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Gipsyville is a western suburb of
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-east ...
, in the
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, England. Gipsyville was established at the beginning of the 20th century as a housing and factory development and derives its name from a black lead product ''"Gipsy Black Metal Polish"'' that was produced locally at the Hargreaves & Bros company works. During the interwar period a large council estate of over 1,000 dwellings was built to the north of the original development.


Geography

Gipsyville is a western suburb of Kingston upon Hull, approximately halfway between Hull and
Hessle Hessle () is a town, civil parish and electoral ward in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, west of Kingston upon Hull city centre. Geographically it is part of a larger urban area consisting of the city of Kingston upon Hull, the town of ...
town centres near the Hessle Road / Askew Avenue junction (see A1166 road). Its boundaries are roughly the railway lines of the
Hull and Selby Railway The Hull and Selby Railway is a railway line between Kingston upon Hull and Selby in the United Kingdom which was authorised by an act of 1836 and opened in 1840. As built the line connected with the Leeds and Selby Railway (opened 1834) at Selby ...
and Hull Docks Branch to the south and east respectively; and Pickering Park to the west. To the north are the suburbs of
Anlaby 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 ...
, and
East Ella East Ella is a small suburb to the west of the Eastern England city of Kingston upon Hull. East Ella was an area of common land to the east of the nearby village of Anlaby and the west of Hull. History Like Anlaby Common, East Ella was once comm ...
.Ordnance survey, 2006, 1:25000 Most of the area lies in the Pickering ward of Hull City Council, the remainder in the western part of Newington ward. Note: In the context of this paper "Gipsyville Estate" refers to the post war council housing estate. As of 2012 the area has a primary school, Francis Askew, catering for 270 children. A public services centre, the 'Gipsyville Multipurpose Centre' provides library, health and other community services. Shopping facilities are centred on the radial Hessle Road. The southern part of Gipsyville includes an industrial area, known as Dairycoates Industrial Estate, the area known as
Dairycoates Dairycoates is an area of Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, a former hamlet. The area was formerly the site of a major North Eastern Railway engine shed, ''Dairycoates Engine Shed'' (est.1863, closed 1970). Most of the D ...
is adjacent to the east.


History

The land on which the original Gipsyville development took place was called Hessle Great Ings (see
Ings ''Ings'' is an old word of Old English origin referring to water meadows and marshes. The term appears in place names in Yorkshire (such as Hall Ings, Bradford, Fairburn Ings RSPB reserve, Clifton Ings in York, Derwent Ings, Sutton Ings, A ...
), and was historically within the parish of Hessle. Enclosure and drainage of the land in the area was brought about by the Hessle Inclosure act (1793). The road from Hull to Hessle was turnpiked in 1825, and the
Hull and Selby Railway The Hull and Selby Railway is a railway line between Kingston upon Hull and Selby in the United Kingdom which was authorised by an act of 1836 and opened in 1840. As built the line connected with the Leeds and Selby Railway (opened 1834) at Selby ...
constructed south of the road opened in 1840. The north south running Bridlington branch of the Hull and Selby, and a branch of the
Hull and Barnsley Railway 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 a ...
were opened in 1846 and 1885 respectively.The Hull and Barnsley branch was known as the Neptune Street branch, see
Hull and Barnsley Railway 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 a ...
At the end of the 19th century the area contained no housing or other development, excluding the Hessle Road and railways; to the east the urban growth of Hull (Newington and Dairycoates areas) had reached the boundary formed by the north south railway branches. At the turn of the 20th century industrial and housing development began – F. Atkins & Co. opened a canister works,On 1:2500 and 1:10560 Ordnance survey maps from 1920s to 1960s labelled as "Dairycoates works" and Hargreaves Bros. & Co. established a black lead factory in 1906. Terraced housing was constructed in the same period, running north south on the south side of Hessle Road; the streets were named after English counties. The area took its name from a product produced by Hargreaves, "Gipsy Black Metal Polish". In 1911 Pickering Park opened to the north-west, by which time the population of the estate was somewhere between 2,000 and 3,000. Hargreaves became insolvent in 1922 and was taken over by competitor
Reckitt and Sons Reckitt and Sons was a leading British manufacturer of household products, notably starch, black lead, laundry blue, and household polish, and based in Kingston upon Hull. Isaac Reckitt began business in Hull in 1840, and his business becam ...
in 1922, who closed the works. Housing development took place on the north side of Hessle Road in the first half of the 20th century. During the
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, stimulated by the Addison Act, the council built over 10,000 homes, 1,380 of which were constructed in Gipsyville; a
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influenced
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of semi-detached and terraced houses with gardens, on tree lined main roads was developed to the east of Pickering Park, around Askew Avenue.Ordnance survey, 1928, 1:2500 Buildings built on the south side of Hessle Road included some more architecturally distinctive structures; the 1926 Queen Anne influenced "Gipsyville tavern" (later "the Dover Sole") is now a locally listed building. Fish curing works (
smokehouses A smokehouse (North American) or smokery (British) is a building where meat or fish is cured with smoke. The finished product might be stored in the building, sometimes for a year or more.
) were established in the industrial part of Gipsyville.
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was established in 1925, initially as a temporary infant and junior school – it expanded during the mid 20th century to include a senior school (Frances Askew High) of over 600 students by the 1960s. A public library was established in 1956.As of 2013 the Library building functions as the 'Gipsyville multipurpose centre' providing multiple public services. In 1962 the level crossing (''Hessle Road (Dairycoates) level crossing'') at the eastern edge of the area was replaced with a road flyover (the "Hessle Road flyover" or "Dairycoates flyover") at a cost of over £800,000 to reduce road congestion. Nearly £500,000 was contributed by the government, and nearly £140,000 by the BTC. In 1967 a large food processing factory (manufacturing the "
Birds Eye Birds Eye is an American international brand of frozen foods owned by Conagra Brands in the United States, by Nomad Foods in Europe, and Simplot in Australia. The former Birds Eye Company Ltd., originally named "Birdseye Seafood, Inc." had be ...
" brand) was opened to the west of the original pre-war housing development, on the western part of a site used as allotments. The Dairycoates Industrial estate was developed from 1980 onwards, constructed to the south and east of the original early 1900s black lead, and canister works. In the late 1990s Hull City Council became involved in a controversial
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scheme with
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to refurbish, and demolish and redevelop 1,200 council houses in the area. The scheme failed to generate significant funds for the Council, and the council was accused of ignoring the wishes of the Gipsyville residents. The "Birds Eye" factory was closed in 2007 with a loss of around 500 permanent jobs; the company opened a pea processing factory on the nearby Brighton Street industrial estate (
Dairycoates Dairycoates is an area of Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, a former hamlet. The area was formerly the site of a major North Eastern Railway engine shed, ''Dairycoates Engine Shed'' (est.1863, closed 1970). Most of the D ...
) in 2007. An ambulance station was opened in 2009 near to the Hessle Road flyover.


Notable people

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Dean Windass Dean Windass (born 1 April 1969) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker. He played spells at Bradford City and contributed to his hometown team Hull City's promotion to the Premier League in 2008. Windass started ...
, football player * Steve Lee, songwriter


See also

*
List of areas in Kingston upon Hull This is a list of areas in Kingston upon Hull, England. {{TOC right Within Hull unitary authority East Hull * Bilton Grange Estate * Bransholme * Drypool ** Garrison Side ** The Groves, Kingston upon Hull, The Groves * The Garden Village, Kings ...


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References


Sources

*Philip's Street Atlas East Yorkshire (page 144) {{coord, 53.7313, -0.3881, type:city_region:GB, display=title Wards and districts of Kingston upon Hull Geographic histories of Kingston upon Hull Housing estates in Kingston upon Hull