Paull

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Paull is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England 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.

According to the 2001 UK census, Paull parish had a population of 765.

[edit] Attractions

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.

Paull also has a small Medium Wave transmitter site from which the signals for BBC Radio Humberside, Virgin Radio and TalkSPORT are transmitted.

[edit] History

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 thought to have fathered several illegitimate children to local women.