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The earliest cities (Latin: civitas) in Britain were the fortified settlements organised by the Romans as 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 in De Excidio Britanniae [c] and Historia Brittonum.
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.
This is a list of the largest cities and towns of England ordered by population at various points during history. Until the first modern census was conducted in 1801 there was no centrally conducted method of determining the populations of England's settlements at any one time, and so data has to be used from a number of other historical surveys.
Toponymy of England; Toponymical list of counties of the United Kingdom; List of generic forms in British place names; List of places in the United Kingdom; Subdivisions of the United Kingdom; List of places in Northern Ireland; List of places in Scotland; List of places in Wales; List of cities in the United Kingdom; List of towns in England
The Local Government Act 1972 allows civil parishes in England and Wales to resolve themselves to be Town Councils, under section (245 subsection 6), which also gives the chairman of such parishes the title 'town mayor'.
Pages in category "Lists of cities in the United Kingdom" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
List of cities by GDP; List of cities by elevation; List of cities by time of continuous habitation; List of cities proper by population; List of cities with the most skyscrapers; List of cities with more than one commercial airport; List of city name changes; List of largest cities throughout history; List of national capitals; List of ghost ...
There are 69 settlements and local government districts in the United Kingdom with official city status. 51 are in England, 6 in Wales, 7 in Scotland and 5 in Northern Ireland See also: towns in the United Kingdom