Gipsyville is a western suburb of Kingston upon Hull , in the East Riding of Yorkshire , England.
47-558: Gipsyville was established at the beginning of the 20th century as a housing and factory development and derives its name from a black lead product "Gipsy Black Metal Polish" that was produced locally at the Hargreaves & Bros company works. During the interwar period a large council estate of over 1,000 dwellings was built to the north of the original development. Gipsyville is a western suburb of Kingston upon Hull, approximately halfway between Hull and Hessle town centres near
94-532: A Church of England school for children aged 3–11, located on Northolme Road. On 25 June 2007, torrential rain hit the north-east of England and 100 mm of rain fell in a few hours. Several people died across the affected area and the first fatality occurred in Hessle. A 28-year-old man became trapped when his foot was stuck in a storm drain. He was overwhelmed by rising water and although emergency services gave him oxygen he died of hypothermia. Sky News filmed
141-527: A Garden city movement influenced council estate of semi-detached and terraced houses with gardens, on tree lined main roads was developed to the east of Pickering Park, around Askew Avenue. Buildings built on the south side of Hessle Road included some more architecturally distinctive structures; the 1926 Queen Anne influenced "Gipsyville tavern" (later "the Dover Sole") is now a locally listed building. Fish curing works ( smokehouses ) were established in
188-511: A world record for " poppadom stacking" was broken on the Weir by the Indian takeaway Jolsha, officiated by the local MP Alan Johnson. Following on from the Weir is Tower Hill Park, which was mainly occupied by the army who had assault courses and climbing walls, which, as in previous years, focused on activities for the younger generations. The feast also reached the area near the library, which held
235-721: A 'Road Scheme', area by area. Only one was published, the North East Area Road Scheme, though work began on a second scheme, covering East Anglia. The NEARS was never confirmed, as it was fiercely opposed by private and municipal operators. The quasi-federal structure of Commission and Executives proved to be an obstacle to integration and was largely abolished by the Conservative government with effect from 1 October 1953 (the London Transport Executive alone survived). On 1 January 1955,
282-401: A canister works, and Hargreaves Bros. & Co. established a black lead factory in 1906. Terraced housing was constructed in the same period, running north south on the south side of Hessle Road; the streets were named after English counties. The area took its name from a product produced by Hargreaves, "Gipsy Black Metal Polish". In 1911 Pickering Park opened to the north-west, by which time
329-519: A chance to attend classes at any of the three schools within the consortium. The entire school was reopened in January 2016, as part of Priority Schools Building Programme. Since January 2017, Penshurst Primary School and Hessle High School & Sixth Form College have been a through-school. Penshurst Primary School, for children aged 3–11, located on Winthorpe Road. Hessle is also home to All Saints' CE Federation of Academies Infant and Junior School,
376-513: A dock for scrap metal and other materials for dispatch to other areas, or to be recycled. Richard Dunston's ship repairs still exists further east along the Humber Estuary , with activity remaining high. Hessle is surrounded by the neighbouring villages of Willerby , Anlaby , Kirk Ella , West Ella , North Ferriby and Swanland . Chalk-quarrying was a major industry at Hessle into the 20th century and quarries can still be seen in
423-535: A field off Beverley Road in Hessle from 2010 to 2011. The project known as a flood water attenuation scheme involved identifying a field immediately upstream of the urban area, this was then excavated below natural ground level to a depth of around 6 feet (1.8 metres). A flow control structure was built on the downstream end of the watercourse and the bank of the Western Drain was lowered on the West Side. In
470-455: A larger area than previous feasts, to encourage more business to the less immediate areas of Hessle. In the Square, the main stage starred the "Hessle's Got Talent" final and the "Crave and Serenity Fashion Show". The Square's stage was compared by KCFM DJ Dave Hudson. Prestongate had further stalls and barbecues . The Weir also had a stage with live music played all afternoon. On the feast day,
517-439: A site used as allotments. The Dairycoates Industrial estate was developed from 1980 onwards, constructed to the south and east of the original early 1900s black lead, and canister works. In the late 1990s Hull City Council became involved in a controversial Public Private Partnership scheme with Keepmoat to refurbish, and demolish and redevelop 1,200 council houses in the area. The scheme failed to generate significant funds for
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#1732783863497564-631: A spring-fed pond and herb-rich grassland. The park can be explored on several well-signed walking routes. Hessle is twinned with the French town of Bourg-de-Thizy . Transport to and from Hessle is convenient, with good access to main roads such as the A15 , A63 and M62 (via the A63). It also has a railway station with hourly services to and from Hull and to destinations such as Doncaster and York . Regular bus services provided by East Yorkshire link
611-418: A third stage with live local bands chosen by The Hase pub. The boat race was won by the youth sports team Norland Sharks, who were the fastest at running around Hessle carrying an inflatable boat. The Hessle Feast 2009 Committee was an independent body of unpaid volunteers that organised the event in the pubs of Hessle. The event was majorly sponsored by KCFM and Hull Colour Pages , with additional funding from
658-448: A very heavy storm, when the capacity of the control structure is exceeded, water overflows into the storage area. After the storm, the (stored) water returns to the Western Drain through a small diameter land drainage pipe. The lagoon holds around 35,000 cubic metres of water. The storage area remains dry for the majority of the time and looks from the road side to be a paddock, albeit lower than surrounding fields. Earliest found records of
705-557: Is a town , civil parish and electoral ward in the East Riding of Yorkshire , England, five miles (eight kilometres) west of Kingston upon Hull city centre. Geographically it is part of a larger urban area consisting of the city of Kingston upon Hull, the town of Hessle and a number of other villages but is not part of the city. It is on the north bank of the Humber Estuary where the Humber Bridge crosses. According to
752-527: The Book of Fees . The name is the Old Scandinavian hesli meaning ' hazel grove'. In more modern times, Hessle has been a centre for shipbuilding . Before 1897, there was a shipyard building wooden boats, but it was then bought by Henry Scarr who moved there from Beverley , where he had previously been in partnership with his brother Joseph. Scarr produced iron and steel ships until 1932, when
799-535: The 2011 UK census , Hessle parish had a population of 15,000, an increase on the 2001 UK census figure of 14,767. The centre of Hessle is the Square. There are many shops and a small bus station, which was refitted in 2007. Hessle All Saints' Church is located just off the Square and was designated a Grade I listed building in 1967 and is now recorded in the National Heritage List for England , maintained by Historic England . Hessle Town Hall
846-469: The Belmont TV transmitter. Local radio stations are BBC Radio Humberside , Capital Yorkshire , Greatest Hits Radio East Yorkshire & Northern Lincolnshire , Hits Radio East Yorkshire & North Lincolnshire and Nation Radio East Yorkshire . The town is served by the local newspaper, Hull Daily Mail . British Transport Commission The British Transport Commission ( BTC )
893-596: The Environment Agency , East Riding of Yorkshire Council and the Flood Forum were among the speakers at the resident meetings. HCARA, having operated to facilitate the distribution of news to Hessle residents immediately after the 2007 floods, is currently dormant. As a result of consultation with the residents, the Environment Agency promoted a flood storage scheme which was constructed in
940-495: The Commission did not directly operate transport services, which were the responsibility of the Commission's Executives. These bodies were separately appointed, and operated under what were termed 'schemes of delegation'. The Act provided for five Executives, covering Docks & Inland Waterways, Hotels, London Transport, Railways, and Road Transport. The Railway Executive traded as " British Railways ". In 1949, Road Transport
987-488: The Hessle Feast date from the 1800s. These have it as an annual event around Whitsuntide (May). A time of enjoyment, when the people of the parish would gather to celebrate the coming year. From articles in 1808 and 1836, it is clear that the feast had become a major event bringing in people from neighbouring towns and villages. With much excitement, racing, noise and jubilee. As ever the youth made it their own. Even in
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#17327838634971034-597: The Hessle Road / Askew Avenue junction (see A1166 road ). Its boundaries are roughly the railway lines of the Hull and Selby Railway and Hull Docks Branch to the south and east respectively; and Pickering Park to the west. To the north are the suburbs of Anlaby Common , and East Ella . Most of the area lies in the Pickering ward of Hull City Council , the remainder in the western part of Newington ward. As of 2012
1081-538: The Hull and Selby, and a branch of the Hull and Barnsley Railway were opened in 1846 and 1885 respectively. At the end of the 19th century the area contained no housing or other development, excluding the Hessle Road and railways; to the east the urban growth of Hull (Newington and Dairycoates areas) had reached the boundary formed by the north south railway branches. At the turn of the 20th century industrial and housing development began – F. Atkins & Co. opened
1128-492: The area and was an entertaining day of charitable money raising, family fun and live music. The event hosted many activities such as a "Battle of the Bands" which took place on the main stage in the Square, a "Buskathon" centred down Prestongate, and local bands centred on a smaller stage on the Weir. There was also a boat race around the streets of Hessle, which was eventually won by army cadets carrying an inflatable float. The event
1175-399: The area has a primary school, Francis Askew, catering for 270 children. A public services centre, the 'Gipsyville Multipurpose Centre' provides library, health and other community services. Shopping facilities are centred on the radial Hessle Road. The southern part of Gipsyville includes an industrial area, known as Dairycoates Industrial Estate, the area known as Dairycoates is adjacent to
1222-454: The area was replaced with a road flyover (the "Hessle Road flyover" or "Dairycoates flyover") at a cost of over £800,000 to reduce road congestion. Nearly £500,000 was contributed by the government, and nearly £140,000 by the BTC . In 1967 a large food processing factory (manufacturing the " Birds Eye " brand) was opened to the west of the original pre-war housing development, on the western part of
1269-595: The council, and the council was accused of ignoring the wishes of the Gipsyville residents. The "Birds Eye" factory was closed in 2007 with a loss of around 500 permanent jobs; the company opened a pea processing factory on the nearby Brighton Street industrial estate ( Dairycoates ) in 2007. An ambulance station was opened in 2009 near to the Hessle Road flyover. 53°43′53″N 0°23′17″W / 53.7313°N 0.3881°W / 53.7313; -0.3881 Hessle Hessle ( / ˈ h ɛ z əl / )
1316-494: The earliest reports, there are churchwardens concerns over noisy and drunken behaviour "particularly of the young men of Hull" who visited the parish. Resurrected around 15 years ago, after many years of absence, the feast has again become an event of enjoyment and embraced by the whole community of Hessle. Previous feasts include one which occurred in July 2006, which succeeded in attracting over 5,000 local residents and visitors to
1363-514: The east. The land on which the original Gipsyville development took place was called Hessle Great Ings (see Ings ), and was historically within the parish of Hessle. Enclosure and drainage of the land in the area was brought about by the Hessle Inclosure act (1793). The road from Hull to Hessle was turnpiked in 1825, and the Hull and Selby Railway constructed south of the road opened in 1840. The north south running Bridlington branch of
1410-403: The industrial part of Gipsyville. Francis Askew school was established in 1925, initially as a temporary infant and junior school – it expanded during the mid 20th century to include a senior school (Frances Askew High) of over 600 students by the 1960s. A public library was established in 1956. In 1962 the level crossing ( Hessle Road (Dairycoates) level crossing ) at the eastern edge of
1457-625: The late 1950s the BTC was in serious financial difficulties, largely due to the economic performance of the railways. It was criticised as an overly bureaucratic system of administering transport services and had failed to develop an integrated transport system (such as integrated ticketing and timetabling). It was abolished by Harold Macmillan's Conservative government under the Transport Act 1962 and replaced by five successor bodies: These changes took effect on 1 January 1963. Notwithstanding
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1504-711: The latter of which plays in the Humber Premier League Premier Division – level 13 on the English football league system pyramid. The clubs also have a large section of junior teams playing in the Hull Boys Sunday Football League. Also, there is a cricket team and a rugby team at the Hessle rugby club near the foreshore. Local news and television programmes are provided by BBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire and ITV Yorkshire . Television signals are received from
1551-677: The local town council. The 2012 Hessle Feast was timed to take place on the Sunday of the weekend of celebrations for the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II in June 2012. The following day, a waterborne procession of sailing and powered craft departed from Hessle and proceeded around the Humber estuary. The most popular sport in Hessle is football . Hessle is home to three senior football clubs, Hessle Rangers, Hessle United, and Hessle Sporting,
1598-469: The operation and broadcast some of the footage in the days after the event. They were criticised for this but responded that the victim's family had approved the broadcast. The floods caused the formation of a local residents association, HCARA (Hessle Community Action Residents Association) who worked with various bodies to campaign for improvements in defences against floods in the lower Hessle area. The local MP, Alan Johnson , as well as representatives of
1645-502: The population of the estate was somewhere between 2,000 and 3,000. Hargreaves became insolvent in 1922 and was taken over by competitor Reckitt and Sons in 1922, who closed the works. Housing development took place on the north side of Hessle Road in the first half of the 20th century. During the interwar period , stimulated by the Addison Act , the council built over 10,000 homes, 1,380 of which were constructed in Gipsyville;
1692-513: The railways were re-organised on the basis of six Area Railway Boards, which had a wide measure of operational autonomy under the Commission's overall supervision. The Commission took direct charge of the remaining assets, though these were significantly reduced by the Conservatives de-nationalising much of the road haulage sector. On 1 January 1955, separate managements were also set up for road haulage, hotels, docks and inland waterways. By
1739-463: The town of Barton-upon-Humber on the opposite side of the Humber estuary. In July 2017 the bridge was granted Grade I listed status. The place-name 'Hessle' is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as Hase . It appears as Hesla in a Danelaw Charter from the reign of Henry II between 1154 and 1189, and as Hesel in a Yorkshire Charter of 1157, and in 1242 in
1786-600: The town with the surrounding villages, Hull City Centre, Longhill Estate in east Hull as well as further afield places including Brough , Beverley and the seaside resort of Hornsea . Hessle is at the start of the Yorkshire Wolds Way , a long-distance footpath and designated National Trail , which crosses the Yorkshire Wolds and ends at Filey on the North Sea Coast. The site of
1833-650: The town's secondary school, Hessle High School & Sixth Form College, on Heads Lane, is centred on a building donated to the Education Authority by Algernon Henry Barkworth, a survivor of the RMS Titanic sinking. Hessle Sixth Form College is part of a consortium with secondary schools Wolfreton School (in Willerby ) and Cottingham High School (in Cottingham ), offering sixth form pupils
1880-554: The west of the town, the largest being the Humber Bridge Country Park, which is a popular tourist attraction. Part of it is known as Little Switzerland (Little Switz or Switzy for short). The Humber Bridge Country Park Local Nature Reserve was formerly a chalk quarry and was developed as a country park following the construction of the Humber Bridge. It consists of mixed species of woodland, wild flowers,
1927-809: The work of the London Passenger Transport Board , which was already publicly owned. The nationalisation package also included the fleets of 'private owner wagons', which industrial concerns had used to transport goods on the railway networks. The BTC was one of the largest industrial organisations in the world and it owned a vast number of transport-related assets. The assets owned at its creation included: 52,000 miles (84,000 km) of railway track, 1,260,000 freight and service railway vehicles, 40,000 passenger railway coaches, 20,148 locomotives, 93,000 road vehicles, 2,050 miles (3,300 km) of canals, 122 steamships, 54 hotels and 52,000 houses. In March 1953, it had 877,000 staff. At first,
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1974-500: The yard was taken over by Richard Dunston . It was the largest shipyard in Hessle, building vessels such as Loch Riddon , a roll-on/roll-off ferry launched in 1986, and one of four built for Caledonian MacBrayne for use in the Hebrides . The company went into liquidation in 1987 and was bought by Damen Shipyards Group in the same year. Dunston's was closed down in 1994. The location is now used as offices, car sales buildings and
2021-596: Was Lord Hurcomb , with Miles Beevor as Chief Secretary. Its main holdings were the networks and assets of the Big Four national regional railway companies: the Great Western Railway , London and North Eastern Railway , London, Midland and Scottish Railway and the Southern Railway . It also took over 55 other railway undertakings, 19 canal undertakings and 246 road haulage firms, as well as
2068-417: Was built in 1897 and is situated at the top of South Lane. Hessle Police Station, which closed in 2014, is next door to the town hall at the top of South Lane and the corner of Ferriby Road. Hessle is home to the world-famous Humber Bridge , which was opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1981. At the time of its opening, the Humber Bridge was the world's longest single-span suspension bridge. It links Hessle to
2115-693: Was created by Clement Attlee's post-war Labour government as a part of its nationalisation programme, to oversee railways, canals and road freight transport in Great Britain (Northern Ireland had the separate Ulster Transport Authority ). Its general duty under the Transport Act 1947 was to provide an efficient, adequate, economical and properly integrated system of public inland transport and port facilities within Great Britain for passengers and goods, excluding transport by air. The BTC came into operation on 1 January 1948. Its first chairman
2162-415: Was divided into separate Road Haulage and Road Passenger Executives, though the latter proved short-lived. The Commission's extensive activities included: The Commission was permitted to "secure the provision" of road passenger services, although it did not have the general powers of compulsory purchase of bus operators. To obtain specific powers of acquisition it had first to draw up, and get approval for,
2209-488: Was partly-funded and majorly sponsored by Kingston Communications and Yorkshire Water – companies working in the area at the time. Hessle Feast returned, after a three-year absence due to the 2007 United Kingdom floods , in 2009. It was officially opened by the then Home Secretary , Hull West and Hessle MP, Alan Johnson , and the Mayor of Hessle, Frank Kitchen, at 1 p.m. The feast day in 2009 entertained crowds over
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