Author name: Richard Clarke

Moving forward in time from Thew’s map of 1784 (s.p.b.) Hargrave’s map of 1791 shows little change in Drypool but presents what features there were more accurately. The ‘Road to Headon’ was more clearly defined immediately east of ‘North Bridge’ (an odd term as there was no bridge to its south) although it was not […]

The photo above shows the ruined church of St. Peter’s, Drypool after being bombed in 1941, scanned from Neave, D. Lost Churches and Chapels of Hull (1991, 57 and s.p.b.). The first map showing any post medieval detail of Drypool village area I currently have access to is Hollar’s ‘bird’s eye view’ plan of Hull

The last blog, Drypool (1), shows the representation of the village of Drypool on the east bank of the River Hull, from a medieval (allegedly) Plan of Hull. The presentation maybe stylised but shows a linear village stretching south from the church across land that is now a bit of the A63, a bit of

Continuing the current theme of late Georgian Hull suburbs I cross the River Hull to Drypool. The map extract above is taken from  a 14th century plan of Hull discovered by Hull historian Charles Frost in the Cotton Manuscripts in the British Museum (referenced in a number of earlier blogs). Remarkably Drypool remained a village

Apparently a book was produced in 1909 written by G.H. Hill and entitled History of Newland – but I have never seen it. In writing of Newland Avenue John Markham (Streets of Hull, a History of their names, s.p.b.s) reminds us that Newland was part of Cottingham parish until the boundary changes of the 1880s

The scan above is from the leaflet The Avenues/Pearson Park Conservation Area (s.p.b.) and shows a drawing of the original fountain at the ‘circle’ where Park Avenue and Salisbury Street cross. David Neave describes The Avenues as ‘the most extensive area of middle class housing in Hull’ (‘Pevsner’, 2005, 554). The main financial promoter was