Paull

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Paull is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, lying on the North bank of the River Humber, in an area known as Holderness. The village is situated approximately 6 miles East of Hull city centre.

Nearby is Fort Paull, also known as Paull Battery. Fort Paull was originally built by Henry VIII to protect the Humber, and is now a museum and visitor attraction.

In 1688 when the Spanish Armada was defeated and made its way round England in retreat, one vessel thats name has been lost due to time found its way up the Humber thinking it was Valencia and crashed on the beach at Paull, the 6 remaining live sailors were shocked to find that they were in England, however the locals nursed them whilst they were recovering before donating one small fishing boat for the men to try and return to the Netherlands in. Whilst in Paull the sailors were thourght to have fathered several illegitimate children to local women.