Kingston Upon Hull, East Riding, HU7 4RN
Date of visit: 25th Mar 2022
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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, 25 miles (40 km) inland from the North Sea, 50 miles (80 km) east of Leeds, 34 miles (55 km) south-east of York and 54 miles (87 km) north-east of Sheffield. With a population of 259,778 (mid-2019 est.), Hull is the fourth-largest city in the Yorkshire and the Humber region.
The town of Wyke on Hull was founded late in the 12th century by the monks of Meaux Abbey as a port from which to export their wool. Renamed Kings-town upon Hull in 1299, Hull had been a market town, military supply port, trading hub, fishing and whaling centre and industrial metropolis. Hull was an early theatre of battle in the English Civil Wars. Its 18th-century Member of Parliament, William Wilberforce, took a prominent part in the abolition of the slave trade in Britain.
KCOM
KCOM Group (formerly known as Kingston Communications and latterly KC) is a UK communications and IT services provider. For historical reasons, the Hull area has no BT landlines, and the vast majority of residents and most businesses in Hull, Cottingham and Beverley are served only with telecoms services by KCOM.
Hull has therefore remained an exception within the UK telephone network, being the only place in the UK not served by BT and is noted for its distinctive cream coloured telephone boxes and innovative services, for example becoming the UK’s first fully digital network in 1989, using Marconi System X telephone switches (Central Offices or Class 5 switches).
Internal ref number: EY/107/102
Date of Visit: 25th Mar 2022
Kiosk Type: Quirky
Door Type:
Crown: No crown
Kiosk Colour: Cream
Usage: Phone
Phone Number (if known): 01482 836979
Northing & Westing: 53°47’14.0″N, 0°19’09.6″W
what3words: focus.focus.agents
Grid Reference: TA 10823 33634
OS X & Y: 433634, 510823
Latitude & Longitude: 53.787233, -0.319346
UK Postcode: HU7 4RN
County: Hull Kcom
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