Landlord Voice Magazine August 2015 - Hull | Page 14

Hull Blitz, fishing and port Hull’s port and big industry makes it a prime target during Second World War bombing raids. 20th Century to Present A great deal of the city centre and 95 per cent of its houses are destroyed or damaged and it is the most severely bombed British city or town during the Second World War apart from London. Whaling, deep-sea trawling and migration 19th Century After the decline of its fishing industry in the 1970s Hull remains a busy cargo port and passenger ferry terminal. During the first half of the century whaling is a major part of the city’s economy and after its decline deep-sea trawling takes its place until its eventual decline a century later. In the second half of the 19th Century and leading up to the First World War the Port of Hull becomes a major stop-off for Northern Europeans, sailing to the city en-route to Liverpool and then North America. 16th Century English Civil War Hull becomes strategically important during the English Civil War due to the large arsenal located there and is besieged by Royalist forces. To this day the city is still known as Kingston upon Hull due to the populations loyalty to the king throughout the civil war. Hull-The growth of a cultured city 14 | LandlordVoice | July 2015 A trading town is born 13th Century The origins of a town take root when monks at Meaux Abbey elect to build a quay at the junction between the River Hull and the Humber Estuary from where they export wool. By the end of the 13th Century Hull has become a market town, military supply port, trading hub and fishing and whaling centre. It serves as a base for Edward I during the First War of Scottish Independence and goes on to become the most important port on England’s east coast. During the medieval period Hull establishes trading links with Scotland and northern Europe, Scandinavia and the Baltic states but as steam overtakes sail its links extend throughout the world. July 2015 | LandlordVoice | 15