1) Shuffleton - Riverbank Community2) 12 Freehold Cottages at Shuffleton3) Shuffleton Mill4) Tallow Chandlery5) Ouse Cottage, Hook Road6) Richard Cooper 1825 - 19087) A New Warehouse 1885/6 - 19018) Packet Landing9) Housing10) Residents in Richard Cooper Street - 189111) Residents in Phoenix Street - 189112) Residents in Richard Cooper Street - 190113) Residents in Phoenix Street - 190114) Later Developments in Richard Cooper Street and 14A) Phoenix St. Residents 1907/1911 (even nos)15) 39 - 51 Richard Cooper Street - 1909 / 191116) 40 - 58 Richard Cooper Street - 1909 / 191117) Phoenix Street Development 190618) 41 - 56 Phoenix Street - 1909 / 191119) 60 - 70 Richard Cooper Street - 1907 / 191120) Residents in Richard Cooper Street - 194021) Residents in Phoenix Street - 192222) Residents in Phoenix Street - 193123) Residents in Phoenix Street - 194024) The Phoenix Works - arises time and time again25) Contemporary Memories26) Number 22 Phoenix Street Goole 1891-1976

8) Packet Landing

Any idea that Earle's Phoenix Works might have commenced ship repairs or constructed a dry dock, in competition with the Aire & Calder Navigation, was sunk before it could ever be floated.

In 1880 complaints had been made to the Goole Local Board about the state of the Ouse bank near the end of Marshfield "due to the neglect of some property owners".  It was alleged that the point named would not withstand a high tide.  Because of the severality of ownership and responsibility for maintenance, it was difficult to ensure breaches did not occur.  Consequently the bank and foreshore to the south of Marsh Field Close was taken over by the Aire & Calder Navigation under their Ouse Improvement Scheme.  After the death of Robert Harrison and his widow, the Aire & Calder Navigation paid two guineas to acquire his interest in a nine yard length of riverbank, assigned to him under the Hook Inclosure Award 1775.

To cope with increasing shipping trade and larger vessels carrying coal to Rotterdam, the  Victoria Lock opened in 1888, with the Victoria pier replacing the old Murham Lane Staithe belonging to the Manor of Hook, used by the paddle steamers. 

The Aire & Calder Navigation agreed to provide a free landing to replace the old one but "did nothing". Instead the Navigation promptly entered into an agreement with the Goole & Hull Steam Packet Company, allowing it to build a private pier at the old landing on Hook Road, opposite “the Marshfield Road”. In return, the steam packet "Her Majesty" performed the Victoria Lock opening ceremony.

"Merchandise in horse drawn lorries used the banked slope opposite Richard Cooper Street until after the Great War". Not until then did the Aire & Calder Navigation pay an "accumulated entitlement" to Hook Parish Council, the proceeds of which provided the village with its Memorial Hall and a children's playing field.

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