1066–1700 Southcoates, According to
A.H. Smith the name Southcoates may derive from an old Norse name
Soti and
cote (cottage), meaning "Soti's Cottage". The manor of Southcoates, which included land at Drypool was held by the Suttons during the 13th and 14th centuries until Thomas de Sutton (d.1389), after which it passed to a succession of heirs; in 1415 the manor was split in three. Ownership of the manor became increasing fragmented through the remainder of the medieval period, and up to
enclosure in the mid-1700s. There was a chapel at Southcoates, with right of
chantry established in around 1236. At the time of the Domesday survey the land at Southcoates was described as 'waste'.
1700–1860 Adult population in Southcoates was in the low tens during the late medieval period to the 1700s. The fields at Southcoates were enclosed in 1764. By 1801 population had reached 201, (Samuel Lewis give a figure of 798) which rose to 1,673 in 1851. A small cemetery "Drypool and Southcoates Cemetery" was opened in the 1850s for the parish of Drypool. In a will and
codicils of 1713 and 1717 Eleanor Scott had left of land to be used charitably or the poor of Southcoates. A school and school house were built 1855/6 funded by the charity.
1860–1945 In 1865 construction began of a new prison on Hedon Road on a site, In 1873 the
Hull General Cemetery Company acquired of land on Hedon Road for the purposes of a cemetery (Hedon Road Cemetery); In the 1880s the
Alexandra Dock was built to the south of the village on the foreshore of the
Humber Estuary, Also in the 1880s the
Drypool and Marfleet Steam Tramways Company constructed a tramway along Hedon Road, with their main depot at Hotham Street. By the 1880s "South Ings"; the area south of the Hull and Holderness railway line, and north of the new dock was beginning to be developed; Lee Smith Street was already in existence in 1850, Southcoates was formerly a
township in the parish of
Drypool, in 1866 Southcoates became a separate
civil parish, on 25 March 1898 the parish was abolished and merged with Sculcoates. In 1891 the parish had a population of 22,551. A new depot for electric trams had been established on Hedon Road by 1903. The urban growth of Hull continued in the late 19th and 20th century; Crowle Street School was first established in 1884 (796 places) and expanded to over 1,000 places in 1897. New schools were established in the area during the growth on population: Southcoates Lane School opened 1912 with places for 700 boys and girls, plus 640 juniors and infants; The Catholic 'Church of the Sacred Heart' was established on Southcoates Lane in 1929, The area was heavily bombed during the
Hull Blitz, in part due to the docks and dockside industries being a primary target for
Luftwaffe bombing raids. At Rustenberg Street bombing caused what are thought to be the first deaths in Hull in August 1940. Alexandra Dock was targeted on 15/16 April 1941 with bombs also falling on Hotham Street causing deaths. The Rustenberg Street area was hit by bombs again on 18 July 1941 resulting in several deaths. A raid on 1 August 1942 targeted Alexandra Dock, resulting in deaths in the surrounding area including Southcoates; a bomb fell on Grindell Street killing 23. A raid on 14 July 1943 targeted the railway system – both Southcoates Lane bridge and nearby signal box were hit, Both Estcourt Street School, Estcourt Street Infant School, Southcoates Lane School was given
listed building status in 1994. Hedon Road maternity hospital closed in 2003, and was demolished. and David Lister School closed at the end of the 2012 academic year, having been scheduled for early closure and replacement under the
Building Schools for the Future programme. In 2016 a 162 home residential development was given planning permission for the former barrel works site. ==See also==