In general, the world considers a city to be a "very large town". In the
UK (and possibly other places) the concept of "city" has specific
connotations, namely the granting of Letters Patent by the Crown (a
cathedral is not a prerequisite, nor is it a guarantee of city status!)
A similar system in the Netherlands dictates that The Hague is
technically only a village as it has never formally been granted the
right to call itself a town, let alone a city.
The Post Town (as used by Royal Mail) is one way of defining a location,
but there may be cases where Royal Mail disagrees with local government
and/or common usage.
On 08/05/2012 11:36, Philip Barnes wrote:
I believe there is an address locallity which can be used in this case.
Why city though? Isn't posttown more correct, not every address
contains the name of city. Mine for example, Shrewsbury. It is a large
town, but not a city. To be a city it would require a cathedral.
Phil
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