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32 Pearson Park, Hull

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31 and 32 Pearson Park, Hull geograph.org.uk 789274
31 and 32 Pearson Park, Hull geograph.org.uk 789274

32 Pearson Park is a grade II listed building in Hull. The semi-detached house is notable for its connection with the poet Philip Larkin who lived in the top flat. During the 1950s, when Larkin moved to Hull, the house belonged to the University of Hull, his employer. The top flat at No. 32 was Larkin´s home for 18 years from 1956. It overlooks Pearson Park and its views may have inspired the poetry collection "High Windows". Larkin moved out in the 1970s when the university decided to sell the property.

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32 Pearson Park, Hull
Pearson Park, Hull Stepney

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HU5 3QW Hull, Stepney
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Hull General Cemetery
Hull General Cemetery

Hull General Cemetery was established by a private company in 1847 on Spring Bank (now Spring Bank West) in the west of Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. In 1862 the Hull Corporation established a cemetery adjacent, now known as Western Cemetery, and in c. 1890 expanded the cemetery west across Chanterlands Avenue onto an adjacent site. The General Cemetery contains several notable monument and burials, including a monument to a cholera outbreak in 1849, as well as the graves of many notable persons of the Victoria era and early 20th century of Kingston upon Hull. The General Cemetery closed in 1972, the Western Cemetery is, as of 2018, still in use. In 2018, a community group of volunteers, The Friends of Hull General Cemetery, was formed and have taken on the challenge of caring for this heritage site of special natural interest. The group was formed as a subcommittee of the Hull Civic Society. It meets regularly at the Avenues Centre, Park Avenue, Hull. During its short life it has generated a significant amount of interest in the cemetery from the general public and plans are afoot to bid for local and national funding to make the cemetery a more hospitable place for the community to visit yet still retain its historical significance and environmental importance for future generations. In September 2018 a short introduction to the Hull General Cemetery 1847–1972, was published by Pete Lowden and Bill Longbone