| Number |
Borough |
County |
1889-1974 status |
Mayoralty
|
| 2
|
Abingdon
|
Berkshire
|
|
Abingdon Town Council
|
| 3
|
Andover
|
Hampshire
|
|
Extinct - Test Valley Borough Council
|
| 4
|
Arundel
|
Sussex
|
|
Arundel Town Council
|
| 5
|
Banbury
|
Oxfordshire and Northamptonshire
|
|
Banbury Town Council. Charter Trustees until 2000.
|
| 6
|
Barnstaple
|
Devon
|
|
Barnstaple Town Council.
|
| 7
|
Basingstoke
|
Hampshire
|
|
Succeded by Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council.
|
| 8
|
Bath
|
Somerset
|
county borough
|
Charter Trustees from Bath and North East Somerset. Previously Bath City Council until 1996.
|
| 10
|
Beccles
|
Suffolk
|
|
Beccles Town Council
|
| 11
|
Bedford
|
Bedfordshire
|
|
Bedford Borough Council
|
| 12
|
Berwick-upon-Tweed (County of Itself)
|
Northumberland
|
county borough
|
Berwick upon Tweed Borough Council
|
| 13
|
Beverley
|
Yorkshire
|
|
Beverley Town Council, previously Charter Trustees, until 1996 Beverley Borough Council
|
| 14
|
Bewdley
|
Worcestershire
|
|
Bewdley Town Council
|
| 15
|
Bideford
|
Devon
|
|
Bideford Town Council
|
| 16
|
Blandford Forum
|
Dorset
|
|
Blandford Town Council
|
| 17
|
Bodmin
|
Cornwall
|
|
Bodmin Town Council
|
| 18
|
Boston
|
Lincolnshire
|
|
Boston Borough Council
|
| 20
|
Bridgnorth
|
Shropshire
|
rural borough from 1960s
|
Bridgnorth Town Council
|
| 21
|
Bridgwater
|
Somerset
|
|
Charter Trustees from Sedgemoor District Council.
|
| 22
|
Bridport
|
Dorset
|
|
Bridport Town Council
|
| 23
|
Bristol (County of the City)
|
Gloucestershire and Somerset
|
county borough
|
Bristol City Council
|
| 24
|
Buckingham
|
Buckinghamshire
|
|
Buckingham Town Council
|
| 25
|
Bury St Edmunds
|
Suffolk
|
|
Bury St Edmunds Town Council; also borough of St Edmundsbury. Town Council is recent.
|
| 26
|
Calne
|
Wiltshire
|
|
Calne Town Council
|
| 27
|
Cambridge
|
Cambridgeshire
|
|
Cambridge City Council
|
| 28
|
Canterbury (County of the City)
|
Kent
|
county borough
|
Canterbury City Council
|
| 31
|
Carlisle (City)
|
Cumberland
|
county borough
|
Carlisle City Council
|
| 34
|
Chard
|
Somerset
|
|
Chard Town Council
|
| 35
|
High Wycombe
|
Buckinghamshire
|
|
Charter Trustees from Wycombe district.
|
| 36
|
Chester (County of the City)
|
Cheshire
|
county borough
|
Chester City Council
|
| 37
|
Chesterfield
|
Derbyshire
|
|
Chesterfield Borough Council
|
| 38
|
Chichester (City)
|
Sussex
|
|
Chichester City (Parish) Council
|
| 39
|
Chippenham
|
Wiltshire
|
|
Chippenham Town Council
|
| 40
|
Chipping Norton
|
Oxfordshire
|
|
Chipping North Town Council
|
| 41
|
Clitheroe
|
Lancashire
|
|
Clitheroe Town Council
|
| 42
|
Colchester
|
Essex
|
|
Colchester Borough Council
|
| 43
|
Congleton
|
Cheshire
|
|
Congleton Borough Council
|
| 44
|
Coventry (City and County of the City) †
|
Warwickshire
|
county borough
|
Coventry City Council
|
| 45
|
Dartmouth or Clifton-Dartmouth-Hardness
|
Devon
|
|
Dartmouth Town Council
|
| 46
|
Daventry
|
Northamptonshire
|
|
Daventry Town Council. Charter Trustees until 2003.
|
| 47
|
Deal
|
Kent
|
|
Dover Town Council. Charter Trustees until 1996.
|
| 49
|
Derby
|
Derbyshire
|
county borough
|
Derby City Council
|
| 50
|
Devizes
|
Wiltshire
|
|
Devizes Town Council
|
| 51
|
Doncaster
|
Yorkshire
|
county borough
|
Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council
|
| 52
|
Dorchester
|
Dorset
|
|
Dorchester Town Council
|
| 53
|
Dover
|
Kent
|
|
Dover Town Council. Charter Trustees until 1996.
|
| 54
|
Droitwich
|
Worcestershire
|
|
Droitwich Town Council
|
| 55
|
Durham (City)
|
County Durham
|
|
Durham City Council
|
| 56
|
East Retford
|
Nottinghamshire
|
|
Charter Trustees from Bassetlaw District Council.
|
| 57
|
Evesham
|
Worcestershire
|
|
Evesham Town Council
|
| 58
|
Exeter (County of the City)
|
Devon
|
county borough
|
Exeter City Council
|
| 59
|
Eye
|
Suffolk
|
|
Eye Town Council
|
| 60
|
Falmouth
|
Cornwall
|
|
Falmouth Town Council (since 1974)
|
| 61
|
Faversham
|
Kent
|
|
Faversham Town Council (since 1974)
|
| 63
|
Folkestone
|
Kent
|
|
Charter Trustees from Shepway
|
| 64
|
Gateshead
|
County Durham
|
county borough
|
Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council
|
| 65
|
Glastonbury
|
Somerset
|
|
Glastonbury Town Council
|
| 66
|
Gloucester (County of the City)
|
Gloucestershire
|
county borough
|
Gloucester City Council
|
| 67
|
Godalming
|
Surrey
|
|
Godalming Town Council
|
| 68
|
Godmanchester
|
Huntingdonshire
|
merged into Huntingdon and Godmanchester in 1960s
|
Godmanchester Town Council
|
| 69
|
Grantham
|
Lincolnshire
|
|
Charter Trustees in South Kesteven
|
| 70
|
Gravesend
|
Kent
|
|
Gravesham Borough Council
|
| 71
|
Great Grimsby
|
Lincolnshire
|
|
Charter Trustees from North East Lincolnshire, previously borough of Great Grimsby
|
| 72
|
Great Torrington
|
Devon
|
|
Great Torrington Town Council
|
| 73
|
Great Yarmouth
|
Norfolk and Suffolk
|
county borough
|
Great Yarmouth Borough Council
|
| 74
|
Guildford
|
Surrey
|
|
Guildford Borough Council
|
| 75
|
Harwich
|
Essex
|
|
Harwich Town Council
|
| 76
|
Hastings
|
Sussex
|
county borough
|
Hastings Borough Council
|
| 78
|
Helston
|
Cornwall
|
| 79
|
Hereford (City)
|
Herefordshire
|
|
Hereford City (parish) Council, previously Charter Trustees, previously Hereford City Council (district)
|
| 80
|
Hertford
|
Hertfordshire
|
|
Hertford Town Council
|
| 81
|
Huntingdon
|
Huntingdonshire
|
merged into Huntingdon and Godmanchester in 1960s
|
Huntingdon Town Council
|
| 82
|
Hythe
|
Kent
|
|
Hythe Town Council
|
| 83
|
Ipswich
|
Suffolk
|
county borough
|
Ipswich Borough Council
|
| 84
|
Kendal
|
Westmorland
|
|
Kendal Town Council
|
| 85
|
Kidderminster
|
Worcestershire
|
|
Charter Trustees from Wyre Forest
|
| 86
|
King's Lynn or Lynn Regis
|
Norfolk
|
|
Extinct. King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough council. Unsure if had Charter Trustees.
|
| 87
|
Kingston upon Hull (County of the Town)
|
Yorkshire
|
county borough
|
Hull City Council
|
| 88
|
Kingston upon Thames
|
Surrey
|
|
Kingston upon Thames London Borough Council
|
| 89
|
Lancaster
|
Lancashire
|
|
Lancaster City Council
|
| 90
|
Launceston otherwise Dunheved
|
Cornwall
|
|
Launceston Town Council
|
| 91
|
Leeds
|
Yorkshire
|
county borough
|
Leeds City Council
|
| 92
|
Leicester
|
Leicestershire
|
county borough
|
Leicester City Council
|
| 93
|
Leominster
|
Herefordshire
|
|
Leominster Town Council
|
| 94
|
Lichfield (County of the City)
|
Staffordshire
|
|
Lichfield City (parish) Council, in district of Lichfield. Charter Trustees to 1980.
|
| 95
|
Lincoln (County of the City)
|
Lincolnshire
|
county borough
|
Lincoln City Council
|
| 96
|
Liskeard
|
Cornwall
|
|
Liskeard Town Council
|
| 97
|
Liverpool
|
Lancashire
|
county borough
|
Liverpool City Council
|
| 100
|
Louth
|
Lincolnshire
|
|
Louth Town Council
|
| 101
|
Ludlow
|
Shropshire
|
rural borough from 1960s
|
Ludlow Town Council
|
| 102
|
Lyme Regis
|
Dorset
|
|
Lyme Regis Town Council
|
| 103
|
Lymington
|
Hampshire
|
|
Lymington Town Council
|
| 104
|
Macclesfield
|
Cheshire
|
|
Macclesfield Borough Council
|
| 105
|
Maidenhead
|
Berkshire
|
|
Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council
|
| 106
|
Maidstone
|
Kent
|
|
Maidstone Borough Council
|
| 107
|
Maldon
|
Essex
|
|
Maldon Town Council
|
| 108
|
Marlborough
|
Wiltshire
|
|
Marlborough Town Council
|
| 110
|
Morpeth
|
Northumberland
|
|
Morpeth Town Council
|
| 112
|
New Windsor
|
Berkshire
|
|
Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council
|
| 113
|
Newark
|
Nottinghamshire
|
|
Newark Town Council
|
| 114
|
Newbury
|
Berkshire
|
|
Town Council; Charter Trustees Town til 1997
|
| 115
|
Newcastle under Lyme
|
Staffordshire
|
|
borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme
|
| 116
|
Newcastle upon Tyne (County of the City)
|
Northumberland
|
county borough
|
Metropolitan Borough of Newcastle upon Tyne
|
| 117
|
Newport
|
Hampshire (Isle of Wight)
|
|
Extinct. Medina Borough Council until 1995.
|
| 119
|
Northampton
|
Northamptonshire
|
county borough
|
Northampton Borough Council
|
| 120
|
Norwich (County of the City)
|
Norfolk
|
county borough
|
Norwich City Council
|
| 121
|
Nottingham (County of the City)
|
Nottinghamshire
|
county borough
|
Nottingham City Council
|
| 122
|
Oswestry
|
Shropshire
|
rural borough from 1960s
|
| 123
|
Oxford (City)
|
Oxfordshire
|
county borough
|
Oxford City Council
|
| 124
|
Pembroke
|
Pembrokeshire
|
| 125
|
Penryn
|
Cornwall
|
| 126
|
Penzance
|
Cornwall
|
| 127
|
Plymouth
|
Devon
|
county borough
|
Plymouth City Council
|
| 128
|
Pontefract
|
Yorkshire
|
|
Extinct. Part of City of Wakefield.
|
| 129
|
Poole (County of the Town)
|
Dorset
|
|
Poole Borough Council
|
| 130
|
Portsmouth
|
Hampshire
|
county borough
|
Portsmouth City Council
|
| 131
|
Preston
|
Lancashire
|
county borough
|
Preston City Council
|
| 133
|
Reading
|
Berkshire
|
county borough
|
Reading Borough Council
|
| 134
|
Richmond
|
Yorkshire
|
| 135
|
Ripon
|
Yorkshire
|
| 136
|
Rochester (City)
|
Kent
|
Extinct. Medway Borough Council.
|
| 137
|
Romsey
|
Hampshire
|
| 139
|
Rye
|
Sussex
|
| 140
|
Saffron Walden
|
Essex
|
| 141
|
Salisbury (City)
|
Wiltshire
|
|
Charter Trustees in Salisbury
|
| 142
|
Sandwich
|
Kent
|
| 143
|
Scarborough
|
Yorkshire
|
|
Scarborough Borough Council
|
| 144
|
Shaftesbury
|
Dorset
|
| 145
|
Shrewsbury
|
Shropshire
|
| 146
|
South Molton
|
Devon
|
rural borough from 1960s
|
| 147
|
Southampton (County of the Town)
|
Hampshire
|
county borough
|
Southampton City Conucil
|
| 148
|
Southwold
|
Suffolk
|
| 149
|
St. Albans
|
Hertfordshire
|
St Albans City and District Council
|
| 150
|
St. Ives
|
Cornwall
|
| 151
|
Stafford
|
Staffordshire
|
Stafford Borough Council
|
| 152
|
Stamford
|
Lincolnshire
|
| 153
|
Stockport
|
Cheshire and Lancashire
|
county borough
|
Metropolitan Borough of Stockport
|
| 154
|
Stockton-on-Tees
|
County Durham
|
county borough (as Teesside)
|
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council
|
| 155
|
Stratford-on-Avon
|
Warwickshire
|
| 156
|
Sudbury
|
Suffolk and Norfolk
|
| 157
|
Sunderland
|
County Durham
|
county borough
|
Sunderland City Council
|
| 159
|
Tamworth
|
Staffordshire and Warwickshire
|
|
Tamworth Borough Council
|
| 161
|
Tenterden
|
Kent
|
| 162
|
Tewkesbury
|
Gloucestershire
|
| 163
|
Thetford
|
Norfolk and Suffolk
|
| 164
|
Tiverton
|
Devon
|
| 165
|
Totnes
|
Devon
|
| 166
|
Truro
|
Cornwall
|
| 167
|
Wallingford
|
Berkshire
|
| 168
|
Walsall
|
Staffordshire
|
county borough
|
Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council
|
| 169
|
Warwick
|
Warwickshire
|
| 170
|
Wells
|
Somerset
|
| 172
|
Wenlock
|
Shropshire
|
rural borough from 1960s
|
| 173
|
Weymouth and Melcombe Regis
|
Dorset
|
|
in Weymouth and Portland
|
| 174
|
Wigan
|
Lancashire
|
county borough
|
Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council
|
| 175
|
Winchester (City)
|
Hampshire
|
|
Winchester City Council
|
| 176
|
Wisbech
|
Cambridgeshire
|
| 177
|
Worcester
|
Worcestershire
|
county borough
|
Worcester City Council
|
| 178
|
York (County of the City)
|
Yorkshire
|
county borough
|
York City Council
|
