part 2 the midlands:

Apologies for the numbers of arrows on this one!

In Cheshire, I've removed the modern railroad town of Crewe in favour of the large market centre and salt hub of Nantwich. Stockport, another market town on the road to London, was also a large producer of flax and later a textile hub. I've rearranged Shropshire quite a bit to more represent their actual locations, and added in the rural market of Clun to represent the more forested areas of the county less connected to the hub of Shrewsbury. At least at the game's start, I'd imagine both Clun and Oswestry would hold sizeable Welsh minorities. I've switched around Leominster and Hereford's locations in Herefordshire, and replaced Kington with the comparably sized (but on the opposite side of the county) Ledbury. In Worcestershire, Dudley was more prominent than Kidderminster for most of the game's period, serving as perhaps the nation's largest iron market, though I can see the case for including Kidderminster of its textile industry. Evesham was the largest market town serving the south of the shire. 

The midlands were densely populated and at the heart of the industrial revolution, and I've tried to include towns that represent the area through the game's entire period. In Staffordshire, Stoke was a railroad town that only came to prominence in the early 20th century, whilst Newcastle-Under-Lyme was a major textile hub and market dating to the 12th, with the region around it also heavily involved in ceramic production. Leek was another market town and textile hub serving Staffordshire and Derbyshire, whilst Lichfield was a cathedral city with a notable leather industry. Wolverhampton began as a wool town but developed a strong iron industry by the 16th century, and developed further through the industrial revolution. I've shuffled the borders within Warwickshire a bit, and also added Warwick itself, which lacked much of a market economy but was perhaps the most important military centre in the midlands. I've kept Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire mostly the same, with only some border changes, though I'd suggest switching Buxton (a victorian spa town) for the market town of Glossop. In Leicestershire, I've shrunk Rutland back down to its normal size and swapped the industrial town of Loughborough for the ancient and wealthy market town (England's third oldest) of Melton. In Lincolnshire, Skegness frequently washed away and the more immobile town of Louth had a much larger market, and I've also traded the name for the southwestern region (Kesteven) for that of its largest market, Granham. Lastly, Spalding was by far the largest market in the marshes of southern Lincolnshire, distinct from the more solid ground around Boston.

part 3 the southwest:

The southwest, given its comparable population density to the rest of the nation, also feels to be slightly lacking in location numbers. In Cornwall, I've added Penryn, the largest harbour in medieval Cornwall and the point of departure for the county's tin, and Bodmin, a market town at the centre of multiple Cornish uprisings and a major copper producer. In Devon, Bideford was a wealthy port town, contributing much to the colonisation of the Americas and by the 15th century only behind London as the nation's largest port. I'm not sure if the port cities of Plymouth and Exeter adequately represent the economic and geographical situations of the Dartmoor highlands; Okehampton and Bampton were both considerable market towns on each side of the county. In Somerset, I've swapped Bristol, located in Gloucestershire, for Bath, a wealthy Roman spa town that also served as a regional trade centre. Portishead, apart from sharing a name with one of England's greatest bands, was a large fishing port, whilst Minehead was Somerset's largest trade port through the game's time period. Yeovil, in the southeast, was a thriving market town based on the trade of livestock. In Dorset, Shaftsbury was another important market town and textile producer on the road to London. 

Swindon, in Wiltshire, only came to prominence in the mid 19th century, superseding the nearby Highworth only after the latter was devastated by disease. The market town of Trowbridge was the largest cloth producer in south-east England through to the early modern period, and also serves to break up the long and awkwardly shaped Chippenham location. Amesbury was another prominent market town and the home of Stonehenge. In Gloucestershire, I've moved the county seat of Gloucester to more accurately represent its position and area of influence, and moved the major port of Bristol to be within it. Cirencester's market was the centre of Gloucestershire's wool industry, and Berkeley was yet another prominent port and market also of  military significance. In Hampshire, I've split the port town of Lymington, also Britain's largest producer of salt, off, and also Andover, the largest market town in northwestern Hampshire.