The
River Hull is a navigable river in the
East Riding of Yorkshire in the north of England. It rises from a series of springs to the west of
Driffield, and enters the
Humber estuary at
Kingston upon Hull. Following a period when the Archbishops of York charged tolls for its use, it became a free navigation. The upper reaches became part of the
Driffield Navigation from 1770, after which they were again subject to tolls, and the section within the city of Hull came under the jurisdiction of the
Port of Hull, with the same result.