During the interwar period a large council estate of over 1,000 dwellings was built to the north of the original development.
[13][note 1] At the end of the 19th century the area contained no housing or other development, excluding the Hessle Road and railways; to the east the urban growth of Hull (Newington and Dairycoates areas) had reached the boundary formed by the north south railway branches.
[14] At the turn of the 20th century industrial and housing development began – F. Atkins & Co. opened a canister works,[15][16][note 2] and Hargreaves Bros. & Co. established a black lead factory in 1906.
[19][note 4] Housing development took place on the north side of Hessle Road in the first half of the 20th century.
During the interwar period, stimulated by the Addison Act, the council built over 10,000 homes, 1,380 of which were constructed in Gipsyville;[20] a Garden city movement influenced council estate of semi-detached and terraced houses with gardens, on tree lined main roads was developed to the east of Pickering Park, around Askew Avenue.
[27][28][note 7] In 1967 a large food processing factory (manufacturing the "Birds Eye" brand) was opened to the west of the original pre-war housing development, on the western part of a site used as allotments.
[32][33] The Dairycoates Industrial estate was developed from 1980 onwards, constructed to the south and east of the original early 1900s black lead, and canister works.