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England. Yorkshire. 53°58′N1°05′W / 53.96°N 1.08°W /. York is a cathedral city in North Yorkshire, England, with Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss. It is the county town of Yorkshire. The city has many historic buildings and other structures, such as a minster, castle, and city walls.
The history of York, England, as a city dates to the beginning of the first millennium AD but archaeological evidence for the presence of people in the region of York dates back much further to between 8000 and 7000 BC. As York was a town in Roman times, its Celtic name is recorded in Roman sources (as Eboracum and Eburacum); after 400, Angles ...
The City of York, officially simply "York", [6] is a unitary authority area with city status in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. [7]The district's main settlement is York, and its coverage extends to the town of Haxby and the villages of Earswick, Upper Poppleton, Nether Poppleton, Copmanthorpe, Bishopthorpe, Dunnington, Stockton on the Forest, Rufforth, Askham Bryan and ...
Francis Drake (1696–1771), historian of York, Eboracum 1736. William Arthur Evelyn (1860–1935), historian. Sir Thomas Herbert, 1st Baronet (1606–1682), traveller, historian and writer. [6] John Edward Christopher Hill (1912–2003), Marxist historian. William Hepworth Thompson (1810–1886), classical scholar.
Yorkshire is a historic county of England, centred on the county town of York. The region was first occupied after the retreat of the ice age around 8000 BC. During the first millennium AD it was inhabited by celtic Britons and occupied by Romans, Angles and Vikings. The name comes from "Eborakon" (c. 150) an old Brythonic name which probably ...
ISSN. 1757-3289. Website. Official website. Media of the UK. List of newspapers. The Press is a local, daily, paid for, newspaper, for North and East Yorkshire. [6] It is published in the City of York by Newsquest Media Group Ltd, a subsidiary of Gannett Company Inc. [2]
York Minster, formally the Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Saint Peter in York, is an Anglican cathedral in the city of York, North Yorkshire, England.The minster is the seat of the archbishop of York, the second-highest office of the Church of England, and is the mother church for the diocese of York and the province of York. [5]
The Shambles, York's best-preserved medieval street. The Snickelways, a collection of narrow streets and passages. Treasurer's House (NT) [a] York Castle. Clifford's Tower (EH) [a] York Castle Museum (YMT) York City Art Gallery (YMT) York Dungeon. York Minster.