------=_NextPart_000_009D_01C57D24.A2DCC840 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > Where does it `specifically explain' that? Perhaps I've missed something= ?=20=20 >From http://www.lovemytown.co.uk/CityStatus/index.htm (shame about the erra= nt apostrophe) Can a Town lose its City Status? If a city council is lost in local government re-organisation then so is th= at town's city status (unless the monarch decides to restore it on applicat= ion by the former city).=20 Rochester lost city status in 1998 when it became part Medway Borough with = Gillingham, and Hereford lost it in 2000 when it became Hereford Parish wit= hin the County of Herefordshire.=20=20=20 Hereford re-applied in 2000 and was successful. Rochester has never re-app= lied and is the only town in civic history to have lost and not recovered i= t's city status. ------=_NextPart_000_009D_01C57D24.A2DCC840 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

> Where does it `specifically ex= plain'=20 that? Perhaps I've missed something?

From http://www.lovemy= town.co.uk/CityStatus/index.htm (shame=20 about the errant apostrophe)

Can a Town lose its City Status?

If a city council is lost in local government re-organisation then so is= that=20 town's city status (unless the monarch decides to restore it on application= by=20 the former city).

Rochester lost city status in 1998 when it became part Medway Borough wi= th=20 Gillingham, and Hereford lost it in 2000 when it became Hereford Parish wit= hin=20 the County of Herefordshire.

Hereford re-applied in 2000 and was successful. Rochester has neve= r=20 re-applied and is the only town in civic history to have lost and not recov= ered=20 it's city status.

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