Christopher Pickering

Christopher Godmond Pickering
Born	1842[1]
Died	1920[1]

Christopher G. Pickering (1842-1920) was a British businessman and philanthropist. He made his fortune as a merchant and ship owner, particularly in the Kingston upon Hull fish trade. In 1914 he founded a park, almshouses, church and children's home in west Hull. The park and almhouses still bear his name.

Biography

Christopher Pickering was born in 1842 the son of a tailor. In 1861 his occupation was that of a fish curer in Kingston upon Hull, and subsequently he became a fish merchant, and by 1881 a ship owner. He controlled together with a Mr. Haldane Pickering & Haldane's Steam Trawling Co. and the fish and ice merchants Pickering, Haldane & Co.^[1]

He married to Rachael Blakestone, and moved to Hornsea in 1889.^[1]

He founded six almhouses in Hornsea in 1908,^[2] and in 1914 he built almshouses, a church, park and childrens home in the west of Kingston upon Hull.^[1]

He was presented with the freedom of the City of Hull in 1920,^[3] He died in 1920 aged 78.^[1][3]

Legacy

Both the Hull Almshouses (Christopher Pickering Lodge now a grade II listed building^[4]) and the park (Pickering Park, Kingston upon Hull) he had built still bear his name, as does a local council ward (Pickering Ward).^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g} "Christopher Pickering : A Rags to Riches Story". www.hullwebs.co.uk. http://www.hullwebs.co.uk/content/k-victorian/people/chris-pickering/chris-pickering.pdf. 
2. ^ "North division: Hornsea, section "charities"". A History of the County of York East Riding Volume 7: Holderness Wapentake, Middle and North Divisions. 2002. pp. 273–295. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=16153#s8. 
3. ^ ^{a b} "Pickering and Ferens Homes : 100 Years of providing housing in Hull". www.pfh.org.uk. Pickering and Ferens Homes. November 2008. pp. 7-8. http://www.pfh.org.uk/userfiles/documents/1290509268.pdf. 
4. ^ See:
   
   • "Boxing Club at Christopher Pickering Homes, Kingston Upon Hull". www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-387586-boxing-club-at-christopher-pickering-hom. 
   • "North East Block at Christopher Pickering Homes, Kingston Upon Hull". www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-387583-north-east-block-at-christopher-pickerin. 
   • "North West Block at Christopher Pickering Homes, Kingston Upon Hull". www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-387584-north-west-block-at-christopher-pickerin. 
   • "West Block at Chirstopher Pickering Homes, Kingston Upon Hull". www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-387585-west-block-at-chirstopher-pickering-home. 

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