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Anlaby Common Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Anlaby Common

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Anlaby Common history

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In the 1850s Anlaby Common was enclosed land in open countryside to the east of the village. The area included a number of farms, and two large houses, Spring Villa (built 1840), and East Ella (built 1842) By the 1890s the Hull, Barnsley and West Riding Junction Railway (HB&WRJnc.Rlwy.) had been constructed, east–west, across the land (c. 1880s), and construction of terraced and court housing had taken place north-west of Spring Villa. In the mid 20th century housing development became more extensive, and became contiguous with the westward urban spread of Hull.

Anlaby Common geography / climate

Historically Anlaby Common was an area of agricultural land east of Anlby. The historic area now includes several areas of housing, including areas known as East Ella, Anlabies Park, and an area known as ‘Common Ground’ The present urban development in the area is essentially contiguous with than the city of Hull.

You can visit Anlaby Common places with Walkfo Anlaby Common to hear history at Anlaby Common’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Anlaby Common has 50 places to visit in our interactive Anlaby Common map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Anlaby Common, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Anlaby Common places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Anlaby Common & the surrounding areas.

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50 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Best Anlaby Common places to visit

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Anlaby Common has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Anlaby Common’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Anlaby Common’s information audio spots:

Hull Fair Hull Fair is one of Europe’s largest travelling funfairs, which comes to Kingston upon Hull, England for one week from 4 pm on Friday to 11 pm of the Saturday eight days later, encompassing 11 October each year. The fair is open every day between these days except Sunday.

Anlaby Road The ground was used for football club Hull City between 1906 and 1939. The record attendance was 32,000 in a FA Cup game against Newcastle United. The stands were bombed during the Second World War but Hull City used the site for training and reserve matches until 1965.

Londesborough Barracks Londesborough Barracks is a military installation in Kingston upon Hull. It is located on the outskirts of Hull and is located in the city centre.

Western General Hospital, Kingston upon Hull The Western General Hospital was an acute general hospital in Kingston upon Hull, England. It was the first hospital to be built in the 1930s.

Kingstown Radio Kingstown Radio is a hospital radio station based in Kingston upon Hull, England, broadcasting on 1350 kHz (AM) Broadcasting on the local NHS intranet across the Hull and East Yorkshire NHS Trust.

Wenlock Barracks Wenlock Barracks is a military installation on Anlaby Road in Kingston upon Hull. It is located in the centre of the city’s military base.

Springhead engine shed, Hull Springhead engine shed was opened by the Hull and Barnsley Railway (HBR) in 1885. The shed was closed by British Railways in July 1961 and subsequently demolished.

Haltemprice Priory Haltemprice Priory was an Augustinian monastery in the East Riding of Yorkshire. The original monastic buildings have long since gone, but ruins of a farmhouse, built in 1584, remain.

Boothferry Park Boothferry Park was a football stadium in Hull, England, which was home to Hull City A.F.C. from 1946 until 2002, when they moved to the KC Stadium. Parts of the ground were demolished in early 2008, more than five years after the last game was played there, and the remainder in 2011.

De la Pole Hospital De la Pole Hospital was a mental health facility in Willerby, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It was established in the 1920s and 1930s.

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