New York in England


New York, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom..

The Hamlet of New York in Wildmore Parish, Lincolnshire was named after the city of York in Yorkshire.

New York is 8 miles NW of Boston. (The Lincolnshire Parish that Boston USA is named after).

New York, a village in Wildmore parish, Lincolnshire, 2½ miles E from Dogdyke station on the Lincoln and Boston branch of the G.N.R., and 8 NW from Boston. It has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Lincoln. ukga.org/…/NewYork.html

Some people think that the Americans did the same with their New York too. However that one was named after the 17th-century Duke of York, James Stuart, the future James II.


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