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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.
City status has little statistical significance in UK because it is not a measure of a city's size and only holds a ceremonial status. Historic cities, such as St Davids (a cathedral city in Wales) can be quite small, however newer cities, such as those conferred in 2022 , can range in size from anywhere between 50,000 to over 200,000.
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.
The name "City" does not, in itself, denote city status; it may be appended to place names for historic association (e.g. White City) or for marketing or disambiguation (e.g. Stratford City). A number of large towns (such as those with over 200,000 residents) in the UK are bigger than some small cities.
Historic town, now a civil parish within the City of Birmingham. 1528 — Honour bestowed by Henry VIII [14] Tunbridge Wells "Royal" prefix Unparished area: 1909, [15] 1974 [16] — Spa town, incorporated as a municipal borough in 1888.
Britain's Most Historic Towns is a history TV programme first aired as a series of six episodes beginning 7 April 2018. The premise of each episode was that presenter Professor Alice Roberts and contributor Dr Ben Robinson would provide evidence and stories to back up that week's featured town's claim to be the most historic town from some period in British history.
The national portfolio of historic properties remain in public ownership, but the new English Heritage will be licensed to manage them. [18] [19] [20] The change occurred on 1 April 2015 with the statutory planning and heritage protection functions remaining an independent, non-departmental public body, rebranded as Historic England. The care ...
The National Trust has 10 regional offices in England. These are Devon and Cornwall – part of the official South West region; East of England – as region; East Midlands – as region; North East England – North East England and Yorkshire and the Humber; North West England – as region