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This is a list of the largest cities and towns of England ordered by population at various points during history. Until the first modern census was conducted in 1801 there was no centrally conducted method of determining the populations of England's settlements at any one time, and so data has to be used from a number of other historical surveys.
List of towns and cities in England by historical population, the development of urban centres in England and before England through time. Settlements in ceremonial counties of England by population, places with 5,000 or more residents by county and the highest populated built-up area in each county.
This report is known as the State of the English Cities Report [2] and was maintained by the Department for Communities and Local Government. Using this definition the term "city" is used as a primary urban area, which is distinct from the Office for National Statistics urban area agglomerations, with a total population in excess of 125,000. [3]
The list below shows the most populated urban areas in the United Kingdom as defined by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), but as readily referenced at Citypopulation.de. The list includes all urban areas with a population in excess of 100,000 at the 2011 census. [3] #
Estimating population sizes before censuses were conducted is a difficult task. [1] ... UK 30,000 45,000–60,000 [125 ... City Location 1000 1100 1150 1200 1250 1300 ...
The earliest cities (Latin: civitas) in Britain were the fortified settlements organised by the Romans as capitals of the Celtic tribes under Roman rule.The British clerics of the early Middle Ages later preserved a traditional list of the "28 Cities" (Old Welsh: cair) which was mentioned in De Excidio Britanniae [c] and Historia Brittonum.
The 20 largest ESPON metropolitan areas in the UK, ranked by population. A 2001 ESPON metropolitan area was defined as consisting of an urban area , conurbation or agglomeration , together with the surrounding area to which it was closely economically and socially integrated through commuting .
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