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Victoria Dock railway station (also known as Victoria station) was the terminus of the York and North Midland Railway's Victoria Dock Branch Line in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It was opened by the York and North Midland Railway on 1 June 1853 and was closed to passengers on 1 June 1864. The station remained in use as Drypool Goods station, with much of the station structure removed by the early 1900s. Some station office buildings adjacent to Hedon Road remained until the 1980s.
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Drypool
Drypool (archaic Dripole) is an area within the city of Kingston upon Hull, in the ceremonial county of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
Historically, Drypool was a village, manor, and later a parish on the east bank of the River Hull near the confluence of the Humber Estuary and River Hull; it is now part of the greater urban area of Kingston upon Hull, and gives its name to a local government ward.
Modern Drypool ward is a mixture of light industrial developments and housing, mainly terraced, as well as the post 1980s housing development 'Victoria Dock Village' built on the infilled site of the former Victoria Dock. The area also includes 'The Deep' aquarium, several schools, and a swimming baths.
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Southcoates railway station
Southcoates railway station was a railway station on the North Eastern Railway's Victoria Dock Branch Line in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It was opened by the York and North Midland Railway on 8 May 1848. The station was closed in November 1854 and reopened on 1 June 1864 before final closure on 19 October 1964. It served the suburb of Southcoates.
Since closure the station has been completely demolished.
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Hull Castle
Hull Castle was an artillery fort in Kingston upon Hull in England. Together with two supporting blockhouses, it defended the eastern side of the River Hull, and was constructed by King Henry VIII to protect against attack from France as part of his Device programme in 1542. The castle had two large, curved bastions and a rectangular keep at its centre; the blockhouses to the north and south had three curved bastions supporting guns, and a curtain wall and moat linked the blockhouses and castle. The construction project used material from recently dissolved monasteries, and cost £21,056. The town took over responsibility for these defences in 1553, leading to a long running dispute with the Crown as to whether the civic authorities were fulfilling their responsibilities to maintain them.
During the 16th and 17th centuries, the defences were used to imprison Catholic recusants, who were often held in harsh conditions. The castle and blockhouses saw service during the sieges of the English Civil War in the 1640s, and remained in used during the interregnum. After the restoration of Charles II, the buildings were neglected until the King redeveloped the eastern defences of Hull in 1681, creating a larger fortification called the Citadel. The castle and the South Blockhouse formed part of the new design, although the North Blockhouse was allowed to fall into ruins and finally demolished in 1801. The former buildings remained in use, with various modifications, until the Citadel was demolished in 1864 to allow the construction of new docks. The foundations survived and have been the subject of archaeological investigations.
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Blaydes House
Blaydes House is a grade II* listed Georgian house in High Street, Kingston upon Hull, England. Built in the 18th century for the Blaydes family, it is now owned by the University of Hull's Maritime Historical Studies Centre.