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York (City and county-seat of York)

a city and county-seat of York co., Pa.; on Codorus creek, and on the Pennsylvania, the Western Ma Maryland and the Maryland and Pennsylvania railroads; 28 miles S. S. E. of Harrisburg. Here are a Young Ladies' Seminary, Collegiate Institute, County Academy, business colleges, court house, numerous churches, several libraries, hospital and dispensary, street railroads, electric lights, a number of public parks, several National and other banks, and daily, weekly, and monthly periodicals.

It has foundries, car shops, manufactories of agricultural implements, shoes, condensed milk, wall paper, iron and steel, organs and pianos, cigars, soap, hosiery, wire cloth, carriages, and wagons, etc. From Sept. 30, 1777, until June 27, 1778, the Continental Congress met here while Philadelphia was occupied by the British army. Pop. (1910) 44,750; (1920) 47,512.

YORK (Latin, Eboracum), a cathedral city and archbishop's see, a municipal and parliamentary borough, and capital of Yorkshire, England, 188 miles N. of London, at the confluence of the Foss and the Ouse. The city proper, embracing a circuit of nearly 3 miles, was inclosed by walls, restored by Edward I., the portions of which still remaining have been converted into promenades, commanding a prospect of the surrounding country. There are many quaint old-fashioned houses in the narrow streets of its older portion. The great object of attraction, however, is the YORK minster or cathedral, the finest in England, which dates from the 7th century, but did not begin to assume its present form till the 12th century, and was not complete till 1472. It is built in the form of a Latin cross with choir, aisles, transepts, a central tower and two W. towers; extreme length, 524 feet; extreme breadth, 250; height of central tower, 213 feet. York was the capital of Roman Britain. It was made an archiepiscopal see by Edwin of Northumbria in 624. It still ranks second among English cities, its archbishop having the title of Primate of England, and its chief magistrate takes the title of lord-mayor. It was incorporated by Henry I., and the city boundaries were extended in 1884. The trade is local and the industries unimportant.

Pop. about 80,000.