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A Picture of Hull
by John Greenwood

CD ROM version
produced by Colin Hinson ©

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Price £10 post paid to your door,
anywhere in the world
For sample pages, please see the links to the Acrobat (pdf) files given below.

The data on this CD rom is computer searchable.

This book of over 200 pages of text along with many engravings and woodcuts showing buildings, people and maps deals with the history of Hull starting in the 11th century and finishing in the early part of the 19th century (the book was published in 1835). The book includes chapters on commerce, Churches, Dissenting chapels, Trinity house, Charitable institutions, Free Schools, Medical, Literary and Musical institutions, Public buildings and Biographical notices. The biographical section includes the Del la Poles, Luke Fox, Andrew Marvel, Sir John Lawson, Commodore Edward Thompson, John Mason, Benjamin Thompson, Daniel Sykes MP, and William Wilberforce Esq. There are numerous others people mentioned in the main texts.

In order to give you some idea as to the contents of the book, the index of the book has been transcribed on a separate page, and the list of plates and other illustrations is given below..

Whilst the quality of the engravings is excellent (see the engraving of Holy Trinity Church), the text quality, while being quite readable, does leave something to be desired:

The preface, the title page and 1st two pages from the CDrom can be read with an Acrobat reader on-line.

List of plates and woodcuts in
"A Picture of Hull "

LIST OF PLATES.

Trinity Church
Modern plan of the Town
Ancient ditto
Interior of Trinity Church
Dr. Alderson's Monument
St. John's Church, St. Mary's, St. Peter's
Mariners' Church
Sculcoates Church
Christ Church
Salem Chapel
Waltham Street Chapel
Wesley Chapel
Trinity House, Posterngate Hospital, Ferries Chapels
Portrait of Alderman Ferries
Master Mariner's Alms House
Catholic Chapel, Holborn Street Chapel
Savings Bank, Mechanics' Institute, Theatre Royal
Public Rooms
Market place, (2 different views)
Pilot Office, Dock Office Custom House
Boundary of the New Borough
The Old Chain House.
Portrait of Andrew Marvell
Fac simile of the writing of ditto,
Portrait of Commodore Thompson
Ditto of Daniel Sykes, Esq.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ON WOODCUTS

Humber, &c.
Title Arms of the Town, embellished dedication Ditto Trinity House Dock Company, & c. Head Piece. Letter K.
Remains, De la Pole, Palace
Beverley Gate, before taken down
Window of a Chantry
Depressed Arch
Whincop's monument
Two full length effigies.
Sacristy
St. James's Church
Swedenborg Chapel
George Street Chapel
Jehovah Jireh ditto
George Yard ditto
Charter House
Crowle's Hospital
Grammar School
Merchant's mark, &c
Medical School
Exchange
Botanic Garden
Botanic Garden Lodges
Spring Head
Old House
Sculptured Stone
Autographs of William Duke of Suffolk and of John 2nd Duke of Suffolk,
Autographs of of Sir J. Lawson
Bust of J. Sykes Esq.
Wilberforce's House
Finis, &c.