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It was originally an outlying part of the hamlet of Myton, named Wyke. The name is thought to originate either from a Scandinavian word Vik meaning inlet or from the Saxon Wic meaning dwelling place or refuge.
It lies upon the River Hull at its confluence with the Humber estuary, 25 miles (40 km) inland from the North Sea. The town of Hull was founded late in the 12th century.
The monks of Meaux Abbey needed a port where the wool from their estates could be exported. They chose a place at the confluence of the rivers Hull and Humber to build a quay.
The exact year the town was founded is not known but it was first mentioned in 1193. Renamed Kings-town upon Hull by King Edward I in 1299, Hull has been a market town, military supply port, trading hub, fishing and whaling centre and industrial metropolis
Kingston upon Hull is the city’s official name and it’s where the River Hull meets the Humber.
The site of a dock (opened in 1778 and used by shipping until the late 1920's), is the first of a chain of docks built in Georgian times along the line of the walls and moat which enclosed the town centuries
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