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The Hull Packet operated from 1787 to 1886 and was eventually incorporated into the Hull Daily Mail, which had been founded in 1885. With a Conservative emphasis the Hull Daily Mail was published and edited by George Eastwood, and was owned by the Hull, East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire Conservative Newspaper Co. Eastwood was succeeded as editor by F. B. Grotrian, who became sole proprietor in 1890.

Founded in 1864 by Liberal politician, William Saunders, Hull’s first daily newspaper was the Eastern Morning News, which, despite various changes ceasing publication in 1929 due to recession of the 1903s.

The Hull Times, which was published from 1857 to 1984, and covered a wide geographical area roughly from Scarborough to Boston. It was usually published in two or three editions. By 1886 the Hull Times was owned by the Hull, East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire Conservative Newspapers Co. as well. In 1907 it became part of the Daily Mail and Hull Times Co. who renamed the paper the Hull and Yorkshire Times in 1924.

Grimsby Times and Grimsby Telegraph was founded in 1897 as the Eastern Daily Telegraph. In 1899, it was renamed the Grimsby Daily Telegraph, while in 1932 it became the Grimsby Evening Telegraph.

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Shareholders records; Directors records; Financial records; Correspondence; Cuttings books; Manuscript articles; Programmes and publications; Sports club reports and match reports; Property catalogues; Illustrations, images and photographs.