A corner of the castle is still used as the family home of the Manners family and remains the seat of the Dukes of Rutland, most of whom are buried in the grounds of the mausoleum there. In America they pronounce the towns like they are spelled (as they have towns called Worcester etc and are used to their pronunciation) and frequently get things wrong coming to Britain, even cities like Edinburgh they pronounce wrongly. "So while it is nice to think there is some French influence over this little terraced street looking out onto the beautiful Princes Avenue view, could the name Beaver Street (as I will always call it) be the product of some students in the know?Perhaps they were linguists who, aware of the French connection over in Leicestershire, made their own little in-joke which stuck and is now so widely used, it has become fact. Belvoir Castle (/ ˈ b iː v ər / BEE-vər) is a stately home in the English county of Leicestershire, overlooking the Vale of Belvoir (grid reference).It is a Grade I listed building. This elegant building, designed by the Leicester architect William Flint, was formerly a concert hall, where in the mid 19th century such people as Nicolo Paganini and Franz Liszt performed.The entrance hall of the library was once a cinema, so when visiting the library one walks through a cinema into a concert hall.Beside the library entrance is a semi-circular frontage. This is known locally as the On the corner of Market Street is Fenwicks department store, in a quite spectacular building.At the end of the street, in Welford Place, are the Phoenix Building, designed by William Flint, which was the home of Samuel Stone, creator of Stone’s Justices Manual; It might seem normal to those born and bred but to outsiders it's confusingSign up to the Hull Live newsletter for daily updates and breaking newsHull has a dialect like no other.Our fellow Yorkies to the west, north and south may scoff, but the Hull accent has a twang all of its own. One such oddity is the pronunciation of Belvoir Street, just off Princes Avenue, in west Hull. Belvoir, Doubs, a commune in the Doubs département of France; Belvoir, Leicestershire, a village in England . Belvoir Street (Leicester) Belvoir Street is one of the major streets in Leicester City Centre, running from Granby Street to Welford Place.. Just like the city itself.Which is why it makes for some interesting anomalies that stand the test of time… and then some.One such oddity is the pronunciation of Belvoir Street, just off Princes Avenue, in west Hull.
Could it be down to some French influence over the city?A quick Google search of the name Belvoir and, after a rather posh-looking estate agents, the second on the search list is Belvoir Castle, which is also pronounced Beaver (biːvə) by the locals over in Leicestershire.It says the name Belvoir – meaning beautiful view - is a Norman import by the French-speaking invaders stemming all the way back to the 11th century.But, because the native Anglo-Saxon population could not pronounce the foreign word, they opted to call it Beaver Castle and they still do to this day.One suggestion is that, as Belvoir Street lies in the Dukeries area of Hull - where the streets are all named after the seats of various dukes - is that it takes its name from the aforementioned castle.Therefore, it should be pronounced Beaver, just as the castle is.Local historian Mike Covell suggests the first people to start calling it Beaver Street were actually students as an in-joke that has stood the test of time longer than any knock-knock joke worth its salt.He said: “I believe it was started as a joke and is pronounced bell-voir. Registered Office: 105 Queens Road, Leicester, LE2 1TT.