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Bransholme is an area and a housing estate on the north side of Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The name Bransholme comes from an old Scandinavian word meaning Brand's water meadow ( brand or brandt meant 'wild boar').
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The Bransholme estate was built between 1965 and 1983 by Hull city council as part of its programme of slum clearance and re-housing, with North Bransholme being developed from about 1975. The estate was built partly on land transferred to the city from the neighbouring parishes of Wawne and Sutton in 1968.
Estate Image Dates Location: Size (units) Notes/Description; 1: Churchill Gardens: 1946–62 built Pimlico area of Westminster. 1,600 Designed by architects Powell and Moya to replace Victorian terraced houses extensively damaged during the Blitz; won RIBA London Architectural Bronze Medal (1950); model for many later projects.
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Before leaving Castle William, the British set fire to the fort, damaging it and its ordnance as best they could. [11] During the Revolutionary War, a fort called Fort Independence was built on Point Allerton in Hull, Massachusetts. In 1797, the name was transferred to the former Castle William, apparently leaving the fort in Hull without a name.