Goole is a
port town
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and
civil parish
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on the
River Ouse in the
East Riding of Yorkshire
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, England. The town's
historic county is the
West Riding of Yorkshire
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.
According to the
2011 UK census
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, Goole parish had a population of 19,518,
an increase on the
2001 UK census
A nationwide census, known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday, 29 April 2001. This was the 20th UK census and recorded a resident population of 58,789,194.
The 2001 UK census was organised by the Office for National ...
figure of 17,600.
[
] It is north-east of
Doncaster
Doncaster (, ) is a city in South Yorkshire, England. Named after the River Don, it is the administrative centre of the larger City of Doncaster. It is the second largest settlement in South Yorkshire after Sheffield. Doncaster is situated i ...
, south of
York
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and west of
Hull
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* Chassis, of an armored fighting vehicle
* Fuselage, of an aircraft
* Hull (botany), the outer covering of seeds
* Hull (watercraft), the body or frame of a ship
* Submarine hull
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* Affine hull, in affi ...
.
The town has the United Kingdom's furthest
inland port
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, being about from the
North Sea
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. It is capable of handling nearly 2 million tonnes of cargo per year, making it one of the most important ports on England's east coast.
Goole is
twinned
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with
Złotów
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in Poland. Goole was informally twinned with
Gibraltar in the 1960s; at that time, Gibraltar Court was named in Goole and Goole Court was named in Gibraltar.
History
Etymology
Goole is first attested in 1306, as ''Gull Lewth'' (where ''lewth'' means 'barn', from
Old Norse
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''hlaða''), and then 1362 as ''Gulle in Houke (referring to the nearby, and then more significant, village of
Hook
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). The name is first attested in its shorter, modern form, from the 1530s. It comes from the
Middle English
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word ''goule'' (or an
Old English ancestor), meaning 'a channel made by a stream'. The word has sometimes been taken to imply that Goole is named after an open sewer, but there is no strong basis for this.
Background
The Dutch civil engineer
Cornelius Vermuyden
Sir Cornelius Vermuyden ( Sint-Maartensdijk, 1595 – London, 11 October 1677) was a Dutch engineer who introduced Dutch land reclamation methods to England. Vermuyden was
commissioned by the Crown to drain Hatfield Chase in the Isle of Axholme ...
diverted the
River Don northwards to the
River Ouse in 1626–1629 in order to drain the marshland of
Hatfield Chase
Hatfield Chase is a low-lying area in South Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire, England, which was often flooded. It was a royal hunting ground until Charles I appointed the Dutch engineer Cornelius Vermuyden to drain it in 1626. The work invo ...
at the behest of
King Charles I.
[ It made the new lower Don – known as the Dutch River – navigable for ]barge
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s so that coal
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from the South Yorkshire Coalfield
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could be transported to the new confluence for transfer to seagoing vessels. There the engineers built a new wooden bridge – rebuilt in iron in the 1890s and now known as the Dutch River Bridge – to the east of which a new village called 'Goole' formed.
Development
In the 1820s the Aire and Calder Navigation
The Aire and Calder Navigation is the canalised section of the Rivers Aire and Calder in West Yorkshire, England. The first improvements to the rivers above Knottingley were completed in 1704 when the Aire was made navigable to Leeds and t ...
company proposed development of a new canal to transport coal from the existing broad canal from Knottingley
Knottingley is a market town in the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England on the River Aire and the old A1 road before it was bypassed as the A1(M). Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it has a population of 13,503, increas ...
in the northern sector of the coalfield in 1826. Once it reached Goole the company proposed development of a new floating dock
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capable of handling larger sea-going vessels. Chief engineer Thomas Hamond Bartholomew was instructed to build the canal, docks and an associated company town to house both the dock workers and visiting seamen.[ Bartholomew commissioned civil engineer and builder Sir Edward Banks company to construct part of the canal and the eight ]transshipment
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One possible reason for transshipment is to change the means of transport during the journey (e. ...
docks and to lay out the associated new town to the west of the existing wooden bridge. The Banks Arms Hotel on Aire Street – today known as the Lowther Hotel - was in 1824 the first building constructed in what was known as New Goole; ''The Macintosh Arms'' public house
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on the same street took its name from engineer Hugh Macintosh.[
When Goole port opened on 20 July 1826 it was a new community of about 450 people.][ Now it is a town with about 18,000 inhabitants.
]William Hamond Bartholomew
William Hamond Bartholomew (30 January 1831 – 19 November 1919) was an engineer in West Yorkshire, England who was responsible for the expansion of the Aire and Calder Navigation in the 19th century and invented a number of improvements in coal- ...
succeeded his father T. H. Bartholomew in 1853 and in 1863 introduced the Tom Pudding system of compartment boats, which could carry around of coal. On reaching the docks the barges were lifted by large hoists, from which they could be discharged direct into seagoing ships, a system so successful that it competed against rail until 1985.
Education
Goole has several primary school
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s as well as Goole High School, with a sixth-form college attached to it, and a special needs school, Riverside School, that caters for 2-19 year olds. Goole College is affiliated with Hull College
Hull College is a Further Education and Higher Education establishment based in Kingston upon Hull, England.
It provides vocational courses, apprenticeships, Higher Education and adult learning courses, with a focus on equipping young peo ...
. There are further education colleges in Selby
Selby is a market town and civil parish in the Selby District of North Yorkshire, England, south of York on the River Ouse, with a population at the 2011 census of 14,731.
The town was historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire until ...
, York
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, Scunthorpe
Scunthorpe () is an Industrial city, industrial town and unparished area in the Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority of North Lincolnshire in Lincolnshire, England of which it is the main administrative centre. Scunthorpe had an es ...
, and Bishop Burton. Goole College runs a scheme for showing the older students at the High School (in year 10 and above) what opportunities the college offers them.
Transport
The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
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built a line from Pontefract
Pontefract is a historic market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England, east of Wakefield and south of Castleford. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is one of the towns in the City of Wake ...
and Wakefield
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in 1848 and the North Eastern Railway connected the port with Doncaster
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and Hull
Hull may refer to:
Structures
* Chassis, of an armored fighting vehicle
* Fuselage, of an aircraft
* Hull (botany), the outer covering of seeds
* Hull (watercraft), the body or frame of a ship
* Submarine hull
Mathematics
* Affine hull, in affi ...
in 1870. The prosperity from the coal and general cargo trade with the West Riding
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industrial area continued for 150 years after the opening of the canal.
Today Goole railway station
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The station and its passenger services are managed and provided by Northern. Lines from Goole run north to t ...
is at the junction of the Hull and Doncaster Branch and the Pontefract Line. Services are provided to Hull Paragon Interchange
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, Doncaster
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, Sheffield
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, Leeds
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and the commuter stations in between.
Goole is south of the M62 linking it with Kingston upon Hull in the east and Leeds
Leeds () is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds district in West Yorkshire, England. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. It is also the thi ...
and the West Yorkshire
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urban belt in the west. To the north the A63 road
The A63 is a major road in Yorkshire, England between Leeds and Kingston upon Hull. A section between North Cave and Hull forms the eastward continuation of the M62 motorway and is part of the unsigned Euroroute E20.
Leeds – Howden
The ...
via Howden
Howden () is a market and minster town and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It lies in the Vale of York to the north of the M62, on the A614 road about south-east of York and north of Goole, which lies across the ...
provides local access to the A19 road
The A19 is a major road in England running approximately parallel to and east of the A1 road. Although the two roads meet at the northern end of the A19, the two roads originally met at the southern end of the A19 in Doncaster, but the old r ...
to Selby
Selby is a market town and civil parish in the Selby District of North Yorkshire, England, south of York on the River Ouse, with a population at the 2011 census of 14,731.
The town was historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire until ...
and York
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. The M18 runs west of the town, connecting it with South Yorkshire
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I ...
, the South
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and the Midlands
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. Bus services to surrounding towns and villages are provided by East Yorkshire Motor Services, Stagecoach in Hull
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and Arriva Yorkshire
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.
Governance
Before the reform of local government in 1974, brought about by the Local Government Act 1972
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, Goole was in the West Riding of Yorkshire
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. It was then placed in the Boothferry district of the county of Humberside
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until that was abolished in 1996. Since 1996 Goole has been in the East Riding of Yorkshire
The East Riding of Yorkshire, or simply East Riding or East Yorkshire, is a ceremonial county and unitary authority area in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It borders North Yorkshire to the north and west, South Yorkshire t ...
. It is represented by four councillors on the East Riding of Yorkshire Council
East Riding of Yorkshire Council is the local authority of the East Riding of Yorkshire. It is a unitary authority, having the powers of a non-metropolitan county and district council combined. It provides a full range of local government serv ...
.
Goole is in the parliamentary constituency of Brigg and Goole
Brigg and Goole is a constituency in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Andrew Percy, a Conservative.
The constituency is among a small minority of constituencies that span two ...
, which has been represented in the House of Commons
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since 2010
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by Andrew Percy
Andrew Theakstone Percy (born 18 September 1977) is a British Conservative Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Brigg and Goole since 2010. He is an active member of many groups in Parliament, including All Part ...
, a Conservative
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.
Landmarks
Goole's most prominent landmarks are its twin water tower
A water tower is an elevated structure supporting a water tank constructed at a height sufficient to pressurize a distribution system for potable water, and to provide emergency storage for fire protection. Water towers often operate in conjun ...
s, nicknamed 'salt' and 'pepper'. The new white water-tower was the largest in Europe at the time of construction. In the winter months Goole's gas holder
A gas holder or gasholder, also known as a gasometer, is a large container in which natural gas or town gas is stored near atmospheric pressure at ambient temperatures. The volume of the container follows the quantity of stored gas, with press ...
on Anderson Road is visible across the north of the town. Many of the hoists and cranes
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Common meanings
* Crane (bird), a large, long-necked bird
* Crane (machine), industrial machinery for lifting
** Crane (rail), a crane suited for use on railroads
People and fictional characters
* Crane (surname), ...
on the dockside can be seen across the town. The steeple
In architecture, a steeple is a tall tower on a building, topped by a spire and often incorporating a belfry and other components. Steeples are very common on Christian churches and cathedrals and the use of the term generally connotes a relig ...
of Goole Parish Church is tall enough to be seen across the town. The townscape is made up mostly of utility and industrial structures. There is a clock tower in the main shopping district of the town on a roundabout on the site of the former open-air marketplace. West Park is an Edwardian park in the town.
Economy
Goole has a modestly sized town centre with many high street shops, independent retailers and public house
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s. The main shopping area is Wesley Square, off Boothferry Road (which has been pedestrianised around the main shopping area). There is a modern retail development in the town centre, a leisure centre next to the docks and the Goole and District Hospital
Goole and District Hospital is a hospital in Goole, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is managed by Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
History
The hospital, which replaced several smaller local hospitals, was purp ...
, to the north of the town. A theatre and cinema, 'Junction', opened in 2009.
Industry
Glass is produced in Goole, which is also the centre of an agricultural district. The town's former large employer was a clothing manufacture for the big multiples but it closed in the late 2000s. Goole's industrial park, Capitol Park / Goole36, has attracted two large employers: Guardian Industries, which built a glass-manufacturing plant, and Tesco
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, which built a distribution centre. The arrival of these employers resulted in the creation of hundreds of new jobs. A new Morrisons
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store opened in Goole on 2 August 2010, on land previously occupied by Timms Mill on Boothferry Road. A new railway rolling stock
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factory was built at the same location during 2018/2019. The plant, owned and operated by Siemens, builds the new tube trains for the Piccadilly line
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in London
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.
Docks
Three locks keep the water in of floating docks at a constant depth of by preventing the level from rising and falling with the tides in the River Ouse. Once ships are within the complex, eight docks provide a total quayside of . Beside the docks are transit sheds where cargo is stored, many of them equipped with overhead cranes. Unlike many ports every one of the eight docks has been in full commercial operation since its construction in the period from 1826 to 1912.
For most of its life the port was most associated with the shipment of coal and associated cargoes, including the importation of pit props. With the demise of mining the former Timber Pond became a marina, trading under the name Goole Boathouse. It has berths for 150 boats.
After a period of decline commodities were replaced by containers, the export of steel and the import of timber from north-eastern Europe. Today the Port of Goole has regular cargo liner services to Norway, Sweden, Finland, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Spain, Morocco and South Africa and a transshipment route to Europort, Rotterdam
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.
Sport
Goole Town Cricket Club supports local cricket teams. Of its three teams, the first team plays in the club cricket York & District Senior League. A new clubhouse was constructed in 1996 providing facilities and a bar.
Rugby Union is played close to the cricket club at Westfield Banks, sharing facilities with Goole Tennis Club and Goole Viking Striders running club. Goole RUFC currently fields two teams, the first team playing in Yorkshire Division Two.
Goole Tennis Centre is a nine-court tennis club on the Westfield Banks site.
Goole has two football teams - Goole A.F.C. and Goole United A.F.C. They currently play in the Northern Premier League Division One South
The Northern Premier League is an English football league that was founded in 1968. It has four divisions: the Premier Division (which stands at level 7 of the English football league system), Division One East, Division One West and Division ...
and the Humber Premier League Division One respectively. They both play at the Victoria Pleasure Grounds on Marcus Street. The nearest professional teams are Rotherham United, Doncaster Rovers, Grimsby Town, Hull City, Leeds United, Barnsley, Scunthorpe United
Scunthorpe United Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England. The side currently competes in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. The tea ...
, Sheffield Wednesday
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, Sheffield United and York City.
Goole used to have two golf clubs. The early course, founded in 1900, was at Rawcliffe Park. The later course was at Airmyn Park from 1911 to the Second World War. Currently Goole's nearest golf clubs are the Boothferry Golf Club in Spaldington and Drax Golf Club in Drax.
Media
Radio Medica is a not-for-profit radio station broadcast from the Goole And District Hospital.
The town is served by a weekly tabloid
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** Chinese tabloid
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* ''Ta ...
newspaper, '' The Goole Times'', published since 1853 and sold in Goole and neighbouring parts of the East Riding of Yorkshire.
The town is referenced by the play An Inspector Calls
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, where the main character is named after the town of Goole
Notable people
* Nigel Adams
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, Member of Parliament for Selby and Ainsty, born in Goole Hospital
* Gavin Bryars
Richard Gavin Bryars (; born 16 January 1943) is an English composer and double bassist. He has worked in jazz, free improvisation, minimalism, historicism, avant-garde, and experimental music.
Early life and career
Born on 16 January 1943 in ...
, composer and double bassist, born in Goole
* Roy Clarke, comedy writer, lives in Goole
* Betty, Hazel and Julie Dunderdale, who performed professionally as The Dale Sisters, a vocal
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trio that had limited chart success in the early 1960s
* Anne Greaves
Anne Greaves (18891971), was the first woman to become a member of the Institute of Quarrying and created artificial stone through her quarrying company.
Early life
Born Annie Harris in Goole, Yorkshire in 1889 to musician John Harris, Greave ...
(1889–1971) was the first woman to become a member of the Institute of Quarrying and created artificial stone through her quarrying company
* Adi Vines, bassist for the band Swervedriver, born in Goole
* Sandra's Wedding
Sandra's Wedding are a three piece alternative rock group from Goole, East Riding of Yorkshire. They are made up of members Joe Hodgson (Vocals), Jonny Hughes (Guitars) and Luke Harrison (drums). They released their first album physically and ...
, a four-piece alternative rock
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band from Goole
Gallery
File:Goole - Catholic Church (geograph 3211579).jpg, St Joseph's Catholic Church
File:Market Hall Goole.jpg, Market Hall
References
General
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External links
Goole Town Council
Goole Civic Society
Riverside School, Goole
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