Hi Hull was once the town and county of Kingston-upon-Hull, and is again really as we are now a unitary authority we are the city and county of Kingston-upon-Hull, but most people prefer to think of themselves as residing in the county of East Yorkshire, myself included. From Brown's Illustrated Guide to Hull, 1891, republished by Mr Pye books in1992: "Hullshire, or the Town and County of Kingston-upon-Hull, extends from the Hull westwards to Swanland, a distance of about nine miles in length, and from the Humber northwards to Hunsley Beacon Division - an average distance of two miles in breadth." I can't remember exactly when Hull became a city, but it was in the late 1890s. Carol Hull, East Yorkshire > Hi, > I too have a cert that says "in the County of said Town" and another > that says in the County of Kingston upon Hull. Alistair ----- Original > Message ----- From: "Jean Garforth" <boudicca@boudicca.karoo.co.uk> > To: <ENG-EAST-YORKS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 > 2:32 PM Subject: [ERY] Re: Parish > > > > > > Hi Marjory, > > > > I have at two marriage certificates, one for Holy Trinity, Hull and > > on for > St. Barnabas', Hull which say "in the County of said Town". > > Is it possible that under closer examination the word may be Town? > > Why > town I have no idea because Hull is a city. Probably a Clerical thing. > Maybe the Church has different terminology to the rest of us!! > > > Kind regards. > > Jean Garforth - HULL > > > ==== ENG-EAST-YORKS > Mailing List ==== > LOST? please use the "Where is it in Yorkshire?" > index > http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/Misc/Where/index.html > > The Maintainer of the Genuki Yorkshire pages is Colin Hinson > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our > 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > ______________________________

Extended to Swanland? That is the first I have heard of it. Being a Hessle lad the Hull boundary has always been on First Lane Hessle. Maybe it wasn't like this in 1890 but certainly was during the 20th century. Victor On 8 Feb 2003 at 10:00, Steve & Carol wrote: > Hi > > Hull was once the town and county of Kingston-upon-Hull, and is again > really as we are now a unitary authority we are the city and county of > Kingston-upon-Hull, but most people prefer to think of themselves as > residing in the county of East Yorkshire, myself included. > > >From Brown's Illustrated Guide to Hull, 1891, republished by Mr Pye > books in1992: > > "Hullshire, or the Town and County of Kingston-upon-Hull, extends from > the Hull westwards to Swanland, a distance of about nine miles in > length, and from the Humber northwards to Hunsley Beacon Division - > an average distance of two miles in breadth." > > I can't remember exactly when Hull became a city, but it was in the late > 1890s. > > Carol > Hull, East Yorkshire > > > Hi, > > I too have a cert that says "in the County of said Town" and another > > that says in the County of Kingston upon Hull. Alistair ----- Original > > Message ----- From: "Jean Garforth" <boudicca@boudicca.karoo.co.uk> > > To: <ENG-EAST-YORKS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 > > 2:32 PM Subject: [ERY] Re: Parish > > > > > > > > > > Hi Marjory, > > > > > > I have at two marriage certificates, one for Holy Trinity, Hull and > > > on for > > St. Barnabas', Hull which say "in the County of said Town". > > > Is it possible that under closer examination the word may be Town? > > > Why > > town I have no idea because Hull is a city. Probably a Clerical thing. > > Maybe the Church has different terminology to the rest of us!! > > > > Kind regards. > > Jean Garforth - HULL > > > ==== ENG-EAST-YORKS > > Mailing List ==== > LOST? please use the "Where is it in Yorkshire?" > > index > http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/Misc/Where/index.html > > > The Maintainer of the Genuki Yorkshire pages is Colin Hinson > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our > > 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > ______________________________ > > > > ==== ENG-EAST-YORKS Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from this list send the command "unsubscribe" to > ENG-EAST-YORKS-L-request@rootsweb.com (if in mail mode) or > ENG-EAST-YORKS-D-request@rootsweb.com (if in digest mode.) > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >