2000 Years of York: The Archaeological Story

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Title
2000 Years of York: The Archaeological Story
list of authors
Richard Hall
Patrick Ottaway
York Archaeological Trust
list of contributors
S. I. Hill (photography)
M. Andrews (photography)
C. Bentley (design)
S. Chew (illustration)
Syd Heppell (illustration)
Publisher
York Archaeological Trust
Date Copyrighted
1999
Date Available
11 June 2026
Rights Holder
York Archaeological Trust
Rights
CC BY-NC 4.0
Format
Portable Document Format (PDF)
Is Format Of
Paper publication
Identifier
GB2837-PUB-IND-008
Type
Text
Language
English
number of pages
48
list of editors
W. Sherlock
F. Mee
abstract
Since the foundation of a Roman fortress nearly 2,000 years ago, York has been an Anglo-Scandinavian archbishop's seat and centre of learning, the capital of a Viking Age kingdom, and the northern focus of Norman and medieval government. To the first English antiquaries, in the 16th century, York was 'the second city of England', 'the Queen City of Northern Britain'. This remains true even now, when new commercial, cultural and educational enterprises are renewing the city. Underneath the modern developments, in essence, York remains what a 19th century writer described as 'an ancient city still'.
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