Hull Castle, Kingston upon Hull

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; The Citadel

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).

Site of Hull Castle. Henrician artillery castle of 1541 sited between two blockhouses and interconnected with them by a curtain wall. Converted to use as a magazine when absorbed into the Citadel c.1680. Finally demolished 1863. Excavation, in 1970, revealed the extent of Italian influence on this fort which was one of the last to be built in Henry VIII's reign, and almost unique in England. The pointed bastions represent an intermediate stage of development between the round flankers represented at Deal and Walmer in Kent, and the straight-sided ones built in Edward VI's reign at Berwick. A solitary bartizan, from a later fort on the site, survives although not in its original position.

This site has been described as a;
Artillery Fort.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Nothing visible remains.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TA10452874

Modern Map from Good for landscape form and features	Modern Map from Good for general location
Air Photo from	1st edition OS Map from

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 1062074

• Web site links
  • http://yorkshirehistory.com/citadel/index.htm
• Books
  • Salter, Mike, 2001, The Castles and Tower Houses of Yorkshire (Malvern) p49
    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)
    Foreman, M.. 1987, An investigation of the archaeological potential of the Hull Citadel (Beverley: Humberside County Council)
    King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p530
    Colvin, H.M., Ransome, D.R. and Summerson, John, 1982, The history of the King's Works Vol4: 1485-1660 (part 2) p472-7
    Fry, P.S., 1980, Castles of the British Isles (David and Charles) p245
    Morley, B.M., 1976, Henry VIII and the Development of Coastal Defence (London) p34-5
    Allison, K.J. (ed), 1969, VCH York East Riding Vol1 p414-15
    Hirst, 1913, The Blockhouse of Kingstone-upon-Hull (London) p1-6
    Mackenzie, J.D., 1897, Castles of England (Heinemann) Vol2 p227-8
    Frost, 1827, Notices relative to ... Hull (London) p80, 82-3
    Tickell, 1798, History of Kingston upon Hull (Hull) p851-2
    Hadley, 1788, New and Complete History ... Kingston upon Hull (Hull) p685-6
• Journal Articles
  • Foreman, M., 1989 Aug, ‘The defences of Hull’ Fortress Vol2 p38-40
    Cook, 1971, Post-Medieval Archaeology Vol5 p198-201 [excavation report]
    Hirst, 1895, East Riding Antiquarian Society Vol3 p24-39
• Guidebooks
  • Foreman, M.. 1988, Hull Citadel 1988 (Beverley: Humberside County Council)
• 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]