York (disambiguation)

York is a city in North Yorkshire, England, and the historical capital of Yorkshire.

York or Yorke may also refer to:

Places

• York County (disambiguation)
• York Township (disambiguation)

Australia

• Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
• York, Western Australia
• Yorke Peninsula (disambiguation), article concerning Yorke Peninsula in South Australia

Canada

• Alberta
  • York, Edmonton, a neighbourhood in Edmonton, Alberta
• Ontario
  • Regional Municipality of York, also known as York Region, and formerly York county
  • York Township, later split into York, East York and the Township of North York.
    • Township of North York, split from York Township 1922, became Borough of North York in 1967, City of North York (1979), later amalgamated into Toronto (1998)
    • East York, split in 1924 from York Township, became Borough of East York in 1967, amalgamated into Toronto (1998)
    • York, Toronto, a district of Toronto, "remnant" after the above splits, became Borough in 1967, later City of York, then amalgamated into Toronto (1998)
  • York, Upper Canada, former name of Toronto before 1834
  • York, Haldimand County, Ontario, a village south-east of Hamilton, Ontario
  • Electoral ridings:
    • York Centre
    • York South—Weston
• Prince Edward Island
  • York, Prince Edward Island, a community in
• Quebec
  • Zec de la Rivière-York
  • York River (Quebec); See Gaspé, Quebec

England

• City of York, a local government district
• County of York, alternative name for Yorkshire
• York (European Parliament constituency)
• York, Lancashire, a hamlet in England

Greenland

• Cape York, Greenland

Sierra Leone

• York, Sierra Leone

United States

• York, Alabama
• York, Alaska
• York, Illinois
• York, Indiana
• York, Maine
• York, Missouri
• York, Nebraska
• York, New York
• York, North Dakota
• York, Jefferson County, Ohio
• York, Sandusky County, Ohio
• York, Pennsylvania
• York, South Carolina
• Wisconsin:
  • York, Clark County, Wisconsin, a town
  • York, Dane County, Wisconsin, a town
  • York, Green County, Wisconsin, a town
  • York, Jackson County, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community
  • York Center, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community
• York Charter Township, Michigan
• York Harbor, Maine
• York Haven, Pennsylvania
• York River (Virginia), a navigable estuary
• York Springs, Pennsylvania
• York Mountain AVA, California wine region in San Luis Obispo County
• New York (state)
  • New York City

Educational institutions

• York College (disambiguation)
• York High School (disambiguation)

Canada

• York University, Toronto
• York Region District School Board
• York Catholic District School Board

England

• University of York, in York

United States

• York County Community College, in Wells, Maine
• York Community High School, in Elmhurst, Illinois
• York School (California), in Monterey, California
• York Technical College, in Rock Hill, South Carolina
• York College of Pennsylvania, in York, Pennsylvania

Music

• York (group), a German dance music project
• York (album), by American rapper Blu
• York (First Exit to Brooklyn), an album by The Foetus Symphony Orchestra

People

• Archbishop of York, the junior of the two archbishops of the Church of England
• Duke of York, a title held by various members of the British Royal Family through English history
• House of York, a dynasty of English kings in the 15th century

People with the name York

• York (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name)
• York (explorer), African slave who participated with the Lewis and Clark Expedition

People with the name 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
• Clint Yorke, Tobagoan cricketer
• Dwight Yorke (born 1971), Trinidad and Tobago football player
• Edith Yorke (1867–1934), British actress
• Henry Yorke (priest) (1803–1871), Archdeacon of Huntington
• Henry Redhead Yorke (1772–1813), English writer and radical publicist
• Henry Vincent Yorke (1905–1973), British author
• James A. Yorke (born 1941), American mathematician
• John Yorke (disambiguation)
• 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
• Thomas Yorke (disambiguation)

Fictional characters

• Hal Yorke, fictional vampire in the British TV Series Being Human
• J.T. Yorke, a fictional character in Degrassi: The Next Generation

Other uses

• Avro York, a British transport plane of the 1940s
• York Rite, a branch of freemasonry
• York City F.C., an association football club
• York Wasps (1868-2002), a defunct rugby league football club
• York City Knights (2003-), a rugby league football club
• York Civil, an Australian engineering and construction company founded in 1990
• York Imperial, an apple cultivar
• York International, a manufacturer HVAC equipment
• HMS York, several warships of the British Royal Navy
• York Fitness, a manufacturer of fitness products
• York Peppermint Pattie, a US candy
• HP Yorke, a microprocessor

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with York
• York Airport (disambiguation)
• Jórvík, the Viking Kingdom of York
• East York
• Little York (disambiguation)
• New York (disambiguation)
• North York (disambiguation)
• West York (disambiguation)
• Yorktown (disambiguation)
• Jork
• Yorker