100 Biggest Cities of the British Isles under Oliver Cromwell in 1658

With the help of a map, can you name the 100 most populous cities of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland shortly before the death of Oliver Cromwell in 1658?

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Population	Cities
310,941	London
25,000	Edinburgh
18,000	Glasgow
14,216	Norwich
14,201	York
13,482	Bristol
12,000	Aberdeen
11,617	Newcastle upon Tyne
11,065	Oxford
10,574	Cambridge
10,307	Exeter
9,774	Ipswich
9,248	Yarmouth
8,780	Dublin
8,000	Dundee
7,671	Canterbury
7,046	Worcester
7,000	Canongate
7,000	Leith
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
4,826	Cork
4,680	Bradford-on-Avon
4,616	Rochester
4,386	Bermondsey

Population	Cities
4,305	Lincoln
4,299	Dover
4,264	Bury St Edmunds
4,264	Nottingham
4,233	Gloucester
4,100	Ayr
4,048	Winchester
4,024	Kilmarnock
4,000	Plymouth
3,958	Sandwich
3,860	Carlisle
3,703	Maidstone
3,600	Stirling
3,501	Leeds
3,350	Perth
3,200	Linlithgow
3,180	Beverley
3,170	Chelmsford
3,108	Montrose
3,105	Limerick
3,100	Musselburgh
3,084	Kirkcaldy
3,026	Ely
3,023	Frome
3,014	Leicester
3,000	Brighthelmstone
2,983	Gateshead
2,959	Northampton
2,886	Wrexham
2,870	Dumfries
2,800	Prestonpans
2,760	Cirencester
2,760	Nantwich

Population	Cities
2,750	Hamilton
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
2,602	Haddington
2,580	Berwick-upon-Tweed
2,550	Warminster
2,510	West Ham
2,500	Greenwich
2,500	Kelso
2,490	Macclesfield
2,476	Hereford
2,450	Bo'ness
2,356	Manchester
2,320	Barnstaple
2,320	Wisbech
2,310	Bromsgrove
2,305	Lichfield
2,300	Taunton
2,290	Wymondham
2,276	St Andrews
2,238	Waltham Cross
2,223	Durham
2,220	Kingston upon Thames
2,183	Inverness
2,180	Scarborough
2,160	Wellingborough

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Level 55

Nov 12, 2024

Since this is only for the British Isles, four other major towns and cities that were also under Commonwealth rule are missing, being:

Surat - 100,000 inhabitants

Chennai - 15,000 inhabitants

Mumbai - 10,000 inhabitants

Boston, Massachusetts - 3,000 inhabitants

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