A part of the reason 'Kingston' never took hold, was because people thought it was a bit pompous for someone to think they could buy us even if (or especially because) they were the King, so just declined to use that bit.
North Ferriby used to run to where Dairycoates is now. It fell under the grand region of the Wapentake of Hullshire, although that didn't actually include what is now the City itself.
Red and white or brown and white hoops,sometimes if it's a very obvious green that I can relate to something,I'll get it right...Horse-racing is a barrel of laughs especially when there are big fields and snooker can be costly when you pot the brown instead of a red or use the pink as a cue ball.
With the way place names get truncated, we could have been the incredible Hullwick's.Hullwick sounds awful.
Settlements like Sutton and Bransholme, part of East Hull today, were just hamlets in the early Middle Ages. Sutton < Old English Súþtún (south-town/market) and Bransholme < Brandesholm (firebrand-hill). The latter seems to imply an area known for blacksmiths or metallurgy.
Hull History Nerd has been mentioned before, but he does a youtube video on Bransholme Castle that's worth a watch, as are his others. I'm sure he's happy, but sadly he's got a new job so not making any more videos for a bit.
Almost everything that I lay my hands on in terms of Births,Deaths and marriages in my Mother's family is 'Buckrose'.
I've looked up where the Old Castle was in the past because I'm sad like that. It gets worse as it's now called Newcastle Castle.
Aye. They refused Charles I entry and dropped the Kingston which became common parlance.
A paparazzi oil painting* of the event from the time...
That irrefutable sense of Cpt Mainwaing over-estimation.
If we're thinking of going to those extremes,are we to start providing our most recent liver scan to indicate whether or not we are habitual drunkards? Or how about bank statements indicating how much we Ponce off the government?
