Folly Flaneuse considers that some stone artifacts may have come from at least two other churches – Withernsea and Holy Trinity, Hull. Withernsea because the late-medieval church had fallen into disrepair and was being restored and Holy Trinity again as a result of aa Victorian restoration. Poulson’s History of Holderness was published in 1840 and the section covering Owthorne, the ‘Sister Kirk’ with nearby Withernsea, has as its illustration the church about to be destroyed by coastal erosion; so by 1844 there may have been stone artifacts from that church.
So the ‘Ruins’ at Pearson Park were created, having been bought from the owners of the Zoological Gardens for £45, described by local historian Sheahan in 1864 as ‘a pretty feature’, see 20th century photo above.
It is likely that the ‘ruin’ in the Park was located near the mound on which the cupola from the first Town Hall was sited; they existed in the living memory of some but memories of its exact location is fuzzy. Which invites the question ‘Where are they now?’; surely they would have gone into Council storage once removed from Pearson Park, but do they still exist?
Folly Flaneuse reproduces a map of the Zoological Gardens in her article crediting the Hull History Centre. I will try to get a copy and post about it next time.