The lovely city of Beverley is one of the shining gems of the beautiful East Riding of Yorkshire. This isn't to say that Yorkshire is bereft of gorgeous towns and awe-inspiring locales, but it would be difficult to find a better example of that than old Beverley. Beverley is one of the oldest cities in the entire U.K., clocking in at an age of over thirteen hundred years. Granted, many towns in England date back to the Roman Empire but many of these locations changed names and histories and many were only sparsely inhabited locales during much of their life. Beverley, on the other hand, has been a singular entity for ages and evidence of that fact can be found at nearly every turn. The town is home to the oldest Grammar School in the entire country, appropriately named Beverley Grammar School.
Beverley Minster is another sought after location in Beverley and it is here too that we find evidence of the city's age and the esteem that it has carried with it through all of these years. As a Grade 1 listed building, the Minster is already widely acclaimed and great pains are taken to ensure that it remains with us for several more centuries. The building itself dates back to the early 13th century but the roots of the building extend all the way back to the days of the famed St. John of Beverley. He was the first person to found a monastery in Beverley around 700 AD and since a monastery in those days was the catalyst for many of today's towns, Beverley grew up rapidly. The corpse of St. John can still be seen in town at the site where his monastery originally stood. His shining jewel, the Minster, still stands proudly and reaches up to the sky with powerful arches and a bold edifice.
Beverley did have some hard times here and there, as a town this old would no doubt be subject to some of the worst that history has to offer. The Black Plague that spread throughout Europe at intermittent times during the Middle Ages ravished Beverley in a particularly awful way in the early years of the 1600s and a large majority of the town was killed. Throughout these days, though, Beverley was indelibly tied to the Church and religion. Beverley was the home of massive amounts of pilgrimages throughout its growth mostly due to the fact that Beverley Minster was such a desired destination. The town was still steeped in religion throughout the Victorian era despite the fact that pilgrimages became less common after various instances of reformation. These days Beverley is an arguably more non-denominational town and it carries on in much the same way as most modern towns in England. All the same, the rich history that has permeated the town will always remain and large amounts of tourists flock to Beverley to get a glimpse of how the world was when religion was the controlling force in the lives of everybody.
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