| c.670 AD | Paull Cliff was the most prominent point on the major north/south frontier of the Humbrenses - the "people of the Humber" which was later the Nordanbymbri when the vast Northumbrian kingdom successfully extended its territory through incessant bloody battling. |
| 910 AD | Landing of Edward and Aethelflaed on the Humber banks on the site of present-day Paull and establishing of settlements by a second wave of immigrants from Scandinavia. |
| 1200-1400 | Existence of several beacons on High Paull Cliff, the site of the present Fort. |
| 1542 | Henry VIII establishes a fortress of 12 guns at Paull Cliffs (known as Paull Cliff Battery) as part of his defence policy. |
| 1642 | Charles I inspects the troops and artillery pieces at Paull; the seige of Hull triggers off the Civil War in England; Fort Paull is attacked by Parliamentarian ships. |
| 1808 | New 4 to 5 acre Battery of guns established at the Paull Cliff site, built to defend against Napoleon. |
| 1860-1864 | Construction of the present fortification, at the time known as Paull Point Battery. The pentagonal layout has the appearance of Queen Victoria's crown. |
| 1894 | Major reconstruction of the battery to incorporate the latest technology and guns to combat the modern Iron-Clad warships. |
| WWI | Due to establishent of batteries nearer the mouth of the Humber, the guns are removed. Paull becomes HQ for Humber Fire Command and Training Centre until WWII. |
| WWII | Storage for ant-aircraft ammunition for the defence of merchant shipping and also top-secret laboratory work and storage by the Ministry of Works. The Battery was covertly visited by Winston Churchill on an inspection of south and east coastal defences. |
| 1960 | Paull Fort is sold off by the Ministry of Defence after fifteen years of National Service. |
| 1964 | Volunteers (initially 7) under the umbrella of "Friends of Fort Paull" begin restoring the fort as a heritage attraction. |
| 2000 | The Fort Paull Visitors' Centre and Armouries is launched by the Friends of Fort Paull Heritage Organisation of Great Britain. |
FORT PAULL MUSEUM OPENING TIMES April
to October : 10.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. For further details see Fort Paull's own website http://www.fortpaull.com |
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