#name,Year granted city status,region Bath,,England Birmingham,1889,England Bradford,1897,England Brighton & Hove,2000,England Bristol,1542,England Cambridge,1951,England Canterbury,,England Carlisle,,England Chester,1541,England Chichester,,England Coventry,1345,England Derby,1977,England Durham,,England Ely,,England Exeter,,England Gloucester,1541,England Hereford,,England Kingston upon Hull,1897,England Lancaster,1937,England Leeds,1893,England Leicester,1919,England Lichfield,,England Lincoln,,England Liverpool,1880,England City of London,,England Manchester,1853,England Newcastle upon Tyne,1882,England Norwich,,England Nottingham,1897,England Oxford,1542,England Peterborough,1541,England Plymouth,1928,England Portsmouth,1926,England Preston,2002,England Ripon,1836,England Salford,1926,England Salisbury (New Sarum),,England Sheffield,1893,England Southampton,1964,England St Albans,1877,England Stoke-on-Trent,1925,England Sunderland,1992,England Truro,1877,England Wakefield,1888 Wells,1205,England Westminster,1540,England Winchester,,England Wolverhampton,2000,England Worcester,,England York,,England Armagh,1994,Northern Ireland Belfast,1888,Northern Ireland Derry (Londonderry),1604,Northern Ireland Lisburn,2002,Northern Ireland Newry,2002,Northern Ireland Aberdeen,1891,Scotland Dundee,1889,Scotland Edinburgh,1329,Scotland Glasgow,1492,Scotland Inverness,2000,Scotland Stirling,2002,Scotland Bangor,Wales Cardiff,1905,Wales Newport,2002,Wales St David's,1994,Wales Swansea,1969,Wales