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Kingston upon Hull, usually shortened to Hull, is an historic maritime city and unitary authority area in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. [3] It lies upon the River Hull at its confluence with the Humber Estuary, 25 miles (40 km) inland from the North Sea .
Hull, the common name of Kingston upon Hull, a city in the East Riding of Yorkshire Hull City A.F.C., a football team; Hull FC, rugby league club formed in 1865, based in the west of the city; Hull Kingston Rovers (Hull KR), rugby league club formed in 1882, based in the east of the city; Port of Hull; University of Hull
1739 – Hull's first newspaper, the Hull Courant, is published. [1]: 307 1773 – Hull Dock Company formed. [11] 1775 – Hull Subscription Library established. [12] [13] 1778 – Dock built. [14] 1780 William Wilberforce becomes Member of Parliament for Hull. Jewish community establishes synagogue. [15] 1782 – General Infirmary established. [7]
A hull is the watertight body of a ship, boat, submarine, or flying boat. The hull may open at the top (such as a dinghy), or it may be fully or partially covered with a deck. Atop the deck may be a deckhouse and other superstructures, such as a funnel, derrick, or mast. The line where the hull meets the water surface is called the waterline.
The Port of Hull is a port at the confluence of the River Hull and the Humber Estuary in Kingston upon Hull, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.. Seaborne trade at the port can be traced to at least the 13th century, originally conducted mainly at the outfall of the River Hull, known as The Haven, or later as the Old Harbour.
Hull is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States, located on a peninsula at the southern edge of Boston Harbor. Its population was 10,072 at the 2020 census . [ 1 ] Hull is the smallest town by land area in Plymouth County and the eleventh smallest in the state. [ 2 ]
The River Hull is a navigable river in the East Riding of Yorkshire in Northern England. It rises from a series of springs to the west of Driffield, and enters the Humber Estuary at Kingston upon Hull. Following a period when the Archbishops of York charged tolls for its use, it became a free navigation.
Wenceslas Hollar's map of Hull, c. 1640 with walls and castle shown. (up is east) The fortifications of Kingston upon Hull consisted of three major constructions: the brick built Hull town walls, first established in the early 14th century (), with four main gates, several posterngates, and up to thirty towers at its maximum extent; Hull Castle, on the east bank of the River Hull, protecting ...