HEDON AND DISTRICT LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY

If most of the world thinks Hull is at the end of the line, how do you describe the land beyond the city? Let Carol Osgerby take you on a virtual coach tour around the district between Hull and the North Sea coast, explaining how the geography of Holderness (Chaucer’s ‘marshy country’) has shaped its history, and highlighting landmarks and sites of historical events from the 10th to the 20th centuries. Although not a trained historian, Carol is also the creator of the Hull and East Riding History Calendar, providing a daily reminder of events in the political and social history of East Yorkshire. www.facebook.com/ HEYhistorycalendar/ New members always welcome ! Join at any meeting - £15 a year.  Venue : Council Chamber, Hedon Town Hall , 36 St Augustine's Gate, Hedon HU12 8EX, 7.30pm NEW VENUE - PLEASE NOTE  Access : the Council Chamber is situated on the first floor of Hedon Town Hall, accessed via two flights of shallow stairs with a con...

In Hull Born & Bred: My Top 50 Greats , Tony Nolan celebrates some of the famous individuals and wonderful characters who were born and raised in the 2017 City of Culture. Join Tony as he explores the life stories of 50 special people and discover - who marched at the head of Winston Churchill's funeral procession; who lost his trousers over 12,000 times in his career; who emigrated to the USA but sent for mushy peas and custard to remind him of home; who starred in an advertising campaign for sportswear giant Nike; who rose to fame by impersonating a chicken; who was sent off three times in a single match ... and much, much more. Signed copies of Tony's book will be available on the night - price £9.95 .  A perfect Xmas present! New members always welcome ! Join at any meeting - £15 a year.  Venue : Council Chamber, Hedon Town Hall , 36 St Augustine's Gate, Hedon HU12 8EX, 7.30pm NEW VENUE - PLEASE NOTE  Access : the Council Chamber is s...

This is not a tale of heroic action on the Western Front or on the Somme; it is not even a tale about soldiers. Instead it recounts the effects of migration, nationalism and war on the lives of two brothers (and their families) during World War One, as well as on the communities they lived in. Georg Friedrich Hohenrein, a German butcher, had arrived in Hull from Germany in 1848 and started trading as a pork butcher two years later. He became a naturalised Englishman and his two sons, Charles and George, were born British citizens. G. F. Hohenrein & Son developed into a successful Hull business, with two shops and a delivery van that was a familiar sight on local streets. Charles took on his father’s shop at 7 Waterworks Street and served as a proud member of the East Riding Yeomanry. George, however, moved back to Germany with his German-born wife. And by August 1914 the two nations were at war ... New members always welcome ! Join at any meeting - £15 p.a.   ...

Hedon & District Local History Society's final visit of the summer will be a guided tour of Tranby Croft , the country mansion built in 1874-6 for Hull shipping magnate Arthur Wilson, the site in 1890 of the Royal Baccarat Scandal - when Sir William Gordon-Cumming was accused of cheating at illegal card games attended by Edward, Prince of Wales - and now home to Hull Collegiate School. After the tour, Martin and Pauline cordially invite you to Hessle, where refreshments will be served. Full directions will be provided on the evening.  Time: 5.30 pm Meeting at: Hull Collegiate School , Tranby Croft, Anlaby HU10 7EH Cost: £5 / telephone booking required   To reserve your place, please call or text Andrew Hancock / Kevin Hara - 01482 862918 / 07876 376 039 COMING UP: 12 September : David Smith , 'The Hohenreins: a Hull Family' 10 October : AGM & Members' Evening 14 November : TBC 12 December : Xmas dinner

Houghton Hall , near Market Weighton, will be the focus of the society's evening visit on Tuesday 11 July. Now the home of Lord and Lady Manton, the Grade 1 listed hall was built c.1765 for Philip Langdale, descendant of Sir Marmaduke Langdale, Royalist commander at the Civil War battles of Marston Moor and Naseby. Marmaduke is buried beneath the chancel of All Saints, Sancton - notable also for its Saxon priest's door and a fifteenth-century octagonal lantern unique in the East Riding - where our tour begins.   Meet : All Saints, King St, Sancton, York YO43 4QP, 6.30pm . Houghton Hall : Houghton Wood , Houghton Lane , Sancton , Market Weighton YO43 4RE No booking required. Refreshments included.   Cost: £5  COMING UP: 8 August : Evening visit, Tranby Croft 12 September : David Smith , 'The Hohenreins: a Hull Family' 10 October : AGM & Members' Evening 14 November : TBC 12 December : Xmas dinner

The beautiful Wolds village of Londesborough is our destination for the first summer trip of 2017. From the fifteenth century to the 1920s, the village was owned by a succession of wealthy landed families - the Cliffords, Earls of Cumberland; the Boyles, Earls of Burlington; the Cavendishes, Dukes of Devonshire; and the Denisons, Earls of Londesborough - who all left their mark on the settlement. In the 1840s it was also owned briefly by George Hudson, the 'Railway King', who built a private station on his York to Market Weighton line. The original Elizabethan mansion was demolished in 1819 and later replaced by the current Victorian house. The park, however, remains that landscaped by Lord Burlington and his gardener Thomas Knowlton in the 1730s, and also retains a number of features from the formal gardens laid out in 1670. Our guided tour includes the Grade 1-listed Norman church of All Saints' , the Old Rectory, village and park. Meet : All Saints', Londesbor...

Born in Castleford, award-winning novelist Val Wood arrived in East Yorkshire in her early teens and now lives in Beverley. 'My father obtained work as a war damage surveyor,' she recalls. 'I can remember looking at the bombsites and damaged buildings and wondered what had been there before. Perhaps that was the start of my interest in local history!'  Val's first novel, The Hungry Tide (1993), set on the crumbling coast of Holderness, won the Catherine Cookson Prize. Since then she has written over twenty romantic historical bestsellers, all based on extensive research, and all set in an and around Hull. Val's latest bestseller, No Place for a Woman , was published in October 2016. Read more about her writing here . Don't miss this chance to meet Val in the historic surroundings of Hedon Town Hall . Drinks and canapés will be served after the talk. New members always welcome ! Join at any meeting - £15 p.a.   For...

On 5 January 1941, Hull's pioneer aviatrix Amy Johnson - in 1930 the first woman to fly solo to Australia - crashed in the icy waters of the Thames estuary. In his new e-book, Amy Johnson: Hessle Road Tomboy , written to mark the 75th anniversary of Amy's death, local author and historian Dr Alec Gill MBE offers an intriguing insight into her life and seldom acknowledged Hessle Road roots - her fishing family heritage; the 'cod farm' business, Andrew Johnson Knudtzon Ltd, founded by her Danish grandfather in 1881 and still operating today; her early homes; the schools where she was ostracised by her classmates, played truant, and was often in trouble with the Head; and her abandonment of Methodism for fishing folklore superstitions. Dr Gill also covers her aimless years of celebrity after the Australian flight, her unluckiness in love, the mystery of her death, and the previously unheralded role of Hull trawlerman Harry Gould in her attempted rescue. DON'T MI...

Discover more of one of Hedon's hidden treasures - the Church of Ss Mary & Joseph - with society member Tony Hay . Originally a mission at Nuthill supported by the Metcalfe family and protected by the Constables, the Church of Ss Mary & Joseph was constructed in Baxtergate in 1803 -  behind two much earlier cottages - some twenty years after the Gordon riots and more than a quarter of a century before the Emancipation Act of 1829 finally ended over two centuries of persecution and discrimination against the Catholic minority.   All welcome! Join at any meeting . £15 p.a.   Venue: Church Room , Magdalen Gate, Hedon HU12 8JP , 7.30 p.m. For more information : contact hedon.history @gmail.com   COMING SOON: 2017 14 March: Dr Alec Gill MBE , 'Amy Johnson: Hessle Road Tomboy' 11 April : Jo Dunn , 'The Wilson Family of Tranby Croft' 9 May : Valerie Wood , 'My Holderness' 13 June : Evening Visit, Londesborough 11 July : Vis...

POA(Phot) Mez Merrill/MOD What links the First World War with jelly babies? Why was the government collecting conkers in 1916? How did elephants help the war effort? And what strange excuses did men come up with to avoid conscription? Find out more when Kath & Clive Richardson make a welcome return to Hedon with a fascinating insight into some of the more unusual aspects of the First World War, offering facts and stories to inspire, intrigue - and even raise a smile.  All welcome! Join at any meeting . £15 p.a.   Venue: Church Room , Magdalen Gate, Hedon HU12 8JP , 7.30 p.m. For more information : contact hedon.history @gmail.com   COMING NEXT: 2017 14 February : Tony Hay , 'The History of the Church of SS Mary and Joseph, Hedon and the Holderness Mission' 14 March: Dr Alec Gill MBE , 'Amy Johnson: Hessle Road Tomboy' 11 April : TBC 9 May : Valerie Wood , 'My Holderness'