Yarmouth

Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)

2026 Editor's Note: This page uses language about race that was commonplace when the book was published and is offensive by today's standards. The text has been left exactly as it was printed, rather than cut or softened, so that the historical record — including how ordinary such language once was — is preserved. (Ed: ET 2026-07-22) or, as it is more strickly called GREAT YARMOUTH, an English seaport, important fishing station, watering place, and municipal and parliamentary borough, in the county of Norfolk, 20 miles E. of N Norwich; on a long and narrow tongue of land running from N. to S. between the German Ocean and the estuary of the Yare. The town is connected by a bridge with Little Yarmouth, or South Town, in Suffolk. Along the sea frontage stretches a promenade and carriage drive for three miles, with two piers. Parallel with the N. and S. quays, extending for nearly a mile and a quarter, are the principal streets, crossed by numerous lanes called "rows." The parish church of St. Nicholas, founded in 1101, and of late years completely restored, is one of the largest in the kingdom. Yarmouth has a naval lunatic asylum. It is the great seat of the English herring and mackerel fishery, and also furnishes large quantities of white fish. The curing of herring as "Yarmouth bloaters" is an important industry. The coast is dangerous, but Yarmouth Roads between the shore and a range of sandbanks offers a safe anchorage. Pop. about 55,000.