[Sussex] If Arundel has a cathedral why isn't it a city?

[maffew]

Actually, there is an explanation for this.

Chicken Pox can actually make some humans shit out eggs. Some of the eggs have been known to hatch into chicks, hence where the name Chicken Pox came from.

Is it April 1st yet lol humans shitting chicken eggs marvellous scenes

 

[maffew]

Actually, there is an explanation for this.

Chicken Pox can actually make some humans shit out eggs. The eggs have been known to hatch into chicks, hence where the name Chicken Pox came from.

Do they shit piglets with swine flu?

 

[Megazone]

Do they shit piglets with swine flu?

That's just ridiculous.

 

[DavidinSouthampton]

You dont need to have a cathedral to be a city

Like Southampton.

Whereas Portsmouth has two cathedrals.

 

[Wrappo]

Mystery not quite solved. It is true Arundel is not a city because the cathedral is Catholic. However Brighton and Hove is and has no cathedral. The changing rules of city status perhaps. Perhaps St Peters or All Saints Hove may be elevated.

 

[The Birdman]

Needs a bypass before it's a city

 

[The Birdman]

Great cricket ground

 

[Is it PotG?]

Cheddar is Britain's top selling cheese. What's in second place?

 

[Brovion]

Not true. Ely in Cambridgeshire is a city and it's tiny.

Chichester isn't exactly a huge metropolis either.

 

[Driver8]

Also depends on size of town as well. St Asaph in North Wales also has a cathedral but is only technically a village.

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No it isn’t, it’s a city. (I live very nearby).

 

[chimneys]

Not true. Ely in Cambridgeshire is a city and it's tiny.

But over 5 times bigger than St Asaph, which in turn is nearly twice as big as St Davids, being the smallest city of all.

 

[Brian Parsons]

No it isn’t, it’s a city. (I live very nearby).

My in laws lived in Prestatyn and St Asaph then was always known as the smallest city in Britain. It kept changing with the tides one time it was a city then it wasn't.

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[Lethargic]

It is a relatively recent change that meant towns without catherals became cities. Although catherals are not a legal prerequisit for city status historically cities where created as administrative centres and the clergy had a big impact of the populous so the 2 went together.

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[beorhthelm]

No it isn’t, it’s a city. (I live very nearby).

true, but only granted that status a few year ago. it apparently long assumed it was a city without recognition.

 

[Driver8]

My in laws lived in Prestatyn and St Asaph then was always known as the smallest city in Britain. It kept changing with the tides one time it was a city then it wasn't.

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This is what Wiki says!

As the seat of an ancient cathedral and diocese, St Asaph was historically regarded as a city, and the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica refers to it as a city on that basis; by the end of the 20th century the relationship between possessing a cathedral and automatic entitlement to city status had been broken, and the town was no longer regarded as a city. The town applied for restoration of city status in competitions held by the British government in 2000 (for the Millennium) and 2002 (Queen's Golden Jubilee) but was unsuccessful. In 2012 it again competed for city status during the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations. It was announced on 14 March 2012 that the application was successful, and city status was to be bestowed upon St Asaph alongside Chelmsford and Perth.[5][6] The status was formally granted by letters patent dated 1 June 2012.[7]

 

[Blackadder]

cathedral definition. A Christian church building in which a bishop has his official seat (cathedra is Latin for “chair”). A cathedral is usually large and imposing, and many cathedrals are important in the history of architecture.

 

[mune ni kamome]

Reminds me of the old quiz question, Brechin City. Not a city at all.

Strange though about Catholic cathedrals. I thought all cathedrals were Catholic. After all the word has the same root, beginning CATH. Looks like I’m mistaken though.

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

Reminds me of the old quiz question, Brechin City. Not a city at all.

Strange though about Catholic cathedrals. I thought all cathedrals were Catholic. After all the word has the same root, beginning CATH. Looks like I’m mistaken though.

If you are specifying inclusion of everything, then catholic with a small c. Catholic with an upper case c is specific to the church.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Reminds me of the old quiz question, Brechin City. Not a city at all.

Strange though about Catholic cathedrals. I thought all cathedrals were Catholic. After all the word has the same root, beginning CATH. Looks like I’m mistaken though.

It goes back to Tudor times. Henry VIII broke away from Rome, & dissolved a lot of monasteries. His daughter Mary, brought back Roman Catholicism & persecuted Protestants.
Then Edward & his half sister Elizabeth changed it back to Protestant again.
The Duke of Norfolk is a Howard as was Ann Boleyn (Elizabeth's Mother) so that family was saved from the Catholic purge.
The Dukes of Norfolk remains the Premier Duke (apart from the Royal Dukes) to this day.
It is part of his duty to arrange Royal ceremonials such as Coronations, and Royal funerals.

 

[Gwylan]

Reminds me of the old quiz question, Brechin City. Not a city at all.

Strange though about Catholic cathedrals. I thought all cathedrals were Catholic. After all the word has the same root, beginning CATH. Looks like I’m mistaken though.

The words don't have the same root. As Blackadder points out, Cathedral comes from Latin for chair, while catholic comes from a Greek word, katholikos, meaning universal