I wonder at what point it started being known by locals as just Hull. The etymology of the name 'Kingston' I imagine came from 'Kings town', so the full name would be Kings-town upon the River Hull, with Hull being the name of the river, not the city. So technically, aren't we from Kingston?
Hull predates Kingston (which is a City and a County). It was named as Wyke upon Hull on honour of the wealthy guy that bought a collection of hamlets and settlements near the River Hull from the Monks of Meaux. Being as we are, people said "**** you", and called it Hull. We didn't want the Kings blessing either, so the Kingstown was about as popular when they tried that one later.
Dutch: are you being deliberately obtuse? Humberside, as a political entity (county?) no longer exists. I grant you that. The continued use of 'Humberside' with regard to the emergency services is a hangover from when the so-called 'county' was in existence. Geographically, Humberside exists as a description of the environs of the river/estuary - i.e. both banks of the same. Forget the political mistake/stupidity of the inclusion of the East Riding and Lindsey. Geographically - as a description - Humberside exists.
Nope. There are areas by the side of the Estuary, but there really isn't any meaningful geographic entity called Humberside. Any description you try to apply to the term, already has an acceptable and acknowledged existing name. There is only confusion by trying to use the term over the long standing names, especially as most of those places have no connection to the estuary at all.
Withernsea, Hornsea, Bridlington, Filey, Scarborough and Whitby - all have existing names. And all are seaside towns.
Who said they didn't? Interestingly (or maybe not), Hornsea wasn't originally a seaside town, the name's a corruption of a word that meant something like "horned lake"
Only if you're claiming some region called Northseaside, which would be ****ing massive and equally meaningless. Dover and Calais could share the English Channel Police/Fire and Radio station too by the same logic. Granted it'd have to be the Manche Plod etc for the French.
Why worry in the first place. PAUL WALSH is a clueless southern cock and part of the southern(softies) football mafia.
To be fair, it's maybe not a bad idea. Think how life would improve if we're in the same northseaside region as London and Edinburgh. We'd gain airports, zoo's...
