Kingston upon Hull Town Wall

In the civil parish of Kingston upon Hull.
In the historic county of Yorkshire East Riding (Modern Authority of Kingston upon Hull; City of, 1974 county of Humberside).

Lower part gate only visible remains of late C14 town wall notably for being of brick, also no remains of C16 extension east of Haven. First murage grant 1321 followed by others throughout C14. Licence to crenellate also granted 1321 and confirmed and extended in 1327, confirmed again 1462. Demolished 1776-1810.

This site has been described as a;
Urban Defence.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Masonry footings remains.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TA099287

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 1062126 etc

Books

Creighton, O.H. and Higham, R.A., 2005, Medieval Town Walls (Stroud: Tempus) p30, 36, 72, 99, 124, 129, 135, 136, 144, 162, 163, 182, 222, 224, 243, 267
Salter, Mike, 2001, The Castles and Tower Houses of Yorkshire (Malvern) p50
Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p285 [slight]
Gillett, E. and MacMahon, K.A., 1989, A History of Hull (Hull University Press)
Bond, C.J., 1987, 'Anglo-Saxon and Medieval Defences' in Schofield, J. and Leech, R. (eds) Urban Archaeology in Britain (CBA Research Report) p92-116
Hull City Council, 1987, The Archaeology of the Beverley Gate, Hull, Interim report (Hull City Council)
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p534
Whitwell, J.B., 1977, ‘Kingston upon Hull, Old Town' Archaeological Excavations 1976 (HMSO) p127
Barley, M.W., 1975, 'Town Defences in England and Wales after 1066' in Barley (ed) Medieval Towns in England and Wales (CBA research reports) pp57-71
Turner, H.L., 1971, Town Defences in England and Wales (London)
Allison, K.J. (ed), 1969, VCH York East Riding Vol1 p412-18
Frost, 1827, Notices relative to ... Hull (London) p76-88, 140-1
Hadley, 1788, New and Complete History ... Kingston upon Hull (Hull) p682-4

Journal Articles

Foreman, M., 1989 Aug, ‘The defences of Hull’ Fortress Vol2 p36-8
Kenyon, J.R., 1981 'Early Artillery Fortifications in England and Wales: a Preliminary Survey and Re-appraisal' Archaeological Journal Vol138 p215
Moorhouse, S., 1977, The Yorkshire Archaeological Register: 1976' Yorkshire Archaeological Journal Vol49 p10, 15
Barlett, J., 1971, 'The medieval walls of Hull' Kingston-upon Hull Museums Bulletin Vol3-4
Foot-Walker, W., 1968, 'The Walls and Gates of Hull' Humberside; The Magazine of Hull Literary Club Vol16 No1
(Bartlett), 1965, Medieval Archaeology Vol9 p197
Sheppard, 1902, The Antiquary Vol28 p149-50 and map

Primary (Medieval documents or transcriptions of such documents - This section is far from complete and the secondary sources should be consulted for full references.)

Calendar of Patent Rolls (1321-24) p7
Calendar of Patent Rolls (1327-30) p33

Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)

Speed, John, 1611-12, The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain [http://faculty.oxy.edu/horowitz/home/johnspeed/Cities12.htm]
William Camden, 1607, Britannia [http://www.philological.bham.ac.uk/cambrit/yorkseng.html#yorks36]
Chandler, John, 1993, John Leland's Itinerary: travels in Tudor England (Sutton Publishing) p535

Other sources and unpublished works (Theses, in-house reports and other such)

Evans, D.H., 1994, Excavations at the Beverley Gate, and Other Parts of the Town Defences of Kingston upon Hull (Hull: Humberside SMR)

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