Kingston-upon-Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom


🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Kingston upon Hull, usually abbreviated to Hull, is a port city and unitary authority in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It lies upon the River Hull at its confluence with the Humber Estuary, 25 miles (40 km) inland from the North Sea and 50 miles (80 km) south-east of York, the historic county town. It is the fourth-largest city in the Yorkshire and the Humber region after Leeds, Sheffield and Bradford.

The town of Wyke on Hull was founded late in the 12th century by the monks of Meaux Abbey as a port from which to export their wool. Renamed Kings-town upon Hull in 1299, Hull had been a market town, military supply port, trading centre, fishing and whaling centre and industrial metropolis. Hull was an early theatre of battle in the English Civil Wars. Its 18th-century Member of Parliament, William Wilberforce, took a prominent part in the abolition of the slave trade in Britain. More than 95% of the city was damaged or destroyed in the blitz and suffered a period of post-industrial decline (social deprivation, education and policing) The destroyed areas of city were rebuilt in the post-Second World War. In the early 21st century spending boom before the late 2000s recession the city saw large amounts of new retail, commercial, housing and public service construction spending.

In 2017, it was the UK City of Culture and hosted the Turner Prize at the city’s Ferens Art Gallery. Other notable landmarks in the city are the minster, the tidal surge barrier, the Paragon Interchange and The Deep aquarium. Areas of the town centre include the old town (including it’s museum quarter) and the marina. Hull University was founded in 1927 and had over 16,000 students in 2022. Rugby league football teams include clubs Hull F.C. and Hull Kingston Rovers. The city's association football clubs are Hull City (EFL Championship) and non-league Hull United. Hull RUFC and Hull Ionians both play in the National league 2 North of rugby union.

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Kingston-upon-Hull has a population of over 259,778 people. Kingston-upon-Hull also forms part of the wider Hull District which has a population of over 573,300 people. For the location of Kingston-upon-Hull see: Kingston upon Hull.

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  • Frank Scarlett |

    🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Architect/Painter Frank Scarlett is associated with Kingston-upon-Hull.

  • William Bailey Wheatley |

    Architect William Bailey Wheatley is associated with Kingston-upon-Hull.

  • James Glen Sivewright Gibson |

    🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Architect James Glen Sivewright Gibson is associated with Kingston-upon-Hull. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA) in 1902.

  • Henry Ingham Ashworth |

    🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇦🇺 Architect Henry Ingham Ashworth is associated with Kingston-upon-Hull. During the 1930s Ashworth taught at the Bartlett, UCL and Regent Street Polytechnic.

  • William Curtis Green |

    🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Architect William Curtis Green is associated with Kingston-upon-Hull. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA) in 1909.

  • Henry Vaughan Lanchester |

    🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Architect/Town Planner Henry Vaughan Lanchester is associated with Kingston-upon-Hull. He was editor of The Builder from 1910 to 1912.

  • Charles Henry Heathcote |

    🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Architect Charles Henry Heathcote is associated with Kingston-upon-Hull. During World War One he designed a number of Munition warehouses in South Lancashire.

  • Thomas Allom |

    🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Painter/Architect/Topographer Thomas Allom is associated with Kingston-upon-Hull. While pursuing a career as an architect, he was also an topographical artist and draughtsman.

  • Harry Andrew |

    🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Architect Harry Andrew is associated with Kingston-upon-Hull. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA) in 1926.

  • Frank Quentery Farmer |

    🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Architect Frank Quentery Farmer is associated with Kingston-upon-Hull. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA) in 1929.

  • James Diggle Mould |

    🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Architrect James Diggle Mould is associated with Kingston-upon-Hull. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA) in 1907.

Antipodal to Kingston-upon-Hull is: 179.683,-53.733

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