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Description Appearances Etymology Brit Eboracon, possibly a pers. name + -acon, suffix, 'estate of' Translation Earlier editors Eburienc (Gough); Eboriensis (OS 1035); Eboriens' (Parsons) Early Maps York (Angliae Figura); Eborac(us) (Totius Britanniae; spired church, three buildings, four (?) castles, walls
Appearances red ink, within a cartouche Etymology OE weald (Angl wald), 'forest land' Translation Earlier editors appears as district name on Saxton's map of 1577 (Parsons) Early Maps york wold (Angliae Figura) Overwritten no Attested spelling Yorkes Wold 1551 NCWills