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A cathedral is neither necessary nor sufficient for city status. City status in the UK is given by the monarch and that's all there is to it. Cambridge is a cit
by globular-toast 1y ago
A cathedral is neither necessary nor sufficient for city status. City status in the UK is given by the monarch and that's all there is to it. Cambridge is a city without a cathedral and Bury St Edmunds is a town with a cathedral.
- walthamstow 1y agoIndeed. Southend got city status mostly because their MP was murdered.
- zeristor 1y agoAs is Southwell.