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The dock was first filled with water on 3 December 1808 and was formally opened on 30 June 1809. The cost of construction was split between the Dock Company, the Hull Corporation and Hull Trinity House, [69] as set out in the text of the 1802 act. [70] Humber Dock closed in 1968, it re-opened in 1983 as the Hull Marina. [64]
Section 16 of the Admiralty Court Act 1861 was repealed by the Administration of Justice Act 1964 by an amendment introduced in the House of Lords. [4] The Lord Chancellor at the time, Baron Gardiner, said that "the section had not been invoked for a very long time" and that both the president of the Probate Division and the Admiralty Registrar had "been consulted and agree that Section 16 is ...
One reason for this is that the 1980 Ordinance is partly modelled on old English admiralty law, namely the Administration of Justice Act 1956. The current statute dealing with the Admiralty jurisdiction of the England and Wales High Court is the Senior Courts Act 1981, ss. 20–24, 37. The provisions in those sections are, in turn, based on the ...
In 1774 the Hull Dock Act established the Hull Dock Company, entitled to raise £100,000 of capital through share issues and loans. [21] It inherited the city walls, ditches and related defences west of the river. [note 4] [22] The town docks were subsequently built along the route of the walls, which were demolished.
Text of statute as originally enacted. Arson in royal dockyards and armories was a criminal offence in the United Kingdom and the British Empire. It was among the last offences that were punishable by capital punishment in the United Kingdom. The crime was created by the Dockyards etc. Protection Act 1772 (12 Geo. 3.
The Dock Offices building is so-named as it is the former headquarters of the Hull Dock Company, which operated all docks in Hull until 1893. [3] Built in 1872, it is a Grade II* listed building [4] [5] and a striking example of Victorian architecture. [3] The building stands in Queen Victoria Square, opposite the Queen's Gardens, in Hull's ...
An Act for making and establishing publick Quays or Wharfs at Kingston upon Hull, for the better securing His Majesty's Revenues of Customs, and for the Benefit of Commerce in the Port of Kingston upon Hull; for making a Bason or Dock, with Reservoirs, Sluices, Roads, and other Works, for the Accommodation of Vessels using the said Port; and ...
Kingston upon Hull, usually shortened to Hull, is a port city and unitary authority area in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. [3] 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. [3]