Finally, when visiting Beverley one cannot but think of Winifred Holtby who was born in Rudston twenty miles to the north. She was deeply connected to the Yorkshire Wolds and often used elements of Beverley and Hull in her novels. The plaque on the  former County Hall on Cross Street in Beverley explains that it is the model for the County Hall in South Riding (1936, a clever title, as there have only ever been three Yorkshire 'ridings' or 'thirdings': North, East and West). We publish The Crowded Street which is set in small-town 'Marshington', another of her East Yorkshire locations.