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'Hull prison during the mid-nineteenth century' by Alyson Brown, a history of Hull prison (1829-1870) which stood between Kingston Street, Manor House Street, Wellington Street and Railway Street. It was replaced by the prison at Hedon Road in 1870. Includes a plan of the prison.
'A traveller in Hull and Beverley 1697' by Arthur G Credland, an account of the references made to the eskimo in his canoe donated to Hull Trinity House in 1613 by Andrew Barker. Includes sketches of the figure.
'Next to godliness' by Mary Fowler, a history of the bathing facilities offered the public in Hull in the nineteenth century.
'Skirmish at Burton Agnes , the civil war in the East Riding, December 1643' by David Johnson, relates how the skirmish and defeat of the royalist stronghold at Burton Agnes represents a piece in the jigsaw of events by which the king's cause in the north was ultimately defeated at Marston Moor on 2 Jul 1644
'A little local history. A brief history of the Local History Unit, Hull College' by Christopher Ketchell
'Then and now, a study into the military aerodromes and landing grounds of the 1914-1918 war in the East Riding of Yorkshire. Part 1: introduction' by Geoff Simmons, an introduction to a study into military aerodromes.
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