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East Ella is a small suburb to the west of the Eastern England city of
A large fire destroyed the White City stadium in 1938. Remaining parts of the pleasure ground were demolished in 1945, and East Ella house in around 1951. Temporary housing was constructed on the grounds in the post
Kingston upon Hull
Kingston upon Hull, usually abbreviated to Hull, is a port city and unitary authority in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
It lies upon the River Hull at its confluence with the Humber Estuary, inland from the North Sea and south-ea ...
. East Ella was an area of common land to the east of the nearby village of Anlaby
Anlaby is a village forming part of the western suburbs of Kingston upon Hull, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It forms part of the civil parish of Anlaby with Anlaby Common.
History
Anlaby is recorded in the ''Domesday Book'' as "U ...
and the west of Hull.
History
LikeAnlaby Common
Anlaby Common is former common land, now an outer suburb of Kingston upon Hull. The area includes the residential areas which are located on the western urban fringe of Hull; the B1231 road (Hull Road/Springfield Way) passes through all of Anla ...
, East Ella was once common land near the start of the large city of Hull. By the 1890s the Hull, Barnsley and West Riding Junction Railway had been constructed, east–west, across the land, and construction of terraced and court housing had taken place north-west of Spring Villa (''Ditmas Avenue'' etc.), on the north side of Anlaby Road. The railway built a locomotive works ( Springhead locomotive works), and sidings in the north-eastern part of the common.
By 1910 the locomotive works and sidings had been considerably expanded, and by the mid 1920s the housing estate of ''Anlaby Park'' had been built (begun 1911) as a private development on the grounds of Spring Villa, as well as the Almhouses ''Lee's Rest Houses''; to the east, the former East Ella house had been redeveloped as part of the ''White City Pleasure Grounds'', with additional buildings including dance and concert halls.
A large fire destroyed the White City stadium in 1938. Remaining parts of the pleasure ground were demolished in 1945, and East Ella house in around 1951. Temporary housing was constructed on the grounds in the post Second World War
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
period (''Arcon Drive'', demolished and redeveloped 1977).
Geography
The area is also home to many apartment blocks including Lindsey Place. The old Eastfield School has been demolished and has made way for the high-tech Eastfield school on the same plot of land.
References
{{Kingston upon Hull, state=collapsed Geography of Kingston upon Hull Hamlets in the East Riding of Yorkshire