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Great Yarmouth

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Holiday resort and port in Norfolk, eastern England, at the mouth of the River Yare, 32 km/20 mi east of Norwich; population (2001) 58,000. It is Norfolk's largest port. Formerly a herring-fishing port, it is now a container port and a base for North Sea oil and gas. Other industries include shipbuilding, tourism and leisure, food processing, engineering, the manufacture of electronic components, shipwreck salvage, and some fishing. Features The Rows in the old part of Great Yarmouth are narrow parallel alleys arranged on a grid pattern established in medieval times. The area includes the 17th-century Old Merchant's House, and the 13th-century Tolhouse, once the town's courthouse and jail, and now housing a museum. The Fishermen's Hospital almshouses date from the early 18th century. The parish church of St Nicholas, founded in 1101, is one of the largest parish churches in England; it was gutted by fire in an air raid in 1942, but has since been restored. There are remains of the…
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Yarmouth ‘(place at the) mouth of the River YARE ’, OCelt river name (probably meaning ‘babbling brook’) + OE mutha ‘mouth’. A town and port on the Norfolk coast, at a point where the Rivers BURE , WAVENEY 1 and Yare (whence its name) flow into the North Sea via BREYDON WATER , about 29 km (18…
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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Holiday resort and port in Norfolk, eastern England, at the mouth of the River Yare, 32 km/20 mi east of Norwich; population (2001) 58,000. It is Norfolk's largest port. Formerly a herring-fishing port, it is now a container port and a base for North Sea oil and gas. Other industries include…
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Sir EDMUND VERE LACON , 8th Baronet ; b 3 May 1936; s his father Sir GEORGE VERE FRANCIS , 1980; ed Woodbridge Sch; Co Sec SAK Ventures Ltd 1992–2001: m 1963, Gillian, only da of Jack Henry Middleditch, of Wrentham, and has issue. Arms — Quarterly, per fesse indented erminois and azure, in the 2nd…
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Sarah Martin at the Tollhouse Gaol in Great Yarmouth (engraving)
Artist: English School, (19th century) Location: Private Collection Credit: Sarah Martin at the Tollhouse Gaol in Great Yarmouth (engraving), English School, (19th century) / Private Collection / The Bridgeman Art Library Medium: engraving Description: Sarah Martin (1791-1843) was a British…
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Full text Article Great Yarmouth Borough Council

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