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RE: The Medieval City of York (Impressions and Poetry) - York Minster & The Shambles

in #travel • 6 years ago

HOLY COW! That looks like another world - at least the one I'm used to. I'm curious to know if this was the original York - and New York is the second. 🤔

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    Hi @mikeycolon sorry it took me a bit to respond to your comment. Ha ha, I was travelling back from York and had car breakdown drama.

    I wondered the same as you about new york, as York was once a river port and one of the most important cities in England... but according to google:

    New York was named after the fifth Duke of York, né James Stuart, who would go on to be King James II. ... Originally it was settled by the Dutch and called New Amsterdam. It was surrender to the British in 1664 and renamed New York. 350 Years Ago, New Amsterdam Became New York.

    So it looks like it was named after a bigwig of the Tudor times ;-)

    Thanks for your interesting and thought provoking comment mate :-)

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