The City of Wells, in Somerset.
In Britain, If a place has a cathedral it is considered a city. Thus, city must have a cathedral. The smallest city in Britain is St. Davis, Wales.
Traditionally the smallest Cathedral city in England is named as Wells, Somerset (pop. 10,500), the smallest city in Scotland is Stirling (pop. 45000), whilst the smallest cathedral city in the UK (and Wales) is St. Davids, Pembrokeshire (pop. 2000). Interestingly, by pure definition, the City of London (pop. 7100), is actually the smallest city in the England (and second in the UK). What is commonly considered London is actually more correctly Greater London (pop. 7.2mil.) Greater London comprises two cities, Westminster and the City of London.
it is believed to be as it contains a cathedral
Wales
St David's and the Cathedral Close in Wales.
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There are five official cities in Wales: 1. Cardiff, the capital - Cathedral city status (Llandaff cathedral - in the 'village' of Llandaff, now a district of Cardiff) 2. Newport, Cathedral city status (St Woolos' Cathedral (or in Welsh, Gwynlliw Sant)), granted its city charter at the turn of the Millennium 3. St David's, Cathedral City status (St David's Cathedral) and the smallest city in the UK (Wells is the smallest in England but is much larger than St David's which is not much bigger than a village). The cathedral houses the remains of St David, patron saint of Wales 4. Bangor, Cathedral City Status (Bangor cathedral), the only official city in North Wales 5. In addition, Swansea has been granted city status but does not have a cathedral - being in the diocese of Swansea and Brecon St Asaph, is a town in the north but has a cathderal (St Asaph Cathedral - the smallest in Wales) Brecon, is also a town in central Wales but has a cathedral (Brecon Cathedral)
Christ Church Oxford is the smallest traditional Cathedral in England. However, with the creation of new cathedrals which had previously been parish churches, Christ Church lost its distinction of being the smallest Cathedral in the country.
Raphoe is in County Donegal in the northwest of the Republic of Ireland. It is a small town, not a city. While it does have a cathedral, a criteria that some people use to categorise a city, nobody in Ireland would regard it as a city. It may be the smallest town in Europe that has a cathedral, but by modern standards, it is certainly not a city. It is physically far too small and has a very small population. There are towns that are much larger than it, including some that also have cathedrals, which would not be regarded as being cities either. For locals using the term "smallest cathedral city in Europe" is a nice way of attracting attention to it, but in reality no one would regard it as a city.
The address of the Cathedral City Historial Society is: Po Box 444, Cathedral City, CA 92235-0444
The address of the Cathedral City Branch Library is: 33-520 Date Palm Dr., Cathedral City, 92234 1307
The city of London at just one square mile is Englands smallest city followed by Wells. In terms of the whole of Great Britain, the city of London comes second to St Davids in Wales for dminutive size. It's city status is granted by the existence of its cathedral which lies in what would otherwise be considered a small village. incorrect the smallest city in the UK is thelwall which is a city within the town of warrington cheshire