York, a river of Virginia, formed by the union of the Pamunkey and Mattaponi, flowing south-east to Chesapeake Bay, nearly opposite Cape Charles. It is 40 miles long, and from 1 to 3 miles wide.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 10: Swastika to Zyrianovsk and Index, p. 780
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