The team originated as the 'Hull Angels', based at Hedon on the outskirts of Hull between 1947 and mid-1949.
In 1984, 5305 was named Alderman A E Draper by the Mayor of Hedon, Bill Tong.
The Darell Baronetcy, of Richmond Hill in the County of Surrey, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 12 May 1795 for Lionel Darell, Member of Parliament for Lyme Regis and Hedon.
It was created in 1766 for John Savile, 1st Baron Pollington, Member of Parliament for Hedon and New Shoreham.
His elder brother, William was one of the leading English statesmen of the 18th century and was eventually created Earl of Bath; he had inherited the family fortune including considerable estates in what is now central London, and also the parliamentary borough of Hedon in Yorkshire.
The station was briefly re-opened as Hedon Halt between 14 August 1948 and 23 October 1948 to serve speedway meetings.
He married Frances, daughter of the third Sir William Pelham, of Brocklesby, Lincolnshire; sat in the House of Commons of England as member for the corporation of Hedon; was one of his majesty's customers for the port of Kingston-upon-Hull; was a firm supporter of Church and State, and died in 1669 in the 63rd year of his age.
William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath (1684–1764), British MP for Hedon and Middlesex, Cofferer of the Household