Beverley Township, Ontario

Beverley Township highlighted in green on an 1818 map.

Beverley Township was a township established in 1792^[1] in Home District in the then Upper Canada, today Ontario, Canada. It was named for the town of Beverley in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, by John Graves Simcoe.^[2]

In 1974, part of Beverley Township joined North Dumfries Township, while the remainder was amalgamed with West Flamborough and East Flamborough.^[1] The area is now part of the city of Hamilton.

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^ ^a ^b "Chronology of Cities, Towns and Township in Hamilton". Hamilton Public Library. Archived from the original on 2010-12-16. Retrieved 2010-07-05.
^ Rayburn, Alan (2007-03-25). "Yorkshire Names in Canada". Archived from the original on 2010-10-26. Retrieved 2010-07-05.

"Map of Wentworth County". Canadian County Atlas Project. McGill University. 2001. Retrieved 2010-07-05.

43°18′N 80°10′W / 43.300°N 80.167°W / 43.300; -80.167

[myhamilton-1] "Chronology of Cities, Towns and Township in Hamilton". Hamilton Public Library. Archived from the original on 2010-12-16. Retrieved 2010-07-05.

[2] Rayburn, Alan (2007-03-25). "Yorkshire Names in Canada". Archived from the original on 2010-10-26. Retrieved 2010-07-05.

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