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Note: Originally a settlement of Celtic Brigantes. Occupied by the Romans in 71 CE; it was the Romans' northern military headquarters and later capital of the province of Britannia Inferior. Emperor Severus died here in 211; Constantine proclaimed emperor by his troops in 306. York was the center of the Norse kingdom in the 10th century. In the Middle Ages it was a wool production and adminstrative center. Site of 12th-century York Minster church, as well as the ruins of medieval St. Mary's Abbey.
Names:
| York (preferred,C,V,English-P,U) | ||
| יורק (C,U,Hebrew ) | ||
| Caer Ebrauc (H,V) | ||
| Eboracum (H,O,Latin,U) | ............ | Roman settlement name |
| Eburacum (H,O) | ||
| Eoforwic (H,O) | ............ | early medieval name |
| Jorvik (H,O,English,U) |
Hierarchical Position:
| ................ | York (unitary authority) (P) |
| .................... | York (inhabited place) (P) |
Additional Parents:
| .................... | York (inhabited place) |
Place Types:
| inhabited place (preferred, C) | ............ | originally a Celtic settlement, it was a founded as a Roman legionary fortress ca. 71 |
| city (C) | ||
| commercial center (C) | ||
| episcopal see (C) | ............ | since establishment of St. Paulinus church in 7th cen. |
| industrial center (C) | ||
| capital (H) | ||
| provincial capital (H) | ............ | of Roman Britannia Inferior and Britannia Secunda provinces, until they withdrew in 400; of Anglo-Saxon Northumbria from 6th century until captured by Danes in 867 |
| fortification (H) | ............ | was a Roman fort |
| Ancient Roman (H) | ||
| Romano-British (H) | ||
| regional capital (C) |
Related geographic places:
| capital of .... | Britannia Inferior .......... (province) |
| .................. | (World, Roman Republic and Empire, Britannia) [6000961] |
| capital of .... | Britannia Secunda .......... (province) |
| .................. | (World, Roman Republic and Empire, Britannia, Britannia Inferior) [7030356] |
| .................. | from the early 4th century CE |
Sources and Contributors:
| York.......... | [BHA, GRLPSC, IMJ Preferred, VP Preferred] |
| ........... | Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1986) |
| ........... | Blue Guide: England (1980) 619 |
| ........... | Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 720 |
| ........... | Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 1038-1039 |
| ........... | Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961) |
| ........... | Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XII, 851 |
| ........... | Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.) |
| ........... | NGA/NIMA database (2003-) |
| ........... | Times Atlas of the World (1994) 220 |
| ........... | Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) |