Names from historical writing:

The following appear as names for Kingston upon Hull. Follow the links for what the author actually said:

Name Author Source
HULL John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
John Wesley The Journal of John Wesley (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Christian Classics Ethereal Library, 2000).
John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
HULL OR KINGSTON UPON HULL John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
HULL THE John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
KINGSTON UPON HULL John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
THE HULL John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).

NB: These variant names come from our collections of historical travel writing and descriptive gazetteers:

  • The above links take you to the first reference to this particular version of the name within a book of travel writing, or to the relevant gazetteer entry.
  • Some names may derive from research by antiquarian writers such as William Camden and Thomas Pennant into the Roman, Saxon and medieval names of places. Their claims are not always supported by modern place-name researchers.
  • References by travel writers to the place using its "normal" name are not included. Descriptive gazetteer entries are included only if the name does not appear anywhere else.

  • Names for administrative units:

    These names were used for units associated with Kingston upon Hull. Click on the links for details of the units and their names:

    Name Unit Type Source
    00FA District/Unitary Authority (City/UA) Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
    CENTRAL HULL Constituency (BCon/PBDivCon) Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
    CENTRAL KINGSTON UPON HULL Constituency (BCon/PBDivCon) Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
    CITY OF KINGSTON UPON HULL District/Unitary Authority (City/UA) Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
    DERRINGHAM BANK Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 567.
    E441148 Local Government District (CB/MB)
    EAST HULL Constituency (PBDivCon/BCon) Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
    EAST KINGSTON UPON HULL Constituency (PBDivCon/BCon) Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
    HOLY TRINITY AND ST MARY Parish-level Unit (CP) 1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Registration Counties, Districts and Sub-districts with their constituent civil parishes. - Urban or Rural District in which each parish is situated; Area; families or separate occupiers, and population, 1901 and 1911; and population enumerated in Institutions, large establishments, and on vessels, &c., 1911'.
    HULL 1841 Occupation reporting area 1841 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Occupation Abstract'.
    Constituency (PBCon) Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
    Poor Law Union/Reg. District (RegD/Inc) F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 777.
    Urban Labour Market Ministry of Labour, Local Unemployment Index (Ministry of Labour)
    HULL CENTRAL Constituency (BCon/PBDivCon) Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
    Constituency (BCon) Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
    HULL EAST Constituency (PBDivCon/BCon) Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
    HULL NORTH Constituency (BCon) Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
    Constituency (BCon) Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
    HULL NORTH WEST Constituency (PBDivCon) Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
    HULL SOUTH WEST Constituency (PBDivCon) Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
    HULL ST ALBAN Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 563.
    HULL ST MARK Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 563.
    HULL ST MARK ANLABY COMMON Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 563.
    HULL ST MARTIN Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 563.
    HULL ST STEPHEN Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 563.
    HULL WEST Constituency (PBDivCon) Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
    Constituency (BCon) Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
    KINGSTON ON HULL Poor Law Union/Reg. District (RegD/Inc) Local Government Board, Poor Law Returns to Parliament from 1871 onwards (HMSO)
    KINGSTON UPON HULL Ancient District (Borough) F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 773.
    Ancient District (AD_Town/CntyOfIt) F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 767.
    Constituency (PBCon) Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
    District/Unitary Authority (City/UA) Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
    Local Government District (CB/MB) F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 773.
    Poor Law Union/Reg. District (RegD/Inc) Local Government Board, Poor Law Returns to Parliament from 1871 onwards (HMSO)
    Rural Deanery F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 872.
    Sanitary District (USD) F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 783.
    Urban Labour Market Great Britain Historical GIS Project
    KINGSTON UPON HULL CENTRAL Constituency (BCon/PBDivCon) Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
    Constituency (BCon) Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
    KINGSTON UPON HULL CHARTER HOUSE Ecclesiastical Parish (EExP) F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 567.
    KINGSTON UPON HULL CHRIST CHURCH Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 567.
    KINGSTON UPON HULL CITY OF District/Unitary Authority (City/UA) Census of Population (2011 Key Statistics)
    Local Government District (CB/MB) 1901 Census of England and Wales, Table 24, 'Ages of Persons, Males and Females, in Municipal Boroughs and other Urban Districts, 1901'.
    KINGSTON UPON HULL EAST Constituency (PBDivCon/BCon) Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
    KINGSTON UPON HULL HOLY TRINITY Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 567.
    Parish-level Unit (Ch/AP) F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 567.
    KINGSTON UPON HULL HOLY TRINITY AND ST MARY Parish-level Unit (CP) F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 568.
    KINGSTON UPON HULL NORTH Constituency (BCon) Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
    Constituency (BCon) Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
    KINGSTON UPON HULL NORTH WEST Constituency (PBDivCon) Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
    KINGSTON UPON HULL SOUTH WEST Constituency (PBDivCon) Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
    KINGSTON UPON HULL ST AIDAN SOUTHCOATES Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 568.
    KINGSTON UPON HULL ST AUGUSTINE Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 568.
    KINGSTON UPON HULL ST BARNABAS Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 568.
    KINGSTON UPON HULL ST JAMES Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 568.
    KINGSTON UPON HULL ST JOHN Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 568.
    KINGSTON UPON HULL ST JOHN THE BAPTIST NEWINGTON Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 568.
    KINGSTON UPON HULL ST JUDE Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 568.
    KINGSTON UPON HULL ST JUDE WITH ST STEPHEN Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 568.
    KINGSTON UPON HULL ST LUKE Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 568.
    KINGSTON UPON HULL ST MARY Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 568.
    Parish-level Unit (Ch/CP) F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 568.
    KINGSTON UPON HULL ST MATTHEW Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 568.
    KINGSTON UPON HULL ST MATTHEW WITH ST BARNABAS Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 568.
    KINGSTON UPON HULL ST NICHOLAS ANLABY Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 568.
    KINGSTON UPON HULL ST PAUL SCULCOATES WITH CHRIST CHURCH AND ST SILAS Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 568.
    KINGSTON UPON HULL ST PAUL WITH CHRIST CHURCH SCULCOATES Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 568.
    KINGSTON UPON HULL ST PHILIP Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 568.
    KINGSTON UPON HULL ST SAVIOUR AND ST MARK Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 568.
    KINGSTON UPON HULL ST STEPHEN SCULCOATES Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 568.
    KINGSTON UPON HULL ST THOMAS Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 568.
    KINGSTON UPON HULL THE ASCENSION Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 567.
    KINGSTON UPON HULL THE TRANSFIGURATION Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 568.
    KINGSTON UPON HULL TOWN AND COUNTY OF THE TOWN Ancient District (AD_Town/CntyOfIt) 1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
    KINGSTON UPON HULL WEST Constituency (PBDivCon) Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
    Constituency (BCon) Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
    MARY ST Parish-level Unit (Ch/CP) 1821 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
    MARY ST KINGSTON UPON HULL Parish-level Unit (Ch/CP) 1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
    NEWINGTON THE TRANSFIGURATION Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 568.
    NEWLAND ST AUGUSTINE Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 568.
    NORTH HULL Constituency (BCon) Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
    Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 563.
    NORTH KINGSTON UPON HULL Constituency (BCon) Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
    NORTH WEST HULL Constituency (PBDivCon) Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
    NORTH WEST KINGSTON UPON HULL Constituency (PBDivCon) Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
    SOUTH WEST HULL Constituency (PBDivCon) Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
    SOUTH WEST KINGSTON UPON HULL Constituency (PBDivCon) Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
    ST MARY Registration sub-District Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
    TRINITY HOLY Parish-level Unit (Ch/AP) 1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
    WEST HULL Constituency (PBDivCon) Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
    WEST KINGSTON UPON HULL Constituency (PBDivCon) Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)

    NB: These are all the names of all the administrative units which we have associated with Kingston upon Hull, and you must judge whether all or even any of them are variant names for the place. They may well include the names of other locations or areas:

    • For cities, the associated administrative units will usually include parishes, especially ecclesiastical parishes, one of whose names is the name of the city followed by a saint's dedication, with just the saint's name as another variant. Parish names will sometimes also include "places" within towns.
    • Districts usually contain more than one settlement, and some districts had their names changed to take the name of a completely different settlement. As we link each administrative unit to just one of our "places", usually the last place the unit was named after, in these cases the name for a completely different place will appear on this page.
    • Similarly, a unit may sometimes be named after a particular settlement it contains and sometimes to indicate its location within a higher level unit. This was very common among British parliamentary constituencies in rural areas, one name referring to their main town and another indicating that they were in, say, the southern part of the relevant county.

    Every name listed here is linked to the particular historical source in which it appears, but we cannot claim that these are all the historical names of Kingston upon Hull, or that our references are to the first usage of the names. Similarly, we have tried to ensure that names included here are not transcription errors by ourselves, but it is possible they are the result of errors made when the historical sources were printed, or the result of visiting authors or census officials mis-hearing local names.

    How to reference this page:

    GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Kingston upon Hull in East Riding | Place names, A Vision of Britain through Time.

    URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/754/names

    Date accessed: 29th March 2024