Holderness | |
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![]() 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 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]
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