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York is a city in North Yorkshire, England. It may also refer to:
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Places named York
There are a large number of places called York or Yorke throughout the world.
Australia
Canada
- Ontario
- Regional Municipality of York aka York Region, north of Toronto, which replaced the now-defunct York County, Ontario
- Former City of York, amalgamated with Toronto in 1998
- York, Upper Canada, former name of Toronto (before 1834)
- York (hamlet), Ontario in Haldimand County
- Electoral ridings:
- Other provinces
- York County, New Brunswick
- York, Edmonton, a neighbourhood in Edmonton, Alberta
Greenland
Sierra Leone
- York, Sierra Leone
United States
- York, Alabama
- York, Maine
- York, Montana
- York, Nebraska
- York, New York
- York, North Dakota
- York, Pennsylvania
- York, South Carolina
- York, Wisconsin:
- York Charter Township, Michigan
- York County (multiple)
- York Harbor, Maine
- York Haven, Pennsylvania
- York River (Virginia), a navigable estuary
- York Springs, Pennsylvania
- York Township (multiple)
People named York or Yorke
York or Yorke has been the surname of a number of people through history.
People named York
- See York (surname)
People named Yorke
- Charles Philip Yorke, a 19th century British politician
- Charles Philip Yorke, 4th Earl of Hardwicke, a 19th century British politician
- Charles Yorke, an 18th century British historian and politician
- Dwight Yorke, a footballer from Trinidad and Tobago
- Henry Readhead Yorke, an 18th century political author and accused spy
- James A. Yorke, a mathematician and physicist
- Joseph Sydney Yorke, a British admiral and politician in the late 18th and early 19th centuries
- Michael D. Yorke, an engineer and mathematical computer programmer
- Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, a British lawyer and politician in the 18th century
- Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, a British historian and politician in the 18th century
- Philip Yorke, 3rd Earl of Hardwicke, a British politician in the late 18th and early 19th centuries
- Thom Yorke, an influential English musician, the lead singer of the English rock band Radiohead, and a solo artist
Educational institutions
In Canada
- York University, Toronto
In England
- University of York, in York
- York College (York), in York
- York High School, York, in York
In the United States
- York College (Nebraska), in York, Nebraska
- York College (New York), in Jamaica, New York
- York College of Pennsylvania, in York, Pennsylvania
- York County Community College, in Wells, Maine
- York Community High School, in Elmhurst, Illinois
- York High School, in York, Maine
- York High School, in York, Nebraska
- York High School, in Yorktown, Virginia
- York School (California), in Monterey, California
Other
- Archbishop of York, the junior of the two archbishops of the Church of England
- Avro York, a 1940s transport aircraft
- Duke of York, a title held by various members of the British royal family through history
- The House of York, a 15th century dynasty of English kings
- Jamón de York, cooked sliced ham
- The York Rite, a branch of freemasonry
- York City F.C., a football club
- York International, a HVAC manufacturer
- HMS York, several ships of the British Royal Navy
- St Mary's Abbey, York, sometimes referred to as 'York'
- York (game), a free tile placement game based on Carcassonne (board game)
- York Fitness, a manufacturer of fitness products
- York Peppermint Pattie, a candy manufactured by The Hershey Company
- York, an American cigarette brand, popular during the 1960s: "York imperial-size cigarettes"
- York (group), a German dance music project
- York, a type of harness used for oxen to do work for men (usually named "yoke")[citation needed]
- York round in archery
See also
- All pages beginning with "York"
- Jórvík, the Viking Kingdom of York
- East York
- Little York
- New York (disambiguation)
- North York (disambiguation)
- West York
- Yorktown
- Jork
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