| 11. | The district comprised the county borough of Cardiff and several surrounding parishes.
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| 12. | The draft proposals had not recommended the creation of these county boroughs.
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| 13. | This was usually because the traditional county town was a county borough.
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| 14. | The county borough was granted city status by Letters Patent in 1897.
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| 15. | A number of smaller counties corporate were also given county borough status.
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| 16. | It covered the former county boroughs of Grimsby and Kingston upon Hull.
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| 17. | Bournemouth became a municipal borough in 1890 and a county borough in 1900.
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| 18. | Both townships were later transferred to Wrexham County Borough following local government reorganisation.
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| 19. | The county borough lies at the geographical heart of south Wales.
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| 20. | It comprised the Administrative county of Londonderry and the County Borough of Londonderry.
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