York (disambiguation)

York may refer to a large number of places, as well as having other uses.

Places named York

There are a large number of places called York or Yorke throughout the world. The original City of York is in England and is nearly 2000 years old.

Australia

Canada

York, Ontario, now part of Toronto.
York Centre, an electoral district in Ontario.
York County, New Brunswick
York County, Ontario, now part of the York Regional Municipality.
York South—Weston, an electoral district in Ontario.

Toronto, Ontario, was called York until 1834: see York, Upper Canada.

Greenland

Cape York, Greenland

United States

People named York or Yorke

York or Yorke has been the surname of a number of people through history.

People named York

Alvin York, an American war hero.
Dick York, an actor.
Dwight York, an author and musician; not to be confused with the footballer Dwight Yorke.
Herbert York, a physicist.
Jason York, an ice hockey player.
Michael York (actor)
Mike York, an ice hockey player.
Morgan York, a child actress.
Susannah York, an actress.
York was also the only given name of the black manservant who William Clark brought with him on the Lewis and Clark Expedition, believed to be the first African American to traverse North America. ^*
York is a trance music DJ duo who has had several worldwide hits in the 1990s and 2000s.

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; not to be confused with the author and musician Dwight York.
Henry Readhead Yorke, an 18th century political author and accused spy
James A. Yorke, a mathematician and physicist.
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, a British musician.

Educational institutions

University of York, in York, England.
York University, in Toronto, Canada.
York College (Nebraska), in York, Nebraska
York College (New York), in Jamaica, New York
York College of Pennsylvania, in York, Pennsylvania
York College (York), in York, England
York County Community College
York High School, in Elmhurst, Illinois
York High School in York, Maine
York High School in York, Nebraska
York High School in Yorktown, Virginia

Other uses and meanings

Archbishop of York, the junior of the two archbishops of the Church of England.
Avro York, an aircraft model.
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.
The York Rite is a branch of freemasonry.
York City football club.
York International is a major HVAC manufacturer.
York Peppermint Patties.
Several ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS York.
St Mary's abbey (sometimes referred to as 'York')^{1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Abbey/York}

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