Urbi et Suburbi: The landscape and settlement of York, south-west of the river Ouse, between the 9th and 16th centuries.

The purpose of this dissertation is to examine the landscape and settlement of a little understood area of the city of York. Drawing on archaeological data and landscape analysis it aims to present a picture of how this area developed between the mid-9th and mid-16th centuries. Archaeological data is drawn from those excavations which reached period appropriate deposits, whilst landscape data is drawn from maps, plans, photographs and documentary sources. GIS software and historic maps have been used to illustrate this development. Evidence from earlier periods will also be outlined in order to illustrate their influence, if any, upon the medieval landscape