Holderness (borough)
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:
- The municipal borough of Hedon,
- The urban districts of Hornsea and Withernsea,
- The Holderness Rural District.
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>