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Hessle Gate blue plaque

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Hessle Gate blue plaque
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What is recorded here

This blue commemorative plaque records: One of the four main entrances through the town walls, Hessle Gate stood here, spanning a fresh water moat. It was stopped up against threatened invasion from the Scots in 1640, not reopened until 1761 and demolished c1800. Recorded plaque organisation: Hull City Council.

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