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York is a city in northern England, at the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Foss. In the 2001 UK census the city had a population of 181,094 [1], of which 137,505 lived on the York urban area. Its geographic coordinates are 53°57′N 1°05′W. York is the traditional county town of Yorkshire, to which it lends its name. However, it did not form part of any of the three ridings of Yorkshire. The modern City of York, created on April 1, 1996, is a unitary authority. As well as York itself, it includes a number of neighb ...

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York - Roman York. York is renowned for its history, which is preserved in its architecture. The city was founded during the reign of Roman Emperor Vespasian in AD 71, and for much of the intervening period has been the principal city of Northern England. Every year, thousands of tourists flock to see the surviving mediaeval buildings, interspersed with Roman and Viking remains. The City Council has 27 Conservation Areas, 2,084 Listed buildings and ...

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York - Roman York. York is renowned for its history, which is preserved in its architecture. The city was founded during the reign of Roman Emperor Vespasian in AD 71, and for much of the intervening period has been the principal city of Northern England. Every year, thousands of tourists flock to see the surviving mediaeval buildings, interspersed with Roman and Viking remains. The City Council has 27 Conservation Areas, 2,084 Listed buildings and ...

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York is an ancient borough, and was one of the boroughs reformed by the Municipal Corporations Act 1835 to form a municipal borough. It gained the status of a county borough in 1889, under the Local Government Act 1888, and existed so until 1974, when, under the Local Government Act 1972, it became a non-metropolitan district in the county of North Yorkshire. In the 1990s UK local government reform, York became one of the many boroughs to regain unitary status, but was the only one to see a substantial alteration in its borders, taking in parts of Selby and Harrogate districts, and about ...

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This city was originally named by the Celts as Eborakon, which means "place of yew trees". The name of the Yew is Efrawg in Brythonic, Efwr in Welsh, Iobhar in Irish Gaelic, Iorc in Scottish Gaelic, Evor in Breton and was Eburos in Gaulic. As York was a town in Roman times, its Celtic name is recorded in Roman sources, as Eboracum and Eburacum, with the ending -acumLatinized ...

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York has a long association with the Religious Society of Friends. The York-born Quaker chocolate entrepreneurs and social reformers Joseph Rowntree and Benjamin Seebohm Rowntree left an indelible mark on the city, through both their business interests and their philanthropy. They built the village of New Earswick to provide quality affordable housing for their employees. They also founded two Quaker schools, Bootham School and The Mount, and contributed in large part to the building of York Public Library and the creation of Rowntree Park. The four Rowntree trusts, funded from ...

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York - Individuals. Mark Addy (b. 1964) (actor) Alcuin (c. 735-804) (Christian scholar) Kate Atkinson (b. 1951) (author) W. H. Auden (1907–1973) (poet) John Barry (b. 1933) (composer) David Bradley (b. 1942) (actor) Michael Burns (actor) Vincent Cable (b. 1943) (politician) Judi Dench (b. 1934) (actress) Frank Dobson (b. 1940) (politician) Keith Drinkel (b. 1944) (actor) John Earle (c. 1601–1665) (clergyma ...

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As well as a tourist destination, modern York is a centre of communications, education and manufacturing. It is a major railway junction, situated on the East Coast, Cross Country and Transpennine mainlines. York is also a major venue for horse racing at York Racecourse in the Knavesmire area. York is the headquarters of the confectionary manufacturer Nestlé Rowntree, and home to the KitKat, Smarties and eponymous Yorkie bar chocolate brands. Until 2005, the Terry's of York chocolate factory, makers of the ...

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As well as a tourist destination, modern York is a centre of communications, education and manufacturing. It is a major railway junction, situated on the East Coast, Cross Country and Transpennine mainlines. York is also a major venue for horse racing at York Racecourse in the Knavesmire area. York is the headquarters of the confectionery manufacturer Nestlé Rowntree, and home to the KitKat, Smarties and eponymous Yorkie bar chocolate brands. Until 2005, the Terry's of York chocolate factory, makers of the ...

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York elected two members to the Unreformed House of Commons. On 22 March 1739 the infamous highwayman Dick Turpin was convicted at York assizes of horse-stealing, and was hanged at the Knavesmire on 7 April 1739. Turpin was said to have been buried in St George's churchyard, York. ...

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York has a long association with the Religious Society of Friends. The York-born Quaker chocolate entrepreneurs and social reformers Joseph Rowntree and Benjamin Seebohm Rowntree left an indelible mark on the city, through both their business interests and their philanthropy. They built the village of New Earswick to provide quality affordable housing for their employees. They also founded two Quaker schools, Bootham and The Mount, and contributed in large part to the building of York Public Library and the creation of Rowntree Park. The four Rowntree trusts, funded from ...

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York is an ancient borough, and was one of the boroughs reformed by the Municipal Corporations Act 1835 to form a municipal borough. It gained the status of a county borough in 1889, under the Local Government Act 1888, and existed so until 1974, when, under the Local Government Act 1972, it became a non-metropolitan district in the county of North Yorkshire. In the 1990s UK local government reform, York became one of the many boroughs to regain unitary status, but was the only one to see a substantial alteration in its borders, taking in parts of Selby and Harrogate districts, and about ...

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York - Individuals. Mark Addy (b. 1964) (actor) Alcuin (c. 735-804) (Christian scholar) Kate Atkinson (b. 1951) (author) W. H. Auden (1907-1973) (poet) John Barry (b. 1933) (composer) David Bradley (b. 1942) (actor) Michael Burns (actor) Vincent Cable (b. 1943) (politician) Judi Dench (b. 1934) (actress) Frank Dobson (b. 1940) (politician) Keith Drinkel (b. 1944) (actor) John Earle (c. 1601-1665) (clergyman an ...

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As well as a tourist destination, modern York is a centre of communications, education and manufacturing. It is a major railway junction, situated on the East Coast, Cross Country and Transpennine mainlines. York is also a major venue for horse racing at York Racecourse in the Knavesmire area. York is the headquarters of the confectionary manufacturer Nestlé Rowntree, and home to the KitKat, Smarties and eponymous Yorkie bar chocolate brands. Until 2005, the Terry's of York chocolate factory, makers of the ...

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York elected two members to the Unreformed House of Commons. On 22 March 1739 the infamous highwayman Dick Turpin was convicted at York assizes of horse-stealing, and was hanged at the Knavesmire on 7 April 1739. Turpin was said to have been buried in St George's churchyard, York. ...

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This city was originally named by the Celts as Eborakon, which means "place of yew trees". The name of the Yew is Efrawg in Brythonic, Efwr in Welsh, Iobhar in Irish Gaelic, Iorc in Scottish Gaelic, Evor in Breton and was Eburos in Gaulic. As York was a town in Roman times, its Celtic name is recorded in Roman sources, as Eboracum and Eburacum, with the ending -acumLatinized ...

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