Hull History Centre

Worship St
Kingston-upon-Hull
East Yorkshire
HU2 8BG
England

Website

Explore our collections, services and events online

www.hullhistorycentre.org.uk

E-mail

Enquiries and mailing list

hullhistorycentre@hullcc.gov.uk

Telephone

Enquiries

01482 317500

Education Officer

01482 317509

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
Hull History Centre building
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Hull History Centre is the home of Hull's written heritage.

The city and University of Hull have united their archives and local studies resources in a pioneering partnership.

The project is Heritage Lottery Funded and provides an opportunity for the archives and local studies resources to become part of the culture of the city.

The Centre is open to everyone, free of charge.

Venue Type:

Library, Archive

 Opening hours

Mon 9.30 - 19.45
Tues 9.30 - 5.30
Wed 9.30 - 7.45
Thurs 9.30 - 5.30
Fri 9.30 - 5.30
Sat 9.00 - 4.30

Closed: Sun, all bank holidays

 Admission charges

No admittance charge

 General services and facilities
  • Guided tours
  • Pre-booking service for groups
  • Auditorium
  • Gardens open to public
  • Picnic area
  • Refreshments
  • Shop
 Children and families
  • Activities for pre-school children
  • Events and resources for children and families
  • Baby changing facilities
 Disability access
  • Events/teaching/resources for people with disabilities
  • Induction loops in lecture theatres
  • Parking for disabled available
  • Toilets for disabled
 Schools services and facilities
  • Direct teaching services for schools
  • Member of staff available with responsibility for education
  • Primary school education service available
  • Secondary school education service available
  • Education facilities available
  • Reception and lunch facilities for educational groups
 Research and adult learning
  • Academic publications and resources available
  • Adult lectures and courses held
  • Loan service
  • Library
  • Library with public access
  • Research facilities for academics
  • Study facilities
 Commercial and hire services
  • Facilities for private functions and events
  • Meeting room available

Worship St
Kingston-upon-Hull
East Yorkshire
HU2 8BG
England

Website

Explore our collections, services and events online

www.hullhistorycentre.org.uk

E-mail

Enquiries and mailing list

hullhistorycentre@hullcc.gov.uk

Telephone

Enquiries

01482 317500

Education Officer

01482 317509

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.

The collections date back over 700 years and have both local and national significance. They include:

Local and family history resources.
Maritime records including whaling log books, fishing crew lists and the records of the Ellerman's Wilson line
An extensive collection of Second World War records
Personal papers of literary figures including those of the poet Phillip Larkin, and the author Winifred Holtby
Records relating to local and national political figures, campaigners and pressure groups.

Collection details

Trade and Commerce, Sport, Social History, Personalities, Maritime, Literature, Law and Order, Archives

Key artists and exhibits

  • Larkin
  • Ellerman's Wilson Line
  • Amy Johnson
  • Hull
  • Whaling
  • Family History
  • Census
  • Yorkshire Film Archive
  • University of Hull
  • Hull City Archives

Collections services

  • General guide to collections available
  • Object identification and/or written enquiry service
  • Public access available to collections information

Worship St
Kingston-upon-Hull
East Yorkshire
HU2 8BG
England

Website

Explore our collections, services and events online

www.hullhistorycentre.org.uk

E-mail

Enquiries and mailing list

hullhistorycentre@hullcc.gov.uk

Telephone

Enquiries

01482 317500

Education Officer

01482 317509

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
Events details are listed below. You may need to scroll down or click on headers to see them all. For events that don't have a specific date see the 'Resources' tab above.
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Lunchtime Club: Charles Staniland Wake

14 February 2012

Charles Staniland Wake - A Victorian Mystery Solved by Jill Crowther. A talk about about the Victorian author and expert folklorist. With Q&A.

Suitable for

  • 18+

When

12:30-1:30pm

Where

Lecture Theatre

Admission

Free. Telephone (01482 317500), e-mail historycentre@hullcc.gov.uk or drop by to reserve your place.

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Family History for Beginners - A Four Week Course

1 — 22 March 2012

This course is for absolute beginners and will give you the skills you need to get started tracing your roots.

Thursdays 1st-22nd March 2012. 10.30-12.30pm

Suitable for

  • 18+

Admission

Free. Telephone (01482 317500), e-mail historycentre@hullcc.gov.uk or drop by to reserve your place.

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Lunchtime Club: From Hull to Ypres: Mud, blood and fruitless Flanders offensives

13 March 2012

From Hull to Ypres: Mud, blood and fruitless Flanders offensives. A lecture by John Grosser with Q&A.

Suitable for

  • 16-17
  • 18+

When

12:30-1:30pm

Where

Lecture Theatre

Admission

Free.

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One day local history workshop: Hessle Road

31 March 2012

The Hessle Road area of Hull is an urban location less than two miles from Hull City centre, this one day workshop explores its roots and whether it only ever supported the 'village within a city' of the fishing community?

Suitable for

  • 18+

When

10am-

Where

Lecture Theatre

Admission

Free. Telephone (01482 317500), e-mail historycentre@hullcc.gov.uk or drop by to reserve your place

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Hessle Road: A Four Week Local History Course

18 April — 9 May 2012

Hessle Road: A four-week local history course exploring the story of one of the city's historic roads.

Starter Questions:
Where was van Dieman's Land?
Who lived at Field House?
What became of Hotham Street?

Wednesdays, 18th April - 9th May 2012, 2-4pm

Suitable for

  • 18+

Where

Lecture Theatre

Admission

Free. Telephone (01482 317500), e-mail historycentre@hullcc.gov.uk or drop by to reserve your place.

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Anlaby Road: A one day workshop

30 June 2012

Anlaby Road - one day workshop. Focussing on one of the city's oldest roads this workshop asks "was it ever a 'striking picture of a modern street landscape"?

Suitable for

  • 18+

When

10am-4pm

Where

Lecture Theatre

Admission

Free. Telephone (01482 317500), e-mail historycentre@hullcc.gov.uk or drop by to reserve your place.

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Anlaby Road: Four week Local History course

1 — 25 July 2012

Anlaby Road: Four-week Local History course

Starter Questions:
Where was Brown Cow Field?
What service did Hope House provide?
What went on at Hengler's Cirque?

Wednesdays: 1st July - 25th July 2102, 2-4pm

Suitable for

  • 18+

Admission

Free. Telephone (01482 317500), e-mail historycentre@hullcc.gov.uk or drop by to reserve your place.

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One day workshop: Hedon Road

20 October 2012

Hedon Road - one day workshop. Was it ever just 'an area of working class housing, industry and docks'?

Suitable for

  • 18+
  • Not suitable for children

When

10am-6pm

Where

Lecture Theatre

Admission

Free. Telephone (01482 317500), e-mail historycentre@hullcc.gov.uk or drop by to reserve your place.

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Hedon Road: A four week local history course

7 — 28 November 2012

Hedon Road: A four week local history course focussing on the famous city road.

Starter Questions:
Where was Sollitt Street?
Who played on the Craven Street Football Ground?
Did Marine View Terrace have a marine view?

Wednesdays
7th November - 28th November 2012, 2 - 4pm

Suitable for

  • 18+
  • Not suitable for children

Admission

Telephone (01482 317500), e-mail historycentre@hullcc.gov.uk or drop by to reserve your place.

Worship St
Kingston-upon-Hull
East Yorkshire
HU2 8BG
England

Website

Explore our collections, services and events online

www.hullhistorycentre.org.uk

E-mail

Enquiries and mailing list

hullhistorycentre@hullcc.gov.uk

Telephone

Enquiries

01482 317500

Education Officer

01482 317509

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
Resources listed here may include websites, bookable tours and workshops, books, loan boxes and more. You may need to scroll down or click on headers to see them all.
 Digital and online resources

Blue Socks - The School Uniform Debate

http://www.mylearning.org/overview.asp?journeyid=240

A resource about the debate over school uniform rules over the years, including the Blue Socks Case where pupils were banned from taking exams, or even suspended or excluded from school for not wearing the correct uniform.

Publisher

  • This resource was produced as part of the MLA-funded My Learning project.

Documenting our Past

http://www.mylearning.org/overview.asp?journeyid=561

Learn how to become a local historian by researching and interpreting old documents from the past.

Publisher

  • This resource was produced as part of the MLA-funded My Learning project.

Local History Pack - A how to guide

http://www.mylearning.org/overview.asp?journeyid=390

Tips and Sources for Local History research including a list of useful local history websites.

Publisher

  • This resource was produced as part of the MLA-funded My Learning project.

The Censorship of Horror Comics

http://www.mylearning.org/overview.asp?journeyid=234

Should young people´s reading material be censored? This resource investigates the debate surrounding horror comics and the Harmful Publications Bill of 1955, through examination of newspaper articles from the 1950s, collected by the pressure group the National Council for Civil Liberties.

Publisher

  • This resource was produced as part of the MLA-funded My Learning project.

Women´s Rights - The Equal Pay Debate

http://www.mylearning.org/overview.asp?journeyid=235

A look at campaigns by women for equal employment rights in the 1940s.

Publisher

  • This resource was produced as part of the MLA-funded My Learning project.
 Face to face resources

Documenting Our Past

Led session.
A schools workshop for KS2 & 3.
Students develop key skills while exploring a timeline of Hull from its origins as Wyke to the Blitz and beyond through our archive and local studies collections.
This session complements Hull Museum Education's 'Tour Through Time' and 'Hull's Hidden History' led sessions.

Worship St
Kingston-upon-Hull
East Yorkshire
HU2 8BG
England

Website

Explore our collections, services and events online

www.hullhistorycentre.org.uk

E-mail

Enquiries and mailing list

hullhistorycentre@hullcc.gov.uk

Telephone

Enquiries

01482 317500

Education Officer

01482 317509

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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