I was just looking in Google, to try and find the meaning of 'Wincolmlee'*, when I found this site: http://www.davidjessop.co.uk/oldriverhull.html * I think its origin is Wyke Holm (island) Lee (the West side, as the prevailing wind is N-NE).
It's a pity that none of the original Hull city walls still exist, or the castle to the east of the river(circa 1960)... please log in to view this image
It was known as the Garrison, and I'm sure some remains were found during excavations there, last century. Yes: http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/kinggeorge/a/003ktop00000044u037h0000.html
There's a history of the walls/citadel on here... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortifications_of_Kingston_upon_Hull#City_Walls
Annoyingly none of it remains, as Henry VIII (possibly the most 'famous' royal of all) had a lot to do with it and stayed in the main blockhouse quite a few times. Would have been a goldmine for tourism. There was still a citadel until as early as Victorian times too - not that much would have remained after WWII and Hull City Council onslaughts anyway. I'm sure I read it was Hull City Council who had the remains of the wall knocked down due to 'safety' after a van crashed into part of the remains (so must have been post-war). It wouldn't surprise me - a council that had the last remaining watchtower of the wall sat in East Park as a play area for kids to climb all over and the same council who had an industrial site built on the site of the old main blockhouse... and in the name of 'tourism' decided it would be a good idea to 'replicate' the blockhouse and walls to give tourists a sense of what was once there. This is their attempt to replicate the blockhouse: ...how very 'Hull City Council'.
