List of place names with royal styles in the United Kingdom

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Template:Short description Template:Synthesis Template:Improve references The following list of place names with royal styles in the United Kingdom includes places granted a royal title or style by express grant from the Crown (usually by royal charter or letters patent) and those with a royal title or style based on historic usage.

England

Royal

The following places have been explicitly granted or confirmed the use of the title "royal" by royal charter, letters patent or similar instrument issued by the monarch. Since 1926 the entitlement to the title "royal borough" has been strictly enforced.<ref name=kingstontimes/> Devizes in Wiltshire, which had previously used the title without authorisation, was forced to end the practice.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Location Type Local government Charters Charter lapsed Notes
Berkshire Royal county County council (1889–1998)
6 unitary authorities (1998–) 		1957,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> 1974<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Email responseTemplate:Or from Berkshire Record Office 2 February 2006: "The Letters Patent granting Berkshire the style 'Royal County' date from 1974. However, Royal approval had been given in 1957/8 when the Queen agreed to permit the style 'Royal County of Berkshire' recognising that the term had been used for many years. The Letters Patent of 1974 merely confirmed their existing usage. The status applies to the county of Berkshire..."</ref> Template:N/a Location of Windsor Castle
Greenwich Royal borough London borough council 2012 Template:N/a To mark the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II.<ref name="royal">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Letters Patent dated 3 February 2012 Template:London Gazette</ref> Location of the erstwhile Palace of Placentia, birthplace of Henry VIII, Mary I and Elizabeth I
Kensington Royal borough Metropolitan borough council 1901<ref>Letters patent dated 18 November 1901 Template:London Gazette</ref> 1965 In memory of Queen Victoria, born at Kensington Palace<ref name="rbkc">Template:Cite web</ref>
Kensington and Chelsea Royal borough London borough council 1965<ref name=rbkc/> Template:N/a Transferred from Kensington<ref name=rbkc/><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Kingston upon Thames Royal borough Municipal borough council in Surrey Ancient prescriptive right, confirmed in 1927<ref name=kingstontimes/> 1965 Coronation place of King Æthelstan in 924–925. Æthelstan described Kingston as royal town in a charter, as did Eadred later in the 10th century. In 1927 the mayor of Kingston upon Thames petitioned George V for the right to use the title of "royal borough". In reply to the petition the king declared that Kingston was entitled to the status, having been described as a royal borough since time immemorial.<ref name="kingstontimes">Template:Cite news</ref>
London borough council 1965 Template:N/a Transferred from municipal borough
Leamington Spa "Royal" prefix Civil parish with town council 1838,<ref name="leamington1838">Template:Cite news</ref> 1974,<ref name=leamingtontc/> 2002<ref name=leamingtontc/> Template:N/a Spa town established in late 18th century. The town received the title of "Royal Leamington Spa" in 1838 following a visit by Queen Victoria.<ref name=leamington1838/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Royal Leamington Spa was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1875, and on the borough's abolition in 1974 charter trustees were formed.<ref name=leamingtontc/> The charter trustees were themselves abolished when a town council was formed in 2002.<ref name="leamingtontc">Template:Cite web</ref>
Sutton Coldfield Royal town Historic town, now a civil parish within the City of Birmingham. 1528 Template:N/a Honour bestowed by Henry VIII<ref name=suttonobserver>Template:Cite web</ref>
Tunbridge Wells "Royal" prefix Unparished area 1909,<ref name=twellstimes/> 1974<ref name=twells/> Template:N/a Spa town, incorporated as a municipal borough in 1888. In 1909 Edward VII allowed the prefix "Royal" in recognition of the town's connections with the royal family since the Stuart dynasty.<ref name=twellstimes>Template:Cite news</ref> The Borough of Royal Tunbridge Wells was abolished in April 1974, and charter trustees were briefly appointed to preserve the mayoralty of the town. The trustees, who were themselves abolished in December 1974, obtained letters patent reauthorising the prefix "Royal" to the name of the town.<ref name="twells">Template:Cite webTemplate:Dead link</ref>
Windsor, also known as New Windsor Royal borough Municipal borough council From reign of Henry I in early 12th century<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> 1974 Location of Windsor Castle
Windsor and Maidenhead Royal borough Non-metropolitan district council (1974–1998)
Unitary authority (1998–) 		1974 Template:N/a Transferred from Borough of Windsor
Wootton Bassett "Royal" prefix Civil parish with a town council 2011 Template:N/a Repatriation of military personnel<ref name=bbcroyal>Template:Cite news </ref>
Port of Barrow "Royal" prefix Port 2025<ref>Template:London Gazette</ref> Template:N/a Construction of warships and nuclear submarines for the Royal Navy<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Former

Regis

Template:For Regis, Latin for "of the king", occurs in numerous placenames. This usually recalls the historical ownership of lands or manors by the Crown.<ref name=brompton>Template:Cite web</ref> The "Regis" form was often used in the past as an alternative form to "King's", for instance at King's Bromley and King's Lynn.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Examples include Houghton Regis in Bedfordshire, Salcombe Regis in Devon, Bere Regis, Melcombe Regis and Lyme Regis in Dorset, Milton Regis in Kent, Beeston Regis in Norfolk, Grafton Regis in Northamptonshire, Brompton Regis in Somerset, Newton Regis in Warwickshire and Rowley Regis in the West Midlands.

There is one modern example of the granting of the suffix "regis". In 1929, George V, having spent several months recuperating from a serious illness in the seaside resort of Bognor, West Sussex, allowed it to be renamed as "Bognor Regis".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

King's

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Somerset

Queen's

Prince's

Scotland

King and Rìgh

Kingsburgh, Skye is a corruption of Cinnseaborgh, which is in turn a corruption of a Norse name.

In many places "Kin(g)" is a suffix meaning "head", an anglicisation of Ceann: Kinghorn and Kingussie, for example, are nothing to do with royal patronage.

Regis

Queen

Royal

Former royal burghs

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In Scotland a royal burgh was a burgh or incorporated town founded by, or subsequently granted, a royal charter. By 1707, when the Act of Union with England and Wales came into effect, there were 70 royal burghs.<ref name="Pryde">Template:Cite book</ref> None were created after 1707, and they were formally abolished in 1975. Notwithstanding their abolition, the term is still used in many of the former burghs.<ref name="priv">Select Committee on Privileges Second Report, September 1999</ref>

Wales

Royal

Northern Ireland

Royal

See also

References

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