Welcome to the home page of the Hessle Local History Society website.

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Hessle is a small town in East Yorkshire, four miles to the west of Kingston Upon Hull. The town is perhaps best known, to those outside the area, as the site of the Humber Bridge, but it has a long and interesting history, some of which is recorded on these web pages.

Aims of the Society:

Hessle Local History Society exists to promote and encourage the history and traditions of the town of Hessle, and the study of its history.

Meetings and Activities

Society meetings take place in Hessle Town Hall from March to November.

New members are very welcome.

2025 Programme

March 20  The Hessle Murder, Colin Andrews

April 17     Hull General Cemetery, Peter Lowden

May 15 Humber Landscapes, Richard Clarke

June 19 Louise Allday, Mires Beck: origins and development

July 17 The Marfleet Murder, Mike Covell

August 21 Hull's Blunt Benefactor - Christopher Pickering, Marie Nicoll

September 18 Hull: the gateway to America, Paul Schofield

October 16 Transport in Hessle, Michael Free

November 20  AGM followed by Hessle Miscellanea, Ian Wilkinson

Latest News

Books:  Copies of Hessle 1500-1800 are now available to members at £6 each and can be purchased at Society’s meetings or via Ian Wilkinson on 07549 027967 or Wilkinson.i1961@yahoo.co.uk 

Copies of the book are also available from HESSLE BOOKSHOP @ £7.99

Hessle in the 19th Century has also been reprinted and copies are available from Ian - and a few from Hessle Bookshop.

The next volume will be Hessle 1900-1939 and is currently being reseached and written.

Newsletter

The Society Newsletter is available to all members free of charge. Non Members may subscribe to the Newsletter by contacting Ian Wilkinson at  Wilkinson.i1961@yahoo.co.uk 

Any views expressed on this site or in the Newsletter are those of the individual contributor and not, necessarily, representative of the views of the Society.

The written material on this site is the copyright of the named individual author or Hessle Local History Society, unless otherwise stated.

All photographs and illustrations are taken from the Hessle Local History Society archive collection.

Whilst efforts have been made to establish the copyright of images the original owner has not been identified in some cases.

The Society is happy for individuals to use material published on this site for non-profit making purposes, and to promote the history of Hessle but please acknowledge HLHS as the source of the material you have used. If you wish to use material for commercial reasons a donation to the Society would be appreciated.

Welcome to the home page of the Hessle Local History Society website.

Site navigation

To navigate around the site click on the menu bar (three horizontal stripes) on the top left hand side of this page. Use the arrows next to the topics to reveal sub menus.

Hessle is a small town in East Yorkshire, four miles to the west of Kingston Upon Hull. The town is perhaps best known, to those outside the area, as the site of the Humber Bridge, but it has a long and interesting history, some of which is recorded on these web pages.

Aims of the Society:

Hessle Local History Society exists to promote and encourage the history and traditions of the town of Hessle, and the study of its history.

Meetings and Activities

Society meetings take place in Hessle Town Hall from March to November.

New members are very welcome.

Next meeting 

PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE OF VENUE  for the first two meetings of 2024. This is due to on going works at the Town Hall.

Thursday 21 March 2024 7:15pm at Hessle Community Centre, The Hourne

2024 Programme

21 March   Hull’s Little Theatre and the early years of the New Theatre, Michele Beadle

18 April      Northgate Hessle, Michael Free

May 16       The Country Park and the Whiting Mill, Alex Ombler

June 20      The Early History of Hull’s Municipal Parks, Richard Clarke

July 18       A Virtual Tour of Hull History Centre, Paul Leaver

August 15  The Darker Side of Hessle, Mike Covell

September 19 Hessle 1900-1950 (Book), Eve Johansson, Ian Wilkinson, Michael Free

October 17 Treasures of Hull Minster, Michael Free

21 Nov       AGM

Latest News

Books:  Copies of Hessle 1500-1800 are now available to members at £6 each and can be purchased at Society’s meetings or via Ian Wilkinson on 07549 027967 or Wilkinson.i1961@yahoo.co.uk 

The Society Newsletter is available to all members free of charge. Non Members may subscribe to the Newsletter by contacting mgfree@gmail.com.

Any views expressed on this site or in the Newsletter are those of the indiviual contributor and not, necessarily, representative of the views of the Society.

The written material on this site is the copyright of the named individual author or Hessle Local History Society, unless otherwise stated.

All photographs and illustrations are taken from the Hessle Local History Society archive collection.

Whilst efforts have been made to establish the copyright of images the orignal owner has not been identified in some cases.

The Society is happy for individuals to use material published on this site for non-profit making purposes, and to promote the hisotry of Hessle but please acknowledge HLHS as the source of the material you ahve used. If you wish to use material for commercial reasons a donation to the Society would be appreciated.