CONTENTS

CHAPTER I

PAGE
INTRODUCTION ... ... ... ... ... ... I

CHAPTER II

IMPORTANT FACTORS AFFECTING THE HISTORY OF YORK ... 3

(a] Geographical position, 3; (b} Military value of its
position, 4; (<r) Political importance, 4

CHAPTER III

APPEARANCE ... ... ... ... ... ... 6

A. General appearance

Church, State, |* ;£, 6 ; outside the city, 8 ; population
8; area-dkdsions^'9

B. Streets
Highways,-traffic, open-spaces, 9 ; Ouse Bridge, n

C. Buildings

Dwelling-houses, shops, inns, 12; civic buildings (guild-
halls), 16; fortifications (castle, city walls, bars), 17;
religious buildings (Minster, 19; St. William's College,
23; St. Mary's Abbey, 24; Friaries, 24; St. Clement's
Nunnery, 25 ; Hospitals, 25 ; Parish Churches, 26)

D. York as a Port, 28