Interesting display in Bransholme Centre commemorating first 50 years of the estate. The Centre and surroundings on the site of Sutton Airfield (see above), this, in turn, on farmland of lower ‘carr land’ of central Hull Valley. Bransholme at one point was Europe’s largest satellite town. Origin of name probably = ‘holme’ island above surrounding […]
To conclude, for now, the River Hull theme, three detailed sources of evidence; Sheppard, J.A. The Draining of the Hull Valley (East Yorkshire Local History Series, 1950s), Fenwick, H., Thomas, G., Van de Noort, R. Wetland Heritage of the Hull Valley, An Archaeological Survey (Hull, 2000) (one of six Humber Wetland Heritage studies), River Hull Drainage
Presentation on River Hull will be in two halves, (a) Geology and landscape of River and its valley, then its role as transport highway, then importance and location of ferries and then recreation. (b) journey in pictures from mouth of River Hull to its source. The picture above shows how Barmston Drain, dug in the
Currently working on preparing the presentation on the River Hull, its history and significance – Will be titled ‘River Hull, Friend or Foe’. More about this tomorrow. Don’t often record things that upset me, but recently saw BBC programme of Hairy Bikers sampling fried chicken in parts of U.S.A. – not once did they comment on
The west side of upper Lowgate, Hull today. Part of Alfred Gelder Street and Manor Street are certainly overly the site of some of the built complex of Suffolk Palace.
‘Suffolk Palace’ was the name given, after 1370s, to a large medieval mansion and grounds that existed on a triangular plot in the north-west section of the medieval walled town of Hull. It was probably partly in existence by the end of the 13th century but was expanded by the De la Pole brothers William