Humberside

Status:	Non-metropolitan county
Admin. HQ:	Beverley
Created:	1974
Abolished:	1996
Succeeded by:	East Riding of Yorkshire, Hull, North Lincolnshire, North East Lincolnshire

The Arms of Humberside County Council

Humberside was a non-metropolitan county of England from April 1, 1974 until April 1, 1996. It was composed of two halves either side of the Humber estuary, created using part of the East and West Ridings of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey. Its county town was Beverley and its largest settlement and only city Kingston upon Hull. East Yorkshire was a local government district in England from April 1, 1974 to April 1, 1996, in the administrative county of Humberside. ... Categories: UK geography stubs ... Hull or Kingston upon Hull is a British city situated on the north bank of the Humber estuary. ... See also: The town of Beverley Categories: Stub ... Boothferry was a local government district and borough of the short-lived non-metropolitan county of Humberside from April 1, 1974 to April, 1996. ... Scunthorpe is the administrative centre of the unitary authority of North Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. ... Glanford was a borough of the English administrative county of Humberside from April 1, 1974 to April 1, 1996. ... Categories: Stub | Lincolnshire ... Cleethorpes was a local government district and borough in Humberside, England from 1974 to 1996. ... Image File history File links Humberside_arms. ... Image File history File links Humberside_arms. ... A shire county or non-metropolitan county in England, is a county level entity which is not a metropolitan county. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my [birth]right) Englands location (dark green) within the British Isles Languages English (de facto) Capital London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid-2004) – Total (2001 Census) – Density Ranked... April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1974 calendar). ... April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Humber is also the name of one of the ranges of cars manufactured by the Rootes Group Humber is also the name of a river in Newfoundland, Canada, as well as a river and a college, both in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... The East Riding of Yorkshire is a local government district in the United Kingdom. ... The West Riding as an administrative county prior to its abolition in 1974. ... The White Yorkshire rose. ... Lindsey was a unit of local government until 1974 in Lincolnshire, England, covering the northern part of the county. ... Arms of Beverley For other uses, see Beverley (disambiguation). ... Hull or Kingston upon Hull is a British city situated on the north bank of the Humber estuary. ...

It was divided into several non-metropolitan districts – Beverley, Boothferry, Cleethorpes, East Yorkshire, Glanford, Great Grimsby, Holderness and Scunthorpe. Non-metropolitan districts (usually just called Districts) are local government sub-divisions of English Counties. ... See also: The town of Beverley Categories: Stub ... Boothferry was a local government district and borough of the short-lived non-metropolitan county of Humberside from April 1, 1974 to April, 1996. ... Cleethorpes was a local government district and borough in Humberside, England from 1974 to 1996. ... East Yorkshire was a local government district in England from April 1, 1974 to April 1, 1996, in the administrative county of Humberside. ... Glanford was a borough of the English administrative county of Humberside from April 1, 1974 to April 1, 1996. ... Categories: Stub | Lincolnshire ... Categories: UK geography stubs ... Scunthorpe is the administrative centre of the unitary authority of North Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. ...

It bordered North Yorkshire to the north and west, South Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire to the south-west, and Lincolnshire to the south. It faced east towards the North Sea. Bolton Abbey North Yorkshire is a Shire county within the region of Yorkshire and the Humber in England. ... South Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in England. ... Nottinghamshire (abbreviated Notts) is an English county in the East Midlands, which borders South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Derbyshire. ... Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs) is a county in the East Midlands of England. ... The North Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean, located between the coasts of Norway and Denmark in the east, the coast of the British Isles in the west, and the German, Dutch, Belgian and French coasts in the south. ...

As a county it was abolished on April 1, 1996, with four unitary authorities being formed : North Lincolnshire, North East Lincolnshire, Kingston upon Hull and East Riding of Yorkshire. The name has continued in use as a geographic term and in names of institutions such as Humberside Police and BBC Radio Humberside (which predated the county). April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... North Lincolnshire is a unitary authority in England, established in April 1996, one of the first unitary councils. ... North East Lincolnshire is a unitary authority in the north east of England, bordering onto North Lincolnshire and Lincolnshire. ... Hull or Kingston upon Hull is a British city situated on the north bank of the Humber estuary. ... The East Riding of Yorkshire is a local government district in the United Kingdom. ... Humberside Police is the police force for Humberside in England. ... BBC Radio Humberside is a BBC Local Radio service covering the area of the former English county of Humberside, which was returned to North Lincolnshire, North East Lincolnshire and the East Riding of Yorkshire on April 1st 1996. ...

Formation

It was created by the Local Government Act 1972 on April 1, 1996. It covered the former county boroughs of Grimsby and Kingston upon Hull. From Lindsey it incorporated the boroughs of Cleethorpes, Scunthorpe the urban districts of Barton-upon-Humber and Brigg, and the rural districts of Glanford Brigg, Grimsby and Isle of Axholme. From the East Riding it took the boroughs of Beverley, Bridlington, Hedon the urban districts of Driffield, Haltemprice, Hornsea and Withernsea, and the rural districts of Beverley, Bridlington (part), Driffield, Holderness, Howden, Pocklington. From the West Riding it took both the borough of Goole and the rural district of Goole. The Local Government Act 1972 (1972 c. ... April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... County borough was a term introduced in 1889 in the United Kingdom to refer to a borough or a city independent of county administration. ... Great Grimsby (typically known simply as Grimsby) is a seaport on the river Humber in the north of England, which has a population of around 90,000 (140,000 including Cleethorpes). ... Hull or Kingston upon Hull is a British city situated on the north bank of the Humber estuary. ... Location within the British Isles Arms of Cleethorpes Cleethorpes is a town in North East Lincolnshire, England, situated at the mouth of the River Humber. ... Location within the British Isles Scunthorpe (popularly known as Scunny) is the administrative centre of the unitary authority of North Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. ... Barton-upon-Humber or Barton is a small town in North Lincolnshire, on the south bank of the River Humber, and at the end of the Humber Bridge. ... Brigg (fully Glanford Brigg) in Lincolnshire, England, is a small market town on the River Ancholme with a population of 5,076 (2001 census). ... In local government on the British Isles, a rural district was a predominantly rural area used for local government. ... Glanford Brigg was a rural district in Lincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey from 1894 to 1974. ... Grimsby was a rural district in Lincolnshire, part of the administrative county of Lindsey, from 1894 to 1974. ... Isle of Axholme was a rural district in Lincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey from 1894 to 1974. ... Arms of Beverley For other uses, see Beverley (disambiguation). ... Bridlington beach, from the North Pier Bridlington is a town in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. ... Location within the British Isles Hedon is a town in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, five miles east of Kingston Upon Hull. ... Location within the British Isles Driffield, East Yorkshire, also known as Great Driffield, is a market town in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. ... Obsolete Arms of the Former Haltemprice Urban District Haltemprice was a former urban district and currently refers to an area in the East Riding of Yorkshire, directly to the West of Hull. ... Location within the British Isles Hornsea is a small seaside resort town in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England at the eastern end of the Trans Pennine Trail. ... Location within the British Isles Withernsea, population around 6000, is a seaside resort town in the East Riding of Yorkshire which forms the focal point for a wider community of small villages in Holderness. ... In local government on the British Isles, a rural district was a predominantly rural area used for local government. ... Bridlington was a rural district in the East Riding of Yorkshire in England from 1894 to 1974. ... Holderness was a rural district in the East Riding of Yorkshire from 1935 to 1974, covering the Holderness area. ... Howden was a rural district in the East Riding of Yorkshire from 1894 to 1974. ... Goole is a town and port located on the River Ouse in the East Riding of Yorkshire, in northeast England. ...

In the Redcliffe-Maud Report no directly analogous area had been proposed, with the part north of the Humber constituting of one unitary authority, and the part south of it constituting another. The White Paper as proposed did not include a cross-Humber authority, either. Humberside finally emerged in the Local Government Bill as introduced to Parliament, which also gave it its name for the first time. Local government in England as proposed by the report. ...

At this time, there was very little connecting its two parts, aside from ferries and a circuitous journey via Goole (a road journey from Grimsby to Beverley, the headquarters, being something just under 100 miles). It was promised by the government that the Humber Bridge would make it a more viable unit. The opening of the Bridge on 24 June 1981 provided a permanent link between North and South (and cut the journey from Grimsby to Beverley to a mere 30 or so miles) but did not secure Humberside's future. The James controls the world is the fourth-largest single-span suspension bridge in the world, near Kingston upon Hull in England. ... June 24 is the 175th day of the year (176th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 190 days remaining. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Abolition

Humberside was not well-loved, and to quote James Cran (MP for Beverley, "almost the day after the decision was announced, a campaign began to have Humberside abolished" [1]. North Wolds District Council changed its name to East Yorkshire District Council, likely to emphasise this, and Beverley Borough Council formally included 'East Yorkshire' in its name. According to Cran there was a campaign in 1987 to get Humberside County Council to change its name to something like 'East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire'. The Royal Mail adopted North Humberside and South Humberside as postal counties. James Douglas Cran (born 28 January 1944) is the Conservative member of Parliament for Beverley and Holderness in northern England. ... North Humberside is a former postal county of England. ... South Humberside is a former postal county of England. ...

The Local Government Boundary Commission reviewed the existence of Humberside in 1985, but found that "that Humberside County Council could not be shown to have failed". The Secretary of State for the Environment called for a further review in 1989, which ultimately resulted in a proposal made in November 1990, to transfer the four districts south of the Humber to the non-metropolitan county of Lincolnshire (which would have left the remaining part north of the Humber free to change its name to include Yorkshire). The Secretary of State for the Environment was a UK cabinet position. ...

However, before this could be implemented, a general local government review for England was announced. This was being conducted with an eye to creating unitary authorities, and Humberside was one of the areas that the Commission was expecting "early wins" in, and was in the first tranche of reviews. The Commission recommended it and its districts be abolished and replaced with four unitary authorities, which the government accepted. The Order to do so was debated in the House of Commons on February 28, 1995, and in the House of Lords on March 6, 1996, and came into effect on April 1, 1996. [2] The structure of local government in the United Kingdom underwent large changes in the 1990s. ... British House of Commons Canadian House of Commons In some bicameral parliaments of a Westminster System, the House of Commons has historically been the name of the elected lower house. ... February 28 is the 59th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the British House of Lords. ... March 6 is the 65th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (66th in Leap years). ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...

This resulted in four successor unitary authorities: A unitary authority is a type of local authority, which has a single tier and is responsible for all local government functions within its area. ...

• Kingston-upon-Hull
• East Riding of Yorkshire: Beverley, East Yorkshire, Holderness, and northern Boothferry
• North Lincolnshire: Glanford, Scunthorpe and southern Boothferry
• North East Lincolnshire: Great Grimsby, Cleethorpes

There was some debate as to whether the Goole area (historically part of the West Riding) should continue with the East Riding authority or whether it should be joined with possibly the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster or the District of Selby. There were also questions raised by the Opposition about whether the boundaries of Hull should be expanded from their present boundaries (which had been set many decades ago and not altered, despite continuous urbanisation outside these borders). Hull or Kingston upon Hull is a city and unitary authority situated on the north bank of the Humber estuary. ... The East Riding of Yorkshire is a local government district in the United Kingdom. ... See also: The town of Beverley Categories: Stub ... East Yorkshire was a local government district in England from April 1, 1974 to April 1, 1996, in the administrative county of Humberside. ... Categories: UK geography stubs ... Boothferry was a local government district and borough of the short-lived non-metropolitan county of Humberside from April 1, 1974 to April, 1996. ... North Lincolnshire is a unitary authority in England, established in April 1996, one of the first unitary councils. ... Categories: Stub | Lincolnshire ... Scunthorpe is the administrative centre of the unitary authority of North Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. ... Boothferry is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire in England, just north of the River Humber. ... North East Lincolnshire is a unitary authority in the north east of England, bordering onto North Lincolnshire and Lincolnshire. ... Categories: Stub | Lincolnshire ... Cleethorpes was a local government district and borough in Humberside, England from 1974 to 1996. ... Doncaster is a metropolitan borough in South Yorkshire, England. ... Selby is a local government district in North Yorkshire, England. ...

Michael Brown the Conservative MP for Brigg and Cleethorpes, was particularly vociferous in support of the Order, saying 'I want to see the word "Humberside" expunged from the English language' in the debate regarding its abolition. [3] Michael Russell Brown (b. ...

There were to be heard few voices in its defence. Elliot Morley, Labour MP for Glanford and Scunthorpe claimed that 'young people who were born in Humberside and have an affinity with Humberside identify with it', although he agreed that the council was a 'flawed idea'. Elliot Anthony Morley (born 6 July 1952) is a politician in the United Kingdom. ...

The office of Lord Lieutenant of Humberside was also abolished. The Yorkshire part became the ceremonial county of the East Riding of Yorkshire (which includes Hull); the Lincolnshire part reverted to Lincolnshire for ceremonial purposes. Possibly incomplete list of the Lord Lieutenant of Humberside from 1974 to 1996: Rupert Alexander Alec-Smith Richard Bethell 1983–1996? This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it. ... The Ceremonial counties of England are areas of England that are appointed a Lord-Lieutenant, and are defined by the government with reference to administrative counties of England. ...

As the name 'Humberside' is a traditional name for the area surrounding the Humber river, and despite the abolition of the administrative area, the term 'Humberside' has not fallen out of use as a general geographic designation. There is still a Humberside Police, a Humberside Airport (roughly halfway between Scunthorpe and Grimsby), a Humberside Fire Service and BBC Radio Humberside. Humber is also the name of one of the ranges of cars manufactured by the Rootes Group Humber is also the name of a river in Newfoundland, Canada, as well as a river and a college, both in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... Humberside Police is the police force for Humberside in England. ... Humberside Airport is situated in North Lincolnshire, England, 10 miles west of Grimsby and 15 miles south of Kingston Upon Hull, England on the A18. ... Location within the British Isles Scunthorpe (popularly known as Scunny) is the administrative centre of the unitary authority of North Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. ... Great Grimsby (typically known simply as Grimsby) is a seaport on the river Humber in the north of England, which has a population of around 90,000 (140,000 including Cleethorpes). ... BBC Radio Humberside is a BBC Local Radio service covering the area of the former English county of Humberside, which was returned to North Lincolnshire, North East Lincolnshire and the East Riding of Yorkshire on April 1st 1996. ...

The whole of the area once covered by the former non-metropolitan county of Humberside, including the Lincolnshire parts, is part of the government office region of Yorkshire and the Humber (originally 'Yorkshire and Humberside'). The BOGUS regions, also known as BOGUS FASCIST SCOTTISH Government Office Region, is currently the highest tier of local government subnational entity in England. ... Yorkshire and The Humber is one of the regions of England. ...

References

• spurn head the gateway to the humber
• The Humberside (Structural Change) Order 1995 : S.I. 1995/600
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