Hull City Archives is, at the moment situated on Lowgate in Hull City Centre. It is home to a massive collection of material relating to the History of the City of Hull, from the 13th Century to the present day! The archives has several useful items from
New opening timesSo that the team can carry out essential behind the scenes work, in preparation for the move to the History Centre in 2009, please note that from Monday 31 March 2008 the new opening hours for City Archives are -Monday - closed all day
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October 20th, 2008 at 6:35 pm
how can i find out when Bilto Grange & Greatfield estates were built?
October 21st, 2008 at 4:41 am
Hi Rob, Local Studies Library, is with Hull City Library in the City Centre of Hull. They should know in there, failing that, Hull City Archives are on Lowgate opposite Hull College, and they should have records.
Both are open today and can be found via the Hull City Council Website.
May 9th, 2009 at 8:28 am
Hi do you know when buses stopped going down Jameson Street thanks
May 10th, 2009 at 4:24 am
Hi Michelle, sorry about the delay in replying, as far as I can tell the buses stopped going down here in the 70’s, although I have no hard facts. I do have a photo of Jameson street in the 1960’s showing traffic going past the old mermaid statue, and a photo of the street in the early 80’s showing it covered over.
Jameson street was built between 1901-02 when it linked George Street to King Edward Street. In 1903 it was pushed further west towards Paragon Station.
Sadly, both Hull’s Local Studies and Hull’s Archives are now closed until the opening of the new combined history centre, but Carnegie Heritage Centre is open on Anlaby Road, so they might be able to pinpoint a better date.
August 5th, 2009 at 12:25 pm
i found you by link from the Directory Listing Script from Ash.. Nice to read your blog ^.^
September 2nd, 2009 at 6:46 pm
bilton grange was built in the early part of 1950 i know because my family was the first group to get keys we lived on PARTHIAN ROAD at 109
greatfield estate followed soon after
September 9th, 2009 at 9:39 am
Thanks Robert.
November 18th, 2009 at 12:23 pm
hi how can l find out the name of the brewery that supplied The Polar Bear Pub in Spring Bank in the early 1900’s,many thanks Maureen
November 22nd, 2009 at 11:59 am
Moors and Robson supplied Polar Bear. On the outside of the pub there is an anchor logo, this was the logo of the brewery. Hope this helps.
November 23rd, 2009 at 3:23 pm
many thanks for your reply will do a bit more research now on my family history,it seems my Gr Gr Grandmother ran the pub in the early 1900’s,it would be interesting to see if l can come up with any more info now, so once again thankyou,Maureen
November 25th, 2009 at 4:15 pm
Many thanks for your informatiion l wonder if you can tell me is this still a working brewery or has it been taken over by some other brewery,l live in the irish rep so its not easy for me to find these things out,l am trying to find out about an ancester of mine that seemingly ran the pub,as she was a young widow with 3 daughters she must have been a strong lady.Once again many thanks,Maureen
November 27th, 2009 at 10:05 am
Right, the Hull Brewery was taken over by Northern Dairies in 1972, it was then renamed the Northern Country Brewery and bought by Mansfield Brewery in 1985. I am unaware of it’s current location, but it’s no longer in Hull. My good friend Paul Gibson is a great source of information on Hull Pubs and Breweries, http://www.paul-gibson.com/
Tell him Mike Covell sent you.
May 8th, 2011 at 8:14 pm
Interesting; what about including some videos to the Mike Covell’s Blogg » Blog Archive » Thanks, Hull City Archives write-up! I think it can improve a lot of our know-how thanks Kudos … Rob Rasner YouTube