Origin of the name YORK Back

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YORK : Local. A city in England next in esteem to London. Verstegan derives its name from Eure-ric or Eouer-ric, of Euere, a wild boar, and ryc, a refuge; a retreat from the wild boars which were in the forest of Gautries. The Romans called the city Eboracum; it is memorable for the death of two emperors, Severus and Constantius Chlorus, and for the nativity of Constantine the Great.

CLINTON : (Dano-Norman.) Local. Klint, a promontory, brow of a hill, cape; and ton, a town. Colonel Charles Clinton, the progenitor of the distinguished family of Clinton, and his associate emigrants from Ireland, settled, in 1722, in Little Britain, Orange County, New York.

TEESDALE : Local. The dale on the Tees, a river of England, that separates the counties of Durham and York, and enters the German ocean below Stockton.

Origin of name provided by Jean Tosti

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