York (disambiguation)

York is a city in North Yorkshire, England. It may also refer to:

Places named York

There are a large number of places called York or Yorke throughout the world.

Australia

• Cape York Peninsula
• York, Western Australia
• Yorke Peninsula

Canada

• Ontario
  • Regional Municipality of York, also known as York Region
  • York County, Ontario, a former county which occupied the area of present-day Regional Municipality of York
  • York, Ontario, a district of Toronto and former municipality, amalgamated with Toronto in 1998
  • York, Upper Canada, former name of Toronto before 1834
  • Haldimand County, Ontario
  • Electoral ridings:
    • York Centre
    • York South—Weston
• Other provinces
  • York County, New Brunswick
  • York, Edmonton, a neighbourhood in Edmonton, Alberta

England

• York, North Yorkshire
• Yorkshire and the Humber
• York, Lancashire

Greenland

• Cape York, Greenland
• York, 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 (disambiguation), multiple places
• York Charter Township, Michigan
• York County (disambiguation) (multiple)
• York Harbor, Maine
• York Haven, Pennsylvania
• York River (Virginia), a navigable estuary
• York Springs, Pennsylvania
• York Township (disambiguation) (multiple)
• York Mountain AVA, California wine region in San Luis Obispo County

People named York or Yorke

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

People named York

• York (explorer) Servant of William Clark of the Lewis and Clark Expedition

See York (surname)

People named Yorke

• Andy Yorke (born 1972), British musician
• Barbara Yorke (born 1951), British historian
• Charles Philip Yorke (1764–1834), British politician
• Charles Yorke, 4th Earl of Hardwicke (1799–1873), British politician
• Charles Yorke (1722–1770), British lawyer and politician
• Charles Yorke (British Army officer) (1790–1880), British soldier
• Dwight Yorke (born 1971), Trinidad and Tobago football player
• Edith Yorke (1867–1934), British actress
• Henry Yorke (1905–1973), British author
• J.T. Yorke, a fictional character in Degrassi: The Next Generation
• James A. Yorke (born 1941), American mathematician
• John Reginald Yorke (1836–1912), British politician
• Joseph Sydney Yorke (1768–1831), British admiral
• Margaret Yorke (born 1924), British author
• Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke (1690–1764), British lawyer and politician
• Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke (1720–1790), British politician
• Philip Yorke, 3rd Earl of Hardwicke (1757–1834), British politician
• Thom Yorke (born 1968), British musician

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 (disambiguation), multiple schools
• York School (California), in Monterey, California

Music

• York (group), a German dance music project

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 Imperial, an apple cultivar that originated in Pennsylvania in the early 19th century
• 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, 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 (disambiguation)
• New York (disambiguation)
• North York (disambiguation)
• West York (disambiguation)
• Yorktown (disambiguation)
• Jork