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Beverley (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 53 50 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 53.8333 decimal degrees |
| Long: 000 25 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -0.4167 decimal degrees |
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Note: Before 1974, town was in Yorkshire region; was important and prosperous medieval center of cloth trade; is site of 7th-cen. church of Beverly Minster, a noted example of transition from Gothic to Early English to Decorated Style; town retains a pre-industrial character. An encompassing defensive ditch of the 13th-century determined the street pattern. |
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| Beverley (preferred,C,V,English,U)
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| Beverley (British English-P,U,N)
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| Beferlic (H,V)
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| Beoferlic (H,V)
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| Beureli (H,V)
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............ | recorded in 1086 |
| Beverlacum (H,V)
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............ | used in 11th cen., probably meaning "beaver stream" |
| Bevreli (H,V)
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Beverley (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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was an important early center |
| town (C) |
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| religious center (C) |
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| market center (C) |
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| regional capital (C) |
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