British Rail History
Brief History of Kingston Upon Hull
The evidence has been found on the history of the Hull region Back to the age bronze. There is also evidence of Iron Age activity that includes an Iron Age boat, recovered from the River Humber in 1984. It is also known that in the early 1st century AD, there was a fortified Roman town near Brough – known Petvaria. It is, of course, widely known that the colonies along the shores of Humber and Hull were under constant threat of an invasion of Vikings and Danes, and in the dark ages the area around the Humber was part of the Danelaw.
In the late 12th century a wharf was built at the junction of the River Hull and the River Humber. It was built by Cistercian monks of Meaux Abbey nearby, which had acquired the land in the area and I wanted somewhere to export wool they produce in northern Europe. Indeed, it marked the beginning of Hull as a city. Soon after the construction of wharf or entering a market in all kinds of goods that has led to the agglomeration of villages that were in the area along the river banks two. Originally called Wyke (vik the Scandinavian word "means Creek), it became the city of King-upon-Hull – Kingston upon Hull – around 1293 when King Edward I. is granted him the right to hold a market and fair. In 1299 Hull was awarded its royal charter making it a free borough. The first port of Hull has also been constructed at this time, which of course came very useful for the king when moving troops and supplies to Scotland for his military campaigns.
With the port of Hull from wood wool export and import of oilseeds in Europe, it quickly became one of the richest cities in the country and by the mid 14th century had the largest, if not the richest merchant in England among its residents – William de la Pole, it is also became Lord Chancellor of England. Generally Hull continues to grow and prosper through the rule of the House of Lancaster, York and Tudor, not caught by the authorities, apart from a skirmish with Henry VIII in sympathy with some papists.
The English Civil War was a time less set for the city. At the beginning of the Civil War the city took over the parliament, which had confirmed the appointment of the governor of the city – Sir John Hotham, while that the king had wanted to replace "by his own man – the Earl of Newcastle. In 1642, with the King now hold court near York, he was only matter of time before the conflict came as Hull. In fact, Hull is regarded as the site of the first overt act of the Civil War, when the King was refused entry to the city, while his son – the Duke of York – was virtually captive in the walls of the city. Inevitably, later this year royalists besieged Hull, before being pushed back after several weeks. Presumably hedging its bets, Hotham in 1643 began to negotiate with the royalists. However, his plan has drawn badly, since he was arrested and executed by the parliamentary year later. Despite suffering considerable damage, Hull introduced himself as the sole Parliamentarian stronghold in Yorkshire and has maintained a strong pro-parliamentary right until 1660. Then, with the war finally coming to its end, even Hull accepted the royal arms of Charles II. Still it took the reign of Queen Victoria, another British monarch set foot in the city.
While many fine examples surviving buildings built exquisite in the Georgian period, with the wealth generated by the port were destroyed by bombing in World War II or by a planning appalling "decisions. However, surviving prints of several city buildings show Hull maintenance and building on its prosperity. In the Georgian period, 1812, Hull was one of the first cities to have a Botanic Garden, on Hessle Road. Also in the period Georgian, Hull began to become a major port for landing fish caught by its large fleet of trawlers. As the export trade wool began to decline, the fishing business – including hunting – has increased in importance for the city. The trawler fleet would often go as far as the Arctic Circle off Norway, especially in the pursuit of whales. By Hull in the early 19th century would become the dominant port in the United Kingdom in the trade whale. Probably the most famous son of Hull, William Wilberforce, was born in the Georgian period in 1759. He became a Member of Parliament and an advocate of the abolition of slavery.
There is little to say about Hull in the 19th century than others, with many other ports, enhanced transport links by rail and by road to the port to be able to further expand the field, he could trade with. However, in the late 19th century and early 20th century trade of the port began to decline, with the port, relying heavily on wood, oil seeds and fish imports. In the late 20th century, even the trade of fish has decreased due to the "fishing quotas for cod wars' which have been imposed to try to preserve fish stocks in the North Sea. Inside the hull of the United Kingdom is the only one to have its own independent telephone companies, Kingston Communications. Formed in 1902, he had a cable TV and wireless services in the 1950s and was the first telecommunications company UK to offer ADSL to its customers.
Today Hull remains an important port in the United Kingdom, import and export of goods and operation of ro-ro ferry services to Europe. It is also a major center for food processing companies in the United Kingdom.
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