Holderness (borough)

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Infobox historic subdivision 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:

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Council Offices, Skirlaugh

The council's headquarters were at Skirlaugh, in the converted workhouse that had been built in 1838.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:NHLE</ref>

On 1 April 1996, Humberside and the borough were abolished, and it became part of the new unitary East Riding of Yorkshire.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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