See also:YARMOUTH (See also:GREAT YARMOUTH)
, a municipal, See also:county and See also:parliamentary See also:- BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
- BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
borough, watering -See also:place, and seaport of See also:Norfolk, See also:England (with a small portion in See also:Suffolk), 121 M
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N.E. from See also:London by the See also:Great Eastern railway, served also by the Midland & Great See also:Northern See also:joint See also:line
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Pop
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(1901) 51,316
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It lies on a See also:long and narrow See also:peninsula of See also:sand, between the See also:North See also:Sea and the Breydon See also:Water (formed by the See also:rivers Yare and WVaveney) and the See also:river Bure
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The neighbouring See also:country is very See also:flat, but the Bure affords See also:access to the Norfolk Broads, which give the See also:district its well-known individuality
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The old See also:town of Great See also:Yarmouth was built chiefly along the E. See also:bank of the Yare, but the See also:modern town has extended beyond its See also:ancient walls, of which some remains exist, to the seashore, where there are a marine drive and three piers
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On the landward or Suffolk See also:side of the See also:estuary is the suburb of Southtown, and farther S. that of Gorleston
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The See also:principal features of Yarmouth are the N. and S. quays, and the straight narrow lanes called " rows," 145 in number, See also:running at right angles to them
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These rows were at one See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time inhabited by the wealthy burgesses, and many of the houses, now tenanted by the poorer classes, have panelled rooms with richly decorated ceilings
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The old town is connected with Little Yarmouth by a See also:bridge across the Yare of See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone and See also:iron, erected in 1854
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The Bure is crossed by a suspension bridge
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The See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of St See also:Nicholas, founded in slot by See also:Herbert Losinga, the first See also:bishop of See also:Norwich, and consecrated in 1119, is one of the largest See also:parish churches in England
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It is cruciform, with a central See also:tower, which perhaps preserves a See also:part of the See also:original structure, but by successive alterations the See also:form of the church has been completely changed
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The Transitional clerestoried See also:nave, with columns alternately octagonal and circular, was rebuilt in the reign of See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King See also:John
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A portion of the See also:chancel is of the same date
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About fifty years later the aisles were widened, so that the nave is now the narrowest part of the See also:building
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A See also:grand W. front with towers and pinnacles was constructed in 1330-1338, but the building was interrupted by a visitation of the See also:plague
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In the 16th See also:century the monumental See also:brasses were See also:cast into weights and the gravestones cut into grindstones
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Within the church there were at one time eighteen chapels, maintained by See also:gilds or private families, but these were demolished by the Reformers, who sold the valuable utensils of the building and applied the See also:money to the widening of the channel of the See also:harbour
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During the See also:Commonwealth the See also:Independents appropriated the chancel, the Presbyterians the N. See also:aisle and the Churchmen were allowed the See also:remainder of the building
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The See also:brick walls erected at this time to See also:separate the different portions of the building remained till 1847
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In 1864 the tower was restored, and the E. end of the chancel rebuilt; in 1869—187o the S. aisle was rebuilt; and in 1884 the S. See also:transept, the W. end of the nave and the N. aisle underwent restoration
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The width of the nave is 26 ft., and the See also:total length of the church is 236 ft
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St John's is a noteworthy modern church, and the See also:Roman See also:Catholic church is a handsome See also:Gothic building erected in 185o
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A See also:grammar-school was founded in 1551, when the great See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall of the old See also:hospital, founded in the reign of See also:Edward I. by See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas Fastolfe, was appropriated to its use
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It was closed from 1757 to 186o, was re-established by the charity trustees, and settled in new buildings in 1872
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Among the principal public buildings are the town hall and public offices (1883); a picturesque See also:toll-See also:house of the 14th century, carefully preserved and serving as a See also:free library; See also:assembly rooms, museum, See also:drill hall, See also:custom house, See also:barracks at See also:South-town and theatres
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Among charitable and benevolent institutions are a royal See also:naval lunatic See also:asylum, three hospitals, and fishermen's hospital, the North Sea Church See also:Mission and various homes and See also:minor charities
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To the S. of the town, on the part of the peninsula known as the South Denes, are a See also:race-course and a Doric See also:column erected in 1817 to commemorate See also:Lord See also:Nelson
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To the N
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(on the North Denes) are See also:golf links
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See also:Winter gardens were opened in 1904
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The municipal and parliamentary borough became coextensive by the inclusion in the former of Gorleston in 189o
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The parliamentary borough, returning one member, falls between the E. See also:division of Norfolk and the See also:Lowestoft division of Suffolk
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Yarmouth is governed by a See also:mayor, 12 aldermen and 36 councillors
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See also:Area, 3568 acres
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Yarmouth Roads, off the See also:coast, afford excellent anchorage except in E. or N.E. winds
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The channel to the quays was made by Joost See also:Jansen, a Dutch engineer, in 1567, and affords a See also:depth at the See also:bar of 12 ft. at See also:low water
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The See also:herring and See also:mackerel See also:fisheries are most important, and See also:fish-curing is an extensive See also:industry, Yarmouth bloaters being widely famous
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The fishing See also:fleet See also:numbers some 500 vessels of 20,000 tons, and employs about 3000 hands
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The principal imports are See also:coal, See also:timber and seeds, and exports are See also:grain and fish
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Other See also:industries are See also:ship and See also:boat building, rope, twine and trawl-See also:net manufactories, See also:silk-See also:crape See also:works and maltings
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Yarmouth (Gernemwa, Yernemuth), which lies near the site of the Roman See also:camp of Gariannonum, is believed to have been the landing-place of See also:Cerdic in the 5th century
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Not long afterwards, the convenience of its situation having attracted many fishermen from the Cinque Ports, a permanent See also:settlement was made, and the town numbered seventy burgesses before the See also:Conquest
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See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry I. placed it under the See also:rule of a See also:reeve
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The See also:charter of King John (1208), which gave his burgesses of Yarmouth See also:general liberties according to the customs of See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford, a gild See also:merchant and weekly hustings, was amplified by several later charters asserting the rights of the borough against Little Yarmouth and Gorleston
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In 1552 See also:Elizabeth granted a charter of See also:admiralty See also:jurisdiction, afterwards See also:con-firmed and extended by See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James I
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In 1668 See also:Charles II. incorporated Little Yarmouth in the borough by a charter which with one brief exception remained in force till 1703, when See also:Anne replaced the two bailiffs by a mayor, reducing the See also:alder-men and See also:common councilmen to eighteen and See also:thirty-six
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By the Boundary and Municipal See also:Corporation Acts of 1832 and 1855, Gorleston was annexed to the borough, which became a county borough in 1888
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Yarmouth returned two members to See also:parliament from 1300 to 1868, when it was disfranchised until 1885
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From the rrth to the 18th century the herring See also:trade, which has always been the See also:main industry of Yarmouth, was carried on at an See also:annual See also:fair between Michaelmas and Martinmas
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This was regulated by the barons of the Cinque Ports, and many quarrels arose through their jurisdiction and privileges
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Yarmouth has had a weekly See also:market at least from the 13th century
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See See also:Victoria County See also:History, Norfolk; H
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Swinden, History of Great Yarmouth (1772); C
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J
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See also:Palmer, History of Great Yarmouth 0854)
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