntwood Staffordshiretown council
Burslem Staffordshiretown council
Burton Latimer Northamptonshiretown council 1
Burton upon Trent Staffordshirecharter trustees (abolished 2003)
Bury Greater Manchesterborough (1876–1974)
Bury St Edmunds Suffolktown council
Bushey Hertfordshiremarket charter
Buxton Derbyshireborough (1917–1974)

C

TownCeremonial countyStatus
Caistor Lincolnshiretown council
Callington Cornwalltown council
Calne Wiltshiretown council 1
Camborne Cornwalltown council
Camelford Cornwalltown council
Cannock Staffordshiremarket charter
Canvey Island Essextown council
Carnforth Lancashiretown council 1
Carlton Colville Suffolktown council
Carshalton Greater LondonBorough (1915–1965)
Carterton Oxfordshiretown council
Castle Cary Somersettown council
Castleford West Yorkshireborough (1955–1974)
Chagford Devonstannary charter
Chapel-en-le-Frith Derbyshiremarket charter
Chard Somersettown council 1
Charlbury Oxfordshiretown council
Chatham Kentborough (1890–1974)
Chatteris Cambridgeshiretown council 1
Cheadle Staffordshiretown council
Cheltenham Gloucestershireborough (1876–1974)
Chertsey Surreymarket charter
Chesham Buckinghamshiretown council 1
Cheshunt Hertfordshiremarket charter
Chesterfield Derbyshireborough (1835–1974)
Chester-le-Street Durhammarket charter
Chickerell Dorsettown council
Chilton Durhamtown council
Chingford Greater Londonborough (1938–1965)
Chippenham Wiltshiretown council
Chipping Campden Gloucestershiretown council
Chipping Norton Oxfordshiretown council 1
Chipping Sodbury Gloucestershiretown council
Chiswick Greater Londonborough (with Brentford; 1932–1965)
Chorley Lancashireborough (1881–1974)
Chorleywood Hertfordshiretown council 1
Christchurch Dorsetborough (1886–1974)
Chudleigh Devontown council
Chulmleigh Devonmarket charter
Church Stretton Shropshiretown council
Cinderford Gloucestershiretown council
Cirencester Gloucestershiretown council 1
Clare Suffolkmarket charter
Clay Cross Derbyshiretown council 1
Cleator Moor Cumbriatown council
Cleckheaton West Yorkshiremarket charter
Cleethorpes Lincolnshirecharter trustees
Cleobury Mortimer Shropshiremarket charter
Clevedon Somersettown council 1
Clitheroe Lancashiretown council 1
Clun Shropshiretown council
Coalville Leicestershiretown council
Cockermouth Cumbriatown council 1
Coggeshall Essexmarket charter
Colburn North Yorkshiretown council
Coleford Gloucestershiretown council
Coleshill Warwickshiretown council
Colne Lancashiretown council
Colyton Devonmarket charter
Congleton Cheshiretown council
Conisbrough South Yorkshiremarket charter
Corbridge Northumberlandmarket charter
Corby Northamptonshiremarket charter
Corringham Essexmarket charter
Corsham Wiltshiretown council
Cosham Hampshiretown council
Cotgrave Nottinghamshiretown council
Cowes Isle of Wighttown council
Coulsdon Greater LondonMunicipal Borough (with Purley; 1915–1965)
Cramlington Northumberlandtown council
Cranbrook Kentmarket charter
Craven Arms Shropshiretown council
Crawley West Sussexmarket charter
Crediton Devontown council 1
Crewe Cheshirecharter trustees
Crewkerne Somersettown council 1
Cricklade Wiltshiretown council
Cromer Norfolktown council 1
Crook Durhammarket charter
Crosby Merseysideborough (1937–1974)
Crowborough East Sussextown council
Croydon Greater Londonborough (1883–1965)
Crowland Lincolnshiremarket charter
Crowle Lincolnshiretown council
Cullompton Devontown council

D

TownCeremonial countyStatus
Dagenham Greater Londonborough (1938–1965)
Dalton-in-Furness CumbriaMarket Charter [1]
Darley Dale Derbyshiretown council
Darlington Durhamborough (1867–1974)
Dartford Kentcharter trustees (abolished 1977)
Dartmouth Devontown council 1
Darwen Lancashiretown council
Daventry Northamptonshiretown council
Dawley Shropshiretown council
Dawlish Devontown council 1
Deal Kenttown council
Denholme West Yorkshiretown council
Dereham Norfolktown council 1
Desborough Northamptonshiretown council 1
Devizes Wiltshiretown council 1
Dewsbury West Yorkshireborough (1862–1974)
Didcot Oxfordshiretown council
Dinnington St John's South Yorkshiretown council
Diss Norfolktown council 1
Dorchester Dorsettown council 1
Dorking Surreymarket charter
Dover Kenttown council
Dovercourt Essexmarket charter
Downham Market Norfolktown council 1
Driffield East Riding of Yorkshiretown council
Droitwich Spa Worcestershiretown council 1
Dronfield Derbyshiretown council 1
Dudley West Midlandsborough (1865–1974)
Dukinfield Greater Manchesterborough (1899–1974)
Dulverton Somersettown council
Dunstable Bedfordshiretown council
Dunwich Suffolkmarket charter
Dursley Gloucestershiretown council

E

TownCeremonial countyStatus
Ealing Greater Londonborough (1901–1965)
Earby Lancashiretown council
Earl Shilton Leicestershiretown council
Earley Berkshiretown council
Easingwold North Yorkshiretown council
East Cowes Isle of Wighttown council
East Grinstead West Sussextown council 1
East Ham Greater Londonborough (1904–1965)
Eastbourne East Sussexborough (1883–1974)
Eastleigh Hampshireborough (1936–1974)
East Retford Nottinghamshirecharter trustees
Eastwood Nottinghamshiretown council 1
Eccles Greater Manchesterborough (1892–1974)
Eccleshall Staffordshiremarket charter
Edenbridge Kenttown council
Edgware Greater Londonmarket charter
Edmonton Greater Londonborough (1937–1965)
Egremont Cumbriatown council
Elland West Yorkshiremarket charter
Ellesmere Shropshiretown council
Ellesmere Port Cheshirecharter trustees
Elstree and Borehamwood Hertfordshiretown council
Emsworth Hampshiremarket charter
Enfield Greater Londonborough (1955–1965)
Epping Essextown council 1
Epsom and Ewell Surreyborough from 1937 [2]
Epworth Lincolnshiretown council
Erith Greater Londonborough (1937–1965)
Eton Berkshiretown council 1
Evesham Worcestershiretown council 1
Exmouth Devontown council
Eye Suffolktown council 1

F

TownCeremonial countyStatus
Fairford Gloucestershiretown council
Fakenham Norfolktown council
Falmouth Cornwalltown council 1
Fareham Hampshiremarket charter
Faringdon Oxfordshiretown council
Farnborough Hampshiretown council
Farnham Surreytown council
Faversham Kenttown council 1
Fazeley Staffordshiretown council
Featherstone West Yorkshiretown council 1
Felixstowe Suffolktown council 1
Fenton Staffordshireone of the six towns of Stoke-on-Trent
Ferndown Dorsettown council
Ferryhill Durhamtown council
Filey North Yorkshiretown council 1
Filton Gloucestershiretown council
Finchley Greater Londonborough (1933–1965)
Fleet Hampshiretown council
Fleetwood Lancashireborough (1933–1974)
Flitwick Bedfordshiretown council
Folkestone Kenttown council
Fordbridge West Midlandstown council
Fordingbridge Hampshiretown council
Fordwich Kenttown council
Fowey Cornwalltown council
Framlingham Suffolktown council
Frinton and Walton Essextown council 1
Frodsham Cheshiretown council
Frome Somersettown council 1

G

TownCeremonial countyStatus
Gainsborough Lincolnshiretown council
Garstang Lancashiretown council
Gateshead Tyne and Wearborough (1835–1974)
Gillingham Dorsettown council
Gillingham Kentborough (1903–1974)
Glastonbury Somersettown council 1
Glossop Derbyshireborough (1866–1974)
Godalming Surreytown council 1
Godmanchester Cambridgeshiretown council 1
Goole East Riding of Yorkshiretown council
Gorleston-on-Sea Norfolkmarket charter
Gosport Hampshireborough (1922–1974)
Grange-over-Sands Cumbriatown council 1
Grantham Lincolnshirecharter trustees
Grassington North Yorkshiremarket charter
Gravesend Kentborough (1835–1974)
Grays Essexmarket charter
Great Dunmow Essextown council
Great Torrington Devontown council 1
Great Yarmouth Norfolkborough (1835–1974)
Greater Willington Durhamtown council
Grimsby Lincolnshirecharter trustees
Guildford Surreyborough (1835–1974)
Guisborough North Yorkshiretown council 1

H

TownCeremonial countyStatus
Hadleigh Suffolktown council 1
Hailsham East Sussextown council
Halesowen West Midlandsborough (1936–1974)
Halesworth Suffolktown council 1
Halewood Merseysidetown council
Halifax West Yorkshireborough (1848–1974)
Halstead Essextown council 1
Haltwhistle Northumberlandtown council
Redenhall with Harleston Norfolktown council
Harlow Essexmarket charter
Harpenden Hertfordshiretown council 1
Harrogate North Yorkshireborough (1884–1974)
Harrow Greater Londonborough (1954–1965)
Hartland Devonmarket charter
Hartlepool Durhamborough (1850–1974)
Harwich Essextown council 1
Harworth and Bircotes Nottinghamshiretown council
Haslemere Surreytown council 1
Haslingden Lancashireborough (1891–1974)
Hastings East Sussexborough (1835–1974)
Hatfield Hertfordshiretown council
Hatfield South Yorkshiretown council
Hatherleigh Devontown council
Havant Hampshiremarket charter
Haverhill Suffolktown council
Hawkinge Kenttown council
Haxby North Yorkshiretown council
Hawes North Yorkshiremarket charter
Hayle Cornwalltown council
Haywards Heath West Sussextown council
Heanor and Loscoe Derbyshiretown council
Heathfield East Sussexmarket charter
Hebden Royd West Yorkshiretown council 1
Hedge End Hampshiretown council
Hednesford Staffordshiretown council
Hedon East Riding of Yorkshiretown council 1
Helmsley North Yorkshiretown council
Helston Cornwalltown council 1
Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshirecharter trustees (abolished 1984)
Hemsworth West Yorkshiretown council 1
Hendon Greater Londonborough (1932–1965)
Henley-in-Arden Warwickshiremarket charter
Henley-on-Thames Oxfordshiretown council 1
Hertford Hertfordshiretown council 1
Hessle East Riding of Yorkshiretown council
Hetton Tyne and Weartown council 1
Hexham Northumberlandtown council 1
Heywood Greater Manchesterborough (1881–1974)
Higham Ferrers Northamptonshiretown council 1
Highbridge Somersetmarket charter
Highworth Wiltshiretown council
High Wycombe Buckinghamshirecharter trustees
Hinckley Leicestershiremarket charter
Hingham Norfolktown council
Hitchin Hertfordshiremarket charter
Hoddesdon Hertfordshiremarket charter
Holbeach Lincolnshiremarket charter
Holsworthy Devontown council
Holt Norfolktown council
Honiton Devontown council 1
Horley Surreytown council
Horncastle Lincolnshiretown council 1
Hornsea East Riding of Yorkshiretown council 1
Hornsey Greater Londonborough (1903–1965)
Horsforth West Yorkshiretown council
Horsham West Sussextown council
Horwich Greater Manchestertown council 1
Houghton Regis Bedfordshiretown council
Hounslow Greater LondonBorough
Howden East Riding of Yorkshiretown council
Huddersfield West Yorkshireborough (1868–1974)
Hungerford Berkshiretown council
Hunstanton Norfolktown council 1
Huntingdon Cambridgeshiretown council 1
Hyde Greater Manchesterborough (1881–1974)
Hythe Kenttown council 1

I

TownCeremonial countyStatus
Ilford Greater Londonborough (1926–1965)
Ilfracombe Devontown council 1
Ilkeston Derbyshirecharter trustees (abolished 1975)
Ilkley West Yorkshiretown council 1
Ilminster Somersettown council 1
Immingham Lincolnshiretown council
Ingleby Barwick North Yorkshiretown council
Ipswich Suffolkborough (1835–1974)
Irthlingborough Northamptonshiretown council 1
Isleworth Greater Londonborough (with Heston; 1932–1965)
Ivybridge Devontown council

J

TownCeremonial countyStatus
Jarrow Tyne and Wearborough (1875–1974)

K

TownCeremonial countyStatus
Keighley West Yorkshiretown council
Kempston Bedfordshiretown council 1
Kendal Cumbriatown council 1
Kenilworth Warwickshiretown council 1
Kesgrave Suffolktown council
Keswick Cumbriatown council 1
Kettering Northamptonshireborough (1938–1974)
Keynsham Somersettown council
Kidderminster Worcestershirecharter trustees
Kidsgrove Staffordshiretown council 1
Kimberley Nottinghamshiretown council
King's Lynn Norfolkborough (1835–1974)
Kingsbridge Devontown council 1
Kingsteignton Devontown council
Kingston-upon-Thames Greater Londonborough (1835–1965)
Kington Herefordshiretown council 1
Kirkby-in-Ashfield Nottinghamshiremarket charter
Kirkby Lonsdale Cumbriatown council
Kirkby Stephen Cumbriatown council
Kirkbymoorside North Yorkshiretown council
Kirkham Lancashiretown council 1
Kirton-in-Lindsey Lincolnshiretown council
Knaresborough North Yorkshiretown council 1
Knutsford Cheshiretown council 1

L

TownCeremonial countyStatus
Langport Somersettown council
Launceston Cornwalltown council 1
Leatherhead Surreymarket charter
Lechlade Gloucestershiretown council
Ledbury Herefordshiretown council
Leek Staffordshiretown council 1
Leigh Greater Manchesterborough (1899–1974)
Leighton-Linslade Bedfordshiretown council 1
Leigh-on-Sea Essextown council
Leiston Suffolktown council 1
Leominster Herefordshiretown council 1
Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshiretown council
Lewes East Sussextown council 1
Leyburn North Yorkshiretown council
Leyland Lancashiretown council
Leyton Greater Londonborough (1926–1965)
Liskeard Cornwalltown council 1
Littlehampton West Sussextown council 1
Loddon Norfolkmarket charter
Loftus North Yorkshiretown council 1
Long Sutton Lincolnshiremarket charter
Longridge Lancashiretown council 1
Longton Staffordshireone of the six towns of Stoke-on-Trent
Longtown Cumbriamarket charter
Looe Cornwalltown council 1
Lostwithiel Cornwalltown council
Loughborough Leicestershireborough (1888–1974)
Loughton Essextown council
Louth Lincolnshiretown council 1
Lowestoft Suffolkcharter trustees
Ludgershall Wiltshiretown council
Ludlow Shropshiretown council
Luton Bedfordshireborough (1876–1974)
Lutterworth Leicestershiretown council
Lydd Kenttown council 1
Lydney Gloucestershiretown council
Lyme Regis Dorsettown council 1
Lymington Hampshiretown council
Lynton & Lynmouth Devontown council 1
Lytchett Minster & Upton Dorsettown council
Lytham St Annes Lancashireborough (1922–1974)

M

TownCeremonial countyStatus
Mablethorpe and Sutton Lincolnshiretown council 1
Macclesfield Cheshirecharter trustees
Madeley Shropshiremarket charter
Maghull Merseysidetown council
Maidenhead Berkshireborough (1835–1974)
Maidstone Kentborough (1835–1974)
Maldon Essextown council
Malmesbury Wiltshiretown council 1
Maltby South Yorkshiretown council
Malton North Yorkshiretown council 1
Malvern Worcestershiretown council
Manningtree Essextown council
Mansfield Nottinghamshirecharter trustees
Marazion Cornwalltown council
March Cambridgeshiretown council 1
Margate Kentcharter trustees
Market Bosworth Leicestershiremarket charter
Market Deeping Lincolnshiretown council
Market Drayton Shropshiretown council
Market Harborough Leicestershiremarket charter
Market Rasen Lincolnshiretown council 1
Market Weighton East Riding of Yorkshiretown council
Marlborough Wiltshiretown council 1
Marlow Buckinghamshiretown council 1
Maryport Cumbriatown council 1
Masham North Yorkshiremarket charter
Matlock Derbyshiretown council
Medlar-with-Wesham Lancashiretown council
Melksham Wiltshiretown council 1
Meltham West Yorkshiretown council 1
Melton Mowbray Leicestershiretown council
Mere Wiltshiretown council
Mexborough South Yorkshiremarket charter
Middleham North Yorkshiretown council
Middlesbrough North Yorkshireborough (1853–1967)
Middleton Greater Manchesterborough (1886–1974)
Middlewich Cheshiretown council 1
Midhurst West Sussextown council
Midsomer Norton Somersetmarket charter
Mildenhall Suffolkmarket charter
Millom Cumbriatown council
Minchinhampton Gloucestershiremarket charter
Minehead Somersettown council
Minster Kentmarket charter
Mirfield West Yorkshiretown council
Mitcham Greater Londonborough (1934–1965)
Mitcheldean Gloucestershiremarket charter
Modbury Devonmarket charter
Morecambe Lancashiretown council
Moretonhampstead Devonmarket charter
Moreton-in-Marsh Gloucestershiretown council
Morley West Yorkshiretown council
Morpeth Northumberlandborough (1835–1974)
Mossley Greater Manchestertown council
Much Wenlock Shropshiretown council

N

TownCeremonial countyStatus
Nailsea Somersettown council
Nailsworth Gloucestershiretown council 1
Nantwich Cheshiretown council 1
Needham Market Suffolktown council
Nelson Lancashiretown council
Neston Cheshiretown council
New Alresford Hampshiretown council
New Malden Greater Londonborough (with Coombe; 1936–1965)
New Mills Derbyshiretown council 1
New Milton Hampshiretown council
New Romney Kenttown council 1
Newark-on-Trent Nottinghamshiretown council
Newbiggin-by-the-Sea Northumberlandtown council
Newbury Berkshiretown council
Newcastle-under-Lyme Staffordshireborough (1835–1974)
Newent Gloucestershiretown council
Newhaven East Sussextown council 1
Newlyn Cornwallmarket charter
[[Newmarket, ]Suffolktown council
Newport Isle of Wightborough (1835–1974)
Newport Shropshiretown council 1
Newport Pagnell Buckinghamshiretown council
Newquay Cornwalltown council
Newton Abbot Devontown council 1
Newton Aycliffe Durhamtown council
Newton-le-Willows Merseysidemarket charter
Normanton West Yorkshiretown council 1
North Hykeham Lincolnshiretown council
North Petherton Somersettown council
North Tawton Devontown council
North Walsham Norfolktown council 1
Northallerton North Yorkshiretown council 1
Northam Devontown council 1
Northampton Northamptonshireborough (1835–1974)
Northfleet Kentmarket charter
Northleach with Eastington Gloucestershiretown council
Northwich Cheshiretown council 1
Norton-on-Derwent North Yorkshiretown council 1
Nuneaton Warwickshireborough (1907–1974)

O

TownCeremonial countyStatus
Oakengates Shropshiretown council
Oakham Rutlandtown council 1
Okehampton Devontown council 1
Oldbury West Midlandsborough (1935–1966)
Oldham Greater Manchesterborough (1849–1974)
Ollerton and Boughton Nottinghamshiretown council
Olney Buckinghamshiretown council
Ongar Essextown council
Orford Suffolkmarket charter
Ormskirk Lancashiremarket charter
Orpington Greater LondonTown
Ossett West Yorkshireborough (1890–1974)
Oswestry Shropshiretown council
Otley West Yorkshiretown council 1
Ottery St Mary Devontown council 1
Oundle Northamptonshiretown council 1

P

TownCeremonial countyStatus
Paddock Wood Kenttown council
Padiham Lancashiretown council
Padstow Cornwalltown council
Paignton Devonmarket charter
Painswick Gloucestershiremarket charter
Partington Greater Manchestertown council
Patchway Gloucestershiretown council
Pateley Bridge North Yorkshiretown council
Peacehaven East Sussextown council
Penistone South Yorkshiretown council 1
Penkridge Staffordshiremarket charter
Penrith Cumbriamarket charter
Penryn Cornwalltown council 1
Penwortham Lancashiretown council
Penzance Cornwalltown council
Pershore Worcestershiretown council
Peterlee Durhamtown council
Petersfield Hampshiretown council 1
Petworth West Sussextown council
Pickering North Yorkshiretown council 1
Plympton Devonmarket charter
Pocklington East Riding of Yorkshiretown council
Polegate East Sussextown council
Pontefract West Yorkshireborough (1835–1974)
Ponteland Northumberlandtown council
Poole Dorsetborough (1835–1974)
Porthleven Cornwalltown council
Portishead Somersettown council 1
Portland Dorsettown council 1
Potton Bedfordshiretown council
Poynton-with-Worth Cheshiretown council
Preesall Lancashiretown council 1
Prescot Merseysidetown council
Princes Risborough Buckinghamshiretown council
Prudhoe Northumberlandtown council 1
Pudsey West Yorkshireborough (1900–1974)
Purley Greater London

town council

Q

TownCeremonial countyStatus
Quedgeley Gloucestershiretown council [3]
Queenborough-in-Sheppey Kentcharter trustees (abolished 1977)

R

TownCeremonial countyStatus
Radstock Somersettown council 1
Ramsey Cambridgeshiretown council 1
Ramsgate Kenttown council
Raunds Northamptonshiretown council 1
Rawtenstall Lancashireborough (1891–1974)
Rayleigh Essextown council
Reading Berkshireborough (1835–1974)
Redcar North Yorkshireborough (1921–1967)
Redditch Worcestershiretown council, new town (designated 1964)
Redhill Surrey
Redruth Cornwalltown council
Reepham Norfolktown council
Reigate Surreyborough (1863–1974)
Richmond Greater Londonborough (1890–1965)
Richmond North Yorkshiretown council 1
Ringwood Hampshiretown council
Ripley Derbyshiretown council 1
Rochdale Greater Manchesterborough (1856–1974)
Rochester Kentborough (1835–1974) 2
Rochford Essexmarket charter
Romford Greater Londonborough (1937–1965)
Romsey Hampshiretown council 1
Ross-on-Wye Herefordshiretown council 1
Rothbury Northumberlandmarket charter
Rotherham South Yorkshireborough (1871–1974)
Rothwell Northamptonshiretown council 1
Rothwell West Yorkshiremarket charter
Rowley Regis West Midlandsborough (1933–1966)
Royal Leamington Spa Warwickshiretown council
Royal Tunbridge Wells Kentborough (1888–1974)
Royal Wootton Bassett Wiltshiretown council
Royston Hertfordshiretown council 1
Rugby Warwickshireborough (1932–1974)
Rugeley Staffordshiretown council
Runcorn Cheshirenew town (designated 1964)
Rushden Northamptonshiretown council
Ryde Isle of Wighttown council
Rye East Sussextown council 1

S

TownCeremonial countyStatus
Saffron Walden Essextown council 1
St Austell Cornwalltown council
St Blaise Cornwalltown council
St Columb Major Cornwalltown council
St Helens Merseysideborough (1868–1974)
St Ives Cambridgeshiretown council 1
St Ives Cornwalltown council 1
St Just-in-Penwith Cornwalltown council 1
St Mary Cray Greater Londonmarket charter
St Mawes Cornwallmarket charter
St Neots Cambridgeshiretown council 1
Salcombe Devontown council 1
Sale Greater Manchesterborough (1935–1974)
Saltash Cornwalltown council 1
Saltburn-By-The-Sea North Yorkshiretown council
Sandbach Cheshiretown council 1
Sandhurst Berkshiretown council
Sandiacre Derbyshiremarket charter
Sandown Isle of Wighttown council
Sandwich Kenttown council 1
Sandy Bedfordshiretown council 1
Sawbridgeworth Hertfordshiretown council 1
Saxmundham Suffolktown council 1
Scarborough North Yorkshireborough (1835–1974)
Scunthorpe Lincolnshirecharter trustees
Seaford East Sussextown council
Seaham Durhamtown council
Seaton Devontown council 1
Sedbergh Cumbriamarket charter
Sedgefield Durhamtown council
Selby North Yorkshiretown council 1
Selsey West Sussextown council
Settle North Yorkshiretown council
Sevenoaks Kenttown council 1
Shaftesbury Dorsettown council 1
Shanklin Isle of Wighttown council
Shefford Bedfordshiretown council
Shepshed Leicestershiretown council
Shepton Mallet Somersettown council 1
Sherborne Dorsettown council 1
Sheringham Norfolktown council 1
Shifnal Shropshiretown council
Shildon Durhamtown council 1
Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshiretown council
Shirebrook Derbyshiretown council
Shoreham-by-Sea West Sussexmarket charter
Shrewsbury Shropshiretown council
Sidmouth Devontown council 1
Silloth Cumbriatown council
Silsden West Yorkshiretown council 1
Sittingbourne Kenttown council
Skegness Lincolnshiretown council 1
Skelmersdale Lancashiretown council
Skelton-in-Cleveland North Yorkshiremarket charter
Skipton North Yorkshiretown council 1
Sleaford Lincolnshiretown council 1
Slough Berkshireborough (1838–1974)
Smethwick West Midlandsborough (1899–1966)
Snaith and Cowick East Riding of Yorkshiretown council
Snodland Kenttown council
Soham Cambridgeshiretown council
Solihull West Midlandsborough (1954–1974)
Somerton Somersettown council
South Brent Devonmarket charter
South Cave East Riding of Yorkshiremarket charter
South Elmsall West Yorkshiretown council
South Kirkby and Moorthorpe West Yorkshiretown council
South Molton Devontown council
South Shields Tyne and Wearborough (1850–1974)
South Woodham Ferrers Essextown council
Southam Warwickshiretown council
Southall Greater Londonborough (1936–1965)
Southborough Kenttown council 1
Southgate Greater Londonborough (1933–1965)
Southminster Essexmarket charter
Southport Merseysideborough (1866–1974)
Southsea Hampshiretown council
Southwell Nottinghamshiretown council
Southwick Hampshiremarket charter
Southwold Suffolktown council 1
Spalding Lincolnshiretown council
Spennymoor Durhamtown council 1
Spilsby Lincolnshiretown council
Sprowston Norfolktown council
Stafford Staffordshireborough (1835–1974)
Staines-upon-Thames Surreymarket charter
Stainforth South Yorkshiretown council
Stalbridge Dorsettown council
Stalham Norfolkmarket charter
Stalybridge Greater Manchesterborough (1857–1974)
Stamford Lincolnshiretown council 1
Stanley Durhamtown council
Stanhope Durhammarket charter
Stapleford Nottinghamshiretown council
Staveley Derbyshiretown council 1
Stevenage Hertfordshiremarket charter
Steyning West Sussexmarket charter
Stockport Greater Manchesterborough (1835–1974)
Stocksbridge South Yorkshiretown council 1
Stockton-on-Tees Durham/North Yorkshireborough (1835–1967)
Stoke-upon-Trent Staffordshireone of the six towns of Stoke-on-Trent
Stone Staffordshiretown council 1
Stonehouse Gloucestershiretown council
Stony Stratford Buckinghamshiretown council
Stotfold Bedfordshiretown council
Stourbridge West Midlandsborough (1914–1974)
Stourport-on-Severn Worcestershiretown council 1
Stowmarket Suffolktown council 1
Stow-on-the-Wold Gloucestershiretown council
Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshiretown council 1
Stretford Greater Manchesterborough (1933–1974)
Strood Kentmarket charter
Stroud Gloucestershiretown council
Sturminster Newton Dorsettown council
Sudbury Suffolktown council 1
Surbiton Greater Londonborough (1936–1965)
Sutton Greater Londonborough (with Cheam; 1934–1965)
Sutton Coldfield West Midlandsmarket charter
Swaffham Norfolktown council 1
Swanage Dorsettown council 1
Swanley Kenttown council
Swanscombe and Greenhithe Kenttown council 1
Swindon Wiltshireborough (1900–1974)
Syston Leicestershiretown council

T

TownCeremonial countyStatus
Tadcaster North Yorkshiretown council
Tadley Hampshiretown council
Tamworth Staffordshireborough (1835–1974)
Taunton Somersetborough (1885–1974)
Tavistock Devontown council
Teignmouth Devontown council 1
Telford Shropshirenew town (designated 1968)
Telscombe East Sussextown council
Tenbury Wells Worcestershiretown council
Tenterden Kenttown council 1
Tetbury Gloucestershiretown council
Tewkesbury Gloucestershiretown council 1
Thame Oxfordshiretown council 1
Thatcham Berkshiretown council
Thaxted Essexmarket charter
Thetford Norfolktown council 1
Thirsk North Yorkshiretown council
Thornaby-on-Tees North Yorkshiretown council
Thornbury Gloucestershiretown council
Thorne South Yorkshiretown council
Thorpe St Andrew Norfolktown council
Thrapston Northamptonshiretown council
Tickhill South Yorkshiretown council 1
Tidworth Wiltshiretown council
Tipton West Midlandsborough (1938–1966)
Tiverton Devontown council 1
Todmorden West Yorkshiretown council 1
Tonbridge Kentmarket charter
Topsham Devonmarket charter
Torpoint Cornwalltown council 1
Torquay Devonborough (1892–1974)
Totnes Devontown council 1
Tottenham Greater Londonborough (1934–1965)
Totton and Eling Hampshiretown council
Tow Law Durhamtown council 1
Towcester Northamptonshiretown council
Tring Hertfordshiretown council 1
Trowbridge Wiltshiretown council 1
Tunstall Staffordshireone of the six towns of Stoke-on-Trent
Twickenham Greater Londonborough (1926–1965)
Tynemouth Tyne and Wearborough (1849–1974)

U

TownCeremonial countyStatus
Uckfield East Sussextown council
Ulverston Cumbriatown council 1
Uppingham Rutlandtown council
Upton-upon-Severn Worcestershiretown council
Uttoxeter Staffordshiretown council 1
Uxbridge Greater Londonborough (1955–1965)

V

TownCeremonial countyStatus
Ventnor Isle of Wighttown council 1
Verwood Dorsettown council

W

TownCeremonial countyStatus
Wadebridge Cornwalltown council
Wadhurst East Sussexmarket charter
Wainfleet All Saints Lincolnshiretown council
Wallasey Merseysideborough (1910–1974)
Wallingford Oxfordshiretown council 1
Wallington Greater Londonborough (with Beddington; 1937–1965)
Wallsend Tyne and Wearborough (1901–1974)
Walsall West Midlandsborough (1835–1974)
Waltham Abbey Essextown council 1
Waltham Cross Hertfordshiremarket charter
Walthamstow Greater Londonborough (1926–1965)
Walton-on-Thames Surreymarket charter
Wantage Oxfordshiretown council 1
Ware Hertfordshiretown council 1
Wareham Dorsettown council 1
Warminster Wiltshiretown council 1
Warrington Cheshireborough (1847–1974)
Warwick Warwickshiretown council 1
Washington Tyne and Wearnew town (designated 1964)
Watchet Somersettown council 1
Watford Hertfordshireborough (1922–1974)
Wath-upon-Dearne South Yorkshiremarket charter
Watlington Oxfordshiremarket charter
Watton Norfolktown council
Wellingborough Northamptonshiremarket charter
Wednesbury West Midlandsborough (1886 - 1966)
Wellington Shropshiretown council
Wellington Somersettown council 1
Wells-next-the-Sea Norfolktown council 1
Welwyn Garden City Hertfordshirenew town (designated 1948)
Wem Shropshiretown council
Wembley Greater Londonborough (1937–1965)
Wendover Buckinghamshiremarket charter
West Bedlington Northumberlandtown council
West Bromwich West Midlandsborough (1882–1974)
West Ham Greater Londonborough (1886–1965)
West Malling Kentmarket charter
West Mersea Essextown council 1
West Tilbury Essexmarket charter
Westbury Wiltshiretown council 1
Westerham Kentmarket charter
Westhoughton Greater Manchestertown council
Weston-super-Mare Somersettown council
Wetherby West Yorkshiretown council
Weybridge Surreymarket charter
Weymouth Dorsettown council
Whaley Bridge Derbyshiretown council 1
Whitby North Yorkshiretown council 1
Whitchurch Hampshiretown council
Whitchurch Shropshiretown council
Whitehaven Cumbriaborough (1894–1974)
Whitehill Hampshiretown council
Whitnash Warwickshiretown council
Whittlesey Cambridgeshiretown council
Whitworth Lancashiretown council 1
Wickham Hampshiremarket charter
Wickwar Gloucestershiremarket charter
Widnes Cheshireborough (1892–1974)
Wigan Greater Manchesterborough (1835–1974)
Wigton Cumbriatown council
Willenhall West Midlandsmarket charter
Willesden Greater Londonborough (1933–1965)
Wilton Wiltshiretown council 1
Wilmslow Cheshiretown council
Wimbledon Greater Londonborough (1905–1965)
Wimborne Minster Dorsettown council 1
Wincanton Somersettown council
Winchcombe Gloucestershiretown council
Winchelsea East Sussexmarket charter
Windermere Cumbriatown council 1
Windsor Berkshireborough (1835–1974)
Winsford Cheshiretown council 1
Winslow Buckinghamshiretown council
Winterton Lincolnshiretown council
Wirksworth Derbyshiretown council 1
Wisbech Cambridgeshiretown council 1
Witham Essextown council
Withernsea East Riding of Yorkshiretown council
Witney Oxfordshiretown council 1
Wiveliscombe Somersettown council
Wivenhoe Essextown council 1
Woburn Bedfordshiremarket charter
Woburn Sands Buckinghamshiretown council
Woking Surreymarket charter
Wokingham Berkshiretown council 1
Wolsingham Durhammarket charter
Wolverton and Greenleys Buckinghamshiretown council
Wood Green Greater Londonborough (1933–1965)
Woodford Greater Londonborough (with Wanstead; 1937–1965)
Woodbridge Suffolktown council 1
Woodley Berkshiretown council
Woodstock Oxfordshiretown council 1
Wooler Northumberlandmarket charter
Workington Cumbriatown council
Worksop Nottinghamshirecharter trustees
Worthing West Sussexborough (1890–1974)
Wotton-under-Edge Gloucestershiretown council
Wragby Lincolnshiretown council
Wymondham Norfolktown council 1

Y

TownCeremonial countyStatus
Yarm North Yorkshiretown council
Yarmouth Isle of Wighttown council
Yate Gloucestershiretown council
Yateley Hampshiretown council
Yeovil Somersettown council

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