Description and History of Site:-
Of the buildings described only a residential house remains. Robert Stephenson & Son, c1840, were engaged in a seed and bone crushing operation at Hull Bridge mill. The manufacture of fertilizers began in 1853. The mill was altered and enlarged in the 1860s and 1870s to designs by the Beverley architect William Hawe, and a fertilizer works was built on the east side of the Weel road c. 1890. Seed crushing ceased in 1942. Warehouses for the storage of fertilizers were built in 1947, 1952, and 1962. The business was sold by the Stephensons to Associated Chemical Companies (Fertilisers) Ltd. in 1960, to Albright & Wilson Ltd. in 1971, and to Q Feeds Ltd. in 1972. Part of the premises was occupied by subsidiary firms concerned with agricultural analysis and pharmaceuticals in 1987. Until their demolition in 1984 the buildings next to the riverside wharf included warehouses of the 18th and early 19th century, and another with decorative brickwork and a tall cupola that may have been part of Hawe's work. (VCH).

Further Reading and References:-
YAHS - Hatcher Card Index. Research funded by the Yorkshire Arts Association 1972.
Hatcher, J. The Industrial Architecture of Yorkshire. Phillimore, 1985.

Allison K J (ed). A history of the County of York East Riding: Volume 6, the Borough and Liberties of Beverley. 1989, pp. 301-308. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/yorks/east/vol6/pp301-308 [accessed 14 April 2017].

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Key Words :- bone seed mill

Viewing the Site :- Site only, can viewed from the public road

Address :- Weel Road, Hull Bridge, Beverley, East Yorkshire, HU17 9RY
Grid Ref :- TA 05554 41656
Co-ordinates :- Lat 53.860403 , Long -0.396540
Local Authority :- East Riding of Yorkshire Council
Pre 1974 County :- Yorkshire - East Riding
Site Status :- Site demolished or no longer extant
Site Condition :- Site redeveloped to industrial / commercial use
Site Dates :- c1840 - 1984
Record Date :- 5 June 2015

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