What is Charter trustees?
'''Charter trustees''' are the [[England|English]] district councillors for an area that used to be a city. They are allowed by the ''Charter Trustees Act 1985'', so that some of the privileges and dignities of former city can be carried on.<ref>Letters Patent dated March 18, 1974, text retrieved from [http://cityark.medway.gov.uk/ Medway Council archives website]</ref><ref>Letters Patent dated January 25, 1982, text retrieved from [http://cityark.medway.gov.uk/ Medway Council archives website]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/england/1991827.stm |title=BBC News - Thursday, 16 May, 2002 - Error costs Rochester city status |access-date=2007-11-03 |archive-date=2007-07-27 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5QdRST6kT?url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/england/1991827.stm |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.medway.gov.uk/orc20030304r-5.pdf?file=10698 |title=Medway Council - REGENERATION AND COMMUNITY OVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY COMMITTEE - DATE 4 MARCH 2003 - TITLE OF REPORT ROCHESTER CITY STATUS |access-date=3 November 2007 |archive-date=18 February 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060218015329/http://www.medway.gov.uk/orc20030304r-5.pdf?file=10698 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== Charter Trustees Acts 1985 c45 {{reflist}} [[Category:Local government in England|*]]