Queens Road had been laid out, along part of the route of the Cottingham Drain, connecting the south end of Newland Avenue to Beverley Road. On the west side of Newland Avenue the only development was Sharp Street. At the far south end of the Newland Avenue area a number of civic buildings were put up around the end of the 19th century: A church was added adjacent in It became a junior school in ; [16] [map 13] Newland Avenue school after Pearson High school was opened by the Hull board in as primary school, expanded in At the end of the 19th century — , a large group of "Sailor's Orphan Cottage Homes", more recently known as "Newland Homes", were built in yellow brick on the north side of Cottingham Road by the Port of Hull Society , [map 15] with several local businessmen contributing funds for their construction, including Joseph Rank , Francis Reckitt , Sir James Reckitt , as well as benefactors from outside Hull including William Richardson, G Buckston Browne and Sir Titus Salt , and contributions from the towns of Whitby and Hartlepool.
St Nicholas Primary School, Hull was also built at the site during the period. By in addition to the orphanage, and partial development of the Newland Park estate, there had been large amounts of urban development in the area, primarily around Newland Avenue.
The area between Newland Avenue and Beverley Road was completely filled with housing, excluding a nursery Smiddy's Nursery ; and there was development of housing all along west side of Newland Avenue; additionally housing had been built on the opposite side of Beverley Road just outside the parish as far as the Newland crossroads; and on the north-west side of the crossroads a small estate around Haworth Street had been built; north-east of the crossroads more substantial housing had been built on Beresford and Wellesley avenues.
By this period the village was no longer distinct from the urban spread of Hull.
Additionally a leather works had been established on Cottingham Road. Hull's Northern Cemetery opened at around the end of the 19th century, a chapel was added in The buildings were mostly in a Wrenaissance style. The main brick Neo-Georgian building of Newland High School for Girls was built ; it was used as a Voluntary Aid Detachment hospital during the First World War ; the school itself opened in having being transferred to the new site from Brunswick Avenue.
A Catholic boys school was established by the Marist Brothers in on Cottingham Road, [51] [map 22] closed [52] also a temporary church. In Hull University, then a university college was founded on a site donated by Thomas Ferens on the north side of Cottingham Road. Forsyth, with the first students admitted in Initially only the Venn and Cohen main buildings were built, both were large buildings two storeys high plus attics in brick in a Neo-Georgian style on a squarish plan with a central enclosed square courtyard.
By the mid s the urban growth of Hull had extended north past Newland village — houses had been built along Beverley Road on the north-east side of the Barmston Drain, including a new estate around Etherington Road; additionally the housing off Newland had been expanded further — on the east Smiddy's Nursery had been replaced with a new street parallel to Newland Avenue, Hardy Street; and on the west another parallel street had been constructed, Exmouth Street, with court housing and a school and further west, with allotments beyond.
Further west much of the Newland Park estate had now been developed, a new estate established on the north side of the Cottingham Road around Cranbrook Avenue, and Chanterlands Avenue North laid out along the route of Far Salt Ings Lane, giving access to the new cemetery. The tram system was partially converted to a trolleybus system from onwards. By the late s the North Hull Estate was being built to the north of Endike Lane, and to the far west Bricknell, Fairfax and Kenilworth avenues had been laid out and were being developed for housing.
A housing estate was expanding from Desmond Avenue between the earlier estates around Wellesley and Etherington avenues. During the Second World War an anti-aircraft battery was located on the Chanterlands Avenue side of the Northern Cemetery; [66] there was also a military camp at the junction of Beverley Road and Endike Lane later a TA barracks ; [67] other military installations included barrage balloons , anti-glider trenches and other associated military structures around the Oak Road playing field area in the north of Newland; [68] as well as numerous structures built for more general use, specifically emergency water supply tanks, and numerous civilian air raid shelters.
By the beginning of the s housing development in the Newland area had reached a level that was mostly maintained until the end of the 20th century — overall development consisted of around half housing, the remainder open spaces including allotments, the Northern cemetery, and playing fields, with a large amount of space taken up by the Municipal college and University college, as well as other educational establishments — the colleges would expand significantly into some of the open space over the latter part of the 20th century.
Minor additions include an estates along Barrington Avenue, and the northernward extension of Cranbrook Avenue; the housing growth along west along Cottingham Road that had begun before the Second World War was practically complete by the end of the s. The land north of Clough Road was further developed industrially around the s, with much of the development being warehousing.
The university was greatly expanded after the Second World War, mostly in red brick.
Notable additions include the Middleton Hall and now Larkin Building —67 ; and the Gulbenkian Centre —69 ; both listed structures. On the north side of the campus a sports centre —65 was built, expanded by the addition of a sport's science block. The building was of dark brick with a copper roof. In the Frederick Holmes school handicapped was established on a site on Inglemire Lane. Land for expansion of the University was acquired in at the east of its Cottingham Road site. After much work, analysis, thought, and prayer the Board of Directors is excited to announce that we have selected Mr.
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