Stepney, Kingston upon Hull
Stepney | |
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Stepney Lane, Stepney | |
OS grid reference | TA088304 |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | HULL |
Postcode district | HU5 |
Dialling code | 01482 |
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Stepney is an area of Kingston upon Hull within the larger area of Sculcoates, north of the city centre on the (A1079) Beverley-Hull main road. Before the mid-19th century the place was a small hamlet outside the urban area of Kingston upon Hull.
Geography
Modern Stepney is absorbed into the urban sprawl of Hull. The (A1079) Hull to Beverley main road passes directly through the area, with Stepney centred on its junction with Stepney Lane. To the west is Pearson Park; approximate boundaries are formed by Queens Road/Sculcoates Lane to the north; the Beverley and Barmston Drain to the east, beyond which is Wincolmlee (Sculcoates); to the south is further urban development along Beverley Road, leading to the city centre.[1]
Stepney is an urban area, mostly housing, with shopping and services along the main road, and some light industry.[1] The original (pre 1850s) village street survives as a minor kink in Beverley Road, and is indicated by a narrowing of the street, and by a section of more modest two-storey houses.[2][3]
The area falls within the Beverley Road and Sculcoates areas of Hull.
History
Following the foundation of Hull by
The Beverley and Barmston Drain was authorised by an act of 1798,[7] and was the largest of local drains, running roughly north–south about a third of a mile east of Stepney.[8] A bridge on Stepney Lane dating from around 1800 crosses the drain, and is still extant.[9] A smaller drain ran north–south between Barmston Drain and Beverley Road, Cottingham Drain – it was culverted in the latter half of the 20th century and part it now forms a cycle or footpath, other parts built over.[10][11]
The name "Stepney" is thought to derive from "Stepping Stone" or "Stepstone", from the presence of a mounting block near the place.[12]
An estated house, Stepney Lodge was built in around the end of the 18th century,[12] by 1817 housing had been built along Stepney Lane.[13]
By the 1850s Stepney included houses along the south side of Stepney Lane; the Bull Inn and Rose Tavern at the junction of Stepney Lane and the Beverley Road; a paper mill, Stepney Mills;[note 1] as well as houses "Stepney House" north along Beverley Road, and Stepney Lodge north of Stepney Lane.[8] Zion Chapel (or Stepney chapel) was built in 1849 in a simple classical style with a stuccoed front for the New Connexion Methodists,[17][18] James Rank (father of Joseph Rank) had a mill in Stepney in the mid-1800s.[19] The mills were initially wind powered.[20][note 2] In the 1850s and 60s the area was still extensively agricultural,[8] there were vineries at Stepney Lodge, and a large plant nursery was cultivating exotic and other greenhouse plants.[21]
From the 1850s onwards the area around and in Stepney developed substantially: the
In 1886/7 the Hull School board (formed 1872) opened, at a cost of £11,470, a new school in Stepney to a
The
South of the railway line on Beverley Road the Northern Library opened in 1895 in a
At around the beginning of the 20th century a bottling factory was built on the north side of Park Lane (demolished in the late 20th century), over the site of James Rank's mill.[39][40] The coal sidings and timber yard south of Stepney station became a saw mill by 1910, and by the 1920s had become a billiard hall and cinema, The Coliseum (opened 1912); whilst a saw mill, later a furniture factory developed further west, south of the Victoria Dock Branch Line.[41]
Stepney station closed in 1964,[42] and in 1969 the Victoria Dock Branch Line closed.[22] The track bed at Stepney was later converted to a foot and cycle path.[43] The former "Coliseum" cinema (later the Rialto; and after the Second World War The National) closed in 1961 and became a bowling alley, but burnt down in 1974.[44] (See also Closed cinemas in Kingston upon Hull.) By the 1980s the site including the former sawmill was empty, and was used for parking.[44][45] In 1966 the paper manufacturers A. Mayfield and Sons of Stepney Mills ceased trading.[note 1]
In 1976
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Beverley Road Baths, built 1905 (2013)
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The Rose Hotel, built c. 1900 (2008)
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The Station Inn, formerly adjacent to the Victoria Dock Branch Line (2013)
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The Bull Inn, built 1903–4 (2009)
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Stepney Railway station building (rear), built 1853 (2009)
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Bridge over the Beverley and Barmston Drain, on Sculcoates Lane, built 1889 (2008)
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Bridge over the Beverley and Barmston Drain, on Stepney Lane (2009)
In popular culture
Poet Douglas Dunn's 1967 Terry Street takes its name from the street in Stepney where he lived in the late 1960s.[53]
See also
Notes
- ^ a b Operating as Smithson & Mayfields of "Stepney Mills" (1866), by 1871 as J.R. & A Mayfield, as A. Mayfield & Sons in 1920, as Mayfield A. & Sons in 1958, as Mayfield & Sons. Ltd. in 1968.[14] The company was wound up in 1966.[15] The site was cleared in the 1980s.[16]
- ^ Sheahan (1864, p. 215) describes a fire (1863) in one of the windmills which is described as having a tower of at least 30 feet (9.1 m) high with five sails, supported on beams 2.5 feet (0.76 m) square and 35 feet (11 m) long. The mill was used for corn and cattle food
- ^ Also known as Temple Street goods yard. In the mid-20th century the site included a goods shed. (OS. 1:2500, 1928, 1950–1, 1960)
- Victoria Dock Branch Lineafter the tram connections were removed. (OS 1:2500 1910, 1928, 1950–1, 1960)
- ^ e.g. see Hull City Council planning applications: 90/01259/PO, 90/01292/PF, 89/01867/PF, 89/01880/PF, 86/01033/PF
References
- ^ a b Ordnance Survey. 1:25000. 2006
- ^ Ketchell 1995, The Village Centre.
- ^ Hull City Council 2002, 4.2, p. 7.
- ^ Allison 1969, Communications: Roads.
- ^ Gent, Thomas (1869) [1735]. Annales Regioduni Hullini : Or, The History of the Royal and Beautiful Town of Kingston-upon-Hull. Chap. 1, p. 13.
- ^ MacMahon, K. A. (1964). "Roads and Turnpike Trusts in Eastern Yorkshire" (PDF). East Yorkshire Local History Series (18). East Yorkshire Local History Society: 17–19, Table IV, p. 70. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 November 2014.
- ^ Sheppard, June A. (1976) [1958]. Allison, K. J. (ed.). "The Draining of the Hull Valley" (PDF). East Yorkshire Local History Series (8). East Yorkshire Local History Society: 16.
- ^ a b c Ordnance Survey. 1852–3. Sheet 226
- ^ "Local Buildings List" (PDF). Hull City Council. 2014. p. 46. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2015.
- ^ Ketchell 1995, The Drains.
- ^ Ordnance Survey 1:10506, 1855, 1956, 1969; 1:10000, 1971–7, 1982–4, 1992–4
- ^ a b Denholm & Middleton 1986, p. 5.
- ^ Allison 1969, Outlying villages: Sculcoates.
- ^ Sources:
- The Paper Mills Directory (6th ed.). 1866. 156, p. 6.
- The Paper Mills Directory (11th ed.). 1871. 156, p. 9.
- The Paper Maker's Directory of All Nations. 1920. 156, p. 31.
- The London Directory and International Register of Manufacturers, Wholesalers & Shippers. 1958. p. 882.
- Paper Maker and British Paper Trade Journal. Vol. 149–150. 1965. p. 47.
- ^ "A. Mayfield & Sons Limited". The London Gazette (43951): 4466. 15 April 1966.
.. at Stepney Paper Mills, Hull, on the 31st day of March 1966, the following Special Resolution was passed: "That the Company be wound up voluntarily and that Ralph Gordon Slack of 2 Parliament Street, Hull, be and is hereby appointed Liquidator for the purposes of winding-up."
- ^ Ordnance Survey 1:10000. 1982–4, 1992–4
- ^ a b Allison 1969, Protestant non-conformity – places of worship
- ^ Historic England. "Former Methodist New Connexion chapel (1504947)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 26 June 2014.
- ^ Burnett, R. G. (2004) [1945]. "Through the Mill – The Life of Joseph Rank" (PDF). The Epworth Press. pp. 16, 19, 24.
- ^ Ketchell 1995, The Windmills.
- ^ Sheahan 1864, p. 620.
- ^ a b Historic England. "Victoria Dock Branch Railway (1375093)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 26 June 2014.
- ^ Historic England. "Stepney Station House (1197617)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
- ^ Ketchell 1995, The Chapels.
- ^ Pevsner & Neave 1995, pp. 557–8.
- ^ Ordnance Survey. 1888–1890. Sheet 226.SW
- ^ Historic England. "Stepney Board School and adjoining infants school (1207932)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
- ^ Denholm & Middleton 1986, pp. 5–6.
- ^ Allison 1969, Education: Schools in Existence before 1945.
- ^ See Trams in Kingston upon Hull; Trams were replaced with trolleybuses from the mid 1930s – see Trolleybuses in Kingston upon Hull
- ^ a b Pevsner & Neave 1995, p. 520.
- ^ Historic England. "Northern Branch Library (1197621)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
- ^ a b Pevsner & Neave 1995, p. 557.
- ^ Ketchell 1995, Pubs.
- ^ Historic England. "The Bull Public House (1197622)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
- ^ "Hull's landmark Beverley Road Baths reopen after facelift". BBC News. BBC. 16 August 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
- ^ Historic England. "Beverley Road Swimming Centre (1297036)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
- ^ Ordnance Survey. 1888–90, 1908–9, 1926. Sheet 226.SW
- ^ Ordnance Survey. 1:2500. 1893, 1910
- ^ Ketchell 1995, The Industries.
- ^ Ordnance Survey. 1:2500. 1893–4, 1910, 1928, 1950–1
- ^ Historic England. "Stepney Station (498381)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 26 June 2014.
- ^ Dyson, Mark (20 April 2010). "Stepney (Hull)". Disused Stations. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
- ^ a b c Ketchell 1995, The Cinema.
- ^ Ordnance Survey. 1:2500. 1950–1, 1982–4
- ^ Stone, Anna (18 June 2012). "Following the flame: Hull – buildings, bravery and basements under water". Aviva. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
- ^ "(92/00212/PF) 1. Erection of Food Supermarket (13,500 sq ft gross floor area) 2. Construction of New Access to Terry Street and Associated Parking and Servicing Areas 3. Erection of Lych-Gate (Corner of Terry Street and Beverley Road)". Hull City Council. 11 August 1992. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
- ^ "Temple Street Industrial Estate". www.completelytradeandindustrial.co.uk. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
- ^ Hull City Council 2013, 11.18, p. 26.
- ^ "(01/01042/PM) (1) Erection of Three Storey Building to Provide Secondary School With Associated Parking (2) Erection of Building to Provide Sports Hall With Outdoor All-Weather Floodlit Pitch Area With Associated Parking (3) Construction of Footpath/Cycle Track Link Between the Two Sites". Hull City Council. 13 September 2001. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
- ^ Hull City Council 2013, 11.9, p. 21.
- ^ Sources:
- "(99/00891/PF) 1. Erection of Single and Two Storey Building to Form a) Doctors Surgery b) Retail Unit (99sq m : 1,065sq ft) c) Retail Unit (1,188sq m : 12,790sq ft) 2. Erection of Single Storey Building to Form Drive Through Restaurant 3. Construction of Access to Margaret Street; Access/Egress to Terry Street; 150 Parking Spaces and Associated Service Areas". Hull City Council. 18 March 1999. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
- "(99/00892/LE) Demolition of All Buildings on Site (Application for Conservation Area Consent)". Hull City Council. 29 March 1999. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
- ^ Wroe, Nicholas (18 January 2003). "Speaking from experience". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
Sources
- Allison, K. J., ed. (1969). "Communications: Roads". The City of Kingston upon Hull. A History of the County of York East Riding. Vol. 1. Victoria County History.
- Denholm, L.; Middleton, C. (1986). "Stepney Primary School – Centenary Souvenir 1886–1986" (PDF). www.stepney.hull.sch.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
- Ketchell, Christopher (1995). "The Hamlet of Stepney" (PDF). www.stepney.hull.sch.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
- Pevsner, Nikolaus; Neave, David (1995). Yorkshire: York and the East Riding. The Buildings of England (2 ed.).
- Sheahan, James Joseph (1864). General and concise history and description of the town and port of Kingston upon Hull. Simpkin, Marshall & Co. (London) ; John Green (Beverley).
- Hull City Council (March 2002). "Beverley Road Conservation Area – Character Appraisal" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 March 2008. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
- Hull City Council (November 2013). "Beverley Road Conservation Area – Character Appraisal" (PDF). Retrieved 22 September 2022.