Timeline of Hull
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Hull, England.
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Prior to 19th century
- 1279 – Market active.[1]
- 1293 – Hull Fair begins.
- 1295 – Parliamentary representation begins.[2]
- 1299 – Town renamed "Kingston-upon-Hull."[3]
- 1302 – Quay built.[4]
- 1312 – Holy Trinity Church built (approximate date).[5]
- 1332 – William de la Pole becomes mayor.
- 1369 – Trinity House for seamen established.[5]
- 1384 – Charter-House Hospital founded.[5]
- 1440 – Town incorporated.
- 1486 – Grammar school founded.[2][6]
- 1642 – Siege of Hull by Parliamentarians.
- 1716 – Trinity House marine school founded.[2]
- 1773 – Hull Dock Company formed.[7]
- 1775 – Hull Subscription Library established.[8][9]
- 1778 – Dock built.[10]
- 1780
- William Wilberforce becomes Member of Parliament for Hull.
- Synagogue established.[11]
- 1782 – General Infirmary established.[5]
- 1792 – St. John's Church built.[5]
- 1797 - Cooperative mill built.[12]
19th century
- 1809 – Humber Dock built.
- 1829
- United Gaol and House of Correction in operation.[13]
- Prince's Dock built.
- St Charles Borromeo church opens.
- 1836 – Police force established.[13]
- 1837 – Drypool and Sculcoates become part of the borough of Hull.
- 1840
- Hull and Selby Railway begins operating.
- Zoological Gardens established.[14]
- 1841 – Thomas Wilson and Company (shipping) in business.[7]
- 1850 – Victoria Dock built.
- 1851 – Population: 57,484.
- 1854
- Royal Institution opens.[2]
- Hull and Holderness Railway begins operating.[15]
- 1860 – Pearson Park established.[2]
- 1861
- Hull School of Art founded.
- Population: 93,955.
- 1865 – Hull Football Club founded.
- 1866 – Town Hall, and Exchange built.[2]
- 1867 – Hull and East Riding College opens.[16]
- 1870 – HM Prison Hull in operation.
- 1875 – Tram in operation.
- 1880 – Botanic garden opens.[2]
- 1881 – Hull Philharmonic Society founded.[6]
- 1882
- Marfleet becomes part of the borough of Hull.
- Kingston Amateurs rugby club formed.
- 1884 – Hull Amateur Photographic Society founded.[17]
- 1885
- Hull and Barnsley Railway begins operating.
- Alexandra Dock built.
- Hull Daily Mail newspaper begins publication.[18]
- 1886 – Synagogue established.[19]
- 1887 – East Park opens.
- 1888 – County borough created per Local Government Act 1888.[2]
- 1891 – Population: 199,134.
- 1892 – Hull Amalgamated Anglers’ Association formed.[20]
- 1895 – The Boulevard (stadium) opens.
- 1897 – Hull attains city status.
20th century
- 1902 – Hull Telephone Department licensed.[21][22]
- 1904 – Hull City Association Football Club formed.
- 1906 – Wilberforce and Historical Museum opens.[2]
- 1909 – Hull City Hall built.
- 1911 – Theatre De Luxe opens.
- 1912 – Museum of Fisheries and Shipping and Coliseum theatre open.
- 1915 – Pavilion Picture Palace opens.
- 1922 – Craven Park inaugurated.
- 1927 – University College Hull established.
- 1927 – Sutton become part of the borough of Hull.
- 1931 – Population: 309,158.
- 1937 – Trolleybus begins operating.
- 1939 – Hull New Theatre opens.
- 1940 – 19 June: Aerial bombing by German forces begins.
- 1945 – 17 March: Aerial bombing by German forces ends.
- 1946 – Boothferry Park (stadium) opens.
- 1971 – Hull Truck Theatre founded.
- 1972 – Hull City Council established.
- 1974
- City becomes part of Humberside shire county per Local Government Act 1972.
- Airport opens in Kirmington.
- Humberside Police established.
- 1981
- Humber Bridge opens.
- Population: 266,751.
- 1983 – Hull Marina opens.
- 1986 - Sister city relationship established with Raleigh, USA.[23]
- 1987 – Spurn Lightship museum opens.
- 1989 – Streetlife Museum of Transport and new Craven Park (stadium) open.
- 1991 – Princes Quay shopping centre in business.
- 1993 – Humber Mouth literature fest begins.[24]
- 1996 – Hull becomes a unitary authority area.
- 1999 – Arctic Corsair museum ship opens.
21st century
- 2001 – Hull Soul Club (music appreciation group) formed.[25]
- 2002 – The Deep (aquarium) and KC Stadium open.
- 2007
- Hull Paragon Interchange transport complex and St Stephen's Hull shopping centre open.
- June: Flood.
- Hull Comedy Festival begins.
- 2008
- World Trade Centre Hull & Humber opens.
- Freedom Festival (cultural event) begins.
- 2010
- Hull History Centre established.
- Larkin 25 fest held.
- 2013 – Scale Lane Bridge for pedestrians opens.
See also
- History of Kingston-upon-Hull
- List of Mayors of Kingston upon Hull
- List of Governors of Kingston-upon-Hull
References
- ↑ Samantha Letters (2005). "Yorkshire". Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs in England and Wales to 1516. Institute of Historical Research, Centre for Metropolitan History.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Hull". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). New York. 1910. OCLC 14782424.
- ↑ "History of Hull". Hull City Council. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
- ↑ G. de Boer (1946). "Evolution of Kingston-upon-Hull". Geography 31. JSTOR 40562523.
- 1 2 3 4 5 David Brewster, ed. (1830). "Hull". Edinburgh Encyclopædia. Edinburgh: William Blackwood.
- 1 2 "Our Collections". Hull: Hull History Centre. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
- 1 2 Brynmor Jones Library. "Subject guides – Business Records". Archives and Special Collections. University of Hull. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
- ↑ Catalogue of the Subscription Library, at Kingston upon Hull. Liverpool. 1822.
- ↑ Paul Kaufman (1967). "The Community Library: A Chapter in English Social History". Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 57. JSTOR 1006043.
- ↑ Charles Dupin (1825). "River Humber". The Commercial Power of Great Britain. London: C. Knight.
Translated from the French
- ↑ Israel Finestein (1996–1998). "The Jews in Hull, between 1766 and 1880". Jewish Historical Studies 35. JSTOR 29779979.
- ↑ James C. Docherty; Peter Lamb (2006). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of Socialism (2nd ed.). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6477-1.
- 1 2 K.J. Allison, ed. (1969). "City of Kingston upon Hull". History of the County of York East Riding. Victoria County History. University of London, Institute of Historical Research.
- ↑ James Joseph Sheahan; T. Whellan (1857). "History of the Borough of Kingston-upon Hull". History and Topography of the City of York, the East Riding of Yorkshire, and a Portion of the West Riding. Beverley.
- ↑ Thomas Tindall Wildridge (1884). Hand-Book to the Hull and Withernsea Railway. Hull: Charles Henry Barnwell.
- ↑ Education Annual. London: George Philip & Son. 1890.
- ↑ "Photographic Societies of the British Isles and Colonies". International Annual of Anthony's Photographic Bulletin. New York: E. & H. T. Anthony & Company. 1891.
- ↑ "Hull (England) Newspapers". Main Catalogue. British Library. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
- ↑ Roth, Cecil. "Hull." Encyclopaedia Judaica. Ed. Michael Berenbaum and Fred Skolnik. 2nd ed. Vol. 9. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2007. 584. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 1 October 2013
- ↑ "A little history of the Hull & District Anglers' Association". Hull & District Anglers' Association. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
- ↑ Eli Noam (1992). Telecommunications in Europe. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0195070526.
- ↑ "Telephone Directories". Hull: Hull History Centre. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
- ↑ "Raleigh's Sister Cities". USA: City of Raleigh. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- ↑ "Humber Mouth". Hull City Council. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
- ↑ "Hull Soul Club". Hull Soul Club. Archived from the original on 3 November 2009. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
Further reading
Published in the 18th century
- Thomas Gent (1735). Annales Regioduni Hullini [History of Kingston-upon-Hull]. York.
- W. Bailey (1781). "Hull Directory". Bailey's Northern Directory. Warrington: Printed by William Ashton.
- George Hadley (1788). New and Complete History of the Town of Kingston-upon-Hull.
- Robert Gray Battle. Battle's Hull Directory, for the Year 1791. Hull: J. and W. Rawson.
- John Tickell (1798). History of the Town and County of Kingston-upon-Hull. Hull.
Published in the 19th century
1800s–1840s
- George Alexander Cooke (c. 1800?). "Hull". Topographical and Statistical Description of the County of York. London: C. Cooke. OCLC 258359703. Check date values in:
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(help) - "Hull". Kearsley's Traveller's Entertaining Guide through Great Britain. London: George Kearsley. 1803.
- John Bigland (1812). "Hull". Yorkshire. Beauties of England and Wales 16. London: J. Harris.
- Cragg's Guide to Hull. Hull: J. Craggs. 1817. OCLC 81087411.
- "Hull". Commercial Directory for 1818-19-20. Manchester: James Pigot. 1818.
- "History of Kingston-upon-Hull". History, Directory & Gazetteer, of the County of York. 2: East and North Ridings. Leeds: Edward Baines. 1823. + Hull Directory
- Robert Watt (1824). "Hull". Bibliotheca Britannica 3. Edinburgh: A. Constable. OCLC 961753.
- Charles Frost (1827). Notices Relative to the Early History of the Town and Port of Hull. London: J.B. Nichols. OCLC 4901297.
- Edward Parsons (1835). "Hull". Tourist's Companion; Or, The History of the Scenes and Places on the Route by the Railroad and Steam-packet from Leeds and Selby to Hull. London: Whittaker & Co.
- Thomas Moule (1837). "Yorkshire: Town and County of Kingston-upon-Hull". English Counties Delineated 2. London: George Virtue.
- History, Gazetteer, and Directory, of the West-Riding of Yorkshire, with the City of York and Port of Hull. Sheffield: William White. 1837.
- Hull and the Humber. The Land We Live In: a Pictorial and Literary Sketch-Book of the British Empire 4 (London: Charles Knight). 1847.
- Samuel Lewis (1848). "Hull". Topographical Dictionary of England (7th ed.). London: S. Lewis and Co.
1850s–1890s
- Visitor's guide to the town of Hull. 1852.
- Port of Hull. Christie's Shipping Register (Newcastle upon Tyne: John Christie). 1858.
- George Samuel Measom (1861). "Kingston-upon-Hull". Official Illustrated Guide to the Great Northern Railway. London: Griffin, Bohn. OCLC 12433505.
- "Hull". Black's Picturesque Guide to Yorkshire (2nd ed.). Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black. 1862.
- "Hull". Illustrated Official Guide and Tourist's Hand Book to the North Eastern Railway. Newcastle-upon-Tyne: M. & M.W. Lambert. 1863.
- James Joseph Sheahan (1864). History of the Town and Port of Kingston upon Hull. London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co.
- Charles Knight, ed. (1867). "Hull". Geography. English Cyclopaedia (London: Bradbury, Evans, & Co.).
- John Ramsay McCulloch (1880). "Docks: Hull Docks, Shipping &c.". In Hugh G. Reid. A Dictionary, Practical, Theoretical and Historical of Commerce and Commercial Navigation. London: Longmans, Green, and Co.
- New Hull Guide. Hull: M.C. Peck & Son. 1880.
- John Parker Anderson (1881). "Yorkshire: Kingston-upon-Hull". Book of British Topography: a Classified Catalogue of the Topographical Works in the Library of the British Museum Relating to Great Britain and Ireland. London: W. Satchell.
- White's General and Commercial directory of Hull. Sheffield: William White. 1882.
- Thomas Tindall Wildridge (1884). Old and New Hull.
- Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire with the Port of Hull. London: Kelly & Co. 1885.
- Charles Gross (1897). "Hull". Bibliography of British Municipal History. New York: Longmans, Green, and Co.
Published in the 20th century
- Robert Donald, ed. (1901). "Hull". Municipal Year Book of the United Kingdom for 1901. London: Edward Lloyd.
- Robert Donald, ed. (1907). "Hull". Municipal Year Book of the United Kingdom for 1907. London: Edward Lloyd.
- "Hull". Handbook for Yorkshire (4th ed.). London: Edward Stanford. 1904.
- Thomas Sheppard (1922). Handbook to Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire. London and Hull: A. Brown & Sons.
- W.G. East (1931). "The Port of Kingston-upon-Hull during the Industrial Revolution". Economica (32): 190. doi:10.2307/2547923. JSTOR 2547923.
- M. T. Wild and G. Shaw (1974). "Locational Behaviour of Urban Retailing during the Nineteenth Century: The Example of Kingston upon Hull". Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers (61). JSTOR 621602.
External links
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- Yorkshire. Historical Directories (UK: University of Leicester).. Includes digitised directories of Hull, various dates
- Digital Public Library of America. Works related to Hull, various dates
Coordinates: 53°44′40″N 0°19′57″W / 53.744333°N 0.3325°W
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