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York travel guide, guidebook and phrasebooks, download .pdf chapters on Lonely Planet.
York is a walled city, situated at the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. The city has a rich heritage and has provided the backdrop to major political events throughout much of its two millennia of existence. The city was founded by the Romans in 71 AD. They called it Eboracum, a name perhaps derived from one used by the British tribes who inhabited the area. The Romans made it the capital of their Province of Britannia Inferior. At the end of Roman rule in 415 AD the settlement was taken over by the Angles and the city was renamed Eoforwic. It served as the capital of the Anglian Kingdom of Northumbria. When the Vikings captured the city in 866 AD they renamed it Jórv’k and it became the capital of a wider kingdom of the same name covering much of Northern England. After the Norman conquest, the name 'York', which was first used in the 13th century, gradually evolved ... more on Wikipedia.The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply.
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Monkbar Hotel
The Monkbar Hotel sits conveniently in the heart of York, just a Roman stone's throw away from the city's many ruins and other historic sites ... more
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