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York (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 53 58 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 53.9667 decimal degrees |
| Long: 001 05 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -1.0833 decimal degrees |
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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. |
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| York (preferred,C,V,English-P,U)
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| יורק (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Caer Ebrauc (H,V)
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| Eboracum (H,O,Latin,U)
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............ | Roman settlement name |
| Eburacum (H,O)
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| Eoforwic (H,O)
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............ | early medieval name |
| Jorvik (H,O,English,U)
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York (unitary authority) (P) |
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York (inhabited place) (P) |
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York (inhabited place) (P,H) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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originally a Celtic settlement, it was a founded as a Roman legionary fortress ca. 71 |
| city (C) |
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| commercial center (C) |
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| episcopal see (C) |
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since establishment of St. Paulinus church in 7th cen. |
| industrial center (C) |
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| capital (H) |
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| provincial capital (H) |
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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) |
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was a Roman fort |
| Ancient Roman (H) |
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| Romano-British (H) |
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| regional capital (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital of .... |
Britannia Inferior .......... (province) |
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(World, Roman Republic and Empire, Britannia) [6000961] |
| capital of .... |
Britannia Secunda .......... (province) |
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(World, Roman Republic and Empire, Britannia, Britannia Inferior) [7030356] |
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from the early 4th century CE |
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