YORK – PUZZLE
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ancient site first bore the ancient native British name, Eburos, referring to
the sacred Celtic yew (Ebor). The name was then amended by the Romans, on their
invasion of the area, to Eboracum. When the Anglo-Saxons conquered England in
the 500s, they misunderstood the meaning of the name, thinking that it alluded
to ‘wild boar’ (in their language, Eofor), resulting in them changing the
name to Eoforwic, meaning 'wild boar settlement'. On the Scandinavian
settlement of the north of England in the late Middle Ages, the name first
became Jorvik, and then the shortened ‘York’ (Simpson, 2009).
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ALCUIN OF YORK
BAILE HILL BRIGANTES BRITANNIA INFERIOR CAPITAL OF THE NORTH CHOCOLATE CITY CONFECTIONERY MAKING CONSTANTIUS I EBORACUM ERIC BLOODAXE HADRIAN JORVIK KING EDRED KING EDWIN
MAJOR / RIVER / PORT
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MESOLITHIC PEOPLE
NORTHUMBRIA
REBELLION RIVER FOSS RIVER OUSE ROMAN NINTH LEGION SAINT / OSWALD
SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS
ST PETER'S SCHOOL THE SHAMBLES UNIVERSITY OF YORK VIKING RULE WALLED CITY WOOL TRADING CENTRE YORK MINSTER |
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grid, you should find the following part of a quotation remaining.
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