I am from the city proper.

Q1:What is 'city proper' in England?

Q2: At the Great Fire of London, what was the population of London? More than 500,000 or 80,000?

City proper was 1/6 of Londoners.....

1 answer

For Q1: Read these carefully, and let us know if you have questions:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_proper
and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_proper_by_population

For Q2: Read several of these search results, and let us know if you have questions:
http://www.google.com/search?q=great+fire+of+london+population&oq=great+fire+of+london+population&aqs=chrome..69i57.6703j0j7&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=119&ie=UTF-8