Yarm
Yarm shown within the United Kingdom
Population	8,700 (2001 census)
OS grid reference	NZ416124
Unitary authority	Stockton-on-Tees
Ceremonial county	North Yorkshire
Region	North East
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	YARM
Postcode district	TS15
Dialling code	01642
Police	Cleveland
Fire	Cleveland
Ambulance	North East
UK Parliament	Stockton South
European Parliament	North East England
List of places: UK • England • Yorkshire

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Yarm is a small town in the borough of Stockton-on-Tees in North East England. It is on the south bank of the River Tees and for ceremonial purposes is in North Yorkshire. Yarm marked the end of the tidal section of the River Tees until the Tees Barrage was built in Stockton. The oldest part of the town around the high street is situated in a loop of the river, and the newer parts of the town extends to the point where the River Leven meets the Tees. Stockton-on-Tees is a unitary authority and borough in the Tees Valley area of north-east England, with a resident population in 2001 of 178,408, rising to 185,880 in 2005 estimates. ... North-East England is one of the nine official regions of England and comprises the combined area of Northumberland, County Durham, Tyne and Wear and a small part of North Yorkshire. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... The Tees is a river in Northern England. ... North Yorkshire is a non-metropolitan or shire county, located in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, and a ceremonial county in that region and also partly in North East England. ... The Tees Barrage is a barrage across the River Tees which is used to control the flow of the river, preventing flooding. ... Stockton-on-Tees is a town in North East England. ... The River Leven flows through North Yorkshire, and is a tributary to the River Tees at Yarm. ...

History

The name of the town is thought to be derived from the old Norse word yarum meaning an enclosure to catch fish. Yarm was first mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, and was originally a chapelry in the Kirklevington parish in the North Riding of Yorkshire; it became a separate parish early.^[1] A line drawing entitled Domesday Book from Andrew Williamss Historic Byways and Highways of Old England. ... Events Domesday Book is completed in England Emperor Shirakawa of Japan starts his cloistered rule Imam Ali Mosque is rebuilt by the Seljuk Malik Shah I after being destroyed by fire. ... Kirklevington is a village in the borough of Stockton-on-Tees, North-East England, situated just outside the town of Yarm. ... The North Riding of Yorkshire is one of the three traditional subdivisions of Yorkshire, northern England, United Kingdom. ...

Bishop Skerlaw of Durham built a stone bridge across the Tees in 1270. It still stands. An iron replacement was built in 1805, but it fell down in 1806. For many years Yarm was the head of the tide and of navigation on the Tees.

On 12 February 1821 at the George & Dragon inn the meeting was held that pressed for the third, and successful, attempt for a Bill to give permission to build the Stockton & Darlington Railway, the world's first public railway. is the 43rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1821 (MDCCCXXI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...

At one point it was a borough; this status did not persist. It formed part of the Stokesley Rural District under the Local Government Act 1894, and remained so until on April 1, when, under the Local Government Act 1972 it became part of the district Stockton-on-Tees in the new non-metropolitan county of Cleveland.^{[citation needed]} Cleveland was abolished in 1996 under the Banham Review, with Stockton-on-Tees becoming a unitary authority.^{[citation needed]} Stokesley was a rural district in the North Riding of Yorkshire from 1894 to 1974. ... The Local Government Act 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. ... is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Local Government Act 1972 (1972 c. ... Status: Non-metropolitan county Admin. ... The structure of local government in the United Kingdom underwent large changes in the 1990s. ... A unitary authority is a type of local authority, which has a single tier and is responsible for all local government functions within its area. ...

Local government

The Yarm ward of Stockton (which includes Kirklevington) has three local councillors sitting on Stockton borough council all of which are Conservatives. As of 3 May 2007 they are Jennie Beaumont, Jackie Earl and Andrew Sherris. Kirklevington is a village in the borough of Stockton-on-Tees, North-East England, situated just outside the town of Yarm. ... is the 123rd day of the year (124th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...

The town has a town council which is responsible for certain aspects of the town's administration, including allotments and the cemetery. They meet once a month in the Town Hall.^[2] In the United Kingdom, town councils are civil parish councils, where the civil parish is a town. ...

Yarm Town Council is made up of 9 Conservative and 2 independent Town Councillors.

Geography

Yarm is divided into five estates, and the peninsular area where the town centre is situated. The estates are Willey Flatts, Layfield Farm, The Kebbell (locally known as Spitalfields), Leven Park, and Levendale (occasionally referred to as Ingleby Grange). An Estate comprises the houses and outbuildings and supporting farmland and woods that surround the gardens and grounds of a very large property, such as a country house or mansion. ... Leven Park is a housing estate in the south of Yarm which is next to the Levendale estate. ... Levendale is a small housing estate in the south east of Yarm which is bordered by the River Leven. ...

A map of Yarm showing main roads and estates.

Basic plan of Yarm with Railway, A roads, Broads and minor roads marked. ... Basic plan of Yarm with Railway, A roads, Broads and minor roads marked. ...

Rivers

Yarm is bordered by two rivers. The River Tees is located to the north, and the Leven to the east. The Leven is a tributary of the Tees. In the past, Yarm was the highest port on the river Tees, with merchant vessels travelling up the tidal river to Yarm from the North Sea to unload their cargo.^{[citation needed]} For the Second World War frigate class, see River class frigate The Murray River in Australia A waterfall on the Ova da Fedoz, Switzerland A river is a large natural waterway. ... The Tees, a river of England, rises on the eastward slope of Cross Fell in the Pennine Chain, and traverses a valley about 85 miles (137 km) in length to the North Sea. ... The River Leven flows through North Yorkshire, and is a tributary to the River Tees at Yarm. ... The North Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean, located between the coasts of Norway and Denmark in the east, the coast of the British Isles in the west, and the German, Dutch, Belgian and French coasts in the south. ...

High Street

The small Town Hall, situated in the high street was built in 1710 by Thomas Belasyse who was Lord of the Manor. In 2007 Yarm high street was voted the best in Britain by viewers of the BBC's Breakfast Programme.^[3] The many Georgian style old buildings, with their red pantile roofs, fronting the high street and its cobbled parking areas add to the visual appeal of this town. City Hall is a 1996 film directed by Harold Becker. ... // Events April 10 - The worlds first copyright legislation became effective, Britains Statute of Anne Ongoing events Great Northern War (1700-1721) War of the Spanish Succession (1702-1713) Births January 3 - Richard Gridley, American Revolutionary soldier (d. ... The Right Honourable Thomas Belasyse, 1st Earl Fauconberg (c. ... The title of Lord of the Manor arose in the English medieval system of Manorialism following the Norman Conquest. ... For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ...

The A67 which runs through the High Street was previously classified as the A19 until a new dual carriageway was built in the 1970s - this is about 3 miles to the south of the town near the village of Crathorne. ^{[citation needed]} When the A19 ran through the High Street the traffic was heavily congested and very busy. The road is still used by heavy goods traffic travelling both ways as a shortcut to Teesside Airport.^[4] The classification of the road as an 'A'-road means that it is not possible to place a ban on heavy goods vehicles, however the town council has made efforts to come up with voluntary agreements with many haulage firms.^[5] The A67 is a road in England that links Bowes and in County Durham with Crathorne in North Yorkshire. ... Crathorne is a village and civil parish in Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England. ... Durham Tees Valley Airport (IATA airport code: MME, ICAO airport code: EGNV) is located six miles east of Darlington, in North East England. ...

Churches

Yarm Parish Church is the Anglican parish church, dedicated to St Mary Magdalene. It is situated on West Street, where there has been a church on the site since at least the 9th Century. The Catholic church of St Mary and St Romuald is at the south end of the High Street. Yarm Methodist Church was John Wesley's "favourite chapel"^{[citation needed]}. This unique octagonal church is to be found on Chapel Yard, on the east side of the town by the river. St Mary Magdalene is a Church of England parish church in the town of Yarm, Stockton-on-Tees. ... The term Anglican describes those people and churches following the religious traditions of the Church of England, especially following the Reformation. ... A parish church is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish, the basic administrative unit of episcopal churches. ... Mary Magdalene, which probably means Mary of Magdala, a town on the western shore of the Lake of Tiberias, is described in the New Testament as a follower of Jesus both in the canon and in the apocrypha. ... St Mary and St Romuald is a Roman Catholic parish church in the parish of Yarm, North Yorkshire. ... Yarm Methodist Church is a Methodist church in the town of Yarm in the borough of Stockton-on-Tees. ... John Wesley (June 28 [O.S. June 17] 1703 – March 2, 1791) was an eighteenth-century Anglican minister and Christian theologian who was an early leader in the Methodist movement. ... A chapel is a private church, usually small and often attached to a larger institution such as a college, a hospital, a palace, or a prison. ...

Woodland

The Rookery

Yarm has multiple areas of woodland. Most of these woodlands are part of private estates. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1600x1200, 455 KB) The Rookery woodland in Yarm. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1600x1200, 455 KB) The Rookery woodland in Yarm. ... Limber Pine woodland, Toiyabe Range, central Nevada Biologically, a woodland is a treed area differentiated from a forest. ...

The Rookery is a public area of woodland next to the River Tees situated at the bottom of Goose Pasture. The Ash, Sycamore, and Lime woodland is estimated to be about 200 years in age and is owned by Yarm Town Council.^[6] In 2002 a walkway was constructed around the wood to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. Within the woodland, close to the river, BMX riders have created numerous dirt ramps which are regularly used during summer months. Species See text European Ash in flower Narrow-leafed Ash (Fraxinus angustifolia) shoot with leaves Closeup of European Ash seeds 19th century illustration of Manna Ash (Fraxinus ornus) An ash can be any of four different tree genera from four very distinct families (see end of page for disambiguation), but... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Species About 30; see text A lime-lined avenue in Alexandra Park, London Tilia leaf Tilia is a genus of about 30 species of trees, native throughout most of the temperate Northern Hemisphere, in Asia (where the greatest species diversity is found), Europe and eastern North America; it is absent... A Golden Jubilee is a celebration held to mark a 50th anniversary of a monarchs reign. ... Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor; born 21 April 1926) is Queen of sixteen sovereign states, holding each crown and title equally. ... A BMX Race. ...

Viaduct and railway stations

The imposing 2,280 ft long railway viaduct was built between 1849 and 1851 for the Leeds Northern Railway company. Its designers were Thomas Grainger and John Bourne. It comprises 7 million bricks, and has 43 arches. The original Yarm railway station, now closed, used to be situated on the Eaglescliffe side of the river at the north end of the viaduct. ^{[citation needed]} The current un-manned modern station, opened in 1996, is located to the south of Yarm off Green Lane. 1849 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1851 (MDCCCLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Eaglescliffe is a small town within the borough of Stockton-on-Tees and ceremonial county of County Durham, England. ... Yarm railway station serves the town of Yarm in the borough of Stockton-on-Tees. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ...

Location

• Road access: The A67 leading to Durham Tees Valley Airport and Darlington in the north west, the A135 leading to the A66 and Stockton in the north, the B1265 leading to the A167 and Northallerton in the west, the A1044 leading to the A174 and Middlesbrough in the east, the A67 leading to the A19 and Thirsk in the south.
• Rail access: Yarm Station
• Nearest airport: Durham Tees Valley Airport

Yarm railway station serves the town of Yarm in the borough of Stockton-on-Tees. ... Durham Tees Valley Airport (IATA airport code: MME, ICAO airport code: EGNV) is located six miles east of Darlington, in North East England. ...

Events

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Many events are held in the town each year such as a fair and a 5 km fun run. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ...

Fair

Yarm Fair 2006

A fair is held in the High Street in the third week in October. It starts on the Tuesday evening and lasts until Saturday night. It was once a commercial fair that traded in cheese and livestock, but is now primarily a fun fair. Travellers still attend the fair, and ride horses up and down the street on the Saturday. The travellers have to wait outside the town until 6:00 p.m. on the Tuesday, at which point they are allowed to cross the bridge over the River Tees into the town.^{[citation needed]} Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1600x1200, 503 KB) Yarm Fair on Friday 20th October 2006 File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Yarm Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1600x1200, 503 KB) Yarm Fair on Friday 20th October 2006 File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Yarm Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the... Irish Travellers are a nomadic or itinerant people of Irish origin living in Ireland, Great Britain and the United States. ...

Fun Run

Yarm has an annual Fun run. The 5 km run starts at Conyers' School, and ends on Snaiths Field. It used to end outside Yarm Parish Church, but this changed some time around 1998.^{[citation needed]} Fun Runners taking part in the Bristol Half Marathon A Fun Run is a friendly race that involves either Road running or Cross country running with participants taking part for their own enjoyment rather than competition. ... Conyers School is a comprehensive school and sixth-form in the town of Yarm, England. ...

Charities Fair

Yarm and District Lions Club run a Charities Fair on the High Street every year. This mostly takes a market like approach. Lions Clubs International is the worlds largest service club organisation with 46,000 clubs and 1. ...

Lighting of the Christmas tree

A ceremony takes place each Advent to light up the town's Christmas tree. Carols are sung to a band, and the high street is temporarily closed for the event. It is free to attend the event. A Christmas tree from 1900. ...

Schools

There are three primary schools in the town, Levendale, Yarm Primary, and Layfield School. Levendale Primary School is a primary school located in the Levendale estate of Yarm which opened in the 1970s. ...

Conyers' School is a mixed comprehensive school and also has a sixth-form. It was founded in 1590 as "The free Grammer School" by Thomas Conyers". Following the change to comprehensive education it was renamed to reflect its founder. Conyers is a specialist school for Maths and Computing.^{[citation needed]} Conyers School is a comprehensive school and sixth-form in the town of Yarm, England. ... Coeducation is the integrated education of men and women. ... A Comprehensive school is a type of school providing secondary level education in England or Wales. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into sixth form college. ...

The town is home to the private Yarm School, the senior school being situated at the Friarage and the Preparatory School, Pre-Prep and Nursery at the old Yarm Grammar School. The school was formed some time after the redesignation of the original grammar school. The school has plans to re-locate within the next decade to a site near to their playing fields on Green Lane, south of the town. This is subject to planning permission being granted for the sale of the listed Friarage site for development.^{[citation needed]} Private schools are schools not administered by local or national government, which retain the right to select their student body and are funded in whole or in part by charging their students tuition rather than with public funds. ... Yarm School [1] is a fee-paying Public School situated within the market town of Yarm. ...

People

People associated with the town include John Wesley, founder of Methodism, and Tom Brown, hero in the Battle of Dettingen. John Wesley (June 28 [O.S. June 17] 1703 – March 2, 1791) was an eighteenth-century Anglican minister and Christian theologian who was an early leader in the Methodist movement. ... Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Luther Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Pope · Archbishop of Canterbury Patriarch of Constantinople Christianity Portal This box:      For school of ancient Greek medicine... Tom Brown (1705 - 1746) was born in Kirkleatham near Stockton. ... Combatants Britain, Hanover, Austria France Commanders George II duc de Noailles Strength 50,000 70,000 Casualties 750 8,000 The Battle of Dettingen (German: Schlacht bei Dettingen) took place on June 16 (June 27 according to the Gregorian calendar, which the English had not officially adopted), 1743 at Dettingen...

It is home to professional footballers such as Middlesbrough and Holland International George Boateng and former Valencia and Spain International Gaizka Mendieta. Current England boss Steve McClaren also regularly visits the town^{[citation needed]}, as his family home is situated in the neighbouring village of Aislaby. George Boateng (born September 5, 1975 in Nkawkaw, Ghana) is a Dutch football player. ... Valencia Club de Fútbol (also known as Valencia CF or Valencia) are a Spanish professional football club based in Valencia. ... Gaizka Mendieta Zabala (born March 27, 1974 in Bilbao) is a Spanish midfielder who currently plays for Middlesbrough of the English Premiership. ... For the ice hockey player, see Steve McLaren. ... Aislaby is a small village and civil parish on the north bank of the River Tees within the borough of Stockton-on-Tees and the ceremonial county of County Durham, England. ...

Over the years many famous people have visited Yarm, they include Diana, Princess of Wales and Sir John Major. Diana's son, Prince Harry also visited the town on Tuesday 7 August 2007, while attending a week long army visit to RAF Leeming. He was spotted drinking with friends in the Black Bull Pub and later moving onto the Cross Keys Nightclub. ^[7]. Rock band Oasis famously drank in the Black Bull Pub in the mid-nineties. ^{[citation needed]} “Diana Spencer” redirects here. ... The Right Honourable Sir John Major, KG, CH (born 29 March 1943) is a senior British politician who served in the cabinets of Margaret Thatcher as Foreign Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer before succeeding Thatcher as Conservative Party leader and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1990 to... HRH Prince Harry of Wales Henry Charles Albert David His Royal Highness Prince Henry of Wales (Henry Charles Albert David Mountbatten-Windsor) (born September 15, 1984), nicknamed Prince Harry, is a member of the British Royal Family, a grandson of Queen Elizabeth II. Harry is third in the line of... is the 219th day of the year (220th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... For the English rock band, see Oasis (band). ...

Twinned towns

Yarm is twinned with two other European towns: This article is about partnerships between towns distant from each other; see Twin cities for the unrelated concept of physically neighbouring cities. ...

• Schwalbach am Taunus, Germany
• Vernouillet, France

There is also an agreement with Olkusz, in Poland.^[8] Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... Schwalbach am Taunus is a town in the Main-Taunus-Kreis district, in Hesse, Germany. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Vernouillet is a commune in Yvelines, France. ... Olkusz is a town in south Poland with 40,500 inhabitants (1995). ...

On 2 July 2005, two trees were planted to the north of the town hall to mark the 20th anniversary of the twinning between Yarm and the two towns. The trees were marked with plaques.^{[citation needed]} is the 183rd day of the year (184th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... An anniversary (from the Latin anniversarius, from the words for year and to turn, meaning (re)turning yearly; known in English since c. ...

Photo Gallery

Viaduct seen across the River Tees in 2003 This is a photo of the viaduct Yarm. ... Torontos Bloor Street Viaduct bridges the Don valley; road traffic uses the upper deck, rail traffic uses the lower deck. ... The Tees is a river in Northern England. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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