Timeline of Kingston upon Hull

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Pre history–15th century

Map of Hull, 1611

• c.4900–4000 BC – Hunter-gatherers are present in Sutton-on-Hull, in the north of present-day Kingston upon Hull^[1]: 303
• 750–500 BC – A Bronze Age settlement is present on the site of modern-day Alexandra Dock.^[1]: 303
• 1086 – The Domesday Book records settlements at Sutton-on-Hull, Drypool, Marfleet, Myton and Southcoates.^[1]: 303
• 1275 – Wyke, an area in Kingston upon Hull, is appointed as the customs head port for the north of England.^[1]: 304
• 1279 – Market active.^[2]
• 1282 – Fresh water supply established for the town from Anlaby.^[1]: 304
• 1293
  • Wyke is bought by Edward I.^[1]: 304
  • Hull Fair begins.^[3]
• 1295 – Parliamentary representation begins.^[4]
• 1299 – Town Charter granted^[1]: 304 and town renamed "Kingston-upon-Hull."^[5]
• 1302 – Quay built.^[6]
• 1312 – Holy Trinity Church built (approximate date).^[7]
• 1321–24 – Defences consisting of a ditch and wooden palisade are built around the town.^[1]: 304
• 1331–34 – A meat market is created.^[1]: 304
• 1332 – William de la Pole becomes the first mayor of Hull.^[8]
• 1333 – First documented mention of a guildhall in Kingston upon Hull.^[1]: 305
• 1369 – Trinity House for seamen established.^[7]
• 1377 – Population of 1,557 adult taxpayers are recorded through poll tax records.^[1]: 305
• 1384 – Charter-House Hospital founded.^[7]
• 1402 – Rioting occurs against the mayor.^[1]: 305
• 1440 – Town incorporated and is made its own county.^[1]: 305
• 1447 – The county of Hull is expanded by over 5 miles on the west side of the town.^[1]: 305
• 1486 – Grammar school founded.^[4][9]

16th–18th century

• 1515 – A fish market is created.^[1]: 305
• 1536 – The Pilgrimage of Grace spreads to Hull.^[1]: 306
• 1537 – Plague breaks out in Hull.^[1]: 306
• 1541 – The town is visited by Henry VIII.^[1]: 306
• 1539 – The last two monastic houses are closed because of the Suppression of Religious Houses Act 1535.^[1]: 306
• 1575–76 – Outbreak of the plague.^[1]: 306
• 1588 – Repairs are made to the city walls.^[1]: 306
• 1602–04 – Outbreak of the plague.^[1]: 306
• 1637 – Outbreak of the plague.^[1]: 306
• 1640 – King Charles visits.
• 1642 – Siege of Hull by Parliamentarians.
• 1673 – Hull has 1,373 households and a population of 6,500.^[1]: 306
• 1681–90 – Hull Citadel is built.^[1]: 307
• 1688 – 'Town-taking': townspeople overthrow the Catholic governor.^[10]
• 1716 – Trinity House marine school founded.^[4]
• 1739 – Hull's first newspaper, the Hull Courant, is published.^[1]: 307
• 1773 – Hull Dock Company formed.^[11]
• 1775 – Hull Subscription Library established.^[12][13]
• 1778 – Dock built.^[14]
• 1780
  • William Wilberforce becomes Member of Parliament for Hull.
  • Jewish community establishes synagogue.^[15]
• 1782 – General Infirmary established.^[7]
• 1792 – St John's Church built.^[7]
• 1797 – Cooperative mill built.^[16]

19th century

• 1801 – The population of the town is 22,161.^[1]: 307
• 1809 – Humber Dock built.^[1]: 308
• 1829
  • United Gaol and House of Correction in operation.^[17]
  • Junction Dock built.^[1]: 307
  • St Charles Borromeo church opens.
• 1836 – Police force established.^[17]
• 1837
  • Drypool and Sculcoates become part of the borough of Hull.
  • Explosion of the Union Steam Packet in June^[18][19]
• 1840
  • Hull and Selby Railway begins operating.^[1]: 308
  • Zoological Gardens established.^[20]
• 1841 – Thomas Wilson and Company (shipping) in business.^[11]
• 1846 – Railway Dock is established.^[1]: 308
• 1850 – Victoria Dock built.
• 1851 – Population of Hull is 84,690.^[1]: 308
• 1854
  • Royal Institution opens.^[4]
  • Hull and Holderness Railway begins operating.^[21]
  • Junction Dock is renamed Prince's Dock.^[1]: 308
• 1860 – Pearson Park established.^[4]
• 1861
  • Hull School of Art founded.
  • Population: 93,955.
• 1864 – Londesborough Barracks completed.^[22]
• 1865 – Hull Football Club founded.^[23]
• 1866 – Town Hall, and Exchange built.^[4]
• 1867 – Hull and East Riding College opens.^[24]
• 1869 – Albert Dock is established.^[1]: 308
• 1870 – HM Prison Hull in operation.
• 1873 – William Wright Dock is established.^[1]: 308
• 1875 – Tram in operation.
• 1880 – Botanic garden opens.^[4]
• 1881 – Hull Philharmonic Society founded.^[9]
• 1882
  • Marfleet becomes part of the borough of Hull.
  • Kingston Amateurs rugby club formed.
• 1883 – St Andrew's Dock is established.^[1]: 308
• 1884 – Hull Amateur Photographic Society founded.^[25]
• 1885
  • Hull and Barnsley Railway begins operating.
  • Alexandra Dock built.^[1]: 308
  • Hull Daily Mail newspaper begins publication.^[26]
• 1886 – Synagogue established.^[27]
• 1887
  • East Park opens.
  • First women's rugby match is played in Hull.^[1]: 308
• 1888 – County borough created per Local Government Act 1888.^[4]
• 1892 – Hull Amalgamated Anglers' Association formed.^[28]
• 1895 – The Boulevard (stadium) opens.
• 1897 – Hull attains city status.
• 1898 – The Circle cricket ground is established.^[1]: 308

20th century

• 1901 – Hull's population is 236,772.^[1]: 309
• 1902 – Hull Telephone Department licensed.^[29][30]
• 1904 – Hull City Association Football Club formed.^[1]: 309
• 1906 – Wilberforce and Historical Museum opens.^[4]
• 1907 – Riverside Quay is established.^[1]: 309
• 1909 – Hull City Hall built.
• 1911
  • Theatre De Luxe opens.
  • Hull's population is 277,991.^[1]: 309
• 1912 – Museum of Fisheries and Shipping and Coliseum theatre open.
• 1914 – King George Dock is established.^[1]: 309
• 1915 – Pavilion Picture Palace opens.
• 1921
  • Hull's population is 295,017.^[1]: 309
  • First women's football match takes place in Hull.^[1]: 309
• 1922 – Craven Park inaugurated.
• 1927
  • University College Hull established.
  • Sutton become part of the borough of Hull.
  • Ferens Art Gallery is established.^[1]: 309
• 1931 – Hull's population is 309,198.^[1]: 309
• 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.^[1]: 309
• 1951 – Hull's population is 295,172.^[1]: 309
• 1961 – Hull's population is 289,716.^[1]: 309
• 1966 – Closure of Western General Hospital.^[31]
• 1968 – Prince's Dock and Railway Dock are closed to shipping.^[1]: 308
• 1971
  • Hull Truck Theatre founded.
  • Hull's population is 285,965.^[1]: 310
• 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.^[1]: 311
  • Two tornadoes touch down in Hull during the record-breaking nationwide tornado outbreak of 23 November 1981, causing damage to the Port of Hull and the city's north-eastern residential suburbia.^[32]
  • Hull's population is 266,751.^[1]: 311
• 1983 – Hull Marina opens.
• 1985 – St Andrew's Dock closes to shipping.^[1]: 308
• 1986 – Sister city relationship established with Raleigh, USA.^[33]
• 1987 – Spurn Lightship museum opens.
• 1989 – Streetlife Museum of Transport and new Craven Park (stadium) open.
• 1991
  • Princes Quay shopping centre opens.^[34]
  • Hull's population is 266,180.^[1]: 311
• 1993 – Humber Mouth literature fest begins.^[35]
• 1996 – Hull becomes a unitary authority area.
• 1999 – Arctic Corsair museum ship opens.

21st century

• 2000 – Closure of Kingston General Hospital.^[36]
• 2001
  • Hull Soul Club (music appreciation group) formed.^[37]
  • Hull's population is 243,589.^[1]: 311
• 2002 – The Deep (aquarium) and KC Stadium open.^[1]: 311
• 2007
  • Hull Paragon Interchange transport complex and St Stephen's Hull shopping centre open.^[38]
  • June: Flooding occurs in Hull. 35,000 people are effected.^[1]: 311
  • Hull Comedy Festival begins.
• 2008 – The first Freedom Festival (cultural event) takes place.^[1]: 312
• 2010
  • Hull History Centre established.^[39]
  • Larkin 25 fest held.
• 2011 – Boothferry Park stadium is demolished.^[1]: 312
• 2013 – Scale Lane Bridge for pedestrians opens.^[40]
• 2014 – Legal sanctions against prostitution introduced.^[41]
• 2017
  • Hull is the UK City of Culture.^[42]
  • 13 May: Holy Trinity Church rededicated as Hull Minster.^[43]
• 2018
  • January: Banksy work on Scott Street Bridge discovered.^[44]
  • 25 July: Bonus Arena opens^[45]

• 2019
  • October: Hull becomes the first UK city to have full fibre broadband available for all residents.^[46]

See also

• History of Kingston upon Hull
• List of mayors of Kingston upon Hull
• List of governors of Kingston upon Hull
• Timelines of other cities in Yorkshire and the Humber: Bradford, Sheffield, York

References

1. Starkey, David J.; Atkinson, David; McDonagh, Briony; McKeon, Sarah; Salter, Elisabeth (2017). Hull: culture, history, place. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press. ISBN 978-1-78138-420-6.
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6. de Boer, G. (1946). "Evolution of Kingston-upon-Hull". Geography. 31 (4): 139–146. JSTOR 40562523.
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11. Brynmor Jones Library. "Subject guides – Business Records". Archives and Special Collections. University of Hull. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
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13. Kaufman, Paul (1967). "The Community Library: A Chapter in English Social History". Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. 57 (7): 1–67. doi:10.2307/1006043. JSTOR 1006043.
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15. Finestein, Israel (1996–1998). "The Jews in Hull, between 1766 and 1880". Jewish Historical Studies. 35: 33–91. JSTOR 29779979.
16. Docherty, James C.; Lamb, Peter (2006). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of Socialism (2nd ed.). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6477-1.
17. Allison, K. J., 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.
18. "Hull History Centre: Unlocking the Treasures: Explosion of the Union Steam Packet". Hull History Centre. 20 April 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
19. "Latest finds from Trinity burial ground archaeological dig reveals victim of 1837 docklands disaster". The Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
20. Sheahan, James Joseph; Whellan, T. (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.
21. Wildridge, Thomas Tindall (1884). Hand-Book to the Hull and Withernsea Railway. Hull: Charles Henry Barnwell.
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25. "Photographic Societies of the British Isles and Colonies". International Annual of Anthony's Photographic Bulletin. New York: E. & H. T. Anthony & Company. 1891.
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Further reading

Published in the 18th century

• Gent, Thomas (1735). Annales Regioduni Hullini [History of Kingston-upon-Hull]. York.
  • 1869 reprint
• Bailey, W. (1781). "Hull Directory". Bailey's Northern Directory. Warrington: Printed by William Ashton.
• Hadley, George (1788). New and Complete History of the Town of Kingston-upon-Hull.
• Gray Battle, Robert. Battle's Hull Directory, for the Year 1791. Hull: J. and W. Rawson.
  • 1885 reprint
• Tickell, John (1798). History of the Town and County of Kingston-upon-Hull. Hull.
• Cooke, George Alexander (c. 1800). "Hull". Topographical and Statistical Description of the County of York. London: C. Cooke. OCLC 258359703.

Published in the 19th century

1800s–1840s

• "Hull". Kearsley's Traveller's Entertaining Guide through Great Britain. London: George Kearsley. 1803.
• Bigland, John (1812). "Hull". Yorkshire. Beauties of England and Wales. Vol. 16. London: J. Harris. hdl:2027/hvd.hxjf83.
• 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. Vol. 2: East and North Ridings. Leeds: Edward Baines. 1823. + Hull Directory
• Watt, Robert (1824). "Hull". Bibliotheca Britannica. Vol. 3. Edinburgh: A. Constable. hdl:2027/nyp.33433089888832. OCLC 961753.
• Frost, Charles (1827). Notices Relative to the Early History of the Town and Port of Hull. London: J.B. Nichols. OCLC 4901297. OL 6929315M.
• Parsons, Edward (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.
• Moule, Thomas (1837). "Yorkshire: Town and County of Kingston-upon-Hull". English Counties Delineated. Vol. 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. OL 24419637M.
• "Hull and the Humber". The Land We Live In: a Pictorial and Literary Sketch-Book of the British Empire. Vol. 4. London: Charles Knight. 1847.
• Lewis, Samuel (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.
• Measom, George Samuel (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.
• Sheahan, James Joseph (1864). History of the Town and Port of Kingston upon Hull. London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co.
• Knight, Charles, ed. (1867). "Hull". Geography. English Cyclopaedia. London: Bradbury, Evans, & Co. hdl:2027/nyp.33433000064802.
• McCulloch, John Ramsay (1880). "Docks: Hull Docks, Shipping &c.". In Reid, Hugh G. (ed.). 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.
• Anderson, John Parker (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.
• Wildridge, Thomas Tindall (1884). Old and New Hull.
• Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire with the Port of Hull. London: Kelly & Co. 1885.
• Gross, Charles (1897). "Hull". Bibliography of British Municipal History. New York: Longmans, Green, and Co.

Published in the 20th century

• Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Hull (Yorkshire)" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 13 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 870–871.
• Donald, Robert, ed. (1901). "Hull". Municipal Year Book of the United Kingdom for 1901. London: Edward Lloyd.
  • Donald, Robert, 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. hdl:2027/nyp.33433071387298.
• Sheppard, Thomas (1922). Handbook to Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire. London and Hull: A. Brown & Sons. OL 14010835M.
• East, W. G. (1931). "The Port of Kingston-upon-Hull during the Industrial Revolution". Economica (32): 190–212. doi:10.2307/2547923. JSTOR 2547923.
• Wild, M. T.; Shaw, G. (1974). "Locational Behaviour of Urban Retailing during the Nineteenth Century: The Example of Kingston upon Hull". Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers (61): 101–118. doi:10.2307/621602. JSTOR 621602.

External links

• 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

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