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The city’s fishing industry was founded by fishermen from Brixham (Devon) and Ramsgate (Kent) in mid-19th century. Initially, landing and marketing were confined to the pier, then a corner of Humber Dock, before moving again to the newly-opened Albert Dock in 1869. A significant boost came in 1883 when St Andrew’s Dock was opened solely for the fishing industry. The slump in the industry in the 1970s led to the closure of St Andrew’s Dock in 1975, when fishing vessels moved back to their old home in Albert Dock. In 2024, the future of the industry in the city is uncertain.

Further reading:
Arctic Corsair: Link
Cod Wars: Link
End of the line? Link
Fish Dock - The Story of St Andrew’s Dock Hull, by Michael Thompson, 1989, 118 pp.
Fishing News: Link
Hull Bullnose Heritage Group: Link
Hull Docklands, by Michael Thompson, 1990. St Andrew’s Dock is featured at pp 44 to 49.
Hull Maritime Museum: Link
Hull triple trawler tragedy: Link
Lillian Bilocca: Link
St Andrews Dock Heritage Park Action Group: Link
The last gasp: Hull life during the fishing industry’s death – in pictures: Link
The Uncertain Future of the Kirkella, the UK’s Largest Deep Sea Trawler: Link

THE DOGGER BANK INCIDENT (also known as the North Sea Incident, the Russian Outrage or the Incident of Hull) occurred on the night of 21/22 October 1904, when the Baltic Fleet of the Imperial Russian Navy mistook civilian British fishing trawlers from Kingston upon Hull in the Dogger Bank area of the North Sea for Imperial Japanese Navy torpedo boats and fired on them, also firing on each other in the chaos of the melée. Wikipedia: Link

THE SECOND BOER WAR (11 November 1899 to 31 May 1902), also known as the Boer War, Transvaal War, Anglo-Boer War, or South African War, was a conflict fought between the British Empire and the two Boer republics (the South African Republic and Orange Free State) over the Empire's influence in Southern Africa. Wikipedia: Link

THE FIRST WORLD WAR (28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Wikipedia: Link

THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR (1936 to 1939) was a military conflict fought between the Republicans and the Nationalists. Wikipedia: Link

THE SECOND WORLD WAR (1 September 1939 to 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Wikipedia: Link

THE FALKLANDS WAR (2 April 1982 to 14 June 1982) was an undeclared war between Argentina and the United Kingdom over two British dependent territories in the South Atlantic: the Falkland Islands and its territorial dependency, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. Wikipedia: Link

Hessle Road once formed the main route between Kingston upon Hull and Hessle. The development of Hessle Road was closely linked with the growth and expansion of the fishing industry, beginning with the opening of Albert Dock in 1869. The road developed rapidly in the mid to late 19th century and dense housing developed in the streets and courts to provide homes for workers in the fishing industry. The ‘shopping’ street exhibits a variety of three-storeyed individual buildings and terraces, many of which have high levels of architectural detailing.

The Conservation Area extends from the junction of Strickland Street and Hessle Road on the east, to Gillett Street on the west, viz.: Nos. 172 to 436 Hessle Road (north side), Nos. 239 to 385 Hessle Road (south side), Nos. 1, 2 & 4 West Dock Avenue, Nos. 1 to 32 St Barnabas Court.

Hessle Road Character Appraisal and Management Plan (February 2025): Link
Hessle Road Conservation Area leaflet: Link