A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Kingston upon Hull, parl. and mun. bor. and par., East-Riding Yorkshire, at influx of river Hull to the estuary of the Humber, 55½ miles SE. of Leeds and 173½ miles N. of London--par., 1054 ac. (29 water) and 683 tidal water and foreshore, pop. 78,222; bor., pop. 165,690. Kingston upon Hull returns 3 members to Parliament (3 divisions--East, Central, and West, 1 member for each division); the representation was increased from 2 to 3 members in 1885, when the parliamentary limits were extended so as to include the entire municipal limits. See HULL.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "parliamentary and municipal borough and parish" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Kingston upon Hull Borough Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Kingston upon Hull |
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