Thanks, Hull City Archives

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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

  • Maps,
  • Business collections,
  • Historical Collections,
  • Trade Directories,
  • And much much more!

 New opening times

So 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
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday - 9.30am to 4.45pm
Friday - closed all day

Contact the Archives

City archives
79 Lowgate
Hull
HU1 1HN

Tel: (01482) 615 102
Fax: (01482) 613 051
Email: city.archives@hullcc.gov.uk

13 Responses to “Thanks, Hull City Archives”

  1. rob davison Says:

    how can i find out when Bilto Grange & Greatfield estates were built?

  2. admin Says:

    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.

  3. michelle Says:

    Hi do you know when buses stopped going down Jameson Street thanks

  4. admin Says:

    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.

  5. Zashkaser Says:

    i found you by link from the Directory Listing Script from Ash.. Nice to read your blog ^.^

  6. robert summers Says:

    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

  7. admin Says:

    Thanks Robert.

  8. Maureen Kelly Says:

    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

  9. admin Says:

    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.

  10. Maureen Kelly Says:

    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

  11. Maureen Kelly Says:

    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

  12. admin Says:

    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.

  13. Rob Rasner YouTube Says:

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