Land Of Green Ginger, Hull - a photo on Flickriver

            A compelling little place in the old Town of Hull. Where certain streets meet and form a courtyard like effect with a little shop facing onto the main street. Cobbles are the order of the day.
Hull, East Yorkshire. England

The Land of Green Ginger is a narrow street at the bottom of Whitefriargate in the old town area of Kingston upon Hull, England. There are various commercial and residential buildings along the street. The Land of Green Ginger contains what may be the world's smallest window, being a slit which was used by the gatekeeper of the George Hotel to look out for stagecoaches and customers.

The street was formerly known as Old Beverley Street.
Various suggestions have been proposed for the derivation of its current name. 
It may simply refer to the sale or storage of the spice ginger in the Middle Ages. A record dating from 1853 indicates that a Mr Richardson "has made it most probable that the designation 'Land of Green Ginger' took place betwixt 1640 and 1735". 
as a Dutch family with the surname Lindegreen (meaning "green lime tree") was known to live in Hull during the earlier part of the 19th century, the modern name may be a corruption of Lindegroen jonger (Lindegreen junior). 
Another idea, dating from 1880, is that the name is a corruption of "Landgrave Granger", meaning a walk or pathway approaching the home of the Landgrave family.
   

Taken on: September 7, 2022

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