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Medieval English urban history - Yarmouth (3403 words) |
 | Great Yarmouth – the qualifier distinguishing it from its southern neighbour, Little Yarmouth – is situated near where several rivers, among them the Yare, flow into what was once a very broad estuary (much larger than the present-day Breydon Water) opening out into the sea. |
| Yarmouth was a borough in the royal domain before and at the time of the Domesday survey, but an earlier shared jurisdiction is reflected in that Yarmouth had to pay every "third penny" of all public revenues (e.g. |
| Yarmouth's loss of a maritime defensive capability, and the failure of the townsmen to invest in rebuilding their fleet, is one reason why the king put more emphasis in the second half of the century on completing Yarmouth's walls. |
| Great Yarmouth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1599 words) |
| Great Yarmouth, often known to locals simply as Yarmouth, is an English coastal town in the county of Norfolk. |
| Yarmouth (Gernemwa, Yernemuth) lies near the site of the Roman camp of Gariannonum at the mouth of the river Yare, the convenience of its situation having attracted many fishermen from the Cinque Ports, a permanent settlement was made, and the town numbered 70 burgesses before the Norman Conquest. |
| Great Yarmouth railway station, which serves the town, is the terminus of the Wherry Lines from Norwich. |
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