Boothferry

Boothferry is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire in England, just north of the River Humber.

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It gave its name to a local government district and borough of the short-lived administrative county of Humberside from April 1, 1974 to April, 1996 - the distirict is now split between the East Riding of Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire.

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The borough was a merger of the former borough of Goole, and Goole Rural District, Howden Rural District and Isle of Axholme Rural District.

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East Riding of Yorkshire: The East Riding of Yorkshire is a local government district in the United Kingdom. It borders on the ceremonial counties of North Yorkshire (including the City of York), South Yorkshire and Lincolnshire (North Lincolnshire unitary), and surrounds on three sides the City of Kingston-upon-Hull (common...

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