GENUKI: Hull

The town of HULL

[Transcribed information mainly from the early 1820s]
"HULL, or Kingston upon Hull, a town in Hullshire. Hull, with the parishes of Hessle, Kirk Ella and North Ferriby forms the distinct county called Hullshire (or the town and county of Kingston upon Hull). The town of Hull contains two parishes:
Holy Trinity and
St. Mary's.
The town itself is: 8 miles from Hedon, 9 from Beverley, 12 from South-Cave, 16 from Hornsea, 18 from Patrington, 25 from Howden, 39 from York; from London, by Lincoln, 174; by York. 236. --Markets, Tuesday and Friday. --Fair, Oct. 10, for horned cattle, horses, woollen-cloths, toys, &c. --Bankers, Old-Bank, Messrs. Pease and Liddell, draw on Messrs. Sir Peter Pole, Thornton, and Co. 1, Bartholomew Lane; Messrs. Pease, Harrison, and Co. draw on Messrs. Marryatt, Kay, and Co. 1, Mansion-House-Street; Messrs. R. Raikes, and Co. draw on Messrs. Curries, Raikes, and Co. 29, Cornhill; Messrs. Smiths and Thompson draw on Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, Mansion-House Place. --Pop. 28,624." (There is further information for Hull).

"MYTON, (North and South), parliamentary wards in the parish of Hull, near Hull, and of which it may be considered a suburb. (From The National Gazetteer, 1868)"

Churches

Here are pictures of Lost Churches within the Ancient Town of Hull:
- The lost Churches in the Old Town and Central Hull.
- The lost Churches in West Hull.
- The lost Churches in North West Hull.
- The lost Churches in East Hull.
The Lost Churches and Chapels of Hull description.

Church History

A transcript of Hull Boulevard Baptist Church History up to 1912
A transcript of Hull Central Baptist Church History up to 1912
A transcript of Hull East Park Baptist Church History up to 1912
Transcript of the entry for Myton in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
A transcript of Hull-Afterwards Dagger Lane Congregational Church History
A transcript of Hull-Bowl Alley Lane Congregational Church History
A transcript of Hull-Fish Street Congregational Church History
A transcript of Hull-Hope Street Chapel Congregational Church History
A transcript of Hull-Salem Chapel Cogan Street Congregational Church History
A transcript of Hull-Albion Chapel Congregational Church History
A transcript of Hull-Tabernacle Sykes St Congregational Church History
Church Histories for the town of Hull and the surrounding areas by The History Files:

Church Records

Minute Book of the Hull Old Hebrew Congregation Council Dec 1915-Nov 1917. 'British Jews in the First World War - We Were There Too' An insight into what life was like at home for Jewish communities during the First World War.

Description and Travel

Garry Stockdill's Yorksview website contains a description and photographs of Hull.

Directories

Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Pigot's 1829 Directory, Yorkshire section.
Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Pigot's 1834 Directory, Yorkshire section.
Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the White's Directory of 1840, Yorkshire section.
A transcription of Hull Trades and Professions by Alphabetical Surname from Bulmer's 1892 East Yorkshire. This contains some 14,500 names, usually complete with occupation and address.
A transcription of Hull Trades and Professions by Alphabetical Street from Bulmer's 1892 East Yorkshire. This contains some 22,800 names, complete with house number and address, and usually with the trade/profession.

Emigration and Immigration

Nick Evans has written an article on Migration from Northern Europe to America via the Port of Hull, 1848-1914

Gazetteers

Here is a list of the Small streets of Hull from Bulmer's 1892 East Riding.
There is further information about this parish from the Pigot's 1829 Directory, Yorkshire section.
There is further information about this parish from the Pigot's 1834 Directory, Yorkshire section.
There is further information about this parish from the National Gazetteer 1868, Yorkshire extracts.
There is further information about this parish from the Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1835, Yorkshire extracts.
There is further information about this parish from the Stephen Whatley's Gazetteer 1750, Yorkshire extracts.

History

The town of Kingston upon Hull became a city in 1897.
Hull History Centre (A-Z list of local research guides)
The story of Hull in World War 1
The History and description of the town of Hull from Bulmer's History and Directory of East Yorkshire (1892).
Here is a database of Wooden Hulled Warships launched at Hull.

Maps

For a detailed map of this parish see this parish boundaries map.
For a more detailed map of the parishes in the riding please see the Yorkshire parish maps page.
For a more detailed map of the county please see the Yorkshire map page.
Here is a map showing the wapentakes for the county.

Names, Geographical

The following places are within the boundaries of this (ancient) parish, but I have no further information on them other than the Ordnance Survey Landranger Grid reference shown:
- (TA073290) West Park

Newspapers

The Hull Daily Mail has it's own website which carries up to date local news, views, sport, business information etc. The paper archives news stories that have appeared on their website (these are also searchable and go back to May 2000).

Occupations

Fishermen
- A list of Fishermen and Fisher-boys killed at sea in the years 1878 to 1881 has been transcribed by Hilary Godber.

Societies

This parish is covered by the following Society:
- East Yorkshire FHS

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