Another of Hull’s many pocket parks (s.p.b.s); this very nice area in summer when the trees are in leaf, has no name plate. I have asked a couple of local people about its history but gained little as there are a lot of houses locally tenanted out to economic migrants. On my street map of […]

Just a brief diversion from the Green Places theme, expanding on points raised in the last blog (Green Places 20). Soon after writing Green Places 20 I decided to visit St. Mary’s church, Sculcoates (Kingston upon Hull) which is open for public viewing between 11am and 1pm on Wednesdays and Mondays. This is a very

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