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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 ...
1228 – Christmas: During a visit by King Henry III, a gale destroys the wooden keep at York Castle. 1237 – 25 September: Treaty of York signed between Henry III of England and his brother-in-law Alexander II of Scotland. 1244 – Henry III orders rebuilding of the castle in stone, work which is completed about 1272.
England. Yorkshire. 53°58′N1°05′W / 53.96°N 1.08°W / 53.96; -1.08. York is a cathedral city in North Yorkshire, England, with Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss. The city has many historic buildings and other structures, such as a minster, castle, and city walls.
Website. www.yorkcity.org. York is a city in and the county seat of York County, Pennsylvania, United States. [5] Located in South Central Pennsylvania, the city's population was 44,800 at the time of the 2020 census, making it the tenth-most populous city in Pennsylvania. [6] The city has an urban area population of 238,549 people and a ...
Website. sgtyork.org. Alvin Cullum York (December 13, 1887 – September 2, 1964), also known by his rank as Sergeant York, was an American soldier who was one of the most decorated United States Army soldiers of World War I. [1] He received the Medal of Honor for leading an attack on a German machine gun nest, gathering 35 machine guns ...
York County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States.As of the 2020 census, the population was 456,438. [1] Its county seat is York. [2] The county was created on August 19, 1749, from part of Lancaster County and named either after the Duke of York, an early patron of the Penn family, or for the city and county of York in England.
St Mary's Abbey, York. Hospitium, precinct walls, gatehouse, abbey church (ruins with part of the nave and crossing still standing), abbot's house (substantially altered); statues and other remains in the Yorkshire Museum. The Abbey of St Mary is a ruined Benedictine abbey in York, England and a scheduled monument. [1]
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 ...