| | List Of Cities In The United Kingdom Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) |
 | | City status is conferred by Letters Patent (an "open letter" and not by a royal charter) but there are some British cities which predate the historical monarchy and have been regarded as cities since "time immemorial". |
 | | Note that the Cathedral column lists the diocesan cathedrals that were the grounds for the granting of city status, that is, cathedrals of the established Church of England, and the formerly established Church in Wales or Church of Ireland, in cities recognised prior to 1888. |
 | | The largest "city" district in terms of area is the City of Carlisle, which covers some 400 square miles (1040km²) of mostly rural landscape in the north of England, and is larger than some of the smaller counties such as Merseyside or Rutland. |
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