Editing Beverley (section)

===Civil war and Restoration recovery===
[[File:Charles II arms - Beverley Minster.jpg|thumb|left|Charles II's arms hanging in Beverley Minster]]
In the early 17th&nbsp;century Beverley was affected by the [[Bubonic plague|plague]] which caused many deaths. Due to the close geographical proximity to [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]], focus on the area became magnified when the people of Hull refused to open the gates to [[Charles I of England|Charles I]] a couple of months before the fighting began in the [[English Civil War]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/humber/content/articles/2005/07/20/coast05walks_stage8.shtml|publisher=[[BBC]]|title=Seeds of the English Civil War|date=25 November 2007|access-date=5 May 2008}}</ref> After being turned away from Hull, the king spent three weeks as a guest in a house at North Bar in Beverley, where he was openly greeted with the ringing of [[St Mary's Church, Beverley|St Mary's Church]] bells.<ref name="beverleyhistory"/> Beverley was initially royalist: however, it was taken by the parliamentarians of Hull, forcing the king to flee. A royalist army led by [[William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne|William Cavendish]] defeated [[Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron|Thomas Fairfax]] to reclaim the town for the royalists; from here they launched another [[Siege of Hull (1643)|Siege of Hull]].<ref>{{cite journal|jstor=548730|title=The Sieges of Hull during the Great Civil War|journal=The English Historical Review|date=24 October 2007|volume=20|issue=79|pages=457–473|last1=Broxap|first1=Ernest}}</ref> Eventually the parliamentarians won the civil war and established the [[Commonwealth of England]], in which [[alehouse]]s were shut on Sundays and theatres and race meetings abandoned: the [[Puritans]] visited the then [[Church of England]] houses of worship and destroyed anything they thought to be idolatrous.<ref name="beverleyhistory"/>

Beverley Minster managed to escape this fate, in part due to the prominence of the [[House of Percy|Percy]] family and the fact that the church housed memorials to their ancestors. Beverley's [[Religious Society of Friends|Quakers]] were not so fortunate, and were strongly repressed by the [[Puritans]].<ref name="beverleyhistory"/> The [[English Restoration]] with [[Charles II of England|Charles II]] coming to power was generally well received in Beverley, and his royal coat of arms was hung in the Minster and remains there.<ref name="beverleyhistory"/> In terms of trade Beverley was not rich in the 17th&nbsp;century but had improved slightly, the majority were based in [[agriculture]].<ref name="beverleyhistory"/> During the [[Georgian era]], Beverley was the [[county town]] of the [[East Riding of Yorkshire]] and became the prime [[market town]] in the area during the 18th&nbsp;century; competition from [[Pocklington]], [[Howden]] and [[Market Weighton]] was insufficient.<ref name="beverleyhistory"/> The replacing of old timber buildings with new ones in the [[Georgian architecture|Georgian]] style helped the town recover in prestige, with the religious structures also undergoing restorations.<ref name="beverleyhistory"/> During the [[Industrial Revolution]], Beverley's people retained most agricultural jobs, though there was a presence of iron workers within the town.<ref name="beverleyhistory"/>

Beverley had a cattle market for 1300 years, it served as the centre for the region's livestock trade until it closed. The site is now the car park for Tesco supermarket which opened in 2002.