• Borough status is granted by royal charter to local government districts in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The status is purely honorary, and does...
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    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...
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  • 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"...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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    them borough status (and in some cases, they also have city status). Metropolitan boroughs have been effectively unitary authority areas since the abolition...
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    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...
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  • (1,000) The Valley, Anguilla (1,169) Brades, Montserrat (approx. 1,000) List of cities in the United Kingdom City status in the United Kingdom List of...
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  • "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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    The administrative geography of the United Kingdom is complex, multi-layered and non-uniform. The United Kingdom, a sovereign state to the northwest of...
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    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"...
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  • 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...
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    In the United Kingdom, taxation may involve payments to at least three different levels of government: central government (HM Revenue and Customs), devolved...
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    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...
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    The Electoral Commission's Register of Political Parties lists the details of political parties registered to contest elections in the United Kingdom...
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  • Ghanaians in the United Kingdom (also British Ghanaians) encompass both Ghana-born immigrants and their descendants living in the United Kingdom. Immigration...
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    Sites in the United Kingdom and the British Overseas Territories. The UNESCO list contains one designated site in both England and Scotland (the Frontiers...
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    before 1660 Borough status in the United Kingdom Ancient borough Lex Parliamentaria, a pocket manual for Members of Parliament, first published in 1690 List...
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    Since 1922, the United Kingdom has been made up of four countries: England, Scotland, Wales (which collectively make up Great Britain) and Northern Ireland...
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  • 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...
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    industrial towns. Municipal boroughs ceased to be used for the purposes of local government in 1974, with borough status retained as an honorific title...
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    Borough status in the United Kingdom for details. The act also dealt with civil parishes. These were maintained in rural areas, but those existing in...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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    borough in London and the second smallest district in England; it is one of the most densely populated administrative regions in the United Kingdom....
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    is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of 8,866,180 in 2022. The wider metropolitan area is the largest...
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    Postal codes used in the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown dependencies are known as postcodes (originally, postal codes). They are...
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