Check out Figure 2[a]
https://people.bu.edu/chamley/HSFref/Allen11.pdf
(Figures 4-5 for Newcastle)
>Between 1500 and 1600, the population of London grew from about 50,000 to 200,000 in response to the trade-induced growth in labour demand. During the Commonwealth, Cromwell initiated an active imperial policy, and it was continued through the eighteenth century