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100 Biggest Cities of the Kingdom of England in 1660

Can you name the 100 most populous cities and towns of the Kingdom of England in 1660, shortly after the Stuart Restoration and roughly a century before the Industrial Revolution?
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Population estimates according to John Langton.
Only including mainland England and Wales.
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Population
Cities
310,941
London
14,216
Norwich
14,201
York
13,482
Bristol
11,617
Newcastle upon Tyne
11,065
Oxford
10,574
Cambridge
10,307
Exeter
9,774
Ipswich
9,248
Yarmouth
7,671
Canterbury
7,046
Worcester
6,919
Deptford
6,867
Shrewsbury
6,811
Salisbury
6,647
Colchester
6,600
Kingston upon Hull
6,427
Coventry
5,849
Chester
5,730
Kendal
5,224
Lambeth
5,007
Lynn
5,007
Portsmouth
4,680
Bradford-on-Avon
4,616
Rochester
4,386
Bermondsey
4,305
Lincoln
4,299
Dover
4,264
Bury St Edmunds
4,264
Nottingham
4,233
Gloucester
4,048
Winchester
4,000
Plymouth
3,958
Sandwich
Population
Cities
3,860
Carlisle
3,703
Maidstone
3,501
Leeds
3,180
Beverley
3,170
Chelmsford
3,026
Ely
3,023
Frome
3,014
Leicester
3,000
Brighton
2,983
Gateshead
2,959
Northampton
2,886
Wrexham
2,760
Cirencester
2,760
Nantwich
2,745
Birmingham
2,721
Monmouth
2,720
Crediton
2,710
Warwick
2,690
Newark-on-Trent
2,680
Boston
2,660
Peterborough
2,652
Bath
2,640
St Albans
2,580
Berwick-upon-Tweed
2,550
Warminster
2,510
West Ham
2,500
Greenwich
2,490
Macclesfield
2,476
Hereford
2,356
Manchester
2,320
Barnstaple
2,320
Wisbech
2,310
Bromsgrove
Population
Cities
2,305
Lichfield
2,300
Taunton
2,290
Wymondham
2,238
Waltham Cross
2,223
Durham
2,220
Kingston upon Thames
2,180
Scarborough
2,160
Wellingborough
2,150
Stamford
2,150
Tewkesbury
2,140
Derby
2,130
Bedford
2,130
Chichester
2,101
Rotherhithe
2,100
Southampton
2,080
Tiverton
2,068
Wells
2,050
Sheffield
2,050
Spalding
2,040
Ludlow
2,020
Dartmouth
2,010
Wolverhampton
1,980
Whitby
1,980
Whittlesey
1,970
Halifax
1,950
Coggeshall
1,950
Wigan
1,940
Deal
1,920
Ashton-under-Lyne
1,913
Haverfordwest
1,910
Wirksworth
1,890
Ottery St Mary
1,880
Newport
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2 Comments
jojo8
+3
Level 65
Oct 19, 2025
Some tricky ones here. I'd warrant most of us will get the obscure Bradford-on-Avon by guessing the wrong Bradford. Who'd have thought that little Waltham Cross would ever have been so big. Great quiz overall!
Dekkie
+1
Level 55
Oct 19, 2025
Thanks!
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