Yarmonth (Great), parl. and mun. bor., par., sea-
port, fishing town, and watering-place, Norfolk and
Suffolk, at mouth of river Yare, at influx of river
Bure, 19 miles E. of Norwich and 121 miles NE. of
London by rail—par. (wholly in Norfolk), 1519 ac. (240
water), pop. 37,151; mun. bor. (including also Gorles-
ton par., Suffolk), 3685 ac., pop. 46,159; 4 Banks, 5
newspapers. Market-days, Wednesday and Saturday.
Yarmouth is the chief seat of the English herring
fishery. This industry alone employs several thousand
people. The deep-sea fishing is also actively prose-
cuted, and the produce is forwarded daily to London
by railway. The harbour, in the Yare, admits vessels
of 900 tons. The quays stretch along the river upwards
of a mile. The exports are agricultural produce, malt,
herrings, and other fish. (For shipping statistics, see
Appendix.) Shipbuilding is carried on. Yarmouth
has recently risen into considerable importance as a
watering-place. The sea-frontage has a fine esplanade,
with two piers 450 and 753 ft. long. The chief archi-
tectural feature of the town is the church of St Nicho-
las (1101), said to be the largest parish church in the
kingdom. The Nelson monument is an elegant column
144 ft. high. Yarmouth appears first on record in
1081; was long a mere fishing village ; was fortified in
the time of Henry III. and subsequent sovereigns; was
occupied hy the Parliamentarians in the Civil AYar,
and its fortifications demolished ; and was a naval sta-
tion during the great war with France. It received
borough rights of its own from King John. Great
Yarmouth, which returned 2 members to Parliament
from Edward II. until 1667, was revived as a parl.
bor., with 1 member, in 1885; its parl. limits include
the whole of the mun. bor. (with Gorleston) and part
of the parish of Runham.

Yarmouth, Little, Suffolk. See Southtown.

Yarmouth Hoads, between the coast at Yarmouth
and a line of outer sandbanks, afford, in from 15 to 18
fathoms, the only secure anchorage between the Hum-
ber and the Thames.

Yarnhury Castle, ancient camp, on eminence in
Salisbury Plain, AVilts, 7 miles NAY. of AVilton; occu-
pies 28 ac., is 1716 yards in circuit, has 6 entrances, and ¹
a rampart 52 ft. high. A fair is held here in October.

Yarnfield, hamlet, Maiden Bradley par., Somerset,

Qf miles S. of Frome.

Yarnscomhe, par. and vil., Devon, 3 miles AY. of
Umberleigh sta. and 5 miles NE. of Torrington, 3047
ac., pop. 266.

Yarnton, par. and vil. with ry. sta. (Yarnton Junc-
tion), in co. and 4 miles NAY. of Oxford, 1493 ac., pop.

279; in the churchyard is a curious Early English cross.

Yarpole, par. and vil., Herefordshire, 5 miles NAY. of
Leominster, 2523 ac., pop. 603 ; P.O.

Yarrow, par., partly in Peeblesshire, but chiefly in
Selkirkshire, on Yarrow AVater, 41,046 ac., pop. 639;
P.O.; the church is 9 miles AY. of Selkirk.

Yarrow Water, Selkirkshire ; issues from St Mary’s
Loch, and flows 14J miles NE. to Ettrick AYater, 2
miles SAY. of Selkirk ; is an excellent trouting stream,
and is celebrated for the beauty of its scenery and its
place in Scottish song and legend.

Yarrowfeus, hamlet, Yarrow par., Selkirkshire, on
Yarrow AVater, 2 miles SAV. of Yarrow church.

Yarrowford, hamlet, Yarrow par., Selkirkshire, on
Yarrow AVater, 5 miles NAV. of Selkirk.

Yarum, Yorkshire. See Yarm.

Yarwell, par., Northamptonshire, on river Nen, 1|
mile AV. of AVansford sta. and 6g miles NE. of Oundle,
1839 ac., pop. 383 ; P.O.

Yasor, Herefordshire. See Yazor.

Yate, par. and vil. with ry. sta. (Yate Junction),
Gloucestershire, 1 mile AV. of Chipping Sodbury and 74
miles SE of Thornbury, 4081 ac., pop. 1255; P.O.; near
vil. is Yate House, seat.

Yate and Pickup Bank, township, AVhalley par.,
NE. Lancashire, 4 miles SE. of Blackburn, 850 ac.,
pop. 682.

Yatchouse. See Byley with Yatehouse.

Yatelcy, par., township, and vil., Hants — par.,
10,036 ac., pop. 3043; township, 3222 ac., pop. 1133;
vil., near NE. border of co., 4-g miles NAA⁷". of Farn-
borough and 1 mile SAV. of Sandhurst; P.O.

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