Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire

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Beverley is a town in East Riding of Yorkshire

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Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Beverley within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Beverley in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Beverley, mun. bor. and market town, East-Riding Yorkshire, 7½ miles NW. of Hull, 33¾ miles SE. of York, and 183 miles from London by rail, 2412 ac., pop. 11,425; P.O., T.O., 4 Banks, 3 newspapers. Market-day, Saturday. It is connected with river Hull by a canal. The collegiate church of St John or B. Minster (13th century) is one of the finest Gothic structures in the kingdom, and contains the Percy shrine. The market-place occupies 4 acres, and has an octagonal cross. B. has a large trade in timber, grain, wool, and leather; and mfrs. of agricultural implements, machinery, railway waggons, &c.

Beverley in the Domesday Book

A village in Sneculfcros hundred, in the county of Yorkshire.

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