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I made a bar chart race to explore the history of UK cities from the beginning of Roman rule right up to the modern era, with a bit of history and storytelling alongside.

We’ll explore the growth and decline of cities during and following the Roman era, what happened to cities during the Anglo-Saxon era urban decline, and how urbanisation accelerated during the Industrial Revolution.

I gathered as many population datapoints for towns and cities throughout history and then filled in the gaps between the years using Excel. One major caveat I should mention is that, before 1801 the UK had no official census. After this year, population data becomes more reliable. But before it, aside from the Domesday Book in 1086 and Poll Tax records at various points, population data consists of very rough estimates for most of this period.

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Link to Ivan Lapper’s ‘Tower of London through time’ The Tower of London through time, from the years 40 to 2000, by Ivan Lapper (swipe right) : r/london
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tower-London…

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