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Parliament Street, Hull

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Hull Improvement Act 1795
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act for laying out and making a new street from Whitefriar-gate to the south end of Quay-street, within the town and county of the town of Kingston-upon-Hull.
Citation35 Geo. 3. c. 46
Dates
Royal assent28 April 1795
Parliament Street, 2018
Parliament Street looking south towards Whitefriargate, 2023

Parliament Street is a short pedestrianised road in Kingston upon Hull in East Riding of Yorkshire, England, running northwards off Whitefriargate in the centre of the city. It is noted for its eighteenth century buildings and has been described as "the most complete Georgian street in Hull".[1] Authorised by an act of Parliament, the Hull Improvement Act 1795 (35 Geo. 3. c. 46), it was constructed to link Whitefriargate with the newly constructed Princes Quay dock.[2][3] A number of buildings in the street are now listed.[4][5][6]

References

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  1. ^ Neave & Pevsner p.537
  2. ^ Neave & Pevsner p.537
  3. ^ Tyack p.138
  4. ^ Historic England. "22 Parliament Street (1197712)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  5. ^ Historic England. "23 Parliament Street (1218667)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  6. ^ Historic England. "1 Parliament Street (1283106)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 8 September 2024.

Bibliography

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  • Neave, David & Pevsner, Nikolaus. Yorkshire: York and the East Riding. Yale University Press, 1995.
  • Tyack, Geoffrey. The Making of Our Urban Landscape. Oxford University Press, 2022.