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Biggest English Cities Throughout History

Name the thirty most populous cities/towns in England in 1086, 1377, 1662, 1801, 1921, and 2021.
Coastlines and borders changed over the centuries; to keep things simple I have used a map of modern England.
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1086
London
Winchester
Norwich
York
Lincoln
Thetford
Bristol
Gloucester
Chester
Cambridge
Hastings
Wallingford
Dunwich
Hereford
Hythe
Taunton
Canterbury
Dover
Lewes
Colchester
Sandwich
Wilton
Exeter
Oxford
Stamford
Folkestone
Milton Regis
Huntingdon
Wymondham
Steyning
1377
London
York
Bristol
Coventry
Norwich
Lincoln
Salisbury
King's Lynn
Colchester
Boston
Beverley
Newcastle
Canterbury
Bury St Edmunds
Oxford
Gloucester
Leicester
Shrewsbury
Great Yarmouth
Hereford
Cambridge
Ely
Plymouth
Exeter
Hull
Worcester
Ipswich
Northampton
Nottingham
Winchester
1662
London
Norwich
York
Bristol
Newcastle
Exeter
Ipswich
Great Yarmouth
Oxford
Cambridge
Canterbury
Worcester
Deptford
Shrewsbury
Salisbury
Colchester
Greenwich
Hull
Coventry
Chester
Plymouth
Portsmouth
King's Lynn
Rochester
Lincoln
Dover
Nottingham
Gloucester
Bury St Edmunds
Winchester
1801
London
Manchester
Liverpool
Birmingham
Bristol
Leeds
Plymouth
Bath
Norwich
Portsmouth
Sheffield
Hull
Nottingham
Newcastle
Exeter
Leicester
Stoke-on-Trent
York
Coventry
Ashton-under-Lyne
Chester
Dover
Great Yarmouth
Stockport
Shrewsbury
Wolverhampton
Bolton
Sunderland
Oldham
Blackburn
1921
London
Birmingham
Liverpool
Manchester
Sheffield
Leeds
Bristol
Bradford
Hull
Newcastle
Nottingham
Portsmouth
Stoke-on-Trent
Leicester
Salford
Plymouth
Bolton
Southampton
Sunderland
Birkenhead
Oldham
Brighton
Middlesbrough
Derby
Coventry
Blackburn
Gateshead
Stockport
Wolverhampton
Norwich
2021
London
Birmingham
Leeds
Liverpool
Sheffield
Manchester
Bristol
Leicester
Coventry
Bradford
Nottingham
Newcastle
Brighton
Derby
Hull
Plymouth
Stoke-on-Trent
Southampton
Northampton
Wolverhampton
Luton
Portsmouth
Reading
Norwich
Milton Keynes
Bournemouth
Peterborough
Bolton
Swindon
Southend-on-Sea
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