Beverley (borough)

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Beverley
Image:HumbersideBeverley.png
Geography
Status non-metropolitan district,
borough
History
Created 1974
Abolished 1996
Succeeded by East Riding of Yorkshire
The Arms of Beverley Borough Council

Beverley was a local government district and borough in Humberside, England, from 1974 to 1996.

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

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