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The word York derives from the Latinised name for the city, variously rendered as Eboracum, Eburacum or Eburaci. The first mention of York by this name is dated to circa 95– 104 AD as an address on a wooden stylus tablet from the Roman fortress of Vindolanda in Northumberland.
The city was founded in 71 g of n. e. , when the Romans conquered the Brigantes and constructed a wooden fortress on a plateau above the river Ouse, near the place where the waters merge with the ties of waters of the river Foss. The fortress, later rebuilt in stone. The place where once stood a fortress, located beneath the foundations of York Minster,
York Minster
York Minster Inside
one of the most spectacular sights is a York Minster This is - the Gothic cathedral, which is contested at the Cologne Cathedral the title of the largest medieval church on the north of Europe. Here is the department of the Archbishop of York - the highest prelate of the Anglican Church after the Archbishop of Canterbury.
The Shambles
The Shambles is an old street in York, England, with overhanging timber-framed buildings, some dating back as far as the fourteenth century. Among the buildings of the Shambles is a shrine to Saint Margaret Clitherow, who was married to a butcher who owned and lived in a shop there at No. 10 Shambles. Her home is now a cufflinks shop, Cuffs & Co. Although the butchers have now vanished, a number of the shops on the street still have meat-hooks hanging outside and, below them, shelves on which meat would have been displayed. The shops currently include a mixture of eateries and souvenir sellers, but there is also a bookshop and a bakery.
Economy Commerce accounts for a large part of the city's economy. Today's economic position is very different from the 1950 s, when its prosperity was based on chocolate manufacturing and the railways. This position continued until the early 1980 s when 30% of the workforce were employed by just five employers and 75% of manufacturing jobs were in four companies. Most industry around the railway has gone, including the carriage works (known as Asea Brown Boveri or ABB at the time of closure) which at its height in 1880 s employed 5, 500 people but closed in the mid-1990 s. York is the headquarters of the confectionery manufacturer Nestlé York and home to the Kit. Kat and eponymous Yorkie bar chocolate brands.
York motto Fidelity commits us