Definitions for Beverley
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1. Beverleynoun

   A market town in and the county town of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

2. Beverleynoun

   A habitational surname.

3. Beverleynoun

   A unisex given name transferred from the surname.

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1. Beverley

   Beverley is a market and minster town and a civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, of which it is the county town. The town centre is located 27 miles (43 km) south-east of York's centre and 15 miles (24 km) north-west of City of Hull.The town is known for Beverley Minster, Beverley Westwood, North Bar (a 15th-century gate) and Beverley Racecourse. It inspired the naming of the city of Beverly, Massachusetts, which in turn was the impetus for Beverly Hills, California. The town was listed in the 2018 Sunday Times report on Best Places to Live in northern England.The town was originally known as Inderawuda and was founded around 700 AD by Saint John of Beverley during the time of the Anglian kingdom of Northumbria. After a period of Viking control, it passed to the Cerdic dynasty, a period during which it gained prominence in terms of religious importance in Great Britain. It continued to grow especially under the Normans when its trading industry was first established. A place of pilgrimage throughout the Middle Ages due to its founder, it eventually became a significant wool-trading town. Beverley was once the tenth-largest town in England, as well as one of the richest, because of its wool and the pilgrims who came to venerate its founding saint, John of Beverley. After the Reformation, the stature of Beverley was much reduced. In the 20th century, Beverley was the administrative centre of the local government district of the Borough of Beverley (1974–1996). It is now the county town of the East Riding, located 8 miles (13 km) north-west of Hull, 10 miles (16 km) east of Market Weighton and 12 miles (19 km) west of Hornsea. According to the 2001 United Kingdom census the total population of the urban area of Beverley was 29,110 – of whom 17,549 live within the historic parish boundaries. The population of the parish had risen to 18,624 at the time of the UK's 2011 census.

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1. Beverley

   Beverley is a market town, civil parish and the county town of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The town is noted for Beverley Minster, Beverley Westwood, North Bar, Beverley Racecourse and the oldest grammar school in the country, Beverley Grammar School. The town was originally known as Inderawuda and was founded by Saint John of Beverley during the time of the Anglian kingdom of Northumbria. After a period of Viking control, it passed to the Cerdic dynasty, a period during which it gained prominence in terms of religious importance in Great Britain. It continued to grow especially under the Normans when its trading industry was first established. A place of pilgrimage throughout the Middle Ages due to its founder, Beverley eventually became a notable wool-trading town. Beverley was once the tenth-largest town in England, as well as one of the richest, because of its wool, and the pilgrims who came to venerate its founding saint, John of Beverley. But after the Reformation, the regional stature of Beverley was much reduced. For 22 years, Beverley was the administrative centre of the local government district of the Borough of Beverley. It is now the County Town of the East Riding. It is located 8 miles north-west of Hull, 10 miles east of Market Weighton and 12 miles west of Hornsea. According to the 2001 United Kingdom census the total population of the urban area of Beverley was 29,110 - of whom 17,549 live within the historic parish boundaries. The population of the parish had risen to 18,624 at the time of the 2011 United Kingdom census.

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1. Beverley

   a Yorkshire manufacturing town, 8 m. NW. of Hull, with a Gothic minster, which contains the tombs of the Percys.

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1. BEVERLEY

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Beverley is ranked #22346 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Beverley surname appeared 1,153 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Beverley.
   
   64.8% or 748 total occurrences were White.
   28.7% or 332 total occurrences were Black.
   2.7% or 32 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   2.6% or 30 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

How to pronounce Beverley?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Beverley in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Beverley in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of Beverley in a Sentence

1. Tobly McSmith:

   Beverley Hills, 90210, not only do we poke fun and celebrate the show, we also get some jokes in about the actor's lives.

2. Josef Woodman:

   South Africa pioneered an approach of allowing patrons from Beverley Hills or London to sneak off for 'surgery and safari,' they could have a nose job and stay for 30 days.

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Beverley
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverley
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Beverley
4. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Beverley
5. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html