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Sir William de la Pole, a wealthy wool merchant from Kingston upon Hull. First mayor of the town, 1332-35; died 1366. His Manor House stood on the site of the former General Post Office, Lowgate, and is commemorated by a heritage plaque. Full details of his life in Wikipedia: Link

The Earle and the Keyworth families are responsible for most of the public and monumental sculptures to be found in the city.

John Earle (1779-1863) was the son of George Earle (1748-1827), stonemason. He was the father of Thomas Earle (1810-1876), the most well-known member of the family.

John Earle joined his father’s masonry business and was responsible for numerous competent but conventional funerary monuments in the East Riding and North Lincolnshire. By 1814 John was managing the Earle yard on Osborne Street, Kingston upon Hull. He continued to work as a mason and architect but by the 1820s styled himself ‘sculptor’. The business flourished throughout the 1820s and Earle received a number of major commissions for architectural projects whilst continuing to provide a wide range of monuments. On 5 October 1832, however, Earle’s business had collapsed and he was declared bankrupt, though he managed to stay in business. As late as 1863, the year of his death, Earle and Keyworth were the only two sculptors listed in the local trades’ directory. Source: Link

His portfolio included:
Pilot Office, Queen Street, 1819-20
Ferres Almshouses, Prince’s Dock Street, 1822
St Charles Roman Catholic Church, Jarratt Street, 1828-29

The Earle and the Keyworth families are responsible for most of the public and monumental sculptures to be found in the city.

William Day Keyworth Jr (1843-1902), the son of William Day Keyworth Sr (1817-1897),
studied sculpture in London. By 1892 he and his father are listed in a gazetteer at 54 Savile Street and 244 Spring Bank, as ‘William Day Keyworth and Son, monumental masons and sculptors’. He suffered financial problems in later life and committed suicide on 9 August 1902.

He was responsible for a variety of works in Kingston upon Hull, including:
• Andrew Marvell (poet and M.P.), Trinity Square, 1887
• Andrew Marvell (poet and M.P.), Hands on History Museum
• Anthony Bannister, City Hall, 1879
• Britannia, Hull Exchange, 50 Lowgate
• Pediment of orphaned children, former College, Park Street
• James Clay, City Hall, 1875
• Michael de la Pole, Guildhall, Lowgate
• Memiaduluk and Uckaluk (from Greenland), Hull Museums Collection (not on display)
• Portland stone statues (3 no.), Nelson Mandela Gardens, High Street, ex-Royal Institution
• The Batsman, Ferens Art Gallery, Carr Lane (ground floor, centre gallery)
• William de la Pole (the town’s first mayor), Nelson Street, 1870
• William Wilberforce (slavery abolitionist), Wilberforce House, 1884
• William Wilberforce, Guildhall, Lowgate (cross corridor, first floor, east end)
• William Thomas Dibb (1822-1886), a major benefactor to the Charterhouse: memorial, Charterhouse Chapel, Charterhouse Lane
• Zachariah Pearson, Pearson Park

Further reading:
PSSA: Link
The Hull Story: Link
Art UK: Link
The Hull Charterhouse: Link
History of Art Research Portal: Link
Curiosity: Link

Famous citizens, politicians, royalty, the arts, mythology, migrants, and slavery are represented by statues located throughout the city.

The office of Mayor was established in 1332 by King Edward III; William de la Pole was the first incumbent. List in Wikipedia: Link

The office of Sheriff was established 1440 when the town was made a county corporate, sometimes known as Hullshire. The office was abolished in 1974 and revived in 2013. List in Wikipedia: Link

Hull Trinity House, established in 1369, is a seafaring organisation consisting of a charity for seafarers, a school, and a guild of mariners. The guild originated as a religious guild providing support and almshouses for the needy and established a school for mariners in 1787. By the 18th century it had responsibilities including management of the harbour at Hull, and buoys and pilotage in the Humber Estuary: Link After the loss of many of its responsibilities as a result of the Humber Conservancy Act 1852, the guild continued its work as a charity, and the provision of education, which continues to the present day: Link

Trinity House and adjoining offices and houses cover the site of the White Friars (Carmelites), dissolved in 1539, and given to the institution by Thomas Ferres in 1621. The premises face onto Trinity House Lane, Posterngate and Prince's Dock Street. The Trinity House Building was rebuilt in 1753, and a guild house added in 1775. Grade I Listed Building Link Statues of Neptune and Britannia were installed above the main entrance, with the building forming a square around a courtyard, with almshouse rooms around it.

Trinity House Chapel, built 1842 in the Classical Revival style, replaced the chapel of 1772. Grade II Listed Building: Link

Hull Trinity House almshouses, Posterngate, built 1826 by Charles Mountain the Younger. Converted to offices 1956-57. Carmelite House is named after the Carmelites or White Friars, who held land between Posterngate and Whitefriargate until the dissolution of their monastery in the town. Grade II Listed Building Link

The buoy shed was built 1901 for the Trinity House in Tower Street. It has latterly been occupied by Northern Divers, now vacant for several years. Grade II Listed Building Link

Further reading:
Pevsner Architectural Guides: Hull, by David & Susan Neave, 2010, pp 71 to 76
Wikipedia: Link

In 1785 a marine school was founded on the property of the Trinity House. A new building was constructed on the Trinity House site, adjacent to the chapel and the school opened in 1787. Students were taught reading, writing, accountancy, religion, and navigation for three years after which they were apprenticed. The school moved to a new building in Prince’s Dock Street in 1842. By the second half of the 20th century the school (Trinity House Navigation School) had become an independent secondary technical school. The school gained specialist status in 2008 and became Hull Trinity House Academy in 2012. In 2013 the school moved to a new site on George Street, using a refurbished former university building. The site of the old school was redeveloped as a car park/events area called Zebedee's Yard in 2014. The academy moved to the former Endeavour Academy site on Beverley Road in 2023.

The Gatehouse to Trinity House Navigation School was built in the Classical Revival style, 1842. Grade II Listed Building Link

Further information in Wikipedia: Link