As a counter argument though, Worthing for its part, has a bowling alley and lots of old people. Surely they have some historical importance?
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A new city for Sussex
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Scotty Mac
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- Jul 13, 2003
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dougdeep
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Seaford of course.
Trufflehound
Re-enfranchised
No mentions for Goring-by-Sea yet?
Fulking Hill.
Fulking Hill.
With the planned housing developments south west of Horsham, I think it is likely that the urban sprawl that is the New Horsham Conurbation will be the next City in Sussex.
BensGrandad
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That was a very popular myth that all Cities should have a cathedral.That's a Catholic one though - papists don't count
It's also a myth that places with cathedrals are cities (or that all cities have cathedrals). For example, Brighton and Hove is a city but doesn't have a cathedral.
Towns become cities because the monarch of the time says they are.
Guildford has a cathedral and had a football team Guildford City but was not a city, I think that it may be now but it wasnt when Billy Lane left them to come and mange us in the 1950s.
beorhthelm
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- Jul 21, 2003
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and Rochester lost its city status a while ago when they changed around the council setup and forgot to apply to have the status carried over, then only found out several years later when seeking to update the coat of arms. or somthing like that, similar to the Seaford no longer a Cinque Port situation. Cities have always been in the gift of the monarch, nothing more or less. theres a dozen examples that break the false cathdedral = city rule.
Sussex doesnt need another city, there is no town deserving. Brighton and Hove have both the population and the cultural significance to be justified as a city.
Sussex doesnt need another city, there is no town deserving. Brighton and Hove have both the population and the cultural significance to be justified as a city.
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Storer68
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and....... (cathdedrals are not a requisite of city status. brighton & Hove is agood example.......)
Arundel Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral in West Sussex, England. Dedicated in 1873 as the Catholic parish church of Arundel, it was not designated a cathedral until the foundation of the Diocese of Arundel and Brighton in 1965. It now serves as the seat of the Bishop of Arundel and Brighton.
The Cathedral's location, construction, design, and dedication owe much to the Howard Family, who, as Dukes of Norfolk and Earls of Arundel are the most prominent English Catholic family, and rank first (below the English royal family) in the Peerage of England.
While Arundel Castle has been the seat of the Howards' ancestors since 1102, Roman Catholic worship was suppressed in Arundel and elsewhere in England by the Conventicle Act of 1664. Thus, all churches and cathedrals in England were transferred to the Church of England in the period before the Catholic Emancipation Act of 1829.
In 1868, forty years after the foundation of Roman Catholic parishes became again legal, Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk commissioned architect Joseph Hansom to design a new Roman Catholic sanctuary as a suitable counterpart to Arundel Castle. The architectural style of the cathedral is French Gothic, a style that would have been popular between 1300 and 1400—the period in which the Howards and the Dukes of Norfolk rose to national prominence in England.
The church was originally dedicated to Our Lady and St Philip Neri, but in 1971, following the Canonisation of Philip Howard, 20th Earl of Arundel and the reburial of his relics in the Cathedral, the dedication was changed to Our Lady and St Philip Howard.
Bevendean Hillbilly
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Worthing!
I have a Mate called "Rustington Massive" after a drunken evening in Manchester after watching England vs. Wales at OT.
In the Hotel after with all these hoolie types from all over discussing the hardest areas in the country, usual suspects came up, Moss Side, Toxteth, St. Pauls etc. etc. and this boke, who had partaken of some cold drinks, starts claiming Rustington is some sort of urban jungle, with soaring crime and drug use, all these blokes were just standing watching him going on and on then everyone just started absolutely pissing themselves...
I guess you had to be there.
Bevendean Hillbilly
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Has anyone mentioned theat Guilford has a Cathederal but is a town, and Liverpool has two cathederals and is still a shit pit?
newhaven seagull 85
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newhaven it already has a ready made run down city centre and its own version of the M25 ring road/car park
surrey jim
Not in Surrey
Crawley is the obvous answer, room to expand an airport and good links to London, Motorways etc
Bevendean Hillbilly
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Yes but Haywards Heath has class, and Crawley is a bit skanky tbf, and when Crawley FC becomes "Crawley City", well that just sounds a bit crap really.
Maybe they'll rename Gatwick Airport "Crawley City International Airport"...
Djmiles
Barndoor Holroyd
No other town in Sussex is worthy/big enough of city status.
Lets wait 20 years until the government roll in these hundreds of thousands of new homes
Lets wait 20 years until the government roll in these hundreds of thousands of new homes
Bevendean Hillbilly
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Laughing stock among the international travelling community!
Strike
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Rumour going round town that it might get renamed Gatwick City, rather than Crawley City. Think its a crap idea though.