List of towns in England

This is a list of towns in England.

Historically, towns were any settlement with a charter, including market towns and ancient boroughs. The process of incorporation was reformed in 1835 and many more places received borough charters, whilst others were lost. All existing boroughs were abolished on 1 April 1974 and borough status was reformed as a civic honour for local government districts. At the same time a limited number of former boroughs and other settlements became successor parishes, with the right to be known as a town and preserve their charter. Boroughs that did not become successor parishes formed unparished areas, but were able to preserve their charters without a corporate body by appointing charter trustees. Since 1 April 1974 any parish council in England has the right to resolve to call itself a town council and many communities have taken up this right, including areas that preserved continuity with charter trustees. However, no successor parishes have exercised this right (e.g. Ilkley).

This list does not include cities in England.

Contents

* Top
* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* Y

* Chartered towns and town councils
* Designated new towns
* See also
* References
* Notes

## Towns

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Further information: Borough status in England and New towns in the United Kingdom

This list includes:

* civil parishes with town councils;
* unparished areas that had borough charters before 1 April 1974 (including areas with charter trustees); and
* towns with ancient/market charters that did not later gain borough charters or town councils.

### A

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Town | Ceremonial county | Status

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Abingdon-on-Thames | Oxfordshire | town council1
Accrington | Lancashire | borough (1878–1974)
Acle | Norfolk | market charter
Acton | Greater London | borough (1921–1965)
Adlington | Lancashire | town council1
Alcester | Warwickshire | town council
Aldeburgh | Suffolk | town council1
Aldershot | Hampshire | borough (1922–1974)
Alford | Lincolnshire | town council1
Alfreton | Derbyshire | town council
Alnwick | Northumberland | town council1
Alsager | Cheshire | town council1
Alston | Cumbria | market charter
Alton | Hampshire | town council1
Altrincham | Greater Manchester | borough (1937–1974)
Amble | Northumberland | town council1
Ambleside | Cumbria | market charter
Amersham | Buckinghamshire | town council
Amesbury | Wiltshire | town council
Ampthill | Bedfordshire | town council1
Andover | Hampshire | borough (1835–1974)
Appleby-in-Westmorland | Cumbria | town council1
Arlesey | Bedfordshire | town council
Arundel | West Sussex | town council1
Ashbourne | Derbyshire | town council1
Ashburton | Devon | town council1
Ashby-de-la-Zouch | Leicestershire | town council1
Ashford | Kent | market charter
Ashington | Northumberland | town council
Ashton-under-Lyne | Greater Manchester | borough (1847–1974)
Askern | South Yorkshire | town council
Atherstone | Warwickshire | town council
Attleborough | Norfolk | town council
Axbridge | Somerset | town council
Axminster | Devon | town council
Aylesbury | Buckinghamshire | town council
Aylsham | Norfolk | town council

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Town | Ceremonial county | Status

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Bacup | Lancashire | borough (1883–1974)
Bakewell | Derbyshire | town council1
Bampton | Devon | town council
Banbury | Oxfordshire | town council
Barking | Greater London | Market charter;[1] borough (1931–1965)
Barnard Castle | Durham | town council1
Barnes | Greater London | borough (1932–1965)
Barnet | Greater London | market charter
Barnoldswick | Lancashire | town council
Barnsley | South Yorkshire | borough (1869–1974)
Barnstaple | Devon | town council1
Barrow-in-Furness | Cumbria | borough (1867–1974)
Barton-upon-Humber | Lincolnshire | town council1
Basildon | Essex | new town (designated 1949)
Basingstoke | Hampshire | borough (1835–1974)
Batley | West Yorkshire | borough (1868–1974)
Battle | East Sussex | town council
Bawtry | South Yorkshire | town council
Beaconsfield | Buckinghamshire | town council1
Beaminster | Dorset | town council
Bebington | Merseyside | borough (1937–1974)
Beccles | Suffolk | town council1
Beckenham | Greater London | borough (1935–1965)
Bedale | North Yorkshire | town council
Bedford | Bedfordshire | borough (1835–1974)
Bedworth | Warwickshire | market charter
Belper | Derbyshire | town council1
Bentham | North Yorkshire | town council
Berkeley | Gloucestershire | town council
Berkhamsted | Hertfordshire | town council1
Berwick-upon-Tweed | Northumberland | town council
Beverley | East Riding of Yorkshire | town council
Bewdley | Worcestershire | town council1
Bexhill-on-Sea | East Sussex | charter trustees
Bexley | Greater London | borough (1937–1965)
Bicester | Oxfordshire | town council1
Biddulph | Staffordshire | town council1
Bideford | Devon | town council1
Biggleswade | Bedfordshire | town council1
Billericay | Essex | town council
Billingham | Durham | town council
Bilston | West Midlands | borough (1938–1967)
Bingham | Nottinghamshire | town council
Bingley | West Yorkshire | market charter
Birchwood | Cheshire | town council
Birkenhead | Merseyside | borough (1877–1974)
Bishop Auckland | Durham | town council
Bishop's Castle | Shropshire | town council
Bishop's Stortford | Hertfordshire | town council1
Bishop's Waltham | Hampshire | market charter
Blackburn | Lancashire | borough (1851–1974)
Blackpool | Lancashire | borough (1867–1974)
Blackrod | Greater Manchester | town council1
Blackwater and Hawley | Hampshire | town council
Blandford Forum | Dorset | town council1
Bletchley and Fenny Stratford | Buckinghamshire | town council
Blyth | Northumberland | town council
Bodmin | Cornwall | town council1
Bognor Regis | West Sussex | town council
Bollington | Cheshire | town council1
Bolsover | Derbyshire | town council1
Bolton | Greater Manchester | borough (1838–1974)
Bootle | Merseyside | borough (1868–1974)
Bordon | Hampshire | town council
Boroughbridge | North Yorkshire | town council
Boston | Lincolnshire | town council
Bottesford | Lincolnshire | town council
Bourne | Lincolnshire | town council1
Bournemouth | Dorset | borough (1890–1974)
Bovey Tracey | Devon | town council
Brackley | Northamptonshire | town council1
Bracknell | Berkshire | new town (designated 1949)
Bradford-on-Avon | Wiltshire | town council1
Brading | Isle of Wight | town council
Bradley Stoke | Gloucestershire | town council
Bradninch | Devon | town council
Braintree | Essex | market charter
Brampton | Cumbria | market charter (1252)
Brandon | Suffolk | town council
Braunstone Town | Leicestershire | town council
Brentford | Greater London | market charter
Brentwood | Essex | market charter
Brewood | Staffordshire | market charter
Bridgnorth | Shropshire | town council
Bridgwater | Somerset | town council
Bridlington | East Riding of Yorkshire | town council
Bridport | Dorset | town council1
Brierfield | Lancashire | town council
Brierley | South Yorkshire | town council
Brigg | Lincolnshire | town council1
Brighouse | West Yorkshire | borough (1893–1974)
Brightlingsea | Essex | town council1
Brixham | Devon | town council
Broadstairs and St Peter's | Kent | town council1
Bromborough | Merseyside | market charter
Bromley | Greater London | borough (1903–1965)
Bromsgrove | Worcestershire | market charter
Bromyard | Herefordshire | town council
Broseley | Shropshire | town council
Brough | East Riding of Yorkshire | town council
Broughton | Lincolnshire | town council
Broughton-in-Furness | Cumbria | market charter
Bruton | Somerset | town council
Buckfastleigh | Devon | town council1
Buckingham | Buckinghamshire | town council1
Bude-Stratton | Cornwall | town council1
Budleigh Salterton | Devon | town council1
Bulwell | Nottinghamshire | market charter
Bungay | Suffolk | town council1
Buntingford | Hertfordshire | town council
Burford | Oxfordshire | town council
Burgess Hill | West Sussex | town council1
Burgh-le-Marsh | Lincolnshire | town council
Burnham-on-Crouch | Essex | town council1
Burnham-on-Sea | Somerset | town council1
Burnley | Lancashire | borough (1861–1974)
Burntwood | Staffordshire | town council
Burslem | Staffordshire | town council
Burton Latimer | Northamptonshire | town council1
Burton upon Trent | Staffordshire | charter trustees (abolished 2003)
Bury | Greater Manchester | borough (1876–1974)
Bury St Edmunds | Suffolk | town council
Bushey | Hertfordshire | market charter
Buxton | Derbyshire | borough (1917–1974)

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Town | Ceremonial county | Status

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Caistor | Lincolnshire | town council
Callington | Cornwall | town council
Calne | Wiltshire | town council1
Camborne | Cornwall | town council
Camelford | Cornwall | town council
Cannock | Staffordshire | market charter
Canvey Island | Essex | town council
Carnforth | Lancashire | town council1
Carlton Colville | Suffolk | town council
Carshalton | Greater London | Borough (1915–1965)
Carterton | Oxfordshire | town council
Castle Cary | Somerset | town council
Castleford | West Yorkshire | borough (1955–1974)
Caterham | Surrey  | town council
Chagford | Devon | stannary charter
Chapel-en-le-Frith | Derbyshire | market charter
Chard | Somerset | town council1
Charlbury | Oxfordshire | town council
Chatham | Kent | borough (1890–1974)
Chatteris | Cambridgeshire | town council1
Cheadle | Staffordshire | town council
Cheltenham | Gloucestershire | borough (1876–1974)
Chertsey | Surrey | market charter
Chesham | Buckinghamshire | town council1
Cheshunt | Hertfordshire | market charter
Chesterfield | Derbyshire | borough (1835–1974)
Chester-le-Street | Durham | market charter
Chickerell | Dorset | town council
Chilton | Durham | town council
Chingford | Greater London | borough (1938–1965)
Chippenham | Wiltshire | town council
Chipping Campden | Gloucestershire | town council
Chipping Norton | Oxfordshire | town council1
Chipping Sodbury | Gloucestershire | town council
Chiswick | Greater London | borough (with Brentford; 1932–1965)
Chorley | Lancashire | borough (1881–1974)
Chorleywood | Hertfordshire | town council1
Christchurch | Dorset | borough (1886–1974)
Chudleigh | Devon | town council
Chulmleigh | Devon | market charter
Church Stretton | Shropshire | town council
Cinderford | Gloucestershire | town council
Cirencester | Gloucestershire | town council1
Clare | Suffolk | market charter
Clay Cross | Derbyshire | town council1
Cleator Moor | Cumbria | town council
Cleckheaton | West Yorkshire | market charter
Cleethorpes | Lincolnshire | charter trustees
Cleobury Mortimer | Shropshire | market charter
Clevedon | Somerset | town council1
Clitheroe | Lancashire | town council1
Clun | Shropshire | town council
Coalville | Leicestershire | town council
Cockermouth | Cumbria | town council1
Coggeshall | Essex | market charter
Colburn | North Yorkshire | town council
Coleford | Gloucestershire | town council
Coleshill | Warwickshire | town council
Colne | Lancashire | town council
Colyton | Devon | market charter
Congleton | Cheshire | town council
Conisbrough | South Yorkshire | market charter
Corbridge | Northumberland | market charter
Corby | Northamptonshire | market charter
Corringham | Essex | market charter
Corsham | Wiltshire | town council
Cosham | Hampshire | town council
Cotgrave | Nottinghamshire | town council
Cowes | Isle of Wight | town council
Coulsdon | Greater London | Municipal Borough (with Purley; 1915–1965)
Cramlington | Northumberland | town council
Cranbrook | Kent | market charter
Craven Arms | Shropshire | town council
Crawley | West Sussex | market charter
Crediton | Devon | town council1
Crewe | Cheshire | charter trustees
Crewkerne | Somerset | town council1
Cricklade | Wiltshire | town council
Cromer | Norfolk | town council1
Crook | Durham | market charter
Crosby | Merseyside | borough (1937–1974)
Crowborough | East Sussex | town council
Croydon | Greater London | borough (1883–1965)
Crowland | Lincolnshire | market charter
Crowle | Lincolnshire | town council
Cullompton | Devon | town council

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Town | Ceremonial county | Status

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Dagenham | Greater London | borough (1938–1965)
Dalton-in-Furness | Cumbria | Market Charter[2]
Darley Dale | Derbyshire | town council
Darlington | Durham | borough (1867–1974)
Dartford | Kent | charter trustees (abolished 1977)
Dartmouth | Devon | town council1
Darwen | Lancashire | town council
Daventry | Northamptonshire | town council
Dawley | Shropshire | town council
Dawlish | Devon | town council1
Deal | Kent | town council
Denholme | West Yorkshire | town council
Dereham | Norfolk | town council1
Desborough | Northamptonshire | town council1
Devizes | Wiltshire | town council1
Dewsbury | West Yorkshire | borough (1862–1974)
Didcot | Oxfordshire | town council
Dinnington St John's | South Yorkshire | town council
Diss | Norfolk | town council1
Dorchester | Dorset | town council1
Dorking | Surrey | market charter
Dover | Kent | town council
Dovercourt | Essex | market charter
Downham Market | Norfolk | town council1
Driffield | East Riding of Yorkshire | town council
Droitwich Spa | Worcestershire | town council1
Dronfield | Derbyshire | town council1
Dudley | West Midlands | borough (1865–1974)
Dukinfield | Greater Manchester | borough (1899–1974)
Dulverton | Somerset | town council
Dunstable | Bedfordshire | town council
Dunwich | Suffolk | market charter
Dursley | Gloucestershire | town council

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Town | Ceremonial county | Status

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Ealing | Greater London | borough (1901–1965)
Earby | Lancashire | town council
Earl Shilton | Leicestershire | town council
Earley | Berkshire | town council
Easingwold | North Yorkshire | town council
East Cowes | Isle of Wight | town council
East Grinstead | West Sussex | town council1
East Ham | Greater London | borough (1904–1965)
Eastbourne | East Sussex | borough (1883–1974)
Eastleigh | Hampshire | borough (1936–1974)
East Retford | Nottinghamshire | charter trustees
Eastwood | Nottinghamshire | town council1
Eccles | Greater Manchester | borough (1892–1974)
Eccleshall | Staffordshire | market charter
Edenbridge | Kent | town council
Edgware | Greater London | market charter
Edmonton | Greater London | borough (1937–1965)
Egremont | Cumbria | town council
Elland | West Yorkshire | market charter
Ellesmere | Shropshire | town council
Ellesmere Port | Cheshire | charter trustees
Elstree and Borehamwood | Hertfordshire | town council
Emsworth | Hampshire | market charter
Enfield | Greater London | borough (1955–1965)
Epping | Essex | town council1
Epsom and Ewell | Surrey | borough from 1937[3]
Epworth | Lincolnshire | town council
Erith | Greater London | borough (1937–1965)
Eton | Berkshire | town council1
Evesham | Worcestershire | town council1
Exmouth | Devon | town council
Eye | Suffolk | town council1

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Town | Ceremonial county | Status

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Fairford | Gloucestershire | town council
Fakenham | Norfolk | town council
Falmouth | Cornwall | town council1
Fareham | Hampshire | market charter
Faringdon | Oxfordshire | town council
Farnborough | Hampshire | town council
Farnham | Surrey | town council
Faversham | Kent | town council1
Fazeley | Staffordshire | town council
Featherstone | West Yorkshire | town council1
Felixstowe | Suffolk | town council1
Fenton | Staffordshire | one of the six towns of Stoke-on-Trent
Ferndown | Dorset | town council
Ferryhill | Durham | town council
Filey | North Yorkshire | town council1
Filton | Gloucestershire | town council
Finchley | Greater London | borough (1933–1965)
Fleet | Hampshire | town council
Fleetwood | Lancashire | borough (1933–1974)
Flitwick | Bedfordshire | town council
Folkestone | Kent | town council
Fordbridge | West Midlands | town council
Fordingbridge | Hampshire | town council
Fordwich | Kent | town council
Fowey | Cornwall | town council
Framlingham | Suffolk | town council
Frinton and Walton | Essex | town council1
Frodsham | Cheshire | town council
Frome | Somerset | town council1

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Town | Ceremonial county | Status

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Gainsborough | Lincolnshire | town council
Garstang | Lancashire | town council
Gateshead | Tyne and Wear | borough (1835–1974)
Gillingham | Dorset | town council
Gillingham | Kent | borough (1903–1974)
Glastonbury | Somerset | town council1
Glossop | Derbyshire | borough (1866–1974)
Godalming | Surrey | town council1
Godmanchester | Cambridgeshire | town council1
Goole | East Riding of Yorkshire | town council
Gorleston-on-Sea | Norfolk | market charter
Gosport | Hampshire | borough (1922–1974)
Grange-over-Sands | Cumbria | town council1
Grantham | Lincolnshire | charter trustees
Grassington | North Yorkshire | market charter
Gravesend | Kent | borough (1835–1974)
Grays | Essex | market charter
Great Dunmow | Essex | town council
Great Torrington | Devon | town council1
Great Yarmouth | Norfolk | borough (1835–1974)
Greater Willington | Durham | town council
Grimsby | Lincolnshire | charter trustees
Guildford | Surrey | borough (1835–1974)
Guisborough | North Yorkshire | town council1

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Town | Ceremonial county | Status

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Hadleigh | Suffolk | town council1
Hailsham | East Sussex | town council
Halesowen | West Midlands | borough (1936–1974)
Halesworth | Suffolk | town council1
Halewood | Merseyside | town council
Halifax | West Yorkshire | borough (1848–1974)
Halstead | Essex | town council1
Haltwhistle | Northumberland | town council
Redenhall with Harleston | Norfolk | town council
Harlow | Essex | market charter
Harpenden | Hertfordshire | town council1
Harrogate | North Yorkshire | borough (1884–1974)
Harrow | Greater London | borough (1954–1965)
Hartland | Devon | market charter
Hartlepool | Durham | borough (1850–1974)
Harwich | Essex | town council1
Harworth and Bircotes | Nottinghamshire | town council
Haslemere | Surrey | town council1
Haslingden | Lancashire | borough (1891–1974)
Hastings | East Sussex | borough (1835–1974)
Hatfield | Hertfordshire | town council
Hatfield | South Yorkshire | town council
Hatherleigh | Devon | town council
Havant | Hampshire | market charter
Haverhill | Suffolk | town council
Hawkinge | Kent | town council
Haxby | North Yorkshire | town council
Hawes | North Yorkshire | market charter
Hayle | Cornwall | town council
Haywards Heath | West Sussex | town council
Heanor and Loscoe | Derbyshire | town council
Heathfield | East Sussex | market charter
Hebden Royd | West Yorkshire | town council1
Hedge End | Hampshire | town council
Hednesford | Staffordshire | town council
Hedon | East Riding of Yorkshire | town council1
Helmsley | North Yorkshire | town council
Helston | Cornwall | town council1
Hemel Hempstead | Hertfordshire | charter trustees (abolished 1984)
Hemsworth | West Yorkshire | town council1
Hendon | Greater London | borough (1932–1965)
Henley-in-Arden | Warwickshire | market charter
Henley-on-Thames | Oxfordshire | town council1
Hertford | Hertfordshire | town council1
Hessle | East Riding of Yorkshire | town council
Hetton | Tyne and Wear | town council1
Hexham | Northumberland | town council1
Heywood | Greater Manchester | borough (1881–1974)
Higham Ferrers | Northamptonshire | town council1
Highbridge | Somerset | market charter
Highworth | Wiltshire | town council
High Wycombe | Buckinghamshire | charter trustees
Hinckley | Leicestershire | market charter
Hingham | Norfolk | town council
Hitchin | Hertfordshire | market charter
Hoddesdon | Hertfordshire | market charter
Holbeach | Lincolnshire | market charter
Holsworthy | Devon | town council
Holt | Norfolk | town council
Honiton | Devon | town council1
Horley | Surrey | town council
Horncastle | Lincolnshire | town council1
Hornsea | East Riding of Yorkshire | town council1
Hornsey | Greater London | borough (1903–1965)
Horsforth | West Yorkshire | town council
Horsham | West Sussex | town council
Horwich | Greater Manchester | town council1
Houghton Regis | Bedfordshire | town council
Hounslow | Greater London | Borough
Howden | East Riding of Yorkshire | town council
Huddersfield | West Yorkshire | borough (1868–1974)
Hungerford | Berkshire | town council
Hunstanton | Norfolk | town council1
Huntingdon | Cambridgeshire | town council1
Hyde | Greater Manchester | borough (1881–1974)
Hythe | Kent | town council1

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Town | Ceremonial county | Status

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Ilford | Greater London | borough (1926–1965)
Ilfracombe | Devon | town council1
Ilkeston | Derbyshire | charter trustees (abolished 1975)
Ilkley | West Yorkshire | town council1
Ilminster | Somerset | town council1
Immingham | Lincolnshire | town council
Ingleby Barwick | North Yorkshire | town council
Ipswich | Suffolk | borough (1835–1974)
Irthlingborough | Northamptonshire | town council1
Isleworth | Greater London | borough (with Heston; 1932–1965)
Ivybridge | Devon | town council

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Town | Ceremonial county | Status

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Jarrow | Tyne and Wear | borough (1875–1974)

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Town | Ceremonial county | Status

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Keighley | West Yorkshire | town council
Kempston | Bedfordshire | town council1
Kendal | Cumbria | town council1
Kenilworth | Warwickshire | town council1
Kesgrave | Suffolk | town council
Keswick | Cumbria | town council1
Kettering | Northamptonshire | borough (1938–1974)
Keynsham | Somerset | town council
Kidderminster | Worcestershire | charter trustees
Kidsgrove | Staffordshire | town council1
Kimberley | Nottinghamshire | town council
King's Lynn | Norfolk | borough (1835–1974)
Kingsbridge | Devon | town council1
Kingsteignton | Devon | town council
Kingston-upon-Thames | Greater London | borough (1835–1965)
Kington | Herefordshire | town council1
Kirkby-in-Ashfield | Nottinghamshire | market charter
Kirkby Lonsdale | Cumbria | town council
Kirkby Stephen | Cumbria | town council
Kirkbymoorside | North Yorkshire | town council
Kirkham | Lancashire | town council1
Kirton-in-Lindsey | Lincolnshire | town council
Knaresborough | North Yorkshire | town council1
Knutsford | Cheshire | town council1

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Town | Ceremonial county | Status

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Langport | Somerset | town council
Launceston | Cornwall | town council1
Leatherhead | Surrey | market charter
Lechlade | Gloucestershire | town council
Ledbury | Herefordshire | town council
Leek | Staffordshire | town council1
Leigh | Greater Manchester | borough (1899–1974)
Leighton-Linslade | Bedfordshire | town council1
Leigh-on-Sea | Essex | town council
Leiston | Suffolk | town council1
Leominster | Herefordshire | town council1
Letchworth Garden City | Hertfordshire | town council
Lewes | East Sussex | town council1
Leyburn | North Yorkshire | town council
Leyland | Lancashire | town council
Leyton | Greater London | borough (1926–1965)
Liskeard | Cornwall | town council1
Littlehampton | West Sussex | town council1
Loddon | Norfolk | market charter
Loftus | North Yorkshire | town council1
Long Sutton | Lincolnshire | market charter
Longridge | Lancashire | town council1
Longton | Staffordshire | one of the six towns of Stoke-on-Trent
Longtown | Cumbria | market charter
Looe | Cornwall | town council1
Lostwithiel | Cornwall | town council
Loughborough | Leicestershire | borough (1888–1974)
Loughton | Essex | town council
Louth | Lincolnshire | town council1
Lowestoft | Suffolk | charter trustees
Ludgershall | Wiltshire | town council
Ludlow | Shropshire | town council
Luton | Bedfordshire | borough (1876–1974)
Lutterworth | Leicestershire | town council
Lydd | Kent | town council1
Lydney | Gloucestershire | town council
Lyme Regis | Dorset | town council1
Lymington | Hampshire | town council
Lynton & Lynmouth | Devon | town council1
Lytchett Minster & Upton | Dorset | town council
Lytham St Annes | Lancashire | borough (1922–1974)

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Town | Ceremonial county | Status

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Mablethorpe and Sutton | Lincolnshire | town council1
Macclesfield | Cheshire | charter trustees
Madeley | Shropshire | market charter
Maghull | Merseyside | town council
Maidenhead | Berkshire | borough (1835–1974)
Maidstone | Kent | borough (1835–1974)
Maldon | Essex | town council
Malmesbury | Wiltshire | town council1
Maltby | South Yorkshire | town council
Malton | North Yorkshire | town council1
Malvern | Worcestershire | town council
Manningtree | Essex | town council
Mansfield | Nottinghamshire | charter trustees
Marazion | Cornwall | town council
March | Cambridgeshire | town council1
Margate | Kent | charter trustees
Market Bosworth | Leicestershire | market charter
Market Deeping | Lincolnshire | town council
Market Drayton | Shropshire | town council
Market Harborough | Leicestershire | market charter
Market Rasen | Lincolnshire | town council1
Market Weighton | East Riding of Yorkshire | town council
Marlborough | Wiltshire | town council1
Marlow | Buckinghamshire | town council1
Maryport | Cumbria | town council1
Masham | North Yorkshire | market charter
Matlock | Derbyshire | town council
Medlar-with-Wesham | Lancashire | town council
Melksham | Wiltshire | town council1
Meltham | West Yorkshire | town council1
Melton Mowbray | Leicestershire | town council
Mere | Wiltshire | town council
Mexborough | South Yorkshire | market charter
Middleham | North Yorkshire | town council
Middlesbrough | North Yorkshire | borough (1853–1967)
Middleton | Greater Manchester | borough (1886–1974)
Middlewich | Cheshire | town council1
Midhurst | West Sussex | town council
Midsomer Norton | Somerset | market charter
Mildenhall | Suffolk | market charter
Millom | Cumbria | town council
Minchinhampton | Gloucestershire | market charter
Minehead | Somerset | town council
Minster | Kent | market charter
Mirfield | West Yorkshire | town council
Mitcham | Greater London | borough (1934–1965)
Mitcheldean | Gloucestershire | market charter
Modbury | Devon | market charter
Morecambe | Lancashire | town council
Moretonhampstead | Devon | market charter
Moreton-in-Marsh | Gloucestershire | town council
Morley | West Yorkshire | town council
Morpeth | Northumberland | borough (1835–1974)
Mossley | Greater Manchester | town council
Much Wenlock | Shropshire | town council

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Town | Ceremonial county | Status

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Nailsea | Somerset | town council
Nailsworth | Gloucestershire | town council1
Nantwich | Cheshire | town council1
Needham Market | Suffolk | town council
Nelson | Lancashire | town council
Neston | Cheshire | town council
New Alresford | Hampshire | town council
New Malden | Greater London | borough (with Coombe; 1936–1965)
New Mills | Derbyshire | town council1
New Milton | Hampshire | town council
New Romney | Kent | town council1
Newark-on-Trent | Nottinghamshire | town council
Newbiggin-by-the-Sea | Northumberland | town council
Newbury | Berkshire | town council
Newcastle-under-Lyme | Staffordshire | borough (1835–1974)
Newent | Gloucestershire | town council
Newhaven | East Sussex | town council1
Newlyn | Cornwall | market charter
Newmarket | Suffolk | town council
Newport | Isle of Wight | borough (1835–1974)
Newport | Shropshire | town council1
Newport Pagnell | Buckinghamshire | town council
Newquay | Cornwall | town council
Newton Abbot | Devon | town council1
Newton Aycliffe | Durham | town council
Newton-le-Willows | Merseyside | market charter
Normanton | West Yorkshire | town council1
North Hykeham | Lincolnshire | town council
North Petherton | Somerset | town council
North Tawton | Devon | town council
North Walsham | Norfolk | town council1
Northallerton | North Yorkshire | town council1
Northam | Devon | town council1
Northampton | Northamptonshire | borough (1835–1974)
Northfleet | Kent | market charter
Northleach with Eastington | Gloucestershire | town council
Northwich | Cheshire | town council1
Norton-on-Derwent | North Yorkshire | town council1
Nuneaton | Warwickshire | borough (1907–1974)

### O

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Oakengates | Shropshire | town council
Oakham | Rutland | town council1
Okehampton | Devon | town council1
Oldbury | West Midlands | borough (1935–1966)
Oldham | Greater Manchester | borough (1849–1974)
Ollerton and Boughton | Nottinghamshire | town council
Olney | Buckinghamshire | town council
Ongar | Essex | town council
Orford | Suffolk | market charter
Ormskirk | Lancashire | market charter
Orpington | Greater London | Town
Ossett | West Yorkshire | borough (1890–1974)
Oswestry | Shropshire | town council
Otley | West Yorkshire | town council1
Ottery St Mary | Devon | town council1
Oundle | Northamptonshire | town council1

### P

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Town | Ceremonial county | Status

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Paddock Wood | Kent | town council
Padiham | Lancashire | town council
Padstow | Cornwall | town council
Paignton | Devon | market charter
Painswick | Gloucestershire | market charter
Partington | Greater Manchester | town council
Patchway | Gloucestershire | town council
Pateley Bridge | North Yorkshire | town council
Peacehaven | East Sussex | town council
Penistone | South Yorkshire | town council1
Penkridge | Staffordshire | market charter
Penrith | Cumbria | market charter
Penryn | Cornwall | town council1
Penwortham | Lancashire | town council
Penzance | Cornwall | town council
Pershore | Worcestershire | town council
Peterlee | Durham | town council
Petersfield | Hampshire | town council1
Petworth | West Sussex | town council
Pickering | North Yorkshire | town council1
Plympton | Devon | market charter
Pocklington | East Riding of Yorkshire | town council
Polegate | East Sussex | town council
Pontefract | West Yorkshire | borough (1835–1974)
Ponteland | Northumberland | town council
Poole | Dorset | borough (1835–1974)
Porthleven | Cornwall | town council
Portishead | Somerset | town council1
Portland | Dorset | town council1
Potton | Bedfordshire | town council
Poynton-with-Worth | Cheshire | town council
Preesall | Lancashire | town council1
Prescot | Merseyside | town council
Princes Risborough | Buckinghamshire | town council
Prudhoe | Northumberland | town council1
Pudsey | West Yorkshire | borough (1900–1974)
Purley | Greater London |

town council

### Q

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Quedgeley | Gloucestershire | town council[4]
Queenborough-in-Sheppey | Kent | charter trustees (abolished 1977)

### R

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Town | Ceremonial county | Status

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Radstock | Somerset | town council1
Ramsey | Cambridgeshire | town council1
Ramsgate | Kent | town council
Raunds | Northamptonshire | town council1
Rawtenstall | Lancashire | borough (1891–1974)
Rayleigh | Essex | town council
Reading | Berkshire | borough (1835–1974)
Redcar | North Yorkshire | borough (1921–1967)
Redditch | Worcestershire | town council, new town (designated 1964)
Redhill | Surrey  |
Redruth | Cornwall | town council
Reepham | Norfolk | town council
Reigate | Surrey | borough (1863–1974)
Richmond | Greater London | borough (1890–1965)
Richmond | North Yorkshire | town council1
Ringwood | Hampshire | town council
Ripley | Derbyshire | town council1
Rochdale | Greater Manchester | borough (1856–1974)
Rochester | Kent | borough (1835–1974)2
Rochford | Essex | market charter
Romford | Greater London | borough (1937–1965)
Romsey | Hampshire | town council1
Ross-on-Wye | Herefordshire | town council1
Rothbury | Northumberland | market charter
Rotherham | South Yorkshire | borough (1871–1974)
Rothwell | Northamptonshire | town council1
Rothwell | West Yorkshire | market charter
Rowley Regis | West Midlands | borough (1933–1966)
Royal Leamington Spa | Warwickshire | town council
Royal Tunbridge Wells | Kent | borough (1888–1974)
Royal Wootton Bassett | Wiltshire | town council
Royston | Hertfordshire | town council1
Rugby | Warwickshire | borough (1932–1974)
Rugeley | Staffordshire | town council
Runcorn | Cheshire | new town (designated 1964)
Rushden | Northamptonshire | town council
Ryde | Isle of Wight | town council
Rye | East Sussex | town council1

### S

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Saffron Walden | Essex | town council1
St Austell | Cornwall | town council
St Blaise | Cornwall | town council
St Columb Major | Cornwall | town council
St Helens | Merseyside | borough (1868–1974)
St Ives | Cambridgeshire | town council1
St Ives | Cornwall | town council1
St Just-in-Penwith | Cornwall | town council1
St Mary Cray | Greater London | market charter
St Mawes | Cornwall | market charter
St Neots | Cambridgeshire | town council1
Salcombe | Devon | town council1
Sale | Greater Manchester | borough (1935–1974)
Saltash | Cornwall | town council1
Saltburn-By-The-Sea | North Yorkshire | town council
Sandbach | Cheshire | town council1
Sandhurst | Berkshire | town council
Sandiacre | Derbyshire | market charter
Sandown | Isle of Wight | town council
Sandwich | Kent | town council1
Sandy | Bedfordshire | town council1
Sawbridgeworth | Hertfordshire | town council1
Saxmundham | Suffolk | town council1
Scarborough | North Yorkshire | borough (1835–1974)
Scunthorpe | Lincolnshire | charter trustees
Seaford | East Sussex | town council
Seaham | Durham | town council
Seaton | Devon | town council1
Sedbergh | Cumbria | market charter
Sedgefield | Durham | town council
Selby | North Yorkshire | town council1
Selsey | West Sussex | town council
Settle | North Yorkshire | town council
Sevenoaks | Kent | town council1
Shaftesbury | Dorset | town council1
Shanklin | Isle of Wight | town council
Shefford | Bedfordshire | town council
Shepshed | Leicestershire | town council
Shepton Mallet | Somerset | town council1
Sherborne | Dorset | town council1
Sheringham | Norfolk | town council1
Shifnal | Shropshire | town council
Shildon | Durham | town council1
Shipston-on-Stour | Warwickshire | town council
Shirebrook | Derbyshire | town council
Shoreham-by-Sea | West Sussex | market charter
Shrewsbury | Shropshire | town council
Sidmouth | Devon | town council1
Silloth | Cumbria | town council
Silsden | West Yorkshire | town council1
Sittingbourne | Kent | town council
Skegness | Lincolnshire | town council1
Skelmersdale | Lancashire | town council
Skelton-in-Cleveland | North Yorkshire | market charter
Skipton | North Yorkshire | town council1
Sleaford | Lincolnshire | town council1
Slough | Berkshire | borough (1838–1974)
Smethwick | West Midlands | borough (1899–1966)
Snaith and Cowick | East Riding of Yorkshire | town council
Snodland | Kent | town council
Soham | Cambridgeshire | town council
Solihull | West Midlands | borough (1954–1974)
Somerton | Somerset | town council
South Brent | Devon | market charter
South Cave | East Riding of Yorkshire | market charter
South Elmsall | West Yorkshire | town council
South Kirkby and Moorthorpe | West Yorkshire | town council
South Molton | Devon | town council
South Shields | Tyne and Wear | borough (1850–1974)
South Woodham Ferrers | Essex | town council
Southam | Warwickshire | town council
Southall | Greater London | borough (1936–1965)
Southborough | Kent | town council1
Southgate | Greater London | borough (1933–1965)
Southminster | Essex | market charter
Southport | Merseyside | borough (1866–1974)
Southsea | Hampshire | town council
Southwell | Nottinghamshire | town council
Southwick | Hampshire | market charter
Southwold | Suffolk | town council1
Spalding | Lincolnshire | town council
Spennymoor | Durham | town council1
Spilsby | Lincolnshire | town council
Sprowston | Norfolk | town council
Stafford | Staffordshire | borough (1835–1974)
Staines-upon-Thames | Surrey | market charter
Stainforth | South Yorkshire | town council
Stalbridge | Dorset | town council
Stalham | Norfolk | market charter
Stalybridge | Greater Manchester | borough (1857–1974)
Stamford | Lincolnshire | town council1
Stanley | Durham | town council
Stanhope | Durham | market charter
Stapleford | Nottinghamshire | town council
Staveley | Derbyshire | town council1
Stevenage | Hertfordshire | market charter
Steyning | West Sussex | market charter
Stockport | Greater Manchester | borough (1835–1974)
Stocksbridge | South Yorkshire | town council1
Stockton-on-Tees | Durham/North Yorkshire | borough (1835–1967)
Stoke-upon-Trent | Staffordshire | one of the six towns of Stoke-on-Trent
Stone | Staffordshire | town council1
Stonehouse | Gloucestershire | town council
Stony Stratford | Buckinghamshire | town council
Stotfold | Bedfordshire | town council
Stourbridge | West Midlands | borough (1914–1974)
Stourport-on-Severn | Worcestershire | town council1
Stowmarket | Suffolk | town council1
Stow-on-the-Wold | Gloucestershire | town council
Stratford-upon-Avon | Warwickshire | town council1
Stretford | Greater Manchester | borough (1933–1974)
Strood | Kent | market charter
Stroud | Gloucestershire | town council
Sturminster Newton | Dorset | town council
Sudbury | Suffolk | town council1
Surbiton | Greater London | borough (1936–1965)
Sutton | Greater London | borough (with Cheam; 1934–1965)
Sutton Coldfield | West Midlands | market charter
Swaffham | Norfolk | town council1
Swanage | Dorset | town council1
Swanley | Kent | town council
Swadlincote | Derbyshire | town council
Swanscombe and Greenhithe | Kent | town council1
Swindon | Wiltshire | borough (1900–1974)
Syston | Leicestershire | town council

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Tadcaster | North Yorkshire | town council
Tadley | Hampshire | town council
Tamworth | Staffordshire | borough (1835–1974)
Taunton | Somerset | borough (1885–1974)
Tavistock | Devon | town council
Teignmouth | Devon | town council1
Telford | Shropshire | new town (designated 1968)
Telscombe | East Sussex | town council
Tenbury Wells | Worcestershire | town council
Tenterden | Kent | town council1
Tetbury | Gloucestershire | town council
Tewkesbury | Gloucestershire | town council1
Thame | Oxfordshire | town council1
Thatcham | Berkshire | town council
Thaxted | Essex | market charter
Thetford | Norfolk | town council1
Thirsk | North Yorkshire | town council
Thornaby-on-Tees | North Yorkshire | town council
Thornbury | Gloucestershire | town council
Thorne | South Yorkshire | town council
Thorpe St Andrew | Norfolk | town council
Thrapston | Northamptonshire | town council
Tickhill | South Yorkshire | town council1
Tidworth | Wiltshire | town council
Tipton | West Midlands | borough (1938–1966)
Tiverton | Devon | town council1
Todmorden | West Yorkshire | town council1
Tonbridge | Kent | market charter
Topsham | Devon | market charter
Torpoint | Cornwall | town council1
Torquay | Devon | borough (1892–1974)
Totnes | Devon | town council1
Tottenham | Greater London | borough (1934–1965)
Totton and Eling | Hampshire | town council
Tow Law | Durham | town council1
Towcester | Northamptonshire | town council
Tring | Hertfordshire | town council1
Trowbridge | Wiltshire | town council1
Tunstall | Staffordshire | one of the six towns of Stoke-on-Trent
Twickenham | Greater London | borough (1926–1965)
Tynemouth | Tyne and Wear | borough (1849–1974)

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Uckfield | East Sussex | town council
Ulverston | Cumbria | town council1
Uppingham | Rutland | town council
Upton-upon-Severn | Worcestershire | town council
Uttoxeter | Staffordshire | town council1
Uxbridge | Greater London | borough (1955–1965)

### V

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Ventnor | Isle of Wight | town council1
Verwood | Dorset | town council

### W

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Wadebridge | Cornwall | town council
Wadhurst | East Sussex | market charter
Wainfleet All Saints | Lincolnshire | town council
Wallasey | Merseyside | borough (1910–1974)
Wallingford | Oxfordshire | town council1
Wallington | Greater London | borough (with Beddington; 1937–1965)
Wallsend | Tyne and Wear | borough (1901–1974)
Walsall | West Midlands | borough (1835–1974)
Waltham Abbey | Essex | town council1
Waltham Cross | Hertfordshire | market charter
Walthamstow | Greater London | borough (1926–1965)
Walton-on-Thames | Surrey | market charter
Wantage | Oxfordshire | town council1
Ware | Hertfordshire | town council1
Wareham | Dorset | town council1
Warminster | Wiltshire | town council1
Warrington | Cheshire | borough (1847–1974)
Warwick | Warwickshire | town council1
Washington | Tyne and Wear | new town (designated 1964)
Watchet | Somerset | town council1
Watford | Hertfordshire | borough (1922–1974)
Wath-upon-Dearne | South Yorkshire | market charter
Watlington | Oxfordshire | market charter
Watton | Norfolk | town council
Wellingborough | Northamptonshire | market charter
Wednesbury | West Midlands | borough (1886 - 1966)
Wellington | Shropshire | town council
Wellington | Somerset | town council1
Wells-next-the-Sea | Norfolk | town council1
Welwyn Garden City | Hertfordshire | new town (designated 1948)
Wem | Shropshire | town council
Wembley | Greater London | borough (1937–1965)
Wendover | Buckinghamshire | market charter
West Bedlington | Northumberland | town council
West Bromwich | West Midlands | borough (1882–1974)
West Ham | Greater London | borough (1886–1965)
West Malling | Kent | market charter
West Mersea | Essex | town council1
West Tilbury | Essex | market charter
Westbury | Wiltshire | town council1
Westerham | Kent | market charter
Westhoughton | Greater Manchester | town council
Weston-super-Mare | Somerset | town council
Wetherby | West Yorkshire | town council
Weybridge | Surrey | market charter
Weymouth | Dorset | town council
Whaley Bridge | Derbyshire | town council1
Whitby | North Yorkshire | town council1
Whitchurch | Hampshire | town council
Whitchurch | Shropshire | town council
Whitehaven | Cumbria | borough (1894–1974)
Whitehill | Hampshire | town council
Whitnash | Warwickshire | town council
Whittlesey | Cambridgeshire | town council
Whitworth | Lancashire | town council1
Wickham | Hampshire | market charter
Wickwar | Gloucestershire | market charter
Widnes | Cheshire | borough (1892–1974)
Wigan | Greater Manchester | borough (1835–1974)
Wigton | Cumbria | town council
Willenhall | West Midlands | market charter
Willesden | Greater London | borough (1933–1965)
Wilton | Wiltshire | town council1
Wilmslow | Cheshire | town council
Wimbledon | Greater London | borough (1905–1965)
Wimborne Minster | Dorset | town council1
Wincanton | Somerset | town council
Winchcombe | Gloucestershire | town council
Winchelsea | East Sussex | market charter
Windermere | Cumbria | town council1
Windsor | Berkshire | borough (1835–1974)
Winsford | Cheshire | town council1
Winslow | Buckinghamshire | town council
Winterton | Lincolnshire | town council
Wirksworth | Derbyshire | town council1
Wisbech | Cambridgeshire | town council1
Witham | Essex | town council
Withernsea | East Riding of Yorkshire | town council
Witney | Oxfordshire | town council1
Wiveliscombe | Somerset | town council
Wivenhoe | Essex | town council1
Woburn | Bedfordshire | market charter
Woburn Sands | Buckinghamshire | town council
Woking | Surrey | market charter
Wokingham | Berkshire | town council1
Wolsingham | Durham | market charter
Wolverton and Greenleys | Buckinghamshire | town council
Wood Green | Greater London | borough (1933–1965)
Woodford | Greater London | borough (with Wanstead; 1937–1965)
Woodbridge | Suffolk | town council1
Woodley | Berkshire | town council
Woodstock | Oxfordshire | town council1
Wooler | Northumberland | market charter
Workington | Cumbria | town council
Worksop | Nottinghamshire | charter trustees
Worthing | West Sussex | borough (1890–1974)
Wotton-under-Edge | Gloucestershire | town council
Wragby | Lincolnshire | town council
Wymondham | Norfolk | town council1

### Y

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Yarm | North Yorkshire | town council
Yarmouth | Isle of Wight | town council
Yate | Gloucestershire | town council
Yateley | Hampshire | town council
Yeovil | Somerset | town council

## See also

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* List of places in England
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* List of United Kingdom locations
* Category:Towns in England by county
* Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland), settlement areas in the pre-1974 reform governance structure which had town-equivalent populations to municipal boroughs which could include a market town.

## Notes

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* 1 ^ Successor parish under the Local Government Act 1972
* 2 ^ Rochester has held city status, but this lapsed in 1998 when the Borough of Rochester-upon-Medway was merged into Medway unitary authority.

## References

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1. ^ "The ancient parish of Barking: Agrarian history, markets and fairs | British History Online".
2. ^ "Dalton in Furness".
3. ^ "Epsom and Ewell MB/UD Surrey through time | Administrative history of Local Government District: Hierarchies, boundaries". Archived from the original on 2007-03-13. Retrieved 2005-11-25.
4. ^ Jones, Melissa (26 April 2017). "Quedgeley is now a town". gloucestershirelive.co.uk.

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