Statistics for Largest English Towns & Cities Through History

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Century	Answer	Population (approx)	% Correct
16th	London		100%
17th	London	350,000	100%
21st	London	8,294,058	100%
20th	London	8,348,000	100%
18th	London	675,000	100%
19th	London	3,814,600	100%
19th	Manchester	341,500	97%
21st	Manchester	1,741,961	97%
20th	Manchester	703,100	97%
18th	Manchester	18,000	97%
18th	Liverpool	22,000	94%
21st	Liverpool	830,112	94%
20th	Liverpool	788,700	94%
19th	Liverpool	552,400	94%
19th	Birmingham	400,800	93%
21st	Birmingham	2,293,099	93%
20th	Birmingham	1,112,700	93%
18th	Birmingham	24,000	93%
18th	Leeds	16,000	87%
21st	Leeds	596,027	87%
20th	Leeds	505,200	87%
19th	Leeds	309,100	87%
17th	York		85%
18th	York	10,000	85%
16th	Newcastle		82%
17th	Newcastle		82%
21st	Newcastle	794,500	82%
20th	Bristol	442,300	81%
17th	Bristol		81%
18th	Bristol	45,000	81%
16th	Bristol		81%
21st	Bristol	558,556	81%
19th	Bristol	206,500	81%
20th	Sheffield	512,900	72%
19th	Sheffield	284,400	72%
18th	Sheffield	12,000	72%
21st	Sheffield	656,160	72%
17th	Oxford		70%
18th	Norwich	11,000	67%
17th	Norwich		67%
16th	Norwich		67%
20th	Nottingham	306,100	67%
21st	Nottingham	667,218	67%
17th	Cambridge		66%
18th	Bath	10,000	54%
19th	Hull	154,300	49%
20th	Hull	299,100	49%
16th	Coventry		48%
16th	Canterbury		47%
16th	Exeter		45%
17th	Exeter		45%
20th	Bradford	292,400	43%
19th	Bradford	183,000	43%
16th	Ipswich		37%
17th	Ipswich		37%
19th	Stoke-on-Trent	152,500	31%
16th	Salisbury		21%
21st	Middlesbrough	472,200	14%
16th	King's Lynn		6%
17th	Great Yarmouth		4%