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Can you name the 3 largest settlements in each historic county of England?
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darkenin
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Does not include the county of Middlesex, as it consists almost entirely of London
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Bedfordshire
184,371
79,190
33,805
Berkshire
143,096
58,848
50,131
Buckinghamshire
184,506
119,070
92,300
Cambridgeshire
108,863
20,200
19,042
Cheshire
136,082
83,729
77,040
Cornwall
22,658
21,635
20,920
Cumberland
71,773
25,975
25,500
Derbyshire
236,300
70,260
45,000
Devon
246,100
111,076
62,963
Dorset
138,288
51,880
16,171
Durham
177,739
97,838
90,290
Essex
162,000
157,367
114,584
Gloucestershire
416,400
123,205
110,013
Hampshire
234,224
187,056
163,444
Herefordshire
50,400
11,000
10,089
Hertfordshire
81,143
79,600
79,400
Huntingdonshire
26,390
19,830
15,860
Kent
258,500
102,000
100,124
Lancashire
469,017
394,269
194,000
Leicestershire
285,100
57,600
43,246
Lincolnshire
87,800
87,574
72,514
Norfolk
132,200
47,288
34,564
Northamptonshire
189,474
161,800
51,063
Northumberland
189,863
41,294
39,000
Nottinghamshire
288,700
81,000
41,951
Oxfordshire
151,000
43,867
28,672
Rutland
9,975
3,781
3,195
Shropshire
138,241
70,689
20,430
Somerset
88,241
80,000
71,758
Staffordshire
239,700
239,100
174,994
Suffolk
121,000
57,746
35,015
Surrey
339,000
281,800
274,400
Sussex
155,919
100,100
99,600
Warwickshire
970,892
303,475
105,452
Westmorland
27,521
3,814
2,600
Wiltshire
155,432
45,000
28,163
Worcestershire
194,919
93,700
79,216
Yorkshire
443,247
439,866
293,717
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Towns in historic counties Quiz
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Created Jan 16, 2010 in
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zertrudetrout
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Jan 16th, 2010 at 11:23 GMT
4 points
Yeah, another 3 mins please! Great quiz though :)
peanut4
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Jan 16th, 2010 at 11:32 GMT
2 points
Really good idea. However, it needs a source, I'd suggest it needs more time and it needs to define whether this is city/town sizes or metro sizes. A bit more work and this is front-page worthy, imo.
rudyslasky
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Jan 16th, 2010 at 11:37 GMT
3 points
Interesting idea but needs more time
eje
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Jan 30th, 2012 at 23:15 GMT
1 point
Slough is not in Buckinghamshire - it's in Berkshire
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