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Offline Nick Carver

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How many cities in Yorkshire?
« on: Saturday 08 October 05 09:28 BST (UK) »
Very slightly off topic - have uncovered a relation was Lord Mayor of Bradford in the  1960s - I think the following are Yorkshire cities. Can anyone add to this list or tell me I am wrong with any?

Leeds
Bradford
Hull
Sheffield
York
Ripon (cathedral usually means city)
Wakefield ditto

Thanks
Nick
E Yorks - Carver, Steels, Cross, Maltby, Whiting, Moor, Laybourn
W Yorks - Wilkinson, Kershaw, Rawnsley, Shaw
Norfolk - Carver, Dowson
Cheshire - Berry, Cooper
Lincs - Berry
London/Ireland/Scotland/Lincs - Sullivan
Northumberland/Durham - Nicholson, Cuthbert, Turner, Robertson
Berks - May
Beds - Brownell

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Re: How many cities in Yorkshire?
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 11 October 05 22:26 BST (UK) »
i'm sure I read in the past year or so that Doncaster is now a city?
Naylor - Greasley, Nottinghamshire; Watts - Sheffield

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Re: How many cities in Yorkshire?
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 12 October 05 08:15 BST (UK) »
For the recoird, I found a website that confirms the 7 listed. It's http://www.dca.gov.uk/constitution/city/citygj.htm if anyone is inclined to check for themselves. There are now 50 cities in England and 66 in the whole of the UK.
E Yorks - Carver, Steels, Cross, Maltby, Whiting, Moor, Laybourn
W Yorks - Wilkinson, Kershaw, Rawnsley, Shaw
Norfolk - Carver, Dowson
Cheshire - Berry, Cooper
Lincs - Berry
London/Ireland/Scotland/Lincs - Sullivan
Northumberland/Durham - Nicholson, Cuthbert, Turner, Robertson
Berks - May
Beds - Brownell

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Re: How many cities in Yorkshire?
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 12 October 05 09:08 BST (UK) »
Quote from: Nick Carver on Saturday 08 October 05 09:28 BST (UK)
Very slightly off topic - have uncovered a relation was Lord Mayor of Bradford in the 1960s - I think the following are Yorkshire cities. Can anyone add to this list or tell me I am wrong with any?

Leeds
Bradford
Hull
Sheffield
York
Ripon (cathedral usually means city)
Wakefield ditto

Thanks
Nick

The third entry may cause some difficulty; it does not exist. ;-))
The correct name for Hull is Kingston upon Hull
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