EYLHS Newsletter 26 Winter / spring 2012 Newsletter of the East Yorkshire Local History Society Front cover: Hull Infirmary, Prospect St, engraving from Hull Hospital Unit archives Contributions Based in Hull it is not always easy to keep track of events in other parts of the Riding; news that members could contribute on their town or village should be sent to the editor. Short articles, illustrated or unillustrated, news on libraries, archives, museums, societies or education, queries other people may be able to answer, etc. for inclusion in future newsletters should also be sent to the editor. Newsletter Edited by Robert Barnard 825 Anlaby Rd, Hull, HU4 6DJ Telephone 01482 506001 e-mail [email protected] Published by the East Yorkshire Local History Society Secretary Jenny Stanley 15 Southcote Close, South Cave, HU15 2BQ Telephone 01430 422833 e-mail [email protected] Printed by Kall Kwik, Hull News from the Society Programme recently achieved his Doctorate which As usual, the Society has arranged a full was based on this theme. programme of lectures and excursions Commences 2.00pm for 2012. Please support the events Bridlington Central Library (Lecture and bring along your friends. Please do Room on 1st floor), King Street, not hesitate to ask for lifts; you will be Bridlington expected to contribute to petrol. Car Parking near Harbour £2 per person for tea/coffee and PLEASE NOTE: Please make all biscuits cheques payable to the East Yorkshire Local History Society. All cheques Saturday 14 April 2012 and booking slips should be sent to Ed Dennison the relevant named individual at the ‘Recent Work in the East Riding’, a address on the booking form. round-up of various archaeological and architectural survey work recently Saturday, 10 March 2012 completed in the area. Jenni Howard 2pm at the Treasure House, Beverley ‘Yorkshire Garden Trust’s East Ed runs his own archaeological Yorkshire Gardens Project’ consultancy in Beverley and is a This talk will outline an exciting project member of the Society. by the Yorkshire Garden Trust on 10- £2 per person 12 gardens within the East Riding of Yorkshire. Prospective volunteers Saturday 28 April 2012 and those with research interests are ‘Dunnington through the Ages’ especially welcome! Guided Tour of Dunnington (near York) Commences 2.15pm Commences 2pm Hull History Centre, Worship Street, (meet at the Reading Room, Church Hull Street, Dunnington). Car Park nearby – fee charged Car Parking available £2 per person £4.50 per person including Further details: Dr Nick refreshments. Evans (01482 305187) Friday 18 May 2012 Saturday 31 March 2012 Peter Asquith Cowen AGM ‘A History of Flooding and Land Dr Michael Stephenson Drainage in East Yorkshire’ ‘The Nuns of Watton Priory from the Peter is a member of the Society Foundation to the Dissolution’ with a keen interest in local history. Dr Stephenson has researched Quaker Meeting House, Bean Street, extensively on the subject and has Hull 3 Small car park on site otherwise on C3.00pm refreshments (Toilets at the street. ‘White horse’) Commences 2:00pm Max number 35 £2.50 per person £5 per person (includes refreshments & donations) Saturday 26 May 2012 Farrago, 6 Wilton Road, Hornsea, Saturday 23 June 2012 HU18 1QU Gillian Waters’ ‘The House of Tiles’. Farrago was ‘Pilgrimage of Grace’ designed by the Hull builder D R Hessle Town Hall (South Lane Hessle Robinson for himself. HU13 0RR). Maximum 30 - in two groups of 15; Lecture commences at 2.00pm. first 15 at 2pm, tea and coffee at Gillian Waters trained as a Medievalist, changeover, 3pm. and has taught History of many kinds Own transport for twenty-five years, in schools and £2.50 per person museums. A repeat visit due to the large demand £4.50 per person last year. Saturday 7 July 2012 Thursday 7 June 2012 Lockington – guided tour – an ‘Visit to Southburn Archaeological interesting village largely developed Museum’ by the Hotham family of South Dalton. Includes introductory talk and tour Guide – Mr Roger Hateley Meet at the Museum where there is car Own Car Transport parking available. 10.30am Meet at the Village Hall in Commences 7.15pm Chapel Street for Introductory Talk Max number 30 (refreshments and Toilets available)… £3 per person followed by visit to intriguing Church of St Mary and other buildings. Saturday 16 June 2012 C12.30pm Tour ends back at Village Hutton Cranswick – a stroll round the Hall. two settlements that make up Hutton NB The Church Fete opens at 2.00pm Cranswick. in the Village Primary School and Guide – Dr David Neave members are welcome to attend. Bring Own Car transport your own packed lunch to eat in Village 1.30pm meet at St Peter’s Church in Hall – tea/scones & ice-cream available Hutton for tour at the Fete. Transfer by car to park at the ‘White Max. number 35 Horse’ in Cranswick (Toilets) £5 per person Tour of Cranswick round the large Village Green 4 Friday 20 July 2012 Includes a tour of the site of the Abbey ‘Visit to Newburgh Priory’ (near (the ground is uneven. Please ware Coxwold North Yorkshire) sensible shoes. Bring drinks with you. Includes a tour of the House, access to Transfer to Wawne; St Peter’s Church the gardens and tea and biscuits. (Toilet) and the village - largely Own Transport developed by the Windham family. Meet at the House – car parking The ‘Waggoners Arms’ will be open available. from lunchtime. Take the Easingwold turning in Max. number 35 Hovingham travelling on the Malton – £3 per person Helmsley B1257 road and follow the road towards Yearsley. Participation in events Commences 2.00pm. As reported in previous years, it has £7.50 per person not been possible to arrange group insurance for events. We therefore Saturday 11 August 2012 strongly recommend that members ‘Escrick – St Helen’s Church and and their friends take out personal Queen Margaret’s School’ accident/loss insurance, or include Guided Tour by Mr Sam Taylor this in their households policies. We Mr Taylor is a longstanding member would also stress the need for suitable of the Society, who was a teacher at clothing - in particular, sturdy footwear Queen Margaret’s School. and waterproofs - for outdoor events. 11.00am meet at the Church – parking available Please note 12.30pm make way to ‘White Swan’ at There is usually a waiting list for most Deighton nearby (optional) – parking of the Society’s events. If you book an available event and then find you cannot attend, 2.00pm meet at School for tour ending please inform the Secretary. Please do with refreshments about 4.00pm – not transfer your booking to a relative ample parking or friend without first consulting the School situated in Escrick Park Estate. Secretary, whose telephone number £5.50 per person excluding lunch can be found on the inside of this newsletter. Thank you. Saturday 18 August 2012 Meaux & Wawne Guide – Mary Carrick Subscriptions Mary is a local historian who has Unfortunately the society has made a particular interest in Meaux and a loss of over £3,000 during the past Wawne. couple of years and, unfortunately but Meet at 10.30am at Meaux Abbey inevitably, subscriptions will have to go Own Car Transport up this year, payable at the beginning of January. The new rates will be £15 5 for individual membership and £20 family rate; this is in line with other societies who have already increased their subscriptions. If you currently pay by cheque please fill in the form enclosed in this newsletter to be sure we have your details up to date.. Review of EYLHS Events ‘A Load of Old Bollards’: a walk led by Chris Mead. Wednesday 7 September 2011. We met by the King Billy statue Trinity House in Market Place to begin our perambulation around the Old Town. design went to Bristol. Our King Billy King William of Orange was our first was erected in 1734 but not originally topic. The statue was designed by gilded; the first reference to a gilded Peter Scheemaker who was the runner statue comes in 1768. As we moved up in a competition, the winning round the town we learnt about street furniture and how it adds to the history of Hull. In Church Side we viewed a fire hydrant sign painted on the wall in World War II. This was a large white sign at eye level and could be identified more easily in the dark. In front of Holy Trinity we stopped to admire the statue of Andrew Marvell who has come to rest there after standing in several locations around Hull. Not all street furniture is old; the railings in Trinity Square commemorate the Hull 700 celebrations of 1999. The junction of Postern Gate and Trinity House Lane has several interesting plaques on the wall. There is the Poor Law parish sign which informs you that Church Side fire hydrant sign you are in Trinity Ward and then there 6 are the almost invisible signs for the has the legend Metropolitan Drinking water supply. These have been painted Fountain and Cattle Trough on the side. over but the initials M.P for main pipe and S.P. for stand pipe can be made We ended the afternoon in Exchange out along with the distances marked in Court off Lowgate examining the gas feet. We popped into the Market Hall to light brackets there. It was a very view the K1 telephone kiosk from the interesting and enjoyable afternoon 1920s which is still there, unfortunately which gave a flavour of what we can without a phone. However there are miss every day when we travel the K6 telephone boxes from the 1930s, streets.