In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Groves like this:

GROVES, a chapelry in Drypool parish, E. R. Yorkshire; in the E side of Hull. It was constituted in 1866. Pop., 7, 172. The living is a vicarage in the dio. of York. Value, £300. * Patron, alt. the Crown and the Arch b.

Groves through time

Groves is now part of KINGSTON UPON HULL City. Click here for graphs and data of how KINGSTON UPON HULL has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Groves itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Groves, in Kingston upon Hull and East Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25970

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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