Holderness (borough)

Holderness
Motto: Think Right : Do Right
Geography
Status Non-metropolitan district,
Borough
1974 area 133,593 acres (540.63 km2)[1]
HQ Skirlaugh
History
Created 1974
Abolished 1996
Succeeded by East Riding of Yorkshire
Demography
1973[2] population 42,610
1992[3] population 51,800

Holderness was a local government district and borough in northern England, named for the Holderness peninsula.

It was formed on 1 April 1974 along with the non-metropolitan county of Humberside in which it was situated. It was formed from part of the administrative county of Yorkshire, East Riding, namely:

On 1 April 1996, Humberside and the borough were abolished, and it became part of the new unitary East Riding of Yorkshire.[4]

References

  1. ^ Local government in England and Wales: A Guide to the New System. London: HMSO. 1974. p. 60. ISBN 0117508470. 
  2. ^ Registrar General's annual estimated figure mid 1973
  3. ^ OPCS Key Population and Vital Statistics 1992
  4. ^ "The Humberside (Structural Change) Order 1995". Office of Public Sector Information. 1995. http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1995/Uksi_19950600_en_1.htm. Retrieved 12 January 2009.