Anlaby

Coordinates: 53°44′41″N 0°25′53″W / 53.744834°N 0.431423°W / 53.744834; -0.431423

Anlaby
Anlaby  Anlaby shown within the East Riding of Yorkshire
OS grid reference	TA035287
Civil parish	Anlaby with Anlaby Common
Unitary authority	East Riding of Yorkshire
Ceremonial county	East Riding of Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	HULL
Postcode district	HU10
Dialling code	01482
Police	Humberside
Fire	Humberside
Ambulance	Yorkshire
EU Parliament	Yorkshire and the Humber
UK Parliament	Haltemprice and Howden
List of places: UK • England • Yorkshire

Anlaby is a village forming part of the western suburbs of Kingston upon Hull, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It forms part of the civil parish of Anlaby with Anlaby Common.

History

Anlaby is recorded in the Domesday Book as "Umlouebi" or "Unlouebi", a medium sized habitation in the manor of North Ferriby of 19 persons including a priest.^[1] The name is though to derive from the Old Norse personal name Óláfr (or Unlaf, Anlaf) and by meaning 'farmstead': "Anlaf's village". By the beginning of the 13th century the village was known by the spelling "Anlauebi".^[2][3]

Shortly after the establishment of Kingston upon Hull in by Edward I, a road from Hull to Anlaby was constructed in 1302.^[4]

A moated square structure, Moat Hill, 250 by 220 ft (76 by 67 m), with a 8ft deep moat, on the western edge of the village is thought to have been constructed in the 14th century, and to have included a manor house.^[5]

During the English Civil War Anlaby was used as a base by Royalist forces, and fighting took place at Anlaby during the relief of the first siege of Hull (1642),^[6][7] and during the second siege (1643), during which an attack on the Royalists was repulsed.^[8]

Anlaby Hall was constructed around 1680, and extended in the early 18th century with modifications in the 19th century.^[9] Anlaby House was built in the late 18th century, and extended in the 19th.^[10]

In the mid 19th century (1850s) the small hamlet of Anlaby contained few dwellings in addition Anlaby Hall and House, and was set in an entirely rural and parkland environment.^[11] Wesleyan (built c.1805.^[12]) and Primitive Methodist Chapels had also been established by this time, and the area was considered a very desireable dwelling place.^[13][14] The Anglican church of St. Peter was built 1865, in the decorated style, mostly of brick, for £1,500, to a design by William Kerby. it was enlarged in 1885;^[13][15] the same year (1885) the Hull and Barnsley railway was constructed, running east-west one third of a mile to the north of the village.^[16] Between the 1890s and the 1930s little development took place, some housing including a row of a terraced row of houses along Wolfreton lane north towards the hamlet of Wolfreton was built.^[17] Springhead Halt railway station on the Hull and Barnsley Railway opened in 1929 (closed 1955) serving the village, as part of a high frequency urban service^[18][19]

Suburban housing developments began in the 1930s, by the 1950s suburban housing extended continuously along the roads to Willerby and Kirk Ella.^[20] Additionally, short lived housing estates were constructed on the fringes of the village during the second world war period: Lowfield camp and an estate east of Tranby Croft, Tranby crofts;^[21] 'Lowfield camp' was used to house people from hull displaced by the Hull Blitz, and later used as a transit camp for the British Army of the Rhine;^[22] the 'tranby crofts' estate was still extant in the 1960s.^[23]

Substantial development took place in the post war period, by the 1960s urban sprawl had extended between Anlaby, Willerby and Kirkella, and the towards the western fringes of housing developments on the former Anlaby Common, which had become contiguous with Kingston upon Hull. During the 1960s light industrial development began on the north side of Springfield way.^[24]

Urban housing expansion of Anlaby was practically complete by the 1970s, including development on the ancient Moat Hill. Industrial development along Springfield way was completed, including development onto part of the former Hull and Barnsley line embankment (closed 1960s).^[25] In the early 1970 the Haltemprice sport centre was constructed northwest of the original village centre;^[26][25] subsequently the pattern of development remained fundamentally unchanged to the present day (2010).^[25][27]

Anlaby House, late 18th century   St. Peter's Church, mid 19th century (1865)   Early post the Second World War, suburban housing (c.1960)   Retail units under construction, Springfield way (2009)

Modern geography

The village is bordered by and contiguous with Willerby and Kirk Ella to the north and west; the dismantled Hull and Barnsley railway forms a partial barrier with Willerby. To the east are suburbs of Hull, including Anlaby Park, separated by limited green space, mainly playing fields. Hessle is over 1.25 miles (2 km) to the south, separated by agricultural fields. The B1231 (Springfield way) passes through the village. The village and surrounding area is situated in level land at approximately 10m above sea level.^[27]

The area is primarily residential, with industrial and commercial premises on Springfield way (B1231).^[27][28] A new shopping development 'Anlaby Retail Park' opened in 2010,^[29] replacing late 20th century light industrial development; the new retail park is directly east of a large Morrison's supermarket. (1993,^[30] rebuilt and expanded 2003.^[31])

Anlaby Park Primary School is located on the eastern fringe of the village.^[32]

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