| LC control no. | n 80034915 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Geographic heading | York (England) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | England--York |
| Variant(s) | York, Eng. York (North Yorkshire) Eboracum (England) Eoforwic (England) Jorvik (England) City of York (England) Jorvic (England) Eburacum (England) Yerk (England) Yourke (England) Yarke (England) York Unitary Authority (England) York (England : Unitary authority) |
| Associated country | Great Britain England |
| Associated place | North Yorkshire (England) Yorkshire (England) |
| Special note | Authorized access point used for both York as a city and York as a unitary authority area (following the British Library guide to RDA name authority records, consulted 6 April 2016). |
| Found in | A hundred years ... 1951. BL hdg. (York (England)) G.B. Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey historical map and guide, Viking and medieval York, c1988: map recto (York, Eboracum, Eoforwic, Jorvic) Wikipedia, 13 Nov. 2012 (York; from 1996, the term City of York describes a unitary authority area which includes rural areas beyond the old city boundaries) GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (ppl; 53°58ʹ00ʺN 001°05ʹ00ʺW) GEOnet, 6 April 2016: York as populated place (York (approved); variant names: Eboracum, Jorvik; geopolitical entity name: United Kingdom; first-order administrative division name: York; 53° 58ʹ 00ʺ N, 001° 05ʹ 00ʺ W; 53.966667 [N], -1.083333 [W]; seat of a first-order administrative division) GEOnet, 6 April 2016: York as unitary authority area (York (approved and short); City of York (approved); geopolitical entity name: United Kingdom; first-order administrative division name: York; 53° 57ʹ 15ʺ N, 001° 03ʹ 51ʺ W; 53.954115 [N], -1.064262 [W]; first-order administrative division) Wikipedia, 6 April 2016: York (York; a historic walled city at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England; the municipality is the traditional county town of Yorkshire to which it gives its name; founded by the Romans as Eboracum in 71 AD; variant spellings: Eburacum or Eburaci; became the Anglian Eoforwic in the 7th century; when the Danish army conquered the city in 866, its name became Jórvík; spelling variations of Middle English Yerk in the 14th century, Yourke in the 16th century, Yarke in the 17th century; in the Middle Ages, became the capital of the northern ecclesiastical province of the Church of England, a role it has retained; 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; from 1996, the term City of York describes a unitary authority area which includes rural areas beyond the old city boundaries) Local Government Commission for England, 1992 (York unitary authority; on 1 April 1996, the City of York was expanded and separated from North Yorkshire) |
| Geographic area code | e-uk-en |
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