| York | American World War I hero famed for his single-handed attack on a German post. an ancient city in North Yorkshire in northern England. York was originally a Roman city, and it is a popular place for tourists to visit because of its old city wall and its large cathedral, York Minster. City (pop., 2001: 150,255), southeastern Ontario, Canada. With the cities of Toronto, Etobicoke, Scarborough, and North York and the borough of East York, it forms part of the municipality of Metropolitan Toronto. Occupying an area of 9 sq mi (23 sq km), York was established in 1967 through the amalgamation of the former township of York and the town of Weston. The original York township was formed in 1793. ancient Eboracum City and unitary authority (pop., 2001: 181,131), geographic county of North Yorkshire, historic county of Yorkshire, England. Located at the confluence of the Ouse and Foss rivers, it is the cathedral city of the archbishop of York and was historically the ecclesiastical capital of northern England. It was also the seat of the historic county of Yorkshire. York was a Celtic and then a Roman settlement. Constantine I was proclaimed Roman emperor in York in AD 306. It was conquered by the Danes in 867. York suffered severely in the Norman conquest of northern England in the 11th century. During the Middle Ages it was a prosperous wool-trading town and the performance site of the York plays. It has a manufacturing economy and a tourist industry fostered by its medieval sites. New York Zoological Park East York New York Central Railroad New York City New York City Ballet New York Daily News New York Public Library New York school New York Stock Exchange New York Times The New York State University of New York North York Wilfrid of York York plays York University York Alvin Cullum York Cape York house of | en |
