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The first plaque was erected to commemorate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953. As befits a maritime city, they have a nautical appearance, with their characteristic gold ropework rim and inner circle. As well as plaques to famous people, families and events, they also mark the Old Town walls and gates, docks and other features of the city's maritime and industrial heritage. As at 2024 there were approximately 82 plaques citywide; a definitive list had been requested from the City Council but to no avail. 35 of them feature in the Blue Plaque Trail in the Old Town: Link

Postscript: The plaque relating to High Flags Mill, No. 192 Wincolmlee appears to have disappeared. Fortunately, a photo survives in 'Hull Camera 1964-1991' by Ted Tuxworth, p. 74. The plaque reads: '1986 / Seed crushing is one of Hull's oldest port based industries, first recorded in 1525. HIGH FLAGS MILL (c1856) occupies a riverside site for ease of import, the industry being traditionally concentrated in the Wincolmlee area. / HULL CITY COUNCIL'

Rail transport in Great Britain. Wikipedia: Link
Hull & Selby Railway 1840, transferred to N.E.R. 1872. Wikipedia: Link
Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway Company 1847. Named changed to The Great Central Railway 1897. Wikipedia: Link
York & North Midland Railway 1848, merged with the N.E.R. 1854. Wikipedia: Link
Hull & Holderness Railway 1853, transferred to N.E.R. 1862, closed 1964. Wikipedia: Link
North Eastern Railway 1854, transferred to L.N.E.R. 1923 Wikipedia: Link
Hull & Hornsea Railway 1864, transferred to N.E.R. 1866, closed 1964. Wikipedia: Link
Hull, Barnsley & West Riding Junction & Dock Company 1885, transferred to N.E.R., then L.N.E.R. 1923. Wikipedia: Link
London North Eastern Railway (L.N.E.R.) 1923 to 1948 Wikipedia: Link
British Railways (North Eastern Region) 1948 to 1997 (traded as British Rail from 1965). Wikipedia: Link
Upon privatisation in 1997, track, signalling and stations transferred to Railtrack, and services to be run by 25 train operating companies.
Hull Paragon Interchange is served by four train operating companies in 2024: Wikipedia: Link
Hull Trains 1999 to 2032. Wikipedia: Link
TransPennine Trains Limited, trading as TransPennine Express (TPE) 2023 to date. Wikipedia: Link
London North Eastern Railway (L.N.E.R.) Wikipedia: Link
Northern Trains. Wikipedia: Link

The North Eastern Railway was incorporated in 1854 by the combination of several existing railway companies. The following became constituent parts of the NER: Hull & Holderness Railway (1862), Hull & Hornsea Railway (1866), Hull & Selby Railway (1872), and Hull & Barnsley Railway (1922). Later, the NER was amalgamated with other railways to form the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) at the Grouping in 1923. Wikipedia: Link

In Kingston upon Hull, the company acquired, in 1893, the Hull Dock Company (Queen’s Dock, Humber Dock, Railway Dock, Victoria Dock, Albert Dock, William Wright Dock, St Andrew’s Dock. In 1914, it opened King George Dock, jointly operated with the Hull and Barnsley Railway.

The extent of the Conservation Area is defined here: Link viz.: south of the overhead railway line (ex- Hull & Barnsley) and north of the junction at Barmston Street / Lockwood Street

Air Street: cemetery and premises to the west thereof (north side) and all properties (south side), Abbey Way, Bankside Park, Beverley & Barmston Drain including bridge at Barmston Street, Fountain Road: No. 173 (north side), Needlers Way, Northumberland Avenue (north of Fountain Road), Sculcoates Lane: Nos. 151 to 177 and cemetery (north side) and 100, 146 to 152, cemetery, St Mary’s church, adjacent factory (south side), Wilmington Bridge, Wincolmlee: premises opposite Air Street cemetery and south of Air Street (east side).

A Conservation Area appraisal has not yet been published (as at 2025)

Further reading: ‘A Breath of Sculcoates’ Hull and District Local History Research Group, 108 pp, 2007