Chelmsford: Essex's County Town, Granted City Status in 2012
Chelmsford became a city as part of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations in 2012, a designation that surprised residents who had been calling it a town for centuries without complaint. The Cathedral, originally the medieval parish church of St Mary, was elevated in 1914 when the Diocese of Chelmsford was created. It sits on a compact site near the High Street, modest in scale compared to the great medieval cathedrals but with a pleasing fifteenth-century south porch.
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Chelmsford became a city as part of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations in 2012, a designation that surprised residents who had been calling it a town for centuries without complaint. The Cathedral, originally the medieval parish church of St Mary, was elevated in 1914 when the Diocese of Chelmsford was created. It sits on a compact site near the High Street, modest in scale compared to the great medieval cathedrals but with a pleasing fifteenth-century south porch.
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