Training Centre International relations Twin towns – sister cities York is twinned with: Dijon, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France, since 1953 Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, since 1957 Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, since 2016 In 2016 York became sister cities with the Chinese city of Nanjing, in line with an agreement signed by the Lord Mayor of York, focusing on building links in tourism, education, science, technology and culture. On 22 October 2014 it announced the first 'temporal twinning' with Jórvík, the Viking city on the site of York from 866 to 1066. In 2017 York became UK's first human rights city, which formalised the city's aim to use human rights in decision making. Freedom of the City The following people and military units have received the Freedom of the City of York. Individuals John Kendal: 1482. John Moore: 29 September 1687. Cosmo Gordon Lang: 1928. HRH Princess Royal: 1952. Edna Annie Crichton: 1955. Duke of York : 23 February 1987. (Revoked by a Unanimous vote of the City of York Council on 27 April 2022). Duchess of York: 23 February 1987. HRH Duchess of Kent : April 1989. John Barry : 2002. Dame Judi Dench : 13 July 2002. Berwick Kaler: 2003. Professor Sir Ronald Cooke : 2006. Neal Guppy: 2010. Military units The Royal Dragoon Guards: 24 April 1999. 2 Signals Regiment: January 2001. A Squadron The Queen's Own Yeomanry: 3 December 2009. RAF Linton on Ouse: 19 September 2010. The Queen's Gurkha Signals: 8 September 2015. See also Big Blue Ocean Cleanup CityConnect WIFI The Evelyn collection of pictures of York from the early 20th century List of people from York Southlands Methodist Church White Rose Theatre York Festival of Ideas York Shakespeare Project Goddards House and Garden Rollits LLP Rowntree Park Explanatory notes There was no census in 1941: figures are from National Register. United Kingdom and Isle of Man. Statistics of Population on 29 September 1939 by Sex, Age, and Marital Condition. There is a discrepancy of 37 between Office for National Statistics figures (quoted before) and those on the Vision of Britain website (quoted here). References External links Photos and images Imagine York: Historic Photographs – online council library archive of historic photographs of York, searchable by keyword Historical and genealogical sources History of York – comprehensive site dedicated to the history of the city Life in a Mediæval City Illustrated by York in the XVth Century – Gutenberg