Ian D. Wilson kindly pointed me at the Vision of Britain web site. Buried therein is information about the population of British cities and administrative areas from 1801 to the present day. This is very useful as an indication of the relative wealth of different cities. It's less helpful for towns, as these entries tend to include the population of the surrounding areas.
Another relevant site is the Wikipedia page on Towns and Cities in England by Historical Population.
From this data, I've produced a list of possible changes to my game map. These will have to be balanced against their effect on the game, of course.
In some cases, I'm having to choose between showing a town which has an important rail junction and a larger town that has more wealth but less direct impact on the rail network. For example, Rugby is a small town. Nearby Northampton is more economically significant, but the important junction is at the smaller of the two.
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