East Yorkshire Borough of Beverley

53.794°N 0.416°W / 53.794; -0.416

East Yorkshire Borough of Beverley

Beverley shown within Humberside
Area
  1974100,020 acres (404.8 km2)
Population
  1973106,800
  1992113,600
History
  Created1974
  Abolished1996
  Succeeded byEast Riding of Yorkshire
Statusnon-metropolitan district,
Borough
Government
  HQBeverley
  MottoHaulte Emprise (High Endeavour)

The East Yorkshire Borough of Beverley was a local government district and borough of Humberside, England, from 1974 to 1996.

It was formed on 1 April 1974, by the merger of the previous borough of Beverley, with Beverley Rural District and Haltemprice Urban District. Initially named Beverley, the name was formally changed by the council to East Yorkshire Borough of Beverley in 1981.

On 1 April 1996, Humberside was abolished along with the borough, and the area become part of a unitary East Riding of Yorkshire.

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