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







kevo

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Boys 9d

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Within London, the "City of London' has a cathedral whereas Southwark has a cathedral and is not a city while Westminster is a city without a cathedral unless you count the Roman Catholic one.
 


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drew

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Within London, the "City of London' has a cathedral whereas Southwark has a cathedral and is not a city while Westminster is a city without a cathedral unless you count the Roman Catholic one.

Apparently, Westminster Abbey was a Cathedral until 1560.
 




Boys 9d

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Apparently, Westminster Abbey was a Cathedral until 1560.
Thank you for that information which made me look at its official history:

"History did not cease with the dissolution of the medieval monastery on 16 January 1540. The same year Henry VIII erected Westminster into a cathedral church with a bishop (Thomas Thirlby), a dean and twelve prebendaries. The bishopric was surrendered on 29 March 1550 and the diocese was re-united with London, Westminster being made by Act of Parliament a cathedral church in the diocese of London. Mary I restored the Benedictine monastery in 1556 under Abbot John Feckenham."
 




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