Borough status is granted by royal charter to local government districts in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The status is purely honorary, and does...

City status in the United Kingdom is granted by the monarch of the United Kingdom to specific centres of population, which might or might not meet the generally...

and unveiled in October 2021 to effect this. Borough status in the United Kingdom Burgh City status in the United Kingdom "Royal Borough of Kingston-upon-Thames"...

government in England Borough status in the United Kingdom Boroughs incorporated in England and Wales 1835–1882 and 1882–1974 Burgh and List of burghs in Scotland...

in the United Kingdom that are officially designated as such as of 12 November 2022[update]. It lists those places that have been granted city status...

them borough status (and in some cases, they also have city status). Metropolitan boroughs have been effectively unitary authority areas since the abolition...

London portal Borough ISO 3166-2:GB, subdivision codes for the United Kingdom Political make-up of local councils in the United Kingdom Local government...

County borough is a term introduced in 1889 in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to refer to a borough or a city independent of county council...

"borough", "town" and "township", but gave no extra legal powers. This remains the case in Northern Ireland, which is still part of the United Kingdom...

urban districts and municipal boroughs have such a status, along with other settlements with no prior town status. In more modern times it is often considered...

The Borough of Burnley (/ˈbɜːrnli/) is a local government district with the borough status in Lancashire, England. It has an area of 42.9 square miles...

The administrative geography of the United Kingdom is complex, multi-layered and non-uniform. The United Kingdom, a sovereign state to the northwest of...

uniformly designated as the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the town. The only exception was where the borough enjoyed city status; in this case "burgesses"...

borough, in 1832, though it was in 1849 when Oldham was incorporated as a municipal borough, giving it borough status in the United Kingdom, and in 1850...

1974 and borough status was reformed as a civic honour for local government districts. At the same time a limited number of former boroughs and other settlements...

before 1660 Borough status in the United Kingdom Ancient borough Lex Parliamentaria, a pocket manual for Members of Parliament, first published in 1690 List...

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the United Kingdom: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland – sovereign...

Metropolitan boroughs were subdivisions of the County of London from 1900 to 1965. The 28 boroughs were created by the London Government Act 1899. In 1965 they...

Since 1922, the United Kingdom has been made up of four countries: England, Scotland, Wales (which collectively make up Great Britain) and Northern Ireland...

There are five types of elections in the United Kingdom: elections to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom (commonly called 'general elections' when...

Acid attacks in the United Kingdom are a form of interpersonal violence where acid or other corrosive fluids are used with the intention of causing harm...

industrial towns. Municipal boroughs ceased to be used for the purposes of local government in 1974, with borough status retained as an honorific title...

Sites in the United Kingdom and the British Overseas Territories. The UNESCO list contains one designated site in both England and Scotland (the Frontiers...

citizens of the United Kingdom. The term includes people born in the UK who are of Polish descent and Polish-born people who reside in the UK. There are...

In the United Kingdom, taxation may involve payments to at least three different levels of government: central government (HM Revenue and Customs), devolved...

or the Borough of Bedford, is a unitary authority area with borough status in the ceremonial county of Bedfordshire, England. The council is based in Bedford...

areas in England ordered by population, based on data from the United Kingdom Census 2001: it has not been revised with data from the United Kingdom Census...

Kirklees is a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England. The borough comprises the ten towns of Batley, Birstall, Cleckheaton, Dewsbury, Heckmondwike...

This is a list of the counties of the United Kingdom. The history of local government in the United Kingdom differs between England, Northern Ireland...

is the second-largest religion in the United Kingdom, with results from the 2021 Census recording just under four million Muslims, or 6.0% of the total...