The valley of the River Hull has been inhabited since the early Neolithic period but there is little evidence of a substantial settlement in the area of the present city. Kingston upon Hull stands on the north bank of the Humber Estuary at the mouth of its tributary, the River Hull. See also: Timeline of Hull, Fortifications of Kingston upon Hull, and List of Governors of Kingston-upon-Hull Wyke and wool trade Hull RUFC and Hull Ionians both play in the National League 2 North of rugby union. The city's association football club is Hull City ( EFL Championship). Rugby league football teams include clubs Hull F.C.
Hull University was founded in 1927 and had over 16,000 students in 2022. Areas of the town centre include the old town (including its museum quarter) and the marina. Other notable landmarks in the city are the Minster, the tidal surge barrier, the Paragon Interchange and The Deep aquarium. In 2017, it was the UK City of Culture and hosted the Turner Prize at the city's Ferens Art Gallery. In the early 21st century spending boom before the late 2000s recession the city saw large amounts of new retail, commercial, housing and public service construction spending. The destroyed areas of the city were rebuilt in the post-Second World War period. More than 95% of the city was damaged or destroyed in the blitz and suffered a period of post-industrial decline (social deprivation, education and policing). Its 18th-century Member of Parliament, William Wilberforce, took a prominent part in the abolition of the slave trade in Britain. Hull was an early theatre of battle in the English Civil Wars. Renamed Kings-town upon Hull in 1299, Hull had been a market town, military supply port, trading centre, fishing and whaling centre and industrial metropolis.
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. With a population of 267,014 (2021), it is the fourth-largest city in the Yorkshire and the Humber region after Leeds, Sheffield and Bradford. It lies upon the River Hull at its confluence with the Humber Estuary, 25 miles (40 km) inland from the North Sea and 37 miles (60 km) south-east of York, the historic county town. Kingston upon Hull, usually abbreviated to Hull, is a port city and unitary authority area in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
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