I really enjoy watching these fascinating films. I used all these snickets as a child decades ago so it's literally a trip down memory lane for me. It's so interesting to know how they came to be. Thanks 👍
Excellent. You are so very good. The information you gave and your voice and manner. More please because I love local history. I hope everyone gets to watch this.
Great video. That brick section of the snicket had me thinking of a Frances Hodgson kind of “Secret Garden” on the other side at the back of one of those grand houses.
Yes! I was the same, I always imagine something like a scene from the gardens in Pride and Prejudice on the other side of those walls, with people 'taking a turn around the grounds'!
I live on Carisbrooke Ave and walk this path regularly. From your map it looks as if my house and the church are built on the site of the lake which would explain the subsidence. I was once told that behind the church was the "flower field" which contained a pond and was used for fetes and celebrations. There was a covenant on my deeds which excludes me having axfairground organ or rendering tallow!
Great videos about the snickets and this time really like the “quick” version at the end. Would be good to do this for all of them as it’s a great reminder of the times anykns would have used them in the past. Thanks
I did actually film one for the first episode, it was just so long it didn't fit comfortably at the end. I did use a couple of clips from it during the video though - didn't want all that walking to go to waste!
@@hullhistorynerd I remember well using these snickets in Cottingham where I grew up. Often cycled along them and nice to see the “no cycling” signs are still there!! 😀 Looking forward to more..
Everytime i visit Cottingham i walk a stretch of this snicket almost daily. Thanks for your informative historical insight into this snicket! Looking forward to the next video!
Fascinating, so interesting. I’ve walked that snicket so many times and in future will walk it with a fresh pair of eyes. Who ever shared this on the Cottingham Community site thank you. I’ve not come across the Hull History Nerd before this evening, but about to watch another video! Can safely say you have a new fan, thank you.
That was me who shared it, really amazed by the lovely response from the group. Glad you're enjoying the videos, and make sure to subscribe as there's many more to come!
thanks for reply I realised later it was you who had posted, so pleased you did and you've had a good response. I'm not surprised, large History Society group in the village. I've subscribed and listened to the video about Meaux, which was equally as interesting. I drove to Meaux couple months back, to have a look. Don't think I've been along the road before. Looking forward to Bacon Garth video, I'm only few mins away.
@@lynnwise5726 Ah yes, Meaux Abbey is sadly almost completely gone above the surface, and it's all on private land. I was lucky enough that a friend of a friend knows the chap who owns the land and was willing to let me film, and his dad had actually been one of the historians with Hull Museums who had studied the Abbey and its remains. But yes, sadly nothing to see there these days. Thornton Abbey across the Humber Bridge, on the other hand...
The bricks of those enclosing walls are definitely pre-20th Century, being distinctly narrower (top to bottom) in shape than more recent bricks. Yet another wonderful video, HNN. I've walked that snicket many times, never knowing anything of the history behind it until now.
Thanks for another superb video, right on our home turf, we moved to Arlington Ave in May 63 as kids we played in the grounds and gardens of Kingtree House I assume that the house had been recently demolished the foot print of the house clearly visible at ground level.Happy Days a nice place to grow up.
That would be about right, yes, it was demolished in 1960, I think. Obviously took a few years before the building started. What a great place that must have been to play as kids!
Absolutely love watching your videos and listening to you... Only wish you could put out a new video every hour for us all to enjoy !!! 😂 Great work, and appreciated. 👍
Thank you for another entertaining and educational video. I now live a few thousand miles away, but your videos always transport me back home for a short while. I'm sure you have a long list of potential topics for future videos, but I'd love to see something about the Woolsheds and Baker's field. That was my main stomping ground as a child, and judging by the number of comments I see whenever the area is mentioned in Facebook groups such as "Hull The Good Old Days" or the more recent "Chanterlands Avenue Past and Present", it seems many, many other people have fond memories of that spot. Contact me if you ever do decide to take a look at that area, I'll be able to provide some input.
You're right, I'd read in a couple of places that it was Johnson, but I had intended to go with Watson as that was the info I had from Cottingham Local History Society, but clearly got muddled up when writing the script. Good catch! Cheers!
I like the way some parts of the built environment are adapted or change very little, like those long brick walls, whereas other parts change completely, notably with the expansion of housing and other areas.
@@SimonPJohnson I suspect the houses either side of the snicket being unwilling to sell might have been the deciding factor, whereas presumably Kingtree House had fallen into disrepair and had become, or was becoming, uneconomical to repair. But that's just a guess, I'd need to do more reading on this to be sure.
It was indeed the home of the Holtby family, though I believe the name wasn't changed to Holtby House until years later, though I could be wrong on that!
@@hullhistorynerd - Thank you for this video. It brought back memories of Cottingham in the 1980s. Indeed Holtby House was originally named Bainesse until the 1950s when the University of Hull acquired the house & renamed it after the well known Holtbys. Bainesse wasn't an Indian word contrary to popular belief.
I should correct my previous post that i walk down this snicket with my Husky, he now flatly refuses to walk down this snicket by digging his feet in and the fur on the back of his neckstanding on end ...creepy.
At least medieval, I would say, likely older, going back to the pre-conquest era. Cottingham is an old place, and such places rarely change their layout unless something major happens in their lifetimes.
Just found these and thoroughly enjoying them. Snickets were just part of life growing up somewhere to ride your bike ot tiddlerin' and larkin in the beck. What is really interesting to me and I'd love to know is the history of the word. Snicket is not used anywhere else in the local area that I'm aware of. I understand it is used in the lake district and cumbria. I'm guessing 'et' is a diminutive meaning small and snick old English to cut? Snicker snee to cut and thrust. So only a guess but is it old English for a little cut....cut through.
Love it ...i check out all these snickets while walking my Husky...
I really enjoy watching these fascinating films. I used all these snickets as a child decades ago so it's literally a trip down memory lane for me. It's so interesting to know how they came to be. Thanks 👍
Yet another excellent, informative & interesting video from the brilliant Hull history need...well done & keep up the great work.
Even the more recent Wolds development on Green Lane has snickets. Good to see the tradition has continued!
Excellent. You are so very good. The information you gave and your voice and manner. More please because I love local history. I hope everyone gets to watch this.
Nice to learn a bit about Hulls past Cheers Rob
Fabulous! Very interesting. I like the music too.
Very interesting, I lived on Longman's Lane for around 20 years and still live in 'village'
Great video. That brick section of the snicket had me thinking of a Frances Hodgson kind of “Secret Garden” on the other side at the back of one of those grand houses.
Yes! I was the same, I always imagine something like a scene from the gardens in Pride and Prejudice on the other side of those walls, with people 'taking a turn around the grounds'!
I really enjoyed this video and found it to be very informative and entertaining in an educational way
Thankyou, glad you enjoyed it!
I live on Carisbrooke Ave and walk this path regularly. From your map it looks as if my house and the church are built on the site of the lake which would explain the subsidence. I was once told that behind the church was the "flower field" which contained a pond and was used for fetes and celebrations. There was a covenant on my deeds which excludes me having axfairground organ or rendering tallow!
You have to love those old covenants! Unfortunate if you're into fairground organs or tallow rendering, though...
Great videos about the snickets and this time really like the “quick” version at the end. Would be good to do this for all of them as it’s a great reminder of the times anykns would have used them in the past. Thanks
I did actually film one for the first episode, it was just so long it didn't fit comfortably at the end. I did use a couple of clips from it during the video though - didn't want all that walking to go to waste!
@@hullhistorynerd I remember well using these snickets in Cottingham where I grew up. Often cycled along them and nice to see the “no cycling” signs are still there!! 😀 Looking forward to more..
Thank you for another interesting video
Everytime i visit Cottingham i walk a stretch of this snicket almost daily. Thanks for your informative historical insight into this snicket! Looking forward to the next video!
Fascinating, so interesting. I’ve walked that snicket so many times and in future will walk it with a fresh pair of eyes.
Who ever shared this on the Cottingham Community site thank you. I’ve not come across the Hull History Nerd before this evening, but about to watch another video! Can safely say you have a new fan, thank you.
That was me who shared it, really amazed by the lovely response from the group. Glad you're enjoying the videos, and make sure to subscribe as there's many more to come!
thanks for reply I realised later it was you who had posted, so pleased you did and you've had a good response. I'm not surprised, large History Society group in the village. I've subscribed and listened to the video about Meaux, which was equally as interesting. I drove to Meaux couple months back, to have a look. Don't think I've been along the road before. Looking forward to Bacon Garth video, I'm only few mins away.
@@lynnwise5726 Ah yes, Meaux Abbey is sadly almost completely gone above the surface, and it's all on private land. I was lucky enough that a friend of a friend knows the chap who owns the land and was willing to let me film, and his dad had actually been one of the historians with Hull Museums who had studied the Abbey and its remains. But yes, sadly nothing to see there these days. Thornton Abbey across the Humber Bridge, on the other hand...
The bricks of those enclosing walls are definitely pre-20th Century, being distinctly narrower (top to bottom) in shape than more recent bricks.
Yet another wonderful video, HNN. I've walked that snicket many times, never knowing anything of the history behind it until now.
Glad I could help you look at it in a new light. That's the joy for me of learning this stuff, it transforms every walk into a trip though history!
Very enjoyable video... 😊😊😊
brilliant thanks for the info ....
Thanks for another superb video, right on our home turf, we moved to Arlington Ave in May 63 as kids we played in the grounds and gardens of Kingtree House I assume that the house had been recently demolished the foot print of the house clearly visible at ground level.Happy Days a nice place to grow up.
That would be about right, yes, it was demolished in 1960, I think. Obviously took a few years before the building started. What a great place that must have been to play as kids!
Keep them coming HHN
Absolutely love watching your videos and listening to you... Only wish you could put out a new video every hour for us all to enjoy !!! 😂 Great work, and appreciated. 👍
Really glad you're enjoying them! It's really nice to know that my enthusiasm and obsession about local history is shared by others :)
Thank you for another entertaining and educational video. I now live a few thousand miles away, but your videos always transport me back home for a short while.
I'm sure you have a long list of potential topics for future videos, but I'd love to see something about the Woolsheds and Baker's field. That was my main stomping ground as a child, and judging by the number of comments I see whenever the area is mentioned in Facebook groups such as "Hull The Good Old Days" or the more recent "Chanterlands Avenue Past and Present", it seems many, many other people have fond memories of that spot. Contact me if you ever do decide to take a look at that area, I'll be able to provide some input.
great stuff
Steve McCombe
Another good video. The map extract including Kingtree House refers to Samuel Watson.
You're right, I'd read in a couple of places that it was Johnson, but I had intended to go with Watson as that was the info I had from Cottingham Local History Society, but clearly got muddled up when writing the script. Good catch! Cheers!
I like the way some parts of the built environment are adapted or change very little, like those long brick walls, whereas other parts change completely, notably with the expansion of housing and other areas.
@@SimonPJohnson I suspect the houses either side of the snicket being unwilling to sell might have been the deciding factor, whereas presumably Kingtree House had fallen into disrepair and had become, or was becoming, uneconomical to repair. But that's just a guess, I'd need to do more reading on this to be sure.
Fascinating. Lovely old walls of handmade brick. Was Holtby House anything to do with Winifred Holtby's family?
It was indeed the home of the Holtby family, though I believe the name wasn't changed to Holtby House until years later, though I could be wrong on that!
@@hullhistorynerd it belongs to the owner of voase builders now. Although it is up for sale at the moment
@@brianlutkin2085 I know, I looked it up on the net and used the virtual tour to have a nosey round. What a beautiful house!
@@hullhistorynerd - Thank you for this video. It brought back memories of Cottingham in the 1980s. Indeed Holtby House was originally named Bainesse until the 1950s when the University of Hull acquired the house & renamed it after the well known Holtbys. Bainesse wasn't an Indian word contrary to popular belief.
I should correct my previous post that i walk down this snicket with my Husky, he now flatly refuses to walk down this snicket by digging his feet in and the fur on the back of his neckstanding on end ...creepy.
How old is the basic road layout in the centre of Cottingham?
At least medieval, I would say, likely older, going back to the pre-conquest era. Cottingham is an old place, and such places rarely change their layout unless something major happens in their lifetimes.
@@hullhistorynerd Thank you for the reply.
We walked the section between the old house yesterday, do you know what the letterbox set into the wall is for ?
Presumably an old letterbox that is no longer in service, I would have thought, but beyond that I don't know.
Just found these and thoroughly enjoying them. Snickets were just part of life growing up somewhere to ride your bike ot tiddlerin' and larkin in the beck.
What is really interesting to me and I'd love to know is the history of the word.
Snicket is not used anywhere else in the local area that I'm aware of. I understand it is used in the lake district and cumbria.
I'm guessing 'et' is a diminutive meaning small and snick old English to cut? Snicker snee to cut and thrust. So only a guess but is it old English for a little cut....cut through.
Eric Idle 😂
Wow didn't know that lane go that far mmm very interesting me and my dad play game called spot that snicket wan we go past cottingham or go through it
It's a good game to play with Cott, there's plenty of them!
eric 🤣🤣🤣🤣