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Earliest Attested Names of British Cities

Can you type the modern names of the current offical British cities by looking at the earliest attested versions of their names?
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Earliest Attested Name
Historic County
City Status Granted
Current Name
Londinium
Middlesex
Time Immemorial
London
Westmynstre
Middlesex
1540
Westminster
Beormingahām
Warwickshire
1889
Birmingham
Loidis
Yorkshire
1893
Leeds
Glasgu
Lanarkshire
1492
Glasgow
Mamucium/Mancunium
Lancashire
1853
Manchester
Escafeld
Yorkshire
1893
Sheffield
Bradeford
Yorkshire
1897
Bradford
Din Eidyn
Midlothian
1329
Edinburgh
Liuerpul
Lancashire
1880
Liverpool
Brycgstow
Gloucestershire
1542
Bristol
Caerdyf
Glamorgan
1905
Cardiff
Ledecestre
Leicestershire
1919
Leicester
Couaentree
Warwickshire
1102
Coventry
Wachefeld
Yorkshire
1888
Wakefield
Béal Feirste
County Antrim
1888
Belfast
Snotingaham
Nottinghamshire
1897
Nottingham
Pons Aelius
Northumberland
1882
Newcastle upon Tyne
Danum
Yorkshire
2022
Doncaster
Middeltone
Buckinghamshire
2022
Milton Keynes
Sauford
Lancashire
1926
Salford
Sundorlande
County Durham
1992
Sunderland
Bristelmestune (and) Hou
Sussex
2001
Brighton and Hove
Heantun
Staffordshire
2001
Wolverhampton
Wyke on Hull
Yorkshire
1897
Kingston upon Hull
Sutton
Devon
1928
Plymouth
Derventio
Derbyshire
1977
Derby
Stoches
Staffordshire
1925
Stoke upon Trent
Hamwic
Hampshire
1964
Southampton
Aper Tyui
Glamorgan
1969
Swansea
Aberdon
Aberdeenshire
1179
Aberdeen
Medeshamstede
Northamptonshire
1541
Peterborough
Portesmutha
Hampshire
1926
Portsmouth
Eboracum
Yorkshire
Time Immemorial
York
Camulodunum
Essex
2022
Colchester
Celmeresfort
Essex
2012
Chelmsford
Stratende
Essex
2022
Southend-on-Sea
Oxnaford
Oxfordshire
1542
Oxford
Casnewydd-ar-Wysg
Gwent
2002
Newport
Durovernum Cantiacorum
Kent
Time Immemorial
Canterbury
Prestune
Lancashire
2002
Preston
Dun Daigh
Angus
1191
Dundee
Duroliponte
Cambridgeshire
1951
Cambridge
Verulamium
Hertfordshire
1877
St Albans
Loncastre
Lancashire
1937
Lancaster
Northwic
Norfolk
1094
Norwich
Deva Victrix
Cheshire
1541
Chester
Isca Dumnoniorum
Devon
Time Immemorial
Exeter
Gregsam
Denbighshire
2022
Wrexham
Colonia Nervia Glevensium
Gloucestershire
1541
Gloucester
Venta Belgarum
Hampshire
Time Immemorial
Winchester
Dun Holm
County Durham
Time Immemorial
Durham
Luguvalium
Cumberland
1133
Carlisle
Cair Guiragon
Worcestershire
Time Immemorial
Worcester
Lindum Colonia
Lincolnshire
1072
Lincoln
Aquae Sulis
Somerset
1090
Bath
Doire
County Londonderry/Derry
1604
Londonderry/Derry
Dunfermelitane
Fife
2022
Dunfermline
Bennchor
County Down
2022
Bangor
Inbhir Nis
Inverness-shire
2001
Inverness
Henffordd
Herefordshire
Time Immemorial
Hereford
Lisnagarvey
County Antrim
2002
Lisburn
Striveling
Stirlinghshire
2002
Stirling
Sanct John's Toun
Perthshire
2012
Perth
Sorbiodunum
Wiltshire
1227
Salisbury
Licidfelth
Staffordshire
Time Immemorial
Lichfield
Noviomagus Reginorum
Sussex
1075
Chichester
An Iúraigh
County Down
2002
Newry
Triueru
Cornwall
1877
Truro
Elge
Cambridgeshire
1109
Ely
Inhrypum
Yorkshire
1865
Ripon
Ard Mhacha
County Armagh
1994
Armagh
Bangor
Gwynedd
Time Immemorial
Bangor
Welle
Somerset
Time Immemorial
Wells
Llanelwy
Denbighshire
2012
St Asaph
Tyddewi
Pembrokeshire
1994
St Davids
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