A short history of Beverley
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Founded as a monastic settlement at the foot of the Wolds during the Saxon period, Beverley has had a long history. It has been a site of pilgrimage, it has seen passing armies, but above all it has prospered to varying degrees as a market town.
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A virtual tour of Beverley
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The Beverley we see now grew from a monastic base in circa 720. The famous present Minster was constructed from 1220 - 1420 and incorporates elements from all periods of the English Gothic style. The splendid smaller parish church of St Mary predates the minster by a century and is now famous for a carving of a rabbit which is said to have inspired Lewis Carroll to create the White Rabbit in Alice in Wonderland.
The town grew into being the foremost market town of the region - creating the wealth that generated the Georgian and Victorian Buildings that characterise the urban landscape today. This tour around the streets layed out in the middle ages will show you various views of the town.
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The historic buildings of Beverley
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Beverley is rich in architectural heritage. Within a square mile are compressed a cornucopia of buildings dating from the middle ages, when Beverley was listed the 11th most populous town in England, through the Georgian and Victorian construction booms up to the present day.
Apart from the nationally important churches, you will discover vestiges of how historic Beverley functioned including the remains of the town gates, a medieval friary, the Guildhall, coaching inns, hospitals, alms houses, a gentlemen's club and the houses of rich merchants.
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