York: landscape and urban environment
Location York is located right at the confluence of the River Ouse and the River Foss, in the Vale …
York: art and culture
Post-Roman Ebrauc (Eboracum) According to the scholar Alcuin (c. 732–804), ‘York was first established by the Roman army to be a merchant-town …
York: religion
During medieval times, religious life in York was closely related to different dominating groups of people across the time period …
York: politics and economics
Early History of York Roman York / Eboracum York was founded in the year 71 AD when the ninth legion …
York
The city of York changed hands many times throughout its long history. From the local Gaelic tribes that first settled …
