Exploring Bransholme

Bransholme is an area or housing estate situated on the north-eastern side of Kingston upon Hull, England. The name Bransholme comes from an old Scandinavian word meaning Brand's water meadow. This blog hopes to bring together research about the area, its history and its residents. This research will inform the arts strand of the NHS' health centre planned for Bransholme.

Friday, 9 April 2010

Hull History Centre

Went to the Hull History Centre...



And got out a book with information about the history of the area Bransholme:



p2/3 The monks created Bransholme! - something that Liz Dorton mentioned:

"At the time of the Domesday book in 1086 the ridge was surrounded by waters and marshland.... The Lords of the Manor and the monksset about draining the land by digging ditches and dikes - In fact the monks changed our landscape forever."

Found quite a stack of references to Bransholme in the archive of news paper cuttings but didn't quite have time to look them up - will have to make another visit.
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