Why is elgin not a city

However, the community is expanding rapidly with about another 5, homes planned in the last five years. Students from across the country move to the area to study at the University of Highlands and Islands campus. Whisky produced from its celebrated distilleries Glen Moray and Linkwood are enjoyed by customers across the world. The local coat of arms is proudly worn by football team Elgin City with the city status also claimed by the community council and business improvement district.

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Only Joking. It is also unclear why as recently as , Perth and Elgin were recognised as cities but are no longer and why the ancient cathedral towns are not recognised as cities. However, any town which historically called itself a city is still free to do so. It is also expecially odd as Dunfermline discovered that in Medieval times it was called a city and on 16th September pulled out of the competition to award millenium city status on the basis that it already was one, a fact recognised by the Scottish Executive at the time now known as the Scottish Government.

Why it should then be excluded from the official list simply seems strange. As a result, the 7 Official Cities of Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Dundee, Stirling, Inverness and Perth now seem to have an elite club and whilst fine for those places does seem to play down the important Scottish tradition and status accorded to many other towns and there is no clear explanation as to how this list was arrived at other than a mixture of recent Royal charter or letters patent, or being a big town with a cathedral.

The only Scottish town today with an Anglican cathedral that doesn't have city status is Oban. Cathedral: The principal church of a diocese in which is to be found the bishop's throne or cathedra. Civitas: The name civitas was applied by the Romans to each of the independent states or tribes of Gaul; in later times it adhered to the chief town of each of these states, which usually became afterwards the seat of civil government and of episcopal authority.

The term later meant "a centre of civilized living". Burgh: Conferring Burgh status gave a town self-government. Burghs had special trading privileges, which were very important to the prosperty of the town and its inhabitants.

Burghs were represented in parliament. Royal Burgh: or King's Burgh. Had no superior above them except the King. This was the highest status which could be conferred on a town. The original meticulous and delicate features still seep through, helping visitors to picture her former glory. Unlike the cathedral, the little city of Elgin still stands proudly.

A number of the original eighteenth century buildings still retain some of their arched facades and this makes for interesting sight seeing. In fact, Elgin has a remarkably homely feeling. This is evident in the cobbled market place, the wonderfully aged homes and the friendly faces that walk these aged streets.