Lime Kiln Creek, Kingston upon Hull

Coordinates: 53°44′12″N 0°20′33″W / 53.7368°N 0.3424°W / 53.7368; -0.3424 (Limekiln Creek outlet onto Humber)

Lime Kiln Creek (or Lime Kiln Drain) was an outlet onto the Humber Estuary in Kingston upon Hull, England, thought to be a previous outlet of the River Hull onto the estuary.

History

The creek takes its name from lime kilns which once stood in its vicinity.[1]

It is thought that the creek was once the outlet of the River Hull before its flow was redirected eastwards along the Sayer Creek in early medieval times.[2]

The creek was the site of a goods station and wharf (Lime Kiln Creek wharf) used by the Hull and Selby Railway and Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway from the 1840s onwards.[3]

The Creek was stopped up as a result of the building of the West dock (Albert Dock) in the 1860s.[4] During the course of the excavations for the new dock a hoard of low value (halfpennies, less than 30% silver, copper base) coins from the reign of Edward I was found 21 feet (6.4 m) below ground, near the creek.[5]

References

  1. Sheahan, James Joseph (1864), "The Port", General and concise history and description of the town and port of Kingston-upon-Hull, Simpson, Marshall and Co. (London), p. 329
  2. Sources:
  3. NER and MS&LR Limekiln Creek facilities and service:
  4. Moss, W.H.; Dyson and Co. (23 November 1860), "Kingston-upon-Hull Docks (New Works.)", The London Gazette (22450): 4483-4486
  5. Banks, F. (1968), "The 1868 hoard from the Albert Dock Lockpit, Hull" (PDF), British Numismatic Journal 37
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