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Biggest Cities of the Commonwealth of England in 1653 with a Map

With the help of a map, can you name the most populous cities of the British Isles with an estimated population of over 3,000 in 1653, under the rule of Oliver Cromwell?
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Population figures are based off this dataset by Dr. E. Buringh.
Not including overseas territories due to a lack of data.
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Population
Cities
339k
London
24k
Norwich
23k
Edinburgh
17k
Dublin
15k
Bristol
12k
Newcastle upon Tyne
12k
York
11k
Exeter
10k
Glasgow
10k
St Andrews
9k
Colchester
9k
Great Yarmouth
9k
Manchester
8k
Aberdeen
8k
Dundee
8k
Inverness
7k
Cambridge
7k
Canterbury
7k
Cork
7k
Plymouth
7k
Worcester
6k
Coventry
6k
Ipswich
6k
Kilkenny
6k
King's Lynn
6k
Limerick
6k
Oxford
6k
Perth
6k
Salisbury
6k
Shrewsbury
5k
Bradford
5k
Bury St Edmunds
5k
Chester
Population
Cities
5k
Drogheda
5k
Galway
5k
Hamilton
5k
Kilmallock
5k
Kingston upon Hull
5k
Kirkcaldy
5k
Leeds
5k
Paisley
5k
Reading
5k
South Shields
5k
Tiverton
5k
Walsall
4k
Birmingham
4k
Carrickfergus
4k
Castlebar
4k
Chesterfield
4k
Downpatrick
4k
Dudley
4k
Dundalk
4k
Ely
4k
Gloucester
4k
Leicester
4k
Macclesfield
4k
Nantwich
4k
New Ross
4k
Northampton
4k
Nottingham
4k
Sligo
4k
St Albans
4k
Sunderland
4k
Wolverhampton
3k
Armagh
3k
Bath
Population
Cities
3k
Berwick-upon-Tweed
3k
Beverley
3k
Bilston
3k
Boston
3k
Brighton
3k
Bromsgrove
3k
Carlow
3k
Chichester
3k
Clonmel
3k
Congleton
3k
Dover
3k
Halifax
3k
Hereford
3k
Huddersfield
3k
Lichfield
3k
Lincoln
3k
Liverpool
3k
Maidstone
3k
Newry
3k
Peterborough
3k
Renfrew
3k
Rochester
3k
Scarborough
3k
Sheffield
3k
Southampton
3k
Tralee
3k
Warminster
3k
Warwick
3k
Waterford
3k
West Ham
3k
Wexford
3k
Whitehaven
3k
Winchester
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Level 55
Mar 20, 2023
For reference to the overseas territories, here's some the populations for cities from there:

Surat - 125k

Madras - 15k

Bombay - 10k

St Peter Port - 3k

Populations for American holdings are pretty much unknown before 1700. Figures for American settlements in 1700 include:

Boston - 7k

New York - 4k

Philadelphia - 4k