Medieval Books

Pottery from 46–54 Fishergate

by AJ Mainman

AY16/6 Mainman cover The Anglian assemblage from this site includes local, regional and imported wares. Excavations were carried out by York Archaeological Trust at 46-54 Fishergate in 1985-6. The site is located well outside the area of the Roman fortress and canabae on the north side of the River Ouse near its confluence with the River Foss.

Bones from Medieval Deposits at 16–22 Coppergate and Other Sites in York

by JM Bond and TP O’Connor

AY15/5 Bond cover A detailed analysis of 11th to 15th century bone assemblages from 16–22 Coppergate and a synthesis of those data with assemblages of the same period with other sites in the city.

Environmental Evidence from the Colonia

Tanner Row & Rougier Street

by AR Hall and HK Kenward

AY14/6: Hall et al cover This report deals with biological evidence from two sites within the area of the Roman civil town or colonia close to the River Ouse and the probable Roman river crossing.

Cemeteries of St Andrews, Fishergate

by G Stroud and RL Kemp

Info: 176pp, 80 illustrations
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The Window Glass of the Order of St Gilbert of Sepringham

A York-based study

by CP Graves

AY11/3 Graves cover The excavation of St Andrew, Fishergate uncovered the largest quantity of window glass from any house of this monastic order. Research on this glass provided the opportunity to study all other known assemblages of window glass associated with the Gilbertines, and the results and interpretations are presented here.

The Church & Gilbertine Priory of St Andrew, Fishergate

by R Kemp and CP Graves

AY11/2 Kemp cover Excavations revealed an extensive area of a late 10th–12th century settlement and the well-preserved Gilbertine Priory of St Andrew, founded in 1195. The priory underwent a series of changes throughout its lifetime, and was almost completely rebuilt on a smaller scale during the mid 14th century, but was demolished in 1538. This report includes historical and environmental evidence, details of the architectural fragments, window glass, floor and roof tiles and wall plaster from the priory.

Medieval Urbanism in Coppergate

Refining a townscape

by RA Hall and K Hunter-Mann

AY10/6 Hall cover Excavation of four medieval properties in Coppergate, a street known to be particularly prosperous in the 13th–15th centuries, has revealed the most extensive archaeological view of an 11th- to 17th-century secular townscape ever recovered in York.

The Vicars Choral of York Minster

The College at Bedern

by Julian D Richards

AY10/5 Richards cover Excavations on the site of the College of the Vicars Choral in York, revealed an extensive complex of college buildings.

The College of the Vicars Choral of York Minster at Bedern

Architectural Fragments

by David A Stocker

AY10/4 Stocker cover The publication examines 412 architectural fragments from the Bedern excavations of 1973–80. The majority of these fragments were not cut for the College at Bedern, but were brought to the site as rubble for re-use in successive medieval and post-medieval building campaigns.

The Bedern Foundry

by Julian Richards

AY10/3 Richards cover This 13th–16th century foundry consisted of timber framed workshops on both sides of a narrow lane, which contained metalworking hearths, furnaces and a barrel lined well. The evidence points to the foundry’s main product being cauldrons.

Aspects of Anglo-Scandinavian York

by RA Hall et al

AY 8/4 Hall et al A series of thematic essays on key aspects of evidence for Viking-Age York, including an historical introduction, documentary evidence, coinage, inscriptions, street-names, art, craft activity, topography, animal bones, and plant and insect remains.

Urban Structures & Defences

Lloyds Bank, Pavement and Other Sites

by PV Addyman and RA Hall

with a Survey of Defences North-East of the Ouse

AY8/3 Addyman cover The area of central York between the Rivers Foss and Ouse has, over the past hundred years, became something of a locus classicus for the archaeological study of the Viking Age town in Britain.

Anglian Settlement at 46–54 Fishergate

by R Kemp

AY7/1 Kemp cover In 1985–6 excavations at Fishergate gave archaeologists the first glimpse of 7–9th century Eorforwic, York. The excavations revealed this settlement to be well ordered and carefully laid out with trading links stretching as far as the Rhineland and Northern France.

Info: 114pp, 24 illustrations
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St Mary’s Abbey and The King’s Manor, York

The Pictorial Evidence

Barbara Wilson and Frances Mee

St Mary’s was the foremost Benedictine Abbey in the North of England.

St Mary's coverAfter the dissolution of the monasteries the Abbot’s Lodging, now known as the King’s Manor, became headquarters of the King’s Council in the North; it is now part of the University of York.

Late Saxon Kiln Site at Silver street, Lincoln

by Paul Miles, Jane Young and John Wacher

The Archaeology of Lincoln Series: Vol 17-3

Info: ISBN: 0906780853; Jan 1989 buy online, limited stock

Probate Inventories of the York Diocese 1350–1500

by PM Stell

Stell cover (The Archaeology of York. Historical sources for York archaeology after AD1100, 2, fasc. 3)

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The City Walls and Castles of York

The Pictorial Evidence

by B Wilson and Frances Mee

Wilson cover Together with the Minster, the walls and bars make York one of the most instantly recognisable cities in the kingdom. The defences are the most complete in England, with the walls set upon high ramparts and retaining their principal gateways. Although the walls are still standing, there has been relatively little opportunity for archaeological investigation, so documentary and pictorial evidence are of paramount importance.