Just an addition to yesterday’s blog/text. The redbrick building on the right, behind he Trippett detached burial ground (s.p.b.), is part of Charterhouse Lane School. This elementary ‘board school’ was one of the 37 board schools built between 1870 and 1902 by the municipal authority by the terms of the 1870 Education Act which required […]

Today’s photo shows a large section of what was once the Trippett detached burial ground for St. Mary’s church, Lowgate. The land here was consecrated in 1775 because already the graveyard around the church itself was so crammed with bodies that it formed a mound beside the street (the original churchyard on Lowgate extended further

I am now ready to resume blogs/posts following surgery on 31st December last. Not rushing about just yet but making progress. The photo above shows an area on the corner of Sykes St. and Bourne St. in Kingston upon Hull (just north of the east end of Freetown Way). The remnant of St. Mary, Lowgate’s

Today’s photo shows the first bridge built across Barmston Drain up-Drain of its exit into the River Hull. This then, was the first bridge to cater for the expanding population and physical extent of the town. An ornate wrought iron bridge was considered necessary. This is Lockwood St. bridge, still in use, but one-way. This

Just a quick post, taken from the same footbridge over Barmston Drain as the previous post/blog but looking south-east. Notice again the luxuriant growth of the Drain-side, a necessary reminder at this time of year. The almshouses seen in the middle distance have always struck being as being some of the most attractive buildings in

The photo above shows another section of Barmston Drain showing luxuriant summer growth, before the reeds were dredged out s.p.b., both along the drain banks and along the embankment to the left of the footpath. The view is looking north from a foot/cycle bridge over the Drain with the ‘narrow bridge’ at the eastern end