Bransholme, East Riding, HU7 4RA
Date of visit: 28th April 2022
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bransholme is an area and a housing estate on the north side of Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The name Bransholme comes from an old Scandinavian word meaning Brand’s water meadow (brand or brandt meant ‘wild boar’).
After the Second World War, when large areas of Hull lay devastated due to enemy bombing, it was clearly necessary to rehouse on a massive scale. Urban renewal prompted the City Council to enforce the Acquisition of Land Act of 1946. The City Council already owned large areas in Bransholme. By January 1948, it had obtained four more farms. The intention of the Council at the time was to provide a new town at Bransholme rather than a large estate, but government approval was not forthcoming.
The Bransholme Estate was originally planned to have a population of 26,000 but now has a population of over 30,000. It was built mainly in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Bransholme Housing Estate was originally known as ‘north of Sutton Road’ or ‘The Wawne Estate’ until the current name was chosen in 1966 from a list including Soffham, Meaux, Marvelton and Midmere Dales. The first houses were officially opened on 1 May 1967 by Lord Mayor Alderman RW Buckle. The first Bransholme tenants were housed in Dulverton Close.
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/107/033
Date of Visit: 28th Apr 2022
Kiosk Type: K8 Mk2
Door Type: B
Crown: No crown
Kiosk Colour: Cream
Usage: Phone
Phone Number (if known): 01482 831334
Northing & Westing: 53°47’15.4″N, 0°18’28.1″W
what3words: nails.lucky.pack
Grid Reference: TA 11583 33694
OS X & Y: 433694, 511583
Latitude & Longitude: 53.787611, -0.307799
UK Postcode: HU7 4RA
County: Hull Kcom
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