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Hornsea Timeline |
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| 1267 | Market Charter granted by Henry III | |
| 1466 | 2nd Market Charter granted by Edward IV | |
| 15th c |
St Nicholas Church Newbegin |
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| 1595 |
Hornsea Mere purchased by Marmaduke Constable of Wassand Hall |
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| 1674 |
Low Hall (White House) Southgate |
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| 1714 | St Nicholas Church (wooden) spire blown down | |
| 1782 |
St Nicholas Church roof blown off by hurricane. East window blown in |
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| 1808 |
Independent Chapel Southgate Replaced in 1874 - currently for sale |
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| 1821 | Population 790 | |
| 1831 | Population 780 | |
| 1845 |
National School Mereside |
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| 1848 |
Infants' School Westgate |
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| 1857 |
First RNLI Lifeboat - "B Wood" |
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| 1860s | Westgate House | |
| 1864 |
Primitive Methodist Chapel Market Place |
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| New Lifeboat - "B Wood 2" | ||
| 1865 | Hornsea Pier Company formed | |
| 1866 |
Gas Works erected by the Hornsea Gas, Light and Coke Co |
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| 1867 |
St Nicholas Church restored under the direction of Sir G. Gerald Scott at a cost of £3500 |
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| 1869 |
Public Rooms Company formed Public Rooms Concert hall was capable of seating 600 |
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| Hornsea Gazette founded (qv 1901) | ||
| 1870 |
 Wesleyan Chapel |
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| 1874 |
 Congregational Church |
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| 1875 |
 Wesleyan Sunday School |
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| New Lifeboat - "Ellen and Margaret of Settle" | ||
| 1877 | Grosvenor Gardens (now Memorial Gardens) laid out as a private square gardens for the use of home owners whose properties overlooked the garden | |
| 1879 | Waterworks erected | |
| 1883 |
No. 3 Battery 1st East Riding of Yorkshire Artillery Volunteers formed |
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| 1884 | School Board formed |
Drill Hall erected for No. 3 Battery 1st East Riding of Yorkshire Artillery Volunteers |
| 1885 | Southgate Cemetery | |
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Convalescent Home (Victoria Hospital for Sick Children at Hull) |
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| 1887 |
Parish Rooms Newbegin |
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| New Lifeboat - "Ellen and Margaret of Settle 2" | ||
| 1891 | Promenade with seats and shelters on North Cliff | |
| 1894/95 |
Hornsea Urban District
Council succeeded the Local Board of Health |
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| 1900 |
Freemasons - Alexandra Lodge,
Alexandra Road opened 17th January |
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| 1901 | Population 2381 | Hornsea Gazette ceased publication |
| 1902 | New vestry at Parish church was dedicated (4th June) | |
| 1903 |
Hull to Hornsea railway became double tracked National Telephone Company installed a line connecting the Waterworks with the council offices in the Public Rooms. This was the second private line in Hornsea - the other connected two grocery shops owned by William Parker
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Hornsea School Board disbanded - both schools now the responsibility of East Riding County Council |
| 1913 | Floral Hall was opened on the 7th July 1913. Contractors were : Joinery & mason work - J K Barr & Sons of Hornsea : Roof & glazing - W H Heywood & Co of Huddersfield. | |
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Imperial Hydro Hotel opened.
It comprised 60 bedrooms, lounge, dining room and a "Palm Court" Remains of Anglo Saxon burial ground discovered on the site of the Imperial Hydro Hotel |
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| Rose Carr died | ||
| 1920 | Hall Garth park opened | |
| 1924 | The RNLI lifeboat was withdrawn and the lifeboat station in Burton Road became the fire station | |
| 1926 | East Yorkshire Motor Services (EYMS) started regular bus services to Hornsea from other towns in the East Riding | |
| 1927 | Elim Lodge on Cliff Road was purchased and became the Town Hall | |
| 1931 | Hornsea & District Bulletin published | |
| 1965 | Fire Station, Southgate |
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| 1970s | Memorial Gardens (1877) became the responsibility of the Town Council | |
| 1973 | Nursery School, Newbegin | |
| Police Station, Parva Road |
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| Old Police Station converted to offices for Holderness District Council | ||
| 1974 |
Local Government reorganisation Hornsea becomes part of Holderness Borough Council This comprised the municipal borough of Hedon, Hornsea UDC, Withernsea UDC and the Holderness Rural District It was based in Skirlaugh Holderness Borough Council was abolished in 1996 and the functions were transferred to the East Riding of Yorkshire Council |
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| Town council established with 12 elected members. The old lifeboat station on Burton Road becomes the Town Hall | ||
| 1975 | Library opens | |
| 1978 |
Hornsea Museum opens (The North Holderness Museum of Village Life) Burns Farm, Newbegin,
HU18 1AB Website Photos of many of the exhibits (eRiding Media Library)http://www.eriding.net/media/Hornsea_Museum.shtml
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 John Burns, Weaver |
| 1981 |
Hornsea twinned with La Grand Motte, France
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| 1982 |
Hornsea Gazette commences publication Previously published as an edition of the Holderness gazette |
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| 1985 |
Wilbur's Market opened (closed September 2009) |
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| 1987 | Hornsea & District Post commences publication | |
| 1990 |
Imperial Hydro Hotel (Granville Court) demolished after being damaged by a fire |
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| 1995 |
Hornsea Freeport shopping village opens
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| 1996 |
Local Government reorganisation Hornsea becomes part of the East Riding of Yorkshire Council
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Hornsea Leisure Centre opens |
| 1997 | Willows Old People's Home demolished | |
| 2000 | Hornsea Pottery closes | |
| 2006 | Luigi's Restaurant closes |
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| 2007 | Hall Garth Park entrance, Eastgate | |
| 2008 | Memorial Gardens (1877) redesigned incorporating a new War Memorial | |
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| 2010 | ||
