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= Cities and Towns =
<blockquote>In 1600, there are twenty-five cathedral cities and 641 market towns in England and Wales. ... [It is] impossible to compare them in size, for their populations are rapidly shifting.</blockquote><ref name="time-traveler">Mortimer, Ian, and Bob Venables. The Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England. , 2018. Print.</ref>

== Top 20 Settlements (by population)==
London is by far the largest city, with an estimated population of 200,000 in 1600. Norwich is a distant second at around 15,000. There's a list of the top 20 population centers in ''[https://www.worldcat.org/title/time-travellers-guide-to-elizabethan-england/oclc/1091649021 The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England]'', page 7.

{| class="wikitable"
|+20 most populous settlements in England in 1600
|-
!Rank !! Name !! Settlement type !! Port|| Estimated population
|-
|1 || London || City || Yes ||200,000
|-
|2 || Norwich || City || No || 15,000
|-
|3 || York || City || No || 12,000
|-
|4 || Bristol || City || Yes || 12,000
|-
| 5 || Newcastle || Large town || Yes || 10,000
|-
|6 || Exeter || City || Yes || 8,000 
|-
|7 || Plymouth || Large town || Yes || 8,000
|-
|8 || Coventry || Large town || No || 6,000
|-
|9 || Salisbury || City || No || 6,000
|-
|10 || King's Lynn || Large town || Yes || 6,000
|-
|11 || Gloucester || City || Yes || 6.000 
|-
|12 || Chester || City || Yes || 6,000 
|-
|13 || Kingston upon Hull || Large town || Yes || 6,000
|-
|14 || Ipswich || Large town || Yes || 6,000  
|-
|15 || Canterbury || City || No || 5,000
|-
|16 || Colchester || Large town || No || 5,000
|-
|17 || Worcester || City || No || 5,000
|-
|18 || Great Yarmouth || Large town || Yes || 5,000
|-
|19 || Oxford || City || No || 5,000
|-
|20 || Cambridge || Large town || No || 5,000

|}

== Specific Cities and Towns ==
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