Earliest Attested Names of British Cities - Statistics

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Earliest Attested Name Historic County City Status Granted Current Name % Correct
Aberdon Aberdeenshire 1179 Aberdeen
100%
Bennchor County Down 2022 Bangor
100%
Bangor Gwynedd Time Immemorial Bangor
100%
Aquae Sulis Somerset 1090 Bath
100%
Béal Feirste County Antrim 1888 Belfast
100%
Beormingahām Warwickshire 1889 Birmingham
100%
Bristelmestune (and) Hou Sussex 2001 Brighton and Hove
100%
Brycgstow Gloucestershire 1542 Bristol
100%
Duroliponte Cambridgeshire 1951 Cambridge
100%
Caerdyf Glamorgan 1905 Cardiff
100%
Derventio Derbyshire 1977 Derby
100%
Couaentree Warwickshire 1102 Coventry
100%
Loidis Yorkshire 1893 Leeds
100%
Dun Daigh Angus 1191 Dundee
100%
Glasgu Lanarkshire 1492 Glasgow
100%
Colonia Nervia Glevensium Gloucestershire 1541 Gloucester
100%
Loncastre Lancashire 1937 Lancaster
100%
Ledecestre Leicestershire 1919 Leicester
100%
Liuerpul Lancashire 1880 Liverpool
100%
Londinium Middlesex Time Immemorial London
100%
Mamucium/Mancunium Lancashire 1853 Manchester
100%
Snotingaham Nottinghamshire 1897 Nottingham
100%
Oxnaford Oxfordshire 1542 Oxford
100%
Portesmutha Hampshire 1926 Portsmouth
100%
Prestune Lancashire 2002 Preston
100%
Striveling Stirlinghshire 2002 Stirling
100%
Stoches Staffordshire 1925 Stoke upon Trent
100%
Sundorlande County Durham 1992 Sunderland
100%
Aper Tyui Glamorgan 1969 Swansea
100%
Wachefeld Yorkshire 1888 Wakefield
100%
Westmynstre Middlesex 1540 Westminster
100%
Eboracum Yorkshire Time Immemorial York
100%
Bradeford Yorkshire 1897 Bradford
88%
Dun Holm County Durham Time Immemorial Durham
88%
Din Eidyn Midlothian 1329 Edinburgh
88%
Henffordd Herefordshire Time Immemorial Hereford
88%
Inbhir Nis Inverness-shire 2001 Inverness
88%
Wyke on Hull Yorkshire 1897 Kingston upon Hull
88%
Doire County Londonderry/Derry 1604 Londonderry/Derry
88%
Sanct John's Toun Perthshire 2012 Perth
88%
Hamwic Hampshire 1964 Southampton
88%
Stratende Essex 2022 Southend-on-Sea
88%
Ard Mhacha County Armagh 1994 Armagh
75%
Durovernum Cantiacorum Kent Time Immemorial Canterbury
75%
Luguvalium Cumberland 1133 Carlisle
75%
Celmeresfort Essex 2012 Chelmsford
75%
Camulodunum Essex 2022 Colchester
75%
Dunfermelitane Fife 2022 Dunfermline
75%
Lindum Colonia Lincolnshire 1072 Lincoln
75%
Middeltone Buckinghamshire 2022 Milton Keynes
75%
Pons Aelius Northumberland 1882 Newcastle upon Tyne
75%
Northwic Norfolk 1094 Norwich
75%
Medeshamstede Northamptonshire 1541 Peterborough
75%
Sauford Lancashire 1926 Salford
75%
Sorbiodunum Wiltshire 1227 Salisbury
75%
Escafeld Yorkshire 1893 Sheffield
75%
Triueru Cornwall 1877 Truro
75%
Venta Belgarum Hampshire Time Immemorial Winchester
75%
Heantun Staffordshire 2001 Wolverhampton
75%
Cair Guiragon Worcestershire Time Immemorial Worcester
75%
Gregsam Denbighshire 2022 Wrexham
75%
Deva Victrix Cheshire 1541 Chester
63%
Noviomagus Reginorum Sussex 1075 Chichester
63%
Elge Cambridgeshire 1109 Ely
63%
Isca Dumnoniorum Devon Time Immemorial Exeter
63%
Licidfelth Staffordshire Time Immemorial Lichfield
63%
Lisnagarvey County Antrim 2002 Lisburn
63%
Casnewydd-ar-Wysg Gwent 2002 Newport
63%
Sutton Devon 1928 Plymouth
63%
Welle Somerset Time Immemorial Wells
63%
An Iúraigh County Down 2002 Newry
50%
Inhrypum Yorkshire 1865 Ripon
50%
Verulamium Hertfordshire 1877 St Albans
50%
Llanelwy Denbighshire 2012 St Asaph
50%
Tyddewi Pembrokeshire 1994 St Davids
50%
Danum Yorkshire 2022 Doncaster
38%
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