Its civic traditions are maintained by Charter Trustees.

Hemel Hempstead had maintained Charter Trustees from 1974 to 1984.

Annually, one of the Charter Trustees is nominated by his/her peers to be Mayor of the town.

Charter Trustees being the sitting members of Penwith District Council within the former borough area.

Charter Trustees were appointed to preserve mayoral traditions until a civil parish council could be set up, which happened in 2000.

The town does not have its own town council, instead there is a board of Charter Trustees.

Charter Trustees are the English district councillors for an area that used to be a city.

Published by The Charter Trustees of Burton upon Trent, 1977.

In 1997, Hereford Council lost its status as a city council, and had to appoint Charter Trustees.

Yeovil still has a town council which took over the functions of the Charter Trustees in 1982.