FYI, in the UK, historically city status was given to towns with cathedrals, but since the 20th century city status is awarded by the monarch. England has 3 lar

FYI, in the UK, historically city status was given to towns with cathedrals, but since the 20th century city status is awarded by the monarch. England has 3 large towns with over 200000 population -Luton, Northampton and Reading and about 30 towns with between 100000 and 200000 population.