Blaydes House
Encyclopedia
- This article is about the historic house in Kingston upon Hull, UK, another 'Blaydes House' is on the List of Registered Historic Places in Kentucky (Pendleton County to Woodford County)
Blaydes House is a grade II* listed Georgian house in High Street, Kingston upon Hull
Kingston upon Hull
Kingston upon Hull , usually referred to as Hull, is a city and unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It stands on the River Hull at its junction with the Humber estuary, 25 miles inland from the North Sea. Hull has a resident population of...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. It is associated with the Blaydes shipbuilding
Shipbuilding
Shipbuilding is the construction of ships and floating vessels. It normally takes place in a specialized facility known as a shipyard. Shipbuilders, also called shipwrights, follow a specialized occupation that traces its roots to before recorded history.Shipbuilding and ship repairs, both...
family. The house is now the home of the University of Hull
University of Hull
The University of Hull, known informally as Hull University, is an English university, founded in 1927, located in Hull, a city in the East Riding of Yorkshire...
's Maritime Historical Studies Centre.
Trivia
Blaydes House was the location used in the Cutters music video "Saviour" directed by John James FoxJohn James Fox
- Career :After studying film, at the University of Wolverhampton, Fox started out screenwriting for film production companies including the 30 minute Drama "Bright". From 2003 he has directed several award winning short films, including "The Third Season", which was a runner up in the Short...
.
Literature
- Frances Bibby (2006) The Blaydes: shipbuilders of Hull. Privately published: contact qed@enterprise.net
(This work has been criticised as follows: "... very thorough as far as it goes (but) some information (was) misunderstood due to the complex relationships within this family (for example at the time of the ownership of the Blaydes House by the merchant Benjamin Blaydes, there were two other close cousins also named Benjamin). She has also missed the main line of male descent within the family. The line of descent in Burke's Landed Gentry is correct. Family Information prior to 1500 listed in Burke's is incorrect and was due to fraudulent research in the middle 1800s. These lines have now been sorted (you need to follow the major property bequests in the wills to follow the correct lines, and also understand that they did not follow the standard convention of oldest male inheriting everything,) (Mark Blaydes)"
External links
- Maritime Historical Studies Centre
- aa42.com Blaydes summary concerning ship-building in HullKingston upon HullKingston upon Hull , usually referred to as Hull, is a city and unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It stands on the River Hull at its junction with the Humber estuary, 25 miles inland from the North Sea. Hull has a resident population of...
, and especially the history of the Blaydes Family