HULL:
The churches of Central Hull, part 2 by Peter Kessler
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Humber Street Wesleyan Chapel
was built in 1832 and opened on 5 April 1833, but
towards the end of 1886 the congregation had dwindled so much that a change of
direction was required. The interior was re-modelled for mission purposes, and
the name changed to the Wesley Hall. The hall worked hard in the cause of Temperance
but was replaced by Queen's Hall in 1905. The building served as an auction room
but was destroyed during the Second World War.
St Peter Drypool
stood to the immediate east of the old city centre, close to the
modern Garrison Road. There was a church in Drypool from 1226 which belonged to
Swine Priory. It existed as
St Peter & St Paul Church
from then until 1822, when
the building shown here was erected in its place. In 1878 it became a chapel of
ease to the newly-built
St Andrew Drypool,
Holderness Road (closed 1984 and
demolished for housing). St Peter's was destroyed by enemy action in 1941.
The Church of St Mary the Virgin Lowgate
stands at the south-east corner of Lowgate and Chapel Lane, very close to Holy Trinity. Commonly known as
Low Church,
its earliest mention is found in the will of William Skayl, made in 1327, which mentions
it as "Capella b'e Virg' Marie". It may have been new at the time, or was considerably
enlarged, and was licensed by Archbishop Melton in 1333. It seems originally to have been
a chapel of ease to the parish of North Ferriby.
Around 1447 the church was greatly enlarged but in 1518 the west end of the church
collapsed (sometimes attributed to Henry VIII partially demolishing it to improve
his view from the manor house opposite). Only the chancel survived. In 1588 the
ruined building was rebuilt and enlarged, and the present tower was added in 1696.
The foundations of the old church were found to run across the street and under the
manor walls, showing how much larger it had once been.
George Yard Wesleyan Chapel
lay between the High Street and Lowgate, nearly opposite the Town Hall. Wesleyans first
met in part of the Suffolk Palace tower, in Manor Alley. When this tower was removed, a
chapel was erected close by in 1771, named
Jehovah Jireh Chapel
(not to be confused with the later Baptist chapel of the same name). The small chapel
was replaced by George Yard Chapel in 1786, but this in turn was replaced by Queen's Hall in 1905.
George Street Baptist Chapel,
on that street, was erected in 1796. The front was stuccoed, and contained two doors
and four windows in the lower story, and six in the upper. The interior was galleried
on three sides and was 'neatly pewed', well lit, and had an organ. Members seceded to
Nile Street Chapel
in 1845 and then
South Street Chapel
in 1847 (closed 1903). George Street passed to the Primitive Methodists but probably ceased
at the Methodist union.
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