Lambwath Stream, Kingston upon Hull (set of 2 images)
Lambwath Stream was the eastern extension of Summergangs Dike. Its meandering course extended from East Park to Holderness Drain. It was infilled in the late 1960s during the construction of dwellings on the former Ings Road estate. Depicted is the section west of Grasby Road between the avenue of trees, and running more or less parallel with Bellfield Avenue to the north thereof. There is a dip in the level of the land delineating the course of the former stream; this has allowed rainwater to collect, a feature I have not witnessed in over 60 years, and indicative of the continuous heavy rain that has fallen in the past few days.
Lambwath Stream, infilled in the 1960s, was a natural drain from its confluence with the former Foredyke Stream in the west, just south of Thistleton, to its outfall into Holderness Drain just south of Saltshouse Road. It is thought that it takes its name from when lambs were washed in the stream. Tate’s 1770 plan of Sutton indicates that, at that time, it changed course in a north-easterly direction at this point, approximating to where Sutton Cross Drain flowed. Today, the former stream can be identified in a dip between trees south side of Bellfield Avenue, east of Dean’s Drive, and continuing east between the grounds of Wilberforce College and houses in Holm Garth Drive, before terminating at Holderness Drain aforesaid. Bridge parapets remain where the drain crossed James Reckitt Avenue. At Malet Lambert School in the 1960s, there was a wooden footbridge crossing the drain to allow access to the school’s playing field west of the stream.
Further reading:
Hull History Nerd: Link
All images in TA1331, taken Sunday, 11 February, 2024, by Bernard Sharp, near to Sutton-on-Hull, Kingston Upon Hull, England
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