1. WHY IS PRESTON THE YOUTUBER THAN 10 MILLLION SUBSCRIBERS ON THIS LIST! I dare you type in preston and it will work. No but seriously don't do youtuber to think your cool
2. Oh and thats not all. City of Chester has 118,000 people (rounding) and it is on this quiz. and Ipswich has more than 137,000 people and its not on this quiz. And you call it a town? Says who! super bad thing to mix or do
The answer to the question “Says who?” HM The Queen. Towns are elevated to city status by the monarch. It’s nothing to do with size, many smaller ones were cities because of the presence of cathedrals, latterly it’s granted because of size or importance. It’s a prestige thing, not a size thing.
A city in the United Kingdom has nothing to do with size - St David's has a population of 3,000. It's more to do with cultural significance; it used to be defined by being a settlement with a cathedral, but the definition has widened since then.
Rochester is officially not a city any more. If you believe that a city is defined by whether (effectively) the civil service say it is or not, then it's not. But the Medway towns have never been a city.
Dover is absolutely not a city and never should be. Small town which just happens to be famous for a couple of things. It would make a mockery of City status if it ever got it and I live there!
50 out of 79. Not bad for a Virginia (US) farmer. After the major cities, I just started typing towns and counties in Virginia and North Carolina. I guessed 20+ that way. Some were guesses from watching Downton Abbey (Ripon).
Thanks for not making us list "upon" or "on" since I never can remember those.
Let's see here... I know Leeds, Manchester, uh... er... London, OxfordShire, Ireland, Wales, Southeast Pimberton, Northern Nor North Havermeyer, Fartfashfarthenfur, Spunkepossume, North Piddle, the Shire, Saruman, Helm's Deep, and uhhh... ... ... Hoboken.
Um ... Brechin. It IS a city because it has a cathedral, and also its Football team is Brechin City - however I have lost this argument before! the trouble is that Britain has never quite worked out how to define cities. So you get ancient cities (such as Brecon, with a Cathedral and a diocese) that somehow 'lose' their accreditation - awkward. But 'modern' chartered cities that do not seem to have to re-apply.
Birmingham made me think of the Peaky Blinders, Becket for Canterbury, the Beatles for Liverpool, Robin Hood for Nottingham and Badfinger for Swansea, but the most pleasant thought was of Lady Godiva and her ride through the streets of Coventry.
Hahaha hadnt even seen it. A bit overkill but I guess it is to stay one step ahead over the overzealous nitpickers? Afterall there is also the United Kingdom of the Netherlands (the historical name,), and there were some nordic unions between kingdoms
Odd how 75% got Leeds but only 38% got nearby Bradford. I mean Leeds is more relevant on a national scale but Bradford isn't THAT much smaller, is it more well known over the pond or something?
Doing this on a mobile phone I would have barely had time to write them all if they were written down in front of me. May I humbly suggest a bit of extra time?
Southend-on-Sea officially became a city today, however you may want to update the quiz in a few months (June time, maybe) when the other new cities get given city status, to prevent updating this quiz twice in the space of a few months.
Does anyone know how to make a map quiz with dots on it as I am trying to make a quiz on every city in the world. So far it has turned into a lucky guess quiz which I had to delete.
Also tbf it was something he'd campaigned for for many years. He wasn't to my political taste but this seems an entirely fitting tribute to someone who died because of his commitment to democratic openness and accessibility. I don't think it's in the least bit "strange".
Out of context, with just the minimum of information (which is what the QM was responding to) it certainly seems strange. With no additional information, "an MP was murdered, so their constituency town was granted city status" seems like a total non-sequitur.
It's only if you know the history and context (and why would you, if you're not from the UK and don't follow the political careers of its individual lawmakers) that it makes sense.
i like that you've added the new ones from the 2022 jubilee but how come two of them are missing - douglas on the isle of man and stanley on the falkland islands? they're cities in the uk so the fact that they're in dependencies rather than the main four nations shouldn't matter. or at least include a caveat saying it excludes dependencies (i think is what they would be categorised as)
1. WHY IS PRESTON THE YOUTUBER THAN 10 MILLLION SUBSCRIBERS ON THIS LIST! I dare you type in preston and it will work. No but seriously don't do youtuber to think your cool
2. Oh and thats not all. City of Chester has 118,000 people (rounding) and it is on this quiz. and Ipswich has more than 137,000 people and its not on this quiz. And you call it a town? Says who! super bad thing to mix or do
Pls fix or flamingo
The ones created since 2000 are linked to the Queen's Jubliee- at least that's how Brighton&Hove was created.
Tricky quiz; couldn't believe I missed some of the more obvious ones while getting the lesser known ones.
The boroughs of London as cities are tricksy.
Thanks for not making us list "upon" or "on" since I never can remember those.
Anyway good fun.
\But, my spelling is the correct spelling. please change it.
yes it is
Who are the 2% who didn't think of London?
Stanley (Falkland Islands)
Bangor (Northern Ireland)
Colchester (England)
Doncaster (England)
Milton Keynes (England)
Dunfermline (Scotland)
Wrexham (Wales)
Douglas (Isle of Man)
It's only if you know the history and context (and why would you, if you're not from the UK and don't follow the political careers of its individual lawmakers) that it makes sense.
Also would be fun to include a bonus with the town in Kent that lost its city status for admin reasons!
2 St Asaph 3,355 Wales
3 City of London 7,375 England
4 Wells 10,536 England
5 Armagh 14,749 Northern Ireland
Smallest by city council area
1 City of London 1.12 sq mi (2.90 km2) England
2 Wells 2.11 sq mi (5.46 km2) England
3 St Asaph 2.49 sq mi (6.45 km2) Wales
4 Bangor 2.79 sq mi (7.23 km2) Wales
5 Ripon 3.83 sq mi (9.92 km2) England
Smallest by overall urban area
1 St Davids 0.23 sq mi (0.60 km2) Wales
2 St Asaph 0.50 sq mi (1.29 km2) Wales
3 Wells† 1.35 sq mi (3.50 km2) England
4 Bangor† 1.65 sq mi (4.27 km2) Wales
5 Ely 1.84 sq mi (4.77 km2) England
(ignore size but here are a fraction of cities in the UK