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