East Yorkshire Borough of Beverley
former local government district in the United Kingdom (1974-1996)
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.
The council offices were at Admiral Walker House, Lairgate, Beverley, and Anlaby House in Anlaby.
The leader of the council from 1976 to 1991 was Conservative councillor Claude Sonley (1913–2003), who had represented Great Britain at shooting at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “East Yorkshire Borough of Beverley” as former local government district in the United Kingdom (1974-1996). Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as former local government district in the United Kingdom (1974-1996). Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 17, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4899385. Authority coordinates are 53.794, -0.416. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1974, 1996, 1981 and 1976.
A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.
- Historic place names
- Jurisdictional context
- Routes into maps and plans
Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “East Yorkshire Borough of Beverley”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow East Yorkshire Borough of Beverley primary sources, East Yorkshire Borough of Beverley archive and East research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “East Yorkshire Borough of Beverley”?
- Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
- What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
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This entry incorporates text from “East Yorkshire Borough of Beverley” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.