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Thread #53572 Message #826714
Posted By: Bassic
15-Nov-02 - 06:46 AM
Thread Name: BS: whats the problem with hull
Subject: RE: BS: whats the problem with hull
Just to confirm Joe, it is Paull Lighthouse, (put Paull Lighthouse into Google for more info). There is also a 19th centuary Defensive Battery in Paull which can trace its origins back to Viking times (Google again, Paull Fort).
Paull Fort took over the duties of the Hull Citadel, Joh9ns "big fish deep see museum, it is called The DEep" is built on the site of the Citadel at the confluence of the Hull and Humber rivers. The John Speed map of 1610 at this site, www.hullcc.gov.uk/archaeology/maps.htm shows the inverted Horseshoe shape of the City walls in that era.
Where the wall terminates at its south eastern end is now the location of the Deep, the south western terminous is now the location of the Minerva! The entrance to the Dock behind the Minerva follows the line of the Moat which protected the outside of the City Walls. The church you can see on the Map just to the north of the Minerva location is called Holy Trinity and it is the largest Parish Curch in England, (i.e. not officially designated as a cathedral). I used to be Head Choir Boy there when I was a youth. The River Hull, to the East of Holy Trinity, is where all the Curr9y ships and Chip Ships used tie up and discharge there wares into "warehouses" that still line the riverbank along the historic High Street. So now you will all know what we are talking about!! One day I will have the courage to do "blue clickys".http://www.paull-lighthouses.co.uk/