Kingston upon Hull Charter House

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Parish History
HULL, or Kingstonupon-Hull, a sea-port, borough, and county of itself, situated on the borders of the East riding of York, 39 miles (S. E.) from York, and 170 (N.) from London; comprising the parishes of St. Mary, the Holy Trinity, Drypool, and Sculcoates, the extra-parochial district of Garrison-Side, and part of the parish of Sutton; and containing in the whole 65,670 inhabitants. The ancient borough comprises the parishes of Holy Trinity and St. Mary, the former containing 35,553, and the latter 5597 inhabitants. whole of the hospitals or almshouses above noticed. The Charter-house was founded in the year 1384, by Michael de la Pole, first earl of Suffolk of that name, and, having been destroyed in the time of Charles I., was rebuilt at the end of the civil war; it was taken down in 1780, and a handsome structure erected in its stead, which was enlarged in 1803.

From: Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England( 1848), pp. 574-580. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51052 Date accessed: 19 August 2011.

Civil Registration
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Church records
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Census records
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Probate records
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