Annison Funeral Parlour

Brief History of Anniston Funeral Parlour; The building was used to house the City of Hull mounted police prior to becoming a funeral parlour. The Anniston Building has been said to be the last place Mary Jane Langley was last seen alive before her blood soaked body was found dead in a ditch in Long Lane, Preston with her throat slit in 1891. Her killer has never been found. The murder of Mary Jane Langley is one of Hull's notorious unsolved murders. It was said that a bungled police investigation led to a line up of many infamous suspects including boxing champion John Rennard, no one was ever charged and the murder still remains one Hull's unsolved murders.