York
city in North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other uses, see York (disambiguation).
York is a historic walled city in North Yorkshire, England. The Romans called it Eboracum, and it was the capital of the Roman province of Britannia Inferior. The Vikings called it Jorvik.
About 154,000 people live in York. It was the traditional county town of Yorkshire but it is no longer. It is now a "unitary authority". Whatever it is called, York is still the most important city in the NorthEast of England.
The city is one of fifteen in England to have a Lord Mayor