EYLHS Newsletter 19 Summer 2008

newsletter of the East Local History Society Front cover: The Minerva at the junction of Nelson Street and Minerva Terrace, Hull, August 2008.

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Newsletter temporary editor Robert Barnard 825 Anlaby Road, Hull, HU4 6DJ Telephone 01482 506001

published by the East Yorkshire Local History Society Secretary David Smith 114 Telford Street, Hull, HU9 3DY Telephone 01482 706902 e-mail [email protected]

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Programme Helmsley Castle £4, concessions £3; Rievaulx £4.50, concessions £3.40, both As usual, the Society has arranged a full are free to English Heritage members. programme of lectures and excursions There is a large car park to the north of for 2007. Please support the events Helmsley Castle (charge) and there will and bring along your friends. Please do be time for lunch in Helmsley before ar- not hesitate to ask for lifts; you will be riving at Rievaulx for 2.00pm. expected to contribute to petrol. Participation in events PLEASE NOTE: Please make all cheques payable to the East Yorkshire Local As reported in previous years, it has not History Society. All cheques and book- been possible to arrange group insur- ing slips (which are on a separate insert ance for events. We therefore strongly with this newsletter) should be sent to recommend that members and their the relevant named individual at the friends take out personal accident/ address on the booking form. loss insurance, or include this in their households policies. We would also Saturday 6 September 2008 stress the need for suitable clothing - in Venue: WISE, Oriel Chambers, 27 High particular, sturdy footware and water- Street, Hull proofs - for outdoor events. Topic: ‘Lincolnshire Spinsters in the Seventeenth Century’ Please note Speaker: Dr Judith Spicksley, WISE, Uni- versity of Hull There is usually a waiting list for most Time: 2.15pm of the Society’s events. If you book an Cost: £4 event and then find you cannot attend, Tea and coffee provided. please inform the Secretary. Please do Talk - will discuss the often precarious not transfer your booking to a relative position of unmarried women in Sev- or friend without first consulting the enteenth Century Lincolnshire based Secretary, whose telephone number on the speaker’s PhD. can be found on the inside of this No parking available newsletter. Thank you.

SATURDAY 20 SEPTEMBER Review of EYLHS Events Venue: Helmsley Castle and Rievaulx Abbey AGM and Illustrated History of How- Leader: Dr John Walker den Time: 10.30am Helmsley Castle 29 March 2008 Cost: £1.50, this does not include ad- mission, which is payable on the day:

 The above event was held at the How- although a number of our hosts were den Masonic Hall and well attended. It wearing them, sporting a variety of dif- was interesting to see the inside of a ferent colours and decorations. Masonic Hall as such buildings are not Mr Judah Rose welcomed us to the always open to the general public. Synagogue explaining that his role as Chairman was simply to introduce As usual the AGM was over fairly speed- the speakers who would talk on vari- ily. ous aspects of the Jewish Faith and in particular about the Synagogue and its Following the formal part of the meet- archives. ing Susan Butler enabled us to tour Howden without getting wet on a par- The first speaker was Professor Howard ticularly inclement day. Cuckle. He briefly spoke about former Jewish places of worship in Hull and We were treated to a circular tour of the the expansion of the community town by photographic slide in which throughout the nineteenth century. all the significant buildings were de- Although Jews were allowed back into scribed together with some that are England at the time of the Common- now standing. wealth, most of the early brethren set- tled in London and it was not until the It wetted ones appetite to explore 1780s that the first record of a Jewish Howden and I for one will be visiting at Synagogue in Hull can be found. This a later date. was in Posterngate in a repaired Ro- man Catholic chapel that had been Tom Bangs severely damaged during the Gordon Riots. Subsequently a larger building A visit to a Jewish Synagogue in Robinson Row replaced Posterngate 13 April 2008 in 1826. As the 19th century progressed and the Hull Jewish community ex- On a rather chilly and wet Sunday af- panded with the influx of immigrants ternoon last April, a goodly number of from eastern Europe, several places of members augmented by people from worship sprang up in the town, but in the local Jewish community, came to- 1902 a new Synagogue was registered gether to visit the Pryme Street Syna- at Linnaeus Street, designed by the gogue at Anlaby. We arrived a little well known Hull architect Benjamin before the appointed starting time and Septimus Jacobs. It was then explained found difficulty in finding two empty that the Pryme Street Synagogue was chairs. I was surprised at the informal- a modern replacement for Linnaeus ity prevailing, as guests chatted in a re- Street. laxed and animated fashion waiting for the meeting to begin. I noted also we Professor Cuckle explained the differ- men were not asked to wear yarmulkes ence between Ashkenazi and Sephardic

 Jews, the former originating from Rus- the Scrolls of the Torah, the five books sia and other Eastern European coun- of Moses. The Ark itself was a huge tries whilst the latter came from Iberia. wooden structure which had originally He then gave a fascinating account of been installed at Linnaeus Street and the stages in a Jewish boy’s life begin- then transferred to Pryme Street. Rabbi ning with circumcision, then Bar Mitz- Osdobi kindly drew back the central vah and marriage. Finally he explained curtain to allow us to see the Scrolls af- the various Jewish festivals throughout ter which we were able to walk around the year, the best known to us in the and look at a number of commemora- audience being the Passover and Yom tive plaques, many showing familiar Kippur, the Day of Atonement. names of Hull families.

Dr David Lewis, ably supported by Mrs Reflecting on what I had seen, I was Frances Harris, spoke about the re- struck by the way the early Christian search work which is being done into church must have been influenced by discovering the names of the early Jew- the form of the Jewish faith and ritual. ish congregation at Hull, their places of In terms of a religious similarity, cir- residence and the occupations they cumcision might well be related to a followed. Dr Lewis described the ‘five Christian baptism and more surely the treasures’ they had been able to collect, Bar Mitzvah has its parallel in Confirma- the oldest being a rental indenture of tion. For Christians, the altar replaced 1684 concerning land that eventually the Ark and the curtained area contain- became the site of the Robinson Row ing the Scrolls on the the altar, with the Synagogue. tabernacle holding the Holy Eucharist. At the end we were kindly offered re- Obviously the decennial census returns freshments before leaving into the rain from 1841 are a fruitful source of infor- after a very informative and enjoyable mation and an example was shown to visit. us of tracing the Jacobs family, which included the celebrated Bethel Jacobs, Martin Craven who fathered 15 children, one of whom being Benjamin Septimus, the archi- Lincolnshire Churches tect. 17 May 2008

Dr Lewis explained that their archive More than seventy-five churches will eventually be deposited in the opened their doors to the public over Central Archive which is currently be- two weekends in May in celebration ing built in Hull. of Lincolnshire’s religious heritage and architecture and this tour encom- Interspersed between talks, we invited passed four of them. After following by Rabbi S Osdobi to view the Ark, a circuitous route through Hull with the holy place within which are kept rather unpromising weather, we made

 a brief stop at Brigg Garden Centre rates nave and aisle, its round pillars where a vast selection of plants and decorated with rather roughly carved related items entertained those of us stiff-leaf capitals. Geoff Bell gave an -in with a gardening inclination while oth- teresting talk on changes in medieval ers made use of the refreshment facili- church interiors over the years and we ties. The four churches were within a had an opportunity to look round an relatively short distance of the main exhibition giving details of villagers A15 Lincoln road , but tucked away in involved in the First World War. Very lit- villages and therefore easily missed. tle seemed to have barred entry to the Hawthorn and Horse Chestnut blos- army – details such as missing fingers, som lined our route and the edge of cleft palate, being undersized or under- fields, while clematis, tulips and peo- aged seem to have been unimportant. nies brought colour to the gardens.

Saxby church and vicarage

The first church we visited was St Pe- We were very grateful to Pat Aldabella ter and St. Paul at Owmby-by-Spital, for her hasty re-arrangement of the a mainly Norman building with a pin- Buffet lunch when the original venue nacled tower but Early English chancel. became unavailable. What appeared The tower contains three bells dating to be a small village inn, the ‘Bottle and from 1687. A 12th century arcade sepa- Glass’ at Normanby-by-Spital, easily ab-

 sorbed our large party and provided chitect is a thought to be Thomas Lum- a substantial and appetising meal. St. by or his son, William. The church was Peter’s church, still consecrated but no built of red brick and stone in classical longer used for regular services, was style with a portico extending across holding an Art exhibition, which gave the full width of the church, supported us an opportunity to also appreciate by Tuscan columns. The magnesium the much higher quality of the 12th to limestone used for the base, portico, 15th century interior with its fine lime- columns and window surrounds may stone arcades and beautifully carved have come from Roche stone quarry in capitals. A stroll round the exterior en- South Yorkshire. The church was beau-

Hackthorne Hall abled us to see the footings of an apse, tifully restored in 2005 and redecorated now demolished, at the eastern end of in its original colours, but unfortunate- the building. ly suffered damage in the recent 2008 earthquake. A perambulation around St. Helen’s, Saxby, is a complete con- the building shows the original east trast, replacing an older church and window in the semicircular apse. This built as a parish church and mausole- was filled in during an earlier restora- um for the Lumley Saunderson family, tion by R. Nevill in 1879, when it was Earls of Scarborough, in 1775. The ar- plastered over and decorated with its

 present boss and acanthus leaf pat- diversion of the stream and road run- tern. One south window was replaced ning through the village. in 1874 with an almost pre-Raphaelite design, a memorial to John Wheelright Our return journey was interrupted Robinson who lived at Saxby manor. with a short break for afternoon tea at Hatchments and memorials in the Brigg Garden Centre. We are grateful church are to the 6th, 7th and 8th Earls to Pat Aldabella and Geoff Bell for once of Scarborough and the 7th Countess. again organising an informative and Beside the church lies the old vicar- interesting excursion. age with its secluded garden behind high hedges. One could easily imagine Shirley Scotney characters from a Jane Austen novel sweeping across the lawn on their way The Research Vessel William Scores- to morning service. by 7 June 2008 The fourth and final church was St. Michael and All Angels at Hackthorn The William Scoresby was built at Cook which lies in a beautiful parkland set- Welton and Gemmell’s yard in Beverley ting beside Hackthorn Hall, overlook- in 1925/26 for the Crown Agents, who ing the lake and surrounded by trees. acted on behalf of Discovery Commit- This Victorian Gothic church of 1850 tee. She was built as a consort to the replaces an earlier building and has Discovery, the ship used by Scott on his much good woodwork and a family ill-fated last journey to the South Pole pew in the gallery. The influence of in 1912. After a major refit Discovery William Morris and the Pre-Raphaelites was employed as a survey/research can be seen in the large figures of Faith vessel in the Antarctic regions. and Hope in the stained glass of one of the chancel windows. Geoff Bell ex- The ship was named after the nine- plained that the design of the church teenth century Arctic explorer and sci- reflected the influence of the Oxford entist William Scoresby who had first Movement in the mid 19th century visited Greenland at the age of 11 with when a renewed emphasis was placed has father also called William who was on the centrality of the communion ta- captain of a whale catching ship. ble rather than the pulpit and Gothic was the preferred style of architecture. The ship was 125ft waterline length, We were fortunate to hear the histori- strengthened for working in ice condi- cally important Nicholson organ (1869 tions, and was initially to be used for a restored in 1999) being played for a survey of the whale populations of the wedding rehearsal while we explored Southern Ocean. She was very much the church. Interesting pre- and post- based on the side trawler hull form that enclosure maps on display showed the the builders specialised in.

 Messrs Flannery, Baggaley & Johnson, building several trawlers for local com- who were the consulting naval archi- panies, which the Crown Agent claimed tects for the Discovery Committee, were given priority. Further disputes designed the ship. Thirteen small ship occurred with the Crown Agents over builders were invited to tender and their unexpected demands. Technical Cook Welton and Gemmell Ltd, Bever- difficulties followed the resignation of ley were awarded the contract. Surviv- two directors and other key staff, cou- ing correspondence and records sug- pled with bad weather throughout the gests the specification was unclear and winter of 1925/26. The General Strike instead of a high quality trawler that resulted in further delays regarding the the builders had quoted for, the Dis- availability of components and almost covery Committee required what later resulted in the cancellation of the con- described as a ‘naval yacht’. tract. The situation was further exacer- bated by the restricted working space

William Scoresby in St. Kathrine Dock, London, 1937, leaving for the Antartic on a Marking Expidition

Construction of the ship was a difficult within the small hull, which limited the time for the builders who were just re- number of tradesmen that could work covering from the serious slump in busi- at any time and made it impossible to ness after the Armistice. They were also speed the work up. The final cost sub-

 mitted by Cook Welton and Gemmell her first outward voyage from the UK was £35,837, which a considerably ex- she had first to proceed to the West ceeded the agreed contract price of Indies, then Cape Town, before reach- £29,375. ing Grytviken in South Georgia, adding several thousand miles to the voyage. Cook Welton and Gemmell were forced She operated throughout this sector of into liquidation with political conse- the Southern Ocean and made several quences for the government regarding voyages to carry out whale tagging, unpaid Admiralty sub-contractors. The by which whales were marked with an company was eventually bailed out engraved metal bolt embedded in the after a negotiated settlement, which flesh so that when they were caught accepted most of the significant over- at some time in the future their migra- spend but ensured that all sub-con- tory movements could be calculated. A tractors’ debts were settled. trawling survey was carried out around the Falkland Islands to identify new At 125 ft the ship was very small for commercial fishing grounds. Later she duty in the Southern Ocean in view of was involved in plankton research and the severe weather in these seas, a defi- how this waxed and waned through the ciency that was to make things very un- Southern seasons and in turn affected comfortable for the crew and scientists the movement of the whales and other and to limit the amount of work they species. She carried out oceanographic could do. It is a great credit to them all research including the Humboldt Cur- that they achieved what they did. One rent off the coast of Chile and latterly scientist found walking the main cabin the Benguela Current off S E Africa. during the night in a gale said he was “getting some rest from trying to stay In World War 2 the William Scoresby in his bunk”. was requisitioned as a minesweeper for the duration and based mostly in In spite of her small size she had a large the Falklands. It was a quiet war for the 1050 ihp engine made by Amos and most part but played an important role Smith of Hull and the boilers could be in Operation Tabarin reinforcing British fired either for coal or fuel oil, which Sovereignty and persuading Argen- made her the first Beverley built oil- tina to not stealthily take over British burning ship. However, apart from claimed territory in Antarctica at a time the brief sea trails held on the River when the country was otherwise en- as a coal burner, the ship used gaged in fighting a war with Germany fuel oil to maximise her operational and Japan. range. Despite fuel oil being in very short supply in the Southern Ocean at After the War she made one more voy- this time, bunkering was carried out age to the Southern Oceans and car- at Port Stanley and later whilst at sea ried out useful work in the South Indi- from whaling factory ships. Indeed on an Ocean. In 1951 she was withdrawn

10 from service and laid up in Plymouth. Help and encouragement; Pauline After a few years it was decided to sell Scott, June Langhorn, Steve Royce- the ship for scrap. Rogers (direct descendant of John Lumley) and Brian Masterman. Alan G Hopper Hull History Centre EYLHS greetings cards Having assessed all the work needed For the last local history bookfair in for the move to the History Centre we Beverley Liz Grove produced a range of have now set a date for closing. The cards featuring a variety of local pho- Hull City Archives last day of opening tographic views for the Society. Some will be 18th December 2008 and Local of these are still available direct from Studies last day will be Christmas Eve Liz, 5 Long Lane, Beverley, HU17 2NH 2008. The Lunch Club will continue and previews of the photographs are throughout 2009 and we may make on the Society’s website, http://www. some of our stock (e.g. microfilms and eylhs.org.uk. daily newspapers available elsewhere in the Central Library) though this is Correction not certain. We are planning a series of events in December for public and staff The journal editors apologise for a mis- to say goodbye to the Local Studies Li- leading editing of the acknowledge- brary here at the Central Library, which ments to Peter Scott’s Collision on the will include behind the scenes tours, Humber; the loss of the Emily in the 2008 further details to follow; people can journal. Herewith the author’s text: ring me on 01482 616829 or email me at [email protected] There Archives accessed by author; Goole is a website for the History Centre, Local Studies Library, Goole Museum, www.historycentrehull.org.uk Maritime History Archive (Memorial University of Newfoundland), National David Smith Maritime Museum at Greenwich, Pub- lic Records Office at Kew, Lloyd’s Cap- tains Registers, Lloyd’s Shipping Regis- Hull City Archives ters, Boothferry Local History Group’s St John’s burial transcriptions, Index INTRODUCTION TO ARCHIVES to ships registered at Goole April 1828 – August 1894 (transcribed by Ron Would you like to know more about Gosney), Waterway’s Museum at Goole, the records held at the City Archives? and thanks to John Stevenson for infor- mation regarding cabin removal.

11 If so join us for taster sessions which the breach which occurred in 1849 was will introduce you to the records we an inevitable result of this wholesale hold and how to access them removal of the substance of the Spurn peninsular. The land belonged to the The sessions will be held once a month Constables of Burton Constable hall on Monday mornings and will be re- who received the not inconsiderable stricted to 6 people so booking is es- income from the sale of the stone. The sential effect on the Humber navigation was of great concern to the Admiralty and Sessions to be held from 10.00a.m. to later the Board of Trade but it was not 11.30 a.m. at The City Archives, Low- till 1925 that Spurn came completely gate into government ownership and the Constable family connection ceased. For more information or to make a booking for sessions on any of the fol- Arthur Credland lowing dates please contact Hull City Archives on 01482 615102 Paul Gibson Hull: then & now Carnegie 15th September 2008 Heritage Action Team 2008 173pp 13th October 200 ISBN 978-0-9555569-1-3. Available 10th November 2008 from Carnegie 342 Anlaby Road, Hull, 15th December 2008 HU3 6JA or Browns Books.

Although the title may suggest a Tem- Book Reviews pus style publication the production quality of this book is a lot higher with Phil Mathison The Spurn gravel trade-a the modern photographs, taken by the conflict between commerce and coast- author, printed in full colour. The size, al erosion? Dead Good Publications, 9½in X 8½in, allows for up to four imag- Newport, E. Yorkshire, HU15 2RF 2008, es per page and there are a total of 252 22 pp., illustrated covers. ISBN 978-0- photographs in the book. Paul is a well 9546937-6-3 £2.75 (available from the know collector of postcards and pho- author and at the Hull Maritime Mu- tographs and as a result many of the seum). illustrations are very uncommon views, which is a significant achievement con- This is an important account of the sidering the number of ‘picture’ books extraction of gravel and cobbles from on Hull that have been published in Spurn and its effect on erosion. The recent years. Most of the photographs cobbles were use for building and in in- are from the author’s collection with 83 creasing amounts for road metal as the from other sources, principally Hull His- turnpikes system improved the high- tory Services. ways. Some 50,000 tons of gravel and cobbles might be extracted in a year so

12 The book is divided into areas such as A compilation of the words peculiar to Old Town, & the Groves and the coast, more particularly and a wide variety of cat- the English coast from the Humber to egories are covered from street scenes, the Tweed. Individual chapters are de- pubs, shops, industrial premises, trans- voted to special categories, costal ter- port, churches and chapels. minology, river and water features, the sea, the weather, fish, seabirds, fishing Refreshingly the ‘then’ photographs boat types etc. Origins of the words cover a wide range of dates from Ed- are traced back to the O.E. and Norse wardian up to the 1960s. A particularly or other sources. Particular attention is poignant one, to me, is Stevens & Sons given to the words associated with the shop on the Pier, which was demol- coble, its crew, its construction and the ished so that a crane could get onto methods of fishing from it. A testament Minerva Pier to renovate it; a sad irony. to the importance of this craft still in use today substantially unchanged in Proceeds from the sale of the book will design, except for the installation of go to help in renovating and maintain- engines, since the Middle Ages. ing the Carnegie Library building; with that in mind it is aimed very much at An additional word list appears in an the ‘nostalgia’ market and will make appendix by Katrina Porteous of the an excellent Christmas or birthday language of the Northumbrian fisher- present. However it also functions as men and a second appendix repro- an extremely useful reference work as duces the contents of a 1937 publica- the captions are very well researched, tion by Stanley Umpleby recording the as they are in the rest of Paul’s publi- dialect of the Staithes fishermen. The cations. A very slight criticism, which one deficiency in this book is an over- applies to all ‘then and now’ books, is all alphabetical index of the words re- that there is often little information on corded. the modern photographs, which will become the ‘then’ in the not to distant Arthur Credland, Hull Maritime Mu- future. Hull then & now is a fine model seum of how to produce this type of book.

Robert Barnard Thomas Hawley Bill Griffiths Fishing and folk life and and his ‘Free Trip dialect on the North Sea coast North- umbria University Press 2008, 266pp; To Hornsea’ ticket bw illustrations and diagrams; limp covers £11.99 ISBN 13: 978-1-904794- Thomas Hawley, a native of Strat- 28-8 ford on Avon, first appears in the Hull trade directories in 1855 as

13 Tailor & Outfitter, 38 Chariot Street, readers to buy Hawley’s clothes- Hull. By 1857 he had added ‘Draper’ ’Boys! insist upon wearing Hawley’s to his description and had moved to 25 beautiful overcoats’. Waterworks Street close by employing 6 men and 6 women in 1861. In 1863 In October 1862, Joseph Armytage he is living at 112 Great Thornton Street Wade, a Hornsea resident and Hull and in 1867 he describes himself as timber merchant had cut the first Tailor, Outfitter, Hatter and Cap Manu- sod of the Hull and Hornsea Rail- facturer at 25 Waterworks Street and 5 way Company’s line. Hornsea is a Market Place. By early July 1869 he small resort on the coast of Holder- had opened a new shop at 39 Mar- ness 15 miles from Hull and 8 south ket Place and closed the old one at of Bridlington. In June 1863 Hawley 25 Waterworks Street on 31st July. first announced his intention to give By 1872 Hawley disappears from tickets for a Free Trip to Hornsea on the the directories, however, his wife, purchase of a boy’s suit (its unclear if Mary, is a tailor at 3 Savile Street. this only applied to the expensive The Waterworks Street shop opened Hornsea suit or all suits). But by from 8 am and closed at 8 pm with a July 1863 the work on the railway closure for an hour at lunchtime and in line was not progressing as quickly 1863 advertised: as Hawley had expected:

s. d. The Hornsea line is very FAST, Boy’s Holiday Suit 15 0 So fast, they can’t get on; Boy’s Kingston Suit 17 6 The merry month of June is past, Boy’s Hornsea Suit 20 0 July is nearly gone. Youth’s Humber Suit 25 0 But still amongst the bogs they Wade, Youth’s Sea Side Suit 27 6 They struggle, puff and pant; Youth’s Prince of Wales Suit 30 0 The more they try to get it made, Of course, the more they can’t. Hawley was a master at publicity and advertised his coats, suits and They’re like poor Paddy long ago, trousers, ‘especially for boys’ every Upon the muddy track; Wednesday and Saturday in the Hull For every step he took to go, Advertiser. Each time he included a But sent him farther back. poem, changing every week, of 20 They’ve been e’er since they first be- or 24 rhyming and scanning lines, gun, the first part of which contained The FASTEST Co. extent; topical allusions to the weather, local The more they try to get it done, and national events such as, the free- Of course, the more they can’t! ing of slaves in America and Garibal- di’s visit to Hull in 1864. The second And if the line is ne’er complete, half of the poem always exhorted We’ve still got this to say,

14 That HAWLEY’S BOY’S may get a treat 28th. On 20th April he named 25th By going another way. July as the day when his tickets Meanwhile his dress is strong and rare, could be used. But on 2nd July his They’re just what people want; advert consists not of a long poem The more the boys may try to tear, but just the following: They’ll find the more they can’t (Hull Advertiser 22 July 1863) ‘Where’s Hawley’s Advertisement? Tickets for Hornsea as usual. By September Hawley realised the Those who did not go to Withern- Hornsea line would not be finished sea last year may have their tickets in 1863 so he announced that his exchanged, for Hornsea this year. tickets were available to Withern- Any train, any day, from Paragon Sta- sea and back by any train up to Oc- tion. tober 31 1863. The line to Withern- sea further south on the coast had After this the muse seems to have been completed in 1854. left him for a while as there were no more Hawley adverts in July or The ticket that Hawley issued is as in August 1864, no poems, no re- follows: ports on the Free Trip to Hornsea; very puzzling as such an excursion Obv. T. HAWLEY HULL around BOYS / would seem to be ready made for CLOTHIER further publicity. However, it is probable that the trip never took Rev. HAWLEY’S FREE TRIP TO place as the above advert seems HORNSEA (around) a Train to imply that the tickets could be used on any Hornsea train on any day, which had been the arrange- ment for Withern- sea the previous year. The scheme must have been a success as the free tickets were still ad- vertised in 1868.

AE 24mm with plain edge. The residents of Hornsea didn’t want day trippers so the railway Hawley’s poems continued in 1864 line was soon in difficulties and in but not until April 2nd did he return July 1866 the company was merged to the Hornsea line, 5 days after it with the North East Railway Com- was officially opened on March pany. It continued in operation

15 until it was axed by Dr. Beeching After the Royal Visit he claimed in 1965. that the Prince was dressed in ‘All his (Hawley’s) clothes’, and that Hawley’s adverts resumed later the Limelight which he exhibited but not in poem form although from his New Shop (‘the largest he continued to be a master pub- single establishment in Yorkshire’) licist. His advert for July 3rd 1869 on the evening of the visit ‘com- announced he had hired the Me- pletely eclipsed the beautiful(?) chanics’ Music Hall and a star com- Fireworks of the Corporation on pany of artistes and would give board the Southampton’, a training away 1500 Free Tickets to his cus- ship moored in the Humber. Tho- tomers. A fortnight later he states mas Hawley thought very highly of he ‘has taken the WHOLE FRONT- himself but was not popular with AGE of the QUEEN’S THEATRE and the authorities! will erect a capacious and elegant GRAND STAND FOR THE ACCOM- Geoff Percival MODATION OF VISITORS AND THE PUBLIC’ which will give the very best view of the Prince and Prin- The Minerva Hotel cess of Wales as they pass in pro- cession during their visit to Hull on One of Hull’s most historic pubs, The 22nd July. He also states his inten- Minerva, is to close (or be mothballed) tion to take out the front windows in September; a victim of the uncer- of both his shops and install seats tainty regarding the Humber St. re- for spectators. development. The following article is an amended reprint of one produced for the Local History Unit in 1999 that

R Willoughby ‘The House of William Westerdale, mast, block and pump maker, 1 Pier Street’ (Hull Museums)

16 contains a brief account of the devel- Lot 3. facing Nelson Street (the Min- opment of the site. Photographs of the erva site), purchased on 29/8/1815 for building were taken in August 2008. £1626.

Reclaimed Land The deeds transpose Pier and Nelson The first sale reference to the Minerva Streets but an inserted note clarifies site is a bundle of documents in the the position. On 11/5/1813 the Bench Hull City Archives (BRD 96) and relates (i.e. the Mayor and Aldermen) named to the sale of 2142 sq. yds., the sites the streets near Ferry Dock as follows: of 14-17 Pier Street, 33-37 Wellington the street extending from Queen Street Street, 3-8 Minerva Terrace and the to the Humber Dock Bridge to be called Minerva Hotel, to William Westerdale of Wellington Street, the street extending Sculcoates. All these transactions took along the north side of Ferry Dock to place between 1813 and 1817. be called Nelson Street, and the street extending from Humber Street to the In 1803 William Westerdale was a block- west end of the Ferry Dock to be called maker, etc., North Side Dock, living in Pier Street. Savile Row (there is a painting showing Westerdale’s Yard at the west end of Lot 3 was land bounded on the south the Old Dock). By 1817 Westerdale was by Nelson Street, east by Pier Street, a mast, block and pump maker, 1 Pier west by Dock Company ground, north St. (later renumbered 17 Pier St.), with a land belonging to William Westerdale. shop at Old Dock West End. A painting The site extended in width from east of 1 Pier Street by Robert Willoughby to west on the north side thereof 92’ is dated c. 1815 and it also appears, in 8” and at the south end 117’ 6” and in the wrong place, on Anderson’s Plan length on the east side thereof 66’ and of Hull in 1814. Westerdale’s ‘garden’ is on the west side 154’ 6”. The area con- mud; the site being reclaimed land cre- tained 1084 sq. yds. ated using material dug out construct- ing Humber Dock in 1803-1809. West- Development of the Site erdale died in 1837 aged 66. Thomas A The only building on Westerdale’s site Wilkinson took over his business and 1 prior to 1817 was his dwelling house Pier St. on the corner of Pier St. and Wellington St. [The only two listings for Wellington Westerdale originally purchased the Street in the 1817 directory are, William whole site for a total of £3190.6.8 after Gilyott, Master mariner, 3 Wellington St. it had been divided into three lots: and William Walker, general merchant. Both Craggs and Anderson’s plans, Lot 1. facing Wellington Street, pur- 1817 and 1818, show three buildings chased in 1813. on Wellington St., one on Westerdale’s Lot 2. facing Pier Street, purchased in site, one next to the Theatre (No. 3?) 1814. and a building near the Humber Dock

17 Bridge which Anderson labels as New St./Minerva Terrace corner and Wel- Dock Office and Baines, 1823, shows lington St./Pier St. north for Wellington as Humane Society Offices (later often St./Humber Place. The buildings were

John Ward ‘The buoy yacht Zephyr;’, section (Hull Museums) referred to as Lock Keeper’s Cottage, probably in the course of construction owned by the Dock Co., and it is proba- when the maps were drawn. bly the oldest building still standing in the area). Craggs shows an extra build- Minerva Terrace eventually became ing on the corner of Wellington St. and the name given to the street between the yet to be named Humber Place but Nelson St. and Wellington St. along it was actually opposite 1 Pier St. An- the dock side (it is marked as such on derson’s plan is of 1814 and remained Greenwood’s plan of 1835). However, virtually unchanged when reissued in the section on Wellington St. corner 1818, which could account for the dis- had been built by 1823 (Baines’ plan), crepancy. Number 1 Pier Street is in the probably as a warehouse (Westerdale is 1817 directory but apparently not on listed in the 1826 directory in Welling- either plan, however, both plans have ton St,) but was not part of the later ter- misplaced the building on Wellington race of houses. Minerva Terrace, when St./Pier St. south corner for Wellington originally built, comprised of only

18 five houses, extending from halfway joining house to his establishment, and down the street to Nelson St., all with fitted it up with entire new beds, etc. His small yards (except the Minerva Ho- house being close to the landing of all tel), number one was twice the width the steam packets, renders it very desira- of numbers two, three and four. The ble, and commanding an extensive view Minerva Hotel, originally occupying 5 of the Humber. The Gainsbro’, Thorne, Minerva Terrace, was built by January Goole, Selby, Barton, Grimsby, London, 1829 (its first victualler, Richard Cortis, and Hambro’ Packets use his house. Also was still commanding the Hull-Ham- the Scarbro’ and Burlington coaches.” burg steam packet in July 1828) as the following appeared in the Hull Rock- In 1831 the occupants of Minerva Ter- ingham of 24/1/1829: race were:

“Minerva Hotel - R. Cortis - thanks public 1 Samuel Simpson, joiner, dwelling for support after opening his house - beds house in Minerva Terrace. are newly fitted up for their accommo- 2 John Broadhead, mariner. dation. Good fires will be kept, and at- 3 Thomas Archer Wilkinson, bookkeep- tendance given on early tides, to suit all er. (This became Minerva Chambers by Steam Packets. He has also laid in a stock 1863) of superior old wines, spirits, etc. Trusting 4 Phineas Beaumont, wharfinger, ship- from every attention to their comfort he ping & commission agent. will insure their future favors. 5 Minerva Hotel. N. B. Post Chaises on the shortest notice.” The 1831 directory must have been The Hotel must have quickly estab- slightly out of date when published. By lished itself as the Hull Advertiser of 1838 the numbers had reversed with 26/6/1829 announced that there was the Minerva being numbers one and to be a “Meeting to be held at Minerva two. Hotel on 1st July to establish Regatta” - anyone with ideas for promoting Moreland’s plan of 1834 seems to be aquatic amusements was invited to at- the first to show Minerva Terrace fully tend. built, the Minerva Hotel is deeper than the middle range as is the ‘warehouse’ By February 1831 the Minerva had ex- at the northern end of the street, the panded into 4 Minerva Terrace accord- infill between No. 5 and the warehouse ing to the following advert from the has also been built (probably between Hull Packet of 15/2/1831: 1831 and 1834 but possibly earlier). The first pictorial record of the site is “Minerva Hotel - R. Cortis - grateful for probably John Ward’s ‘The buoy yacht the many favours conferred on him by Zephyr (Hull from the Humber)’ of his friends and the public, begs leave to 1834/36, which is taken to be a relative- inform them that he has added the ad- ly accurate and well drawn depiction of

19 Goads Insurance plan, 1886, scale 40’=1’’ Ordnance Survey map, 1853, scale 1:1056

The Minerva with the vaults to the right, c. 1900

20 Nlson Street elevation

The brewery replaced the vaults and the old vaults roofline can be seen in the Minerva gable

21 The rooms radiate from a ‘T’ shaped corridor formed by one running from the main entrance with the ‘leg’ running parallel to Minerva Terrace. This view shows the wall of the Minerva Terrace bar to the extreme left, the corridor and the door leading to the brewery to the right. The ‘Pilots’ above the door refers to Pilots Pride, which was the first beer brewed.

The Minerva Terrace bar. The pillars indicate where internal walls have been removed

22 The Minerva Terrace bar with the rear serving hatch for the Nelson Street bar. The original ceiling were high but when the corridor was created and internal walls partially removed the ceilings were lowered as can be seen in the centre top of this view.

Staircase with Minerva Terrace bar on right. In the centre is the small room with only two tables and at that point the two corridors join.

23 The room at the apex with Nelson Street on the left and Minerva Terrace on the right.

The apex room looking to the Nelson Street bar

24 The Nelson Street bar. Evidence of internal wall removal can clearly be seen at the top of this view., which looks towards the apex room

The opposite view to the above. Internal wall removal can be more clearly seen here and the position of the entrance door indicates how high the floor of the Minerva is from street level. The entrance door is itself two steps up from the ground.

25 the buildings fronting the Humber and J. Childs) occupied most of the length has often been reproduced. The Hotel of Pier St. between the Hotel and 1 Pier is shown as four bays wide fronting St. with a timber yard behind by 1853. Nelson St., of red brick with entrance in Whittock’s bird’s eye plan of Hull, 1855, second bay and a blocked up window shows the new developments with the above advertising the Hotel. The corner Minerva Vaults two storied (18’ high, is rounded to fit its triangular site. The excluding the roof, according to a later building on the northern end of Pier plan of the stables). By 1886 the Manu- St. (i.e. 1 Pier St., Westerdale’s house) is factory site is empty but a single storied a mirror image of the Hotel frontage. rope warehouse (Robert Hood Haggie A high wooden fence, also present in & Son, hemp and wire ropemakers, the c. 1815 painting, runs along Pier were there in 1892 and well into this St., joining the two buildings, and en- century) has been built behind it with closing Westerdale’s site, there is a gate an entrance on Nelson St. Also by 1886 immediately to the right of the Hotel. the Pier St. side of Westerdale’s former Some artistic license has been used to house is a post office and a single make the site appear triangular and storied warehouse has been erected symmetrical, the angle of Pier St. and to its left (the small boathouse of the Nelson St. is ignored completely. All Kingston Rowing Club is sandwiched the buildings on Westerdale’s site are between the two buildings); the Wel- shown as three storied. lington St. part of the house is offices and a dwelling house with a ‘shop’ on Goodwill & Lawson’s plan of 1842 the corner of Pier St. for Stephenson’s directory shows no change to the above layout, nor does A small stable, nine foot high and occu- Wilkinson’s 1848 plan, but by 1853, pying 24 sq. yds. (12’ by 18’), had been when the Ordnance Survey plan was built in 1857 adjoining the Minerva produced, the Minerva has expanded Tap. along Nelson St. with a smaller house, the Minerva Tap (later Vaults), adjoin- The Hotel has altered little externally ing. The Minerva Tap first appears in since it was built but the doorcases one of the directories for 1851 (Free- have been remodelled and the Vaults body’s, but White’s only lists the Hotel) have been demolished to be replaced with a separate victualler from the Ho- by the brewery. Most of the custom- tel. ers used the Vaults rather than the ‘hotel’ and until recently only the main Minerva Terrace by 1846 contained six bar, facing Nelson St., in the hotel was addresses. By 1857 there were seven ad- used regularly. The ‘captain’s room’, fac- dresses and by 1874 this had expanded ing Minerva Terrace, was damaged in to eight although the number of build- the blitz and not used until the ‘70s or ings remained unaltered from at least ‘80s; it contained a painting depicting 1834. A Mill Stone Manufactory (W. J. & sailing ships as viewed through slop-

26 ing ships windows and a central coke 2004 there have been a number of ten- stove, also painted. ants making it difficult to retain trade.

The Minerva underwent extensive in- Robert Barnard ternal restoration (designed by D H Craiggs of J Tetley and built by Jack- son Contractors (Malton) Ltd.) when New Publications the brewhouse was incorporated and re-opened in February 1985. The If you spot something not on this list brewpub was the fourth opened by please send details to the editor. Tetley. CAMRA gave the 1986 Award for Refurbishment and Conservation to Jim & Margaret Ainscough The Stewarts the Minerva and commented “The pub of Burnby Hall (01759) 304351 for avail- complements its location very effectively ability. and forms a popular focal point.” The brewery closed early in 1994 but reo- Avery, A The Story of Hull Blackthorn pened in July 1995. However in 1999 Press £9.95 the brewery permanently closed and converted into extra bar accommoda- The Garden Village Centenary Commem- tion. All the buildings on Westerdale’s orative Book 1908 - 2008 £4.50 www. site were demolished, except the Hotel, gardenvillagehull.co.uk in the mid 1980s and replaced with the houses of Henry Vernone Court. Paul Gibson Hull then & now ISBN 978- 0-9555569-1-3 £14.95. Available from The North Eastern Railway Co. had Carnegie Heritage Centre, 342 Anlaby bought the Hotel by 1899. Linsley’s Rd, Hull. became the first company to ‘tie’ the house after presumably buying it from Bill GriffithsFishing and folk life and dia- N.E.R. Linsley’s were taken over by Dun- lect on the North Sea coast Northumbria can Gilmour & Co., of Sheffield, who University Press 2008, 266pp; bw il- were in turn taken over by Tetley’s, the lustrations and diagrams; limp covers present owners are Tatershall Holdings. £11.99 ISBN 13: 978-1-904794-28-8 The last recorded guest at the Hotel was a Polish airman at the end of the Capt. John Hood Ships on the Humber Second World War; unfortunately the At Heart Publications £12.99 Register was stolen in 1980. ‘Hullensian’, magazine of Hull Colle- The Minerva has had a succession of giate () - last edi- long serving licensees; 1888-1907 John tion - contains historical articles www. Henwood, 1945-1965 Edith Baker and hullcollegiateschool.co.uk 1968-1984 Dot Horth. However, since

27 Limon, M More Tales From the East Rid- Local Studies Library & ERYC Museum ing Tempus 2008 displays - ‘The Treasures of the East Riding’ exhibition in Gallery One and a Phil Mathison The Spurn gravel trade-a frequently changing temporary exhibi- conflict between commerce and coastal tion. erosion? Dead Good Publications, New- port, E. Yorkshire, HU15 2RF 2008, 22 pp., Hedon illustrated covers. ISBN 978-0-9546937- Hedon Museum: The Hedon Room 6-3 £2.75 (available from the author and – Hedon Museum, behind the Town at the ). Hall, St Augustine`s Gate, Hedon (10am – 4pm Weds. and Sats. only) David & Susan Neave The Spa, Brid- Tel (01482) 890908 for further details of lington £7.50. Available from The Spa, current exhibitions. South Marine Drive, Bridlington, YO15 3JH Hull Carnegie Heritage Centre, 342 Anlaby Wally Simpkin Driffield And District Road, HU3 6JA. The Centre is home to Through The Times £10 in bookshops Carnegie Heritage Action Team, East or available from G I Simpkin, Tiroler, Yorkshire Family History Society and Downe Street, Driffield, YO25 6DX The Bindery. Mondays - 1.30pm until 3pm - free fam- Mike Wilson My Bridlington Old and ily history help desk with experts from New Free Spirit Writers £7.00 the EYFHS. Tuesdays - 9.30am until 3pm - open house. Pop in with your queries or to Regional News carry out your own research. Fridays - 9.30am until 3pm - open Based in Hull it is not always easy to house. keep track of events in other parts of A ‘reminiscence group’ is held on the the Riding; news that members could first Sunday of every month from contribute on their town or village 1.30pm until 3.30pm, when all are wel- should be sent to the editor. come to come and share their memo- ries of Hull or their family history on Beverley a very casual basis, often with a slide Every Friday 10am – 4pm - Beverley show. Guildhall Community Museum, Reg- A series of free talks are being held dur- ister Square, Beverley open free of ing the Autumn / Winter. charge. (01482) 561216 [email protected] Every day – The Treasure House, www.carnegiehull.co.uk Champney Road, Beverley open - com- bining East Riding Archives, Beverley

28 Hull & District Local History Research ly from 10am to 4pm. Details of events Group can be obtained from Rose Horspool, The Group meets weekly on Thursdays Heritage Project Officer, The Old Chap- 10am-12noon. Contact the secretary, el, North Dalton, nr Driffield, YO25 9XI. Terry Cork, 8 Dale Road, Swanland, (01377) 219135 North Ferriby Tel. (01482) 63688 or the [email protected] chair, David Sherwood, 9 Simson Court, Beverley HU17 9ED mob. 07799357262 for information of meetings, visits and Local History local history walks. Meetings & Events There is a website for visitors to Hull www.welcometohull.co.uk, setup by Notices of forthcoming events should Phil Haskins of PFH Productions. It fea- be sent to the editor for inclusion in the tures guided tours, which are down- January Newsletter. loadable in audio format and a good history section with articles by Nick Tuesday 9 September - Lunchtime Club Evans, Robb Robinson and others. - A Load of Old Bollards: the Story of Street Furniture by Chris Mead. Always Skidby the 2nd Tuesday of the month, 12.30 Every day 10am – 5pm - Skidby Wind- – 1.30, at the Lending Library, Central mill and Museum of East Riding Rural Library, Albion Street, Hull, HU1 3TF. Life, Skidby open each day 10am-5pm Admission free. Tel: (01482) 616829 for – admission adults £1.50, children 50p, information OAPS 80p 17 September - East Riding Archaeolog- Sutton ical Society - Reports Meeting A round Every Friday 10am – 2pm – The Sutton up of recent fieldwork in the region. All Exhibition Room and Resource Centre lectures are held at Hull University, Cot- - History of Sutton village exhibition tingham Rd, Hull, at 7.30pm in room – Sutton C of E Educational Resource S1, floor 1 of the Wilberforce Building. Centre, the Old School, Church Street, Lectures are open to ERAS members Sutton 10am – 2pm The Sutton Exhibi- and the public (non-members £1.) For tion Room and Resource Centre open more information please contact Rose every Friday from 10am until 2pm. Ad- Nicholson on 07770 470443. mission free. Coffee and biscuits 50p. Thursday 18 September - Hessle Lo- Warter cal History Society - Hessle in the Sev- St James Heritage Centre. The church enteenth Century, Michael Free. All is maintained by Yorkshire Wolds Build- meetings take place in the Town Hall ings Preservation Trust and has links on the third Thursday of each month with C H Wilson. The Centre is open dai-

29 at 7.15pm. Contact Keith Hare (01482) Thursday 16 October - Hessle Local His- 645282 tory Society - Popular Music in Hessle, Hilary Blackmore Thursday 25 September - Georgian So- ciety for E. Yorks - Bramham House and 18 October - Beverley Local History Book Park - guided tour of house. Fair - 10am to 4pm in Beverley Minster. Free admission. Includes up to thirty Saturday 11 October - Georgian Society organisations, booksellers and publish- for E. Yorks - Beverley - visit to a number ers with an interest in all aspects of lo- of buildings not generally open to the cal history. Enquiries: 01482 392788. public (details tbc). 18 October - York Archaeology and His- Monday 13 October - Hull Civic Society tory Fair - At the Guildhall, York. Dis- - From the to the Ends of the plays from local societies, community Earth, Dr Robb Robinson. Meetings are groups and specialist booksellers. Free held at 7.30pm at the Quality Hotel admission. Enquiries: York Archaeologi- Royal, Ferensway. Contact Ken Baker cal Trust, telephone 01904 663000. (01482) 224767 kbaker@goodwin-cen- tre.org Tuesday 11 November - Lunchtime Club - Flight of Disaster: the R38 Crash by Tuesday14 October - Lunchtime Club Michele Beadle - Margaret Moxon Kissling – From Hull to Auckland via Freetown by Judith An- 19 November - East Riding Archaeologi- derson cal Society -Dr Kevin Leahy Interrupting the Pots: Cleatham Anglo-Saxon Cem- 15 October - East Riding Archaeologi- etery cal Society -Vicki Score - (ULAS) Ritual Hoards and Helmets Thursday 20 November - Hessle Local History Society - Seven Years in Old New 15 October - Furnishing the Medieval Zealand, Keith Hare Home - Tutor: Louise Wheatley. Using a selection of York-based primary sourc- Friday 5 December - A Walk around Bar- es, the class will examine furniture, soft ton in the late 17th Century - Tutor: Ge- furnishings, utensils and equipment in offrey Bryant. Using surviving probate the medieval home. Ten Wednesdays inventories we shall explore houses of 7pm-9pm from 15 October 2008 at labourers, yeomen and the gentry to University of York. Enquiries: University see how big they were and how they of York Centre for Lifelong Learning, were furnished. 7.30pm-9pm, at St. Heslington, York YO10 5DD, telephone Marys Church Hall, Barton-upon-Hum- 01904 434620, web www.york.ac.uk/ ber, South . Enquiries: WEA inst/cce/. Yorkshire and Humber Region

30 Tuesday 9 December - Lunchtime Club - Thursday 20 August 2009 - Hessle Lo- Question Time Panel of Local and Fam- cal History Society - Maps of Hessle, Pat ily History Experts Followed by “say Howlett goodbye to the Local Studies Library” – a party to celebrate our 45 years in Thursday 17 September 2009 - Hessle the Central Library and a look at our Local History Society - The Humber Part future home. 2, Keith Hare

17 December - East Riding Archaeo- logical Society -Dr Peter Wilson - (EH) Cawthorn Camps: Beyond Camps and “Officer’s dug outs”

21 January 2009 - East Riding Archaeo- logical Society -Dr Nicky Milner - Uni- versity of York Star Carr

18 February 2009 - East Riding Archaeo- logical Society -Brendon Wilkins - (Head- land Archaeology) Known knowns, known unknowns and unknown un- knowns: Rumsfeldian archaeology on the Irish road schemes.

18 March - East Riding Archaeological Society -Dr James Gerrard - (Pre Con- struct Archaeology) Excavations at Drapers Gardens, City of London

15 April - East Riding Archaeological Society -AGM followed by Lisa Staves (PAS) Romanesque metal work in Lin- colnshire

Thursday 21 May 2009 - Hessle Local History Society - The Humber Part 1, Keith Hare

Thursday 16 July 2009 - Hessle Local History Society - Personal Exchange of Information

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