| Holderness | |
|---|---|
&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Holderness_district,_Humberside.svg) Holderness shown within Humberside | |
| Area | |
| • 1974 | 133,593 acres (540.63 km2)[1] |
| Population | |
| • 1973[2] | 42,610 |
| • 1992[3] | 51,800 |
| History | |
| • Created | 1974 |
| • Abolished | 1996 |
| • Succeeded by | East Riding of Yorkshire |
| Status | Non-metropolitan district, Borough |
| Government | |
| • HQ | Skirlaugh |
| • Motto | Think Right : Do Right |
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Holderness was a local government district and borough in northern England, named after 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:
- The municipal borough of Hedon,
- The urban districts of Hornsea and Withernsea,
- The Holderness Rural District.
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The council's headquarters were at Skirlaugh, in the converted workhouse that had been built in 1838.[4][5]
On 1 April 1996, Humberside and the borough were abolished, and it became part of the new unitary East Riding of Yorkshire.[6]
- ^ Local government in England and Wales: A Guide to the New System. London: HMSO. 1974. p. 60. ISBN 0-11-750847-0.
- ^ Registrar General's annual estimated figure mid 1973
- ^ OPCS Key Population and Vital Statistics 1992
- ^ Higginbotham, Peter. "Skirlaugh Workhouse". The Workhouse. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
- ^ Historic England. "Rowton Villas, Offices of Holderness Borough Council (Grade II) (1083425)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
- ^ "The Humberside (Structural Change) Order 1995". Office of Public Sector Information. 1995. Archived from the original on 14 February 2009. Retrieved 12 January 2009.