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Timeline Of Hull

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

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

16th–18th century

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

19th century

20th century

21st century

  • 2019
    • October: Hull became the first UK city to have full fibre broadband available for all residents.

See also

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Further reading

Published in the 18th century

  • Gent, Thomas (1735). Annales Regioduni Hullini [History of Kingston-upon-Hull]. York.
  • 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.
  • 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

1850s–1890s

Published in the 20th century

  • 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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