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Identifier: townsofnewenglan00sta (find matches)
Title: Towns of New England and old England, Ireland and Scotland ... connecting links between cities and towns of New England and those of the same name in England, Ireland and Scotland;
Year: 1921 (1920s)
Authors: (State street trust company, Boston) (from old catalog) Forbes, Allan, 1874- (from old catalog)
Subjects: Cities and towns Cities and towns Pilgrims (New Plymouth Colony)
Publisher: New York and London, G. P. Putnam's sons
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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YORK, MAINE 221 Emperor Hadrian here com-pleted the famous chain of fortsknown as the Pict Wall, whichalmost surrounds the city andprovides a delightful walk.Examples of their ancient build-ings also exist. Constantine theGreat was proclaimed Emperorin 306 by the Roman Legionthen stationed there. There,also, was held the great slavemarket where many a maid andlad were sold in the Roman daysto be conveyed to Rome. In medijeval days, the placebecame the scene of strugglesbetween Britons, Saxons andDanes. There is a tradition thatthe famous King Arthur, afterdefeating ninety thousandSaxons on Baden hills, took uphis residence in York and withthe chivalrous knights and fairladies of his Court celebratedthe first Christmas festival everheld in England. In these daysYork was surrounded by deepforests and no one dared leavethe city without an armed guard on account of the bandits and robbers whoinfested the outljing regions. In i486, Henry VII visited York and the citizens,to quote the recor

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