Norfolk - Yarmouth

Kelly's Directory for Cambridgeshire, Norfolk & Suffolk, 1883, pp. 570-579.

Y A R M O U T H

YARMOUTH (or GREAT YARMOUTH, Magna Jernemutha) derives its name from its situation at the mouth of the river Yare (the Garienis of the Romans): it is 145 miles from London by rail (viâ Cambridge), 120 by the East Suffolk railway (viâ Ipswich), 123 by turnpike road, 10 east-by-south from Norwich by rail and 24 by road, 9 north from Lowestoft, 54 north-east from Ipswich, and 50 north-east from Bury St. Edmunds, in lat. 52^o 16' N. and long. 1^o 43' 7" E. The town is a municipal borough, polling station for the Northern division of the county, seaport, and bathing place, and has separate quarter sessions, and is in the hundred of East Flegg, rural deanery of Flegg, archdeaconry and diocese of Norwich.

The parish of Yarmouth is wholly in Norfolk, but the municipal borough includes the parish of GORLESTON and the hamlet of SOUTHTOWN, which are in Suffolk, and over which, for municipal and sanitary purposes, the town council of Yarmouth have jurisdiction. Yarmouth formerly returned two members of Parliament, but it was disfranchised by the "Representation of the People Act, 1867."

The town is under the government of a corporation, consisting of mayor, twelve aldermen, and thirty-six councillors, with a recorder, high steward, town clerk, coroner and clerk of the peace. The Corporation Act as the Urban Sanitary Authority. There is a separate commission of the peace, including the mayor and ex-mayor, and under it petty sessions are held daily, and also quarter sessions. The recorder presides in the borough court.

Next to Norwich, Yarmouth is the chief town of the eastern counties, and the port of East Norfolk and Suffolk, and is a flourishing town, owing to its fisheries, its foreign trade, its advantages as a bathing place, and its manufactures; its situation is as peculiar as its origin, being founded on a sand which formed at the entrance of the estuary which flowed up to Norwich, and which sand gradually became dry land, added to by the sand drifted from the beach in the prevailing easterly winds in the spring. Here the Bure, the Waveney and the Yare empty their confluent streams with those of their tributaries the Ant, the Thurne, and the Wensum, after fertilizing very extensive tracts of the country, through a long and broad artificial haven, into the German ocean. At a very early period this place was frequented by fishermen from different parts of England, especially the Cinque Ports, who dried their nets on the denes or downs, and eventually erected houses thereon, so that in the time of Edward the Confessor there were 70 burgesses, and it became the great mart for herrings, especially during the annual free fair. The Cinque Ports for a long while exercised the right of sending bailiffs to Yarmouth to govern the place during the herring season, from Michaelmas to Martinmas: they held concurrent jurisdiction with the bailiffs of Yarmouth, being the only instance of the kind on record: it led to many disputes, and in the reign of Charles II. the bailiffs of the Cinque Ports finally ceased to attend.

There was a chapel here as early as the reign of the Confessor; but in 1100 Bishop Herbert de Losinga, the first Bishop of Norwich, built the church of St. Nicolas (since greatly enlarged), with a Benedictine priory adjoining (now a National schoo), where the priests and monks who served the church resided. King John granted to the burgesses a charter (which is still preserved), making Yarmouth a free borough, and conferring many valuable rights and privileges, in consideration of a fee farm rent of £50, which is still paid to the crown. From this period Yarmouth greatly increased, and became so powerful that it supplied Edward III. with more ships and men for carrying on his wars than any other place in the kingdom. Many subsequent charters (all of which were preserved in the Hutch or Town Chest, and are now in the Muniment Room at the Town Hall), were conferred by successive monarchs; and in the reign of Charles II. Southtown was incorporated with Yarmouth. The town was encompassed by a wall, commenced temp. Henry III. having ten gates and sixteen towers, the remains of which can still be traced. The town is now defended by two batteries.

The "Denes" on which Yarmouth is situated, form a long and narrow tongue of land or peninsula, running from the north towards the south, washed on the east side by the German ocean, and on the west by the river Bure, Breydon Water, which received the Yare and the Waveney, and the main channel, which carries all these rivers to the sea. The old town is built on the river side of the denes, but of late years Yarmouth has extended completely to the sea for a frontage of nearly three-quarters of a mile.

The town is regularly built and has some fine houses, both in he old and the new parts; the Health of Towns Act has been applied to it, and it is well paved, drained, and lighted. The North and South Quays, which are very broad, and extend for nearly a mile and a quarter, are among the peculiar features of Yarmouth. The principal streets run parallel with the quays, and are crossed by 145 narrow lanes called rows, which are numbered.

The town is lighted with gas, and watched by a borough police, under Government inspection.

The bridge over the Yare, between Yarmouth and Southtown (a connecting link between Norfolk and Suffolk) was completed in 1854 and is built of iron on the tubular principle upon two massive stone piers, each 12 feet across; on either side, between the piers and the abutments the span of the waterway is 65 feet, and in the centre between the piers the span is 50 feet; the centre span opens in two parts, the leaves of which weight upwards of 90 tons, and the structure, with the approaches, comprise upwards of 2,000 tons weight of granite and stone and about 300 tons of iron; the cost, including the purchase of the site, was about £50,000. An iron tubular bridge, in two compartments, connects the railway with the tramways, which extend the whole length of the quays. A wrought-iron bridge has been erected over the Bure, at the same spot where many persons were plunged into the river by the fall of the previous bridge in May, 1845, and some drowned.

The Britannia Pier at the north end, and the Wellington Pier at the south end of the Parade and the Old Jetty between them, afford agreeable promenades, and the former pier is useful for passengers landing from boats. A promenade and carriage drive extends along the entire sea frontage of the town, from the Cemetery road at the north end to the Haven's mouth at the south end, and returns along the east bank of the river back to the town.

The town is supplied with water from one of the lakes (formerly called "broads,") having an area of between 700 and 800 acres, at Ormesby, about 8 miles north-west from Yarmouth: the works belong to a company of shareholders, who obtained their Act of Parliament in 1853. There is a large covered reservoir at Gorleston, from which both that place and Yarmouth are supplied, the old open reservoir at Caistor is now disused

There is water communication with North Walsham, Aylsham, Norwich, Beccles and Bungay.

At an early period there was a channel to the sea on the north side of the town, called Grubbe's Haven, but this gradually became choked with sand, and is not now discernible. The south channel was then at Newton, near Corton, in Suffolk, 4 miles south of the present: afterwards the channel was beyond Corton; and in 1337 it became so choked with sandbanks, and was so inconvenient, that the trade of the town was stopped. Subsequently many attempts were made to cut channels at different places, but these failed; and after seven trials, in 150 the present channel was made: these works were completed in 1567 by Joost Jansen, or Joyce Johnson, a Netherlands engineer: the shores on each side are now defended by piers and jetties. The rise of the spring tides is about 6 feet, and of neap tides 4 feet, the depth of the water on the bar being about 12 feet, and at high tides, from 18 to 20 feet. The roadstead, except with eastern and north-east winds, afford excellent anchorage, and was much resorted to by the navy in time of war, as it is by merchantmen and colliers passing the east coast at the present time; frequently as many as 1,000 vessels are to be seen at anchor at one time. There are commissioners for the haven and pier, and also for pilotage.

A railway to Norwich forms part of the Great Eastern system, and is the route to the North and the Midland counties; whilst the East Suffolk line, which has a separate station in Southtown, affords communication with all the towns of Suffolk, and is the shortest route to London.

The Eastern and Midlands railway had its terminus at the Beach station, Nelson road north, closely adjoining the aquarium, parade, beach &c. This railway company has been formed by the amalgamation of the Lynn and Fakenham, Yarmouth and North Norfolk, Midland and Eastern, Peterborough, Wisbech, Sutton and Yarmouth Union Companies, and by means of it a new and direct communication is afforded to London and the Midland and Northern counties; via Fakenham, Lynn, Sutton Bridge and Peterborough. The company also brings to the towns and districts of North Walsham, Aylsham, Melton Constable, Fakenham &c. in direct communication with Yarmouth, and provides an alternative route to Norwich and Lynn. The celebrated Norfolk Broads are easily accessible by this railway.

The parish church of St. Nicolas, which is cruciform, was founded early in the 12th century by Herbert de Losinga, the first Bishop of Norwich, and received various additions during the 13th, 14th and 15th centuries, until it became a large and splendid edifice, with numerous chapels rich in plate, jewels and ornaments: in 1551 the monumental brasses were cast into weights and measures, and during the time of the Commonwealth the church suffered great mutilation and damage; various repairs were carried out in a very unsatisfactory manner during the first decade of the present century, but it was not until 1847 that the restoration of the church was properly commenced when a partial reconstruction was affected, at a cost of about £6,000; the unsightly pews were replaced by good open benches and various other works were carried out, under the direction of the architect, Mr. J. H. Hakewell: in 1862 the work of restoration was recommenced, under the direction of Mr. J. P. Seddon: the old tower was thoroughly repaired and the parapet and the pinnacles at the angles replaced; the chancel proper was also restored and the partition walls dividing the chancel and its aisles from the remainder of the church were taken down, and, for the first time during the last 300 years, the whole of this noble edifice was thrown open: the south aisle which was in a ruinous state, has been thoroughly restored; a stained glass east window was inserted in 1878 in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Palgrave, by their children; the artist is Mr. Dickson, of London, and the window is, in most particulars, a very successful one of the ancient glass character; very handsome oak stalls are being erected in the choir from time to time, the product of a ladies' working party held at the Vicarage weekly: a magnificent pulpit, erected at great cost, may be pronounced as unique in character, it is extremely handsome but not less useful because by moving about it the preacher can se and be seen by the congregation in every part of the church, a circumstance which helps very much to secure the attention of all present: a splendid piece if decoration has been added to the west end of the south aisle, which is known as the "Mills Memorial" and consists f a beautiful stained window and mural decorations: the area of the building is larger than that of any other parish church in the kingdom, and it will seat a congregation of about 5,000 persons: the organ, first built by Jordan in 1733, is a magnificent instrument and has been divided and thoroughly repaired and enlarged by Bishop and Son, the two parts facing westward in two enormous chancel aisles: they were opened 6th July, 1875: there are monuments to the Englands, Fullers, Turners, and some few other families of distinction, while plain marble slabs mark the resting places of John Carter, the friend of Cromwell and of Mrs. Bridget Bendish, daughter of General Ireton and granddaughter of the Lord Protector: the font, which is of Purbeck marble, is octagonal and very ancient: the vestry contains a small collection of old books and a curious revolving reading-desk: the vicar is very desirous to erect a magnificent and lofty spire about 60 feet from the west end of the church, the gilt cross of which would be the first thing in England on which the rising sun would shine. The parish register dates from 1558. The living is a vicarage, yearly value about £360, but precarious and uncertain, with residence, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Norwich and held since 1874 by the Rev. George Venables S.C.L., F.R.A.S. of St. Edmund Hall, Oxford, rural dean of Flegg, honorary canon of Norwich and late one of the Royal Commissioners of Patronage.

St. George's chapel of ease was built in 1714 and is a fair specimen of the architecture of the time: it consists of apsidal chancel, nave and aisles and has a gallery and sittings for about 800: it has recently (1883) been thoroughly repaired and reseated at a cost of about £1,200.

St. Peter's church was built in 133, at a cost of £12,000: it is of white brick, consisting of nave, aisles and gallery, with a tower 118 feet high, in which is a clock having four disks: there is in it a copy of Rubens' Descent from the Cross: it has sittings for about 1,500. The living is a perpetual curry in the gift of the vicar of Yarmouth; the Rev. William Thorpe Goodrich has been incumbent since 1861.

St. John's church near the beach, erected in 1857, and since then enlarged five times, is built of cut flint with stone dressings, in the Early English style. The chancel is terminated by a round apse, many of the windows are filled with painted glass in memory of various persons who were members of the congregation: designs have been prepared by Messrs, Bottle and Olley, architects of the town, for further alterations; when these are completed the church will consist of chancel, with apsidal end and south chancel aisle, nave, aisles and transepts, organ chamber, north and south porches and bell turret over the south porch, clergy vestry and large octagonal vestry connected with the church by a corridor: it will seat about 700 persons. This is a curacy in the gift of the vicar, and held since 1875 by the Rev. Arthur John Spencer M.A. of Trinity College, Cambridge and Wells Theological College.

St. Andrew's church and schools, near the north quay, were erected in 1860, principally for the river population. The style is Early English: the church is built externally of cut flints, with stone dressings, and in internally faced with red bricks with white brick bands, and consists of apsidal chancel, nave, south aisle and north and south transepts, a north aisle is now (1883), about to be added. The Rev. George Girling has been curate since 1879.

St. James' church Queen's road, the erection of which was commenced some years back, is still incomplete and consists at present of chancel and nave only, the Rev. George Augustus Frederick Quentin M.A. of St. John's College, Oxford, has been minister of this district since 1882.

The Catholic church, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, was erected in the year 1874, at an expense considerable exceeding £10,000: it stands at the junction of the Regent road with Nelson road south: the sacred edifice is Gothic and consists of chancel, nave which is lighted with quatrefoil windows in the clerestory), aisles, sacristy and lofty tower at the north-west angle: the interior is partially decorated: the high altar, reredos and pulpit are of stone, elaborately carved: the fourteen stations of the Cross are represented in bas-relief on the walls. The Rev. Thomas Williams, S.J. and James Foley S.J. are the priests. The new elementary schools belonging to this church are spacious and ornate: they were erected in the year 1881, and opened in January, 1882, are will hold nearly 600 children. The cost of the ground, which is freehold, and the buildings was £5,000 and upwards, and the money was furnished by the priests of the mission, and the schools are the private property of the clergy attached tot he church: the number of scholars is about 300. The Catholic Cemtery is in the Caister road, in which stands a mortuary chapel.

The Society of Friends have a Meeting House, in Row 60, Howard street.

The Baptist chapel, Wellesley road, was erected in 1870, for the congregation formerly worshipping in the Old Meeting, built in 1756, Row 15. The Baptist chapel, York road, was built in 1841.

The Brethren have a small chapel in Albion road.

The Congregational chapel, Middlegate street, built in 1870, at a cost of £3,500, has sittings for about 800. A large lecture hall with class rooms as added in 1879, at a further cost for £3,500. The Congregational chapel, King street, was built in 1855.

The Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion church, Fish street, contains 450 sittings.

The Methodist New Connexion chapel, King street, contains about 400 sittings.

The Primitive Methodist chapel (Yarmouth Temple), Priory plain, was built in 1875, at a cost of £4,891. The Primitive Methodist chapel, Queen's road, was built 1867, at a cost of £1,680, and has sittings for about 600.

The Old Meeting House, Unitarian chapel, Middlegate street, has sittings for about 500.

The United Methodist Free church, Regent road, was built in 1856, sittings for about 600.

The Wesleyan chapel, Dene side, was built in 1837, and has sittings for about 1,200.

The parish churchyard, which is extensive, was enlarged about the year 1833. A cemetery of 12 acres, northeast of the church and adjoining the churchyard, was enclosed in 1855 and a further enclosure of 15 acres of ground adjoining the latter was made in 1875: the total extent of burial-ground contiguous to the church is about 40 acres.

The Blue Coat Charity School, in Market place, was erected in 1713 by the corporation, it has an income of about £200 yearly from invested funds, which is augmented by subscriptions: there are 100 boys and 50 girls educated and occasionally provided with clothing: the master's residence adjoins the school-house.

The Old Priory, near the parish church, has been purchased and converted into a National school for boys, girls and infants, together with an upper school for boys, in which various extra subjects are taught: these schools were opened in 1852 and will hold about 80 children. In 1853 buildings were erected in a style corresponding with that of the schools, to form a reading-room, library and museum.

The charities of the town are administered by trustees under the control of the Charity Commissioners and others: the revenue is about £1,000 a year.

The Hospital of the Blessed Virgin was founded in the reign of Edward I. by Thomas Fastolfe, for eight poor men and eight poor women: it passed into the possession of the corporation and was dissolved at the Reformation. In 1551 a Grammar school "for all the inhabitants" was established, to which was appropriated the great Hall of the Hospital and other parts of the old building, including a house for the master, and part of the revenue of the Hospital was applied to the support of the master and of the Grammar school. This school continued until 1757, when having fallen into decay it was closed and so remained until 1869, when it was re-established by the Charity Trustees (with the concurrence of the Commissioners) under a scheme which provides that the son of any inhabitant can obtain a good commercial or classical education for £6 a year. The new buildings are in Trafalgar road: the school-room was opened on the 6th June, 1872, by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales: about 130 boys are annually educated.

In 1650 Mr. Owner, a wealthy inhabitant of Yarmouth, proposed a scheme "for maintaining and setting the poor to work" and settled a sum of money for that purpose, which was supplemented by the corporation out of the Hospital and other charity funds in their hands: ultimately, instead of applying the money to a workhouse, schools for the poor were established, called the Hospital schools, where a number of boys and girls were lodged, clothed, fed and educated; in 1842 the old buildings were pulled down and the present buildings erected on the former site on the east side of the Market place, when the number of boarders was reduced and in 1850 the lodging, clothing and diet of the children (under the advice of the Charity Commissioners) ceased and the peculiar dress was abolished, but the gratuitous education of a larger number of poor children has continued to the present time: the boys' and girls' schools have an average attendance of 200: the boy's school is under Government inspection.

The Fishermen's Hospital was founded in 1702, for decayed and disabled fishermen and is endowed with property amounting to £63 yearly: there are free houses for twenty decayed fishermen who have attained the age of sixty, and the yearly income of the charity is divided among them.

Warne's Charity amounts on an average to about £500 a year, derived from an estate at Thrigby, in Norfolk, and a small sum in Consols, and is applied in gifts of money in sums not exceeding £1 each, to the poor widows of Great Yarmouth.

Paston's, Packer's, Hall's and Colby's charities for distributing money and coals, for the poor of the parish, amount in the aggregate to about £30 yearly.

The new Town Hall has been erected on the Quay, from plans by Mr. John B. Pearce, architect, of Surrey street, Norwich: it is built of red brick, with dressings of red sandstone from St. Bees, Cumberland: the site is a square of about 115 feet; the principal entrance is on the north, opening into a vestibule and thence tot he central hall, which is 80 feet by 24 feet, and from the ground to the pinnacle of the clock tower, 125 feet; from the vestibule access is gained to the various offices for the town clerk, the muniment room, committee room, accountants' room, chief constable's and police room, with convenient access to the cells; also the surveyors' offices and rooms for barristers, and waiting rooms for witnesses &c.: the grand staircase ascends from the central hall, and is on white Portland stone, with balusters of teak, beautifully carved: the staircase gives access to the first floor, on which are the quater sessions court, 32 feet by 49, with gallery for the public, with judges retiring room: the Assembly room, which is the principal apartment, as it extends the full length of the building on the west side, and is 100 feet long by 45 feet wide: there are chairs for 900 persons: the northern end is shut off by a teak screen for a refreshment room: here are also the council room and rooms for the use of the grand and petty juries, connected with the court by a small corridor, through which the jury pass to present their bills, and on this floor, at the south-east corner, is the police court, which is well arranged and ventilated, and specially adapted to its use: there is a separate room for witnesses and a stone staircase leads from the cells to the court by which prisoners are placed in the dock: Messrs. J. W. Lacey and Son, of Norwich, were the contractors for the entire building: all the furniture and fittings have been designed by Mr. Pearce so as to be in character with the building: the stoves have been specially made for the building by Messrs. Barnard, Bishop and Barnard: the furniture was principally supplied by Messrs. Norman and Son, of Great Yarmouth: the hall was opened in state by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, on Wednesday, the 1st day of June, 1883, when a magnificent déjeuner was given.

The Tol-House,---Since the erection of the New Town Hall, and the transference of prisoners to the gaol at Norwich, the old Tol-House has become useless: the front portion of it, however, is an unusually interesting piece of architecture, containing two of the most beautiful Early English doors that remain to us, and the lower part forming the ancient gaol, which ought most certainly to be preserved as a specimen of what gaols were in early days. The corporation, having regard simply to finance, proposed to sell the whole site and buildings, but on consideration they willingly arranged upon certain conditions to secure the preservation of the ancient part of the building, which is accordingly let on lease to a corporate body, the Mayor and the Vicar, with others added from time to time, who will preserve, as long as possible, one of the most interesting relics in this, to the Antiquary, most interesting town. The report of Mr. Loftus Brock and Messrs. Bottle and Olley, joint architects, states that a sum of about £1,200 will be required to restore the building and erect certain necessary adjuncts, and it is hoped that archæologists generally will respond to the appeal that has been made.

The Royal Assembly and Reading Rooms, adjoining the Victoria Esplanade, were erected by a public company in 1863, from a design by Mr. H. H. Collins, of London: the total cost was £5,000: they are now the property of Mr. William Butcher, of Norwich.

The corn market is held on the Hall quay.

The market days are wednesday and saturday. The fairs are held on Shrove monday and tuesday, and on Easter friday and saturday.

The Custom House, on the Quay, is a large and handsome building.

The Bath House (to which has been added a comfortable family hotel), situate in the centre of the Marine drive, is held on lease from the corporation by the executors of the late Mr. Samuel Walker Bly, for a term of 500 years from September, 1759, with a covenant that no other baths shall be erected on the corporation waste lands: it was rebuilt and enlarged in 1836, and fitted with baths of modern construction, and the bathing accommodation has since been extended form time to time to keep pace with the requirements of this rapidly improving town.

There are several small docks or basins belonging to the shipbuilders, one of which will take a 500-ton ship.

The first workhouse at Yarmouth was established, through the instrumentality of Mr. Owner, on a part of the site of the ancient hospital of St. Mary. All the old buildings were demolished in 1842, when the present school-rooms, with residences for the master and mistress, were erected. The present workhouse was built and opened in 1838, costing £7,000: it stands on the North Denes: when first erected it stood open to the Denes, and was built to hold 400 inmates. Land has since been granted on lease by the corporation, and a substantial brick and stone wall has been built on three sides, enclosing an area of about eight acres, including that on which the house stands. The house itself has also been enlarged by the addition of infirmaries, lunatic wards, and other buildings, so that at the present time the workhouse is capable of holding 500 inmates and its staff of officers. The Board of Guardians consists of 16 members, who hold their board meetings fortnightly at the Middlegate Hall.

The Public Library, South Quay, was established in 1802 by a number of shareholders and yearly subscribers; it now possesses a valuable collection of about 14,000 volumes of all classes of literature and on all subjects of general interest, and among them are 40 large folios of the Public Records, printed by the Government and deposited here for public use in 1825 including the great Domesday book of 1800; the new edition of 1875 has since been added. The library room is 45 feet long by 22 feet 6 inches wide. The reading room, which is 30 feet by 24 feet, is open to all subscribers, and is well supplied with the best London and local daily and weekly newspapers and the leading magazines of the day.

The Theatre Royal was erected in 1778, and was remodelled in 1820, and is capable of seating 800.

The Gaiety Theatre, in Victoria road, is a structure of wood, and was erected in 1881, and will seat about 1,800.

Telegraph offices are at Regent street, Marine parade (near the Norfolk hotel), and Fish Wharf (during the fishing season), and at Gorleston, and communicate with all parts of the world.

One of the chief ornaments of the town is the conspicuous column erected on the South Denes by county subscription in 1817, to commemorate Admiral Lord Nelson: it is a fine pillar, of the Doric order, with fluted shaft, and its extreme height is 144 feet: the summit is reached by 270 steps in the interior, and the views from it are varied and extensive: the roof of the shaft is supported by caryatides, and these are surmounted by a ball and figure of Britannia holding in her hands a trident and a laurel branch.

The Yarmouth Hospital and Dispensary was founded in 1838, and contains 30 beds.

The Sailors' Home a noble edifice of red and white brick situated on the Marine parade, was erected in 1860 at a cost of about £2,000, and is a refuge for the many shipwrecked seamen who are annually landed from the wrecks occurring on this dangerous part of our coast: since its establishment 5,717 such persons rescued from shipwreck have been received: there are baths and other appliances for the restoration of the apparently drowned: it contains also a reading-room, library and small museum for the use and benefit of sea-faring persons; it is supported principally by voluntary contributions; Henry Edward Buxton esq. is the honorary treasurer, and Mr. George Thomas Watson, secretary

The Walrond Memorial Smack Boys' Home and Fishermen's Institute, on the Ballast quay, was erected in 1875: it contains all the necessary appliances for securing the comfort and accommodation of smack boys when ashore: the buildings are of a Gothic character, freely treated, and contain office, dining room, reading-room, large room for meetings, dormitories on the separate bunk system, rooms for the manager and necessary offices: it will accommodate 38 boys, each having a separate bed and apartment.

The Boys' Home, in Belfort place, was founded in 1870, for the purpose of feeding, clothing and bringing up destitute children, giving them the advantages of a family in every respect: it is unsectarian, the only qualification being that the boys are poor and without friends: it is supported by voluntary contributions and the boys' own industry.

Yarmouth is the headquarters of the Norfolk regiment (Regimental district No. 9); the barracks are at Southdown.

The Naval Hospital, situate at the southern extremity of the town, is now occupied as a Naval Lunatic Asylum, it being the only one in the kingdom, and is open daily for visitors: the inmates consist of 40 officers of all ranks and 160 seamen and marines, making a total of 200. Further south is the depôt for the 4th battalion Norfolk regiment (2nd Norfolk Militia) and Prince of Wales' Own Norfolk Artillery Militia: it was erected in 1850. There are two corps of volunteers, one artillery and the other rifles: the butts are on the North Denes. The Drill Hall of the rifle volunteers was erected in 1867, on St. Peter's plain and covers a space of ground 147 feet in length by 65 feet in width: the south elevation, which is the principal front, presents a picturesque appearance: the large hall is roofed in one span with elliptic ribs, and is lighted chiefly by a skylight at the apex of the roof; the ribs and trusses of the roof are stained brown with stencilled patterns and edgings in white and gold, and the general effect is very good.

The Volunteer Artillery Drill hall, built in 1881, is 66 feet long and 35 feet wide.

The trade of Yarmouth is the supply of the towns on the rivers, which are navigated by wherries and lighters. During the year ending March 25th, 1882, 87,540 tons of coals were imported, the port and haven dues upon which were £1,459; 147,688 quarters of corn and see were imported and exported, the port and haven dues upon which were £923 1s. There has been of late years a large increase in vessels of 150 tons and upwards, the tonnage of which, during the year, was 80,214: vessels of smaller size amounted to 87,649 tons; the dues on the two classes of vessels amounting to £3,100 19s. 3d.; the dues upon fishing vessels were £2,527 13s 4d.; the total amount of collection of port and haven dues was £11,319 17s. 10d. Barley is the chief article of export. There are numerous and very extensive malting-houses in Yarmouth and its neighbourhood, belonging to Messrs. E. Lacon and Sons and to the metropolitan brewers and others, which afford employment for a large number of hands. The town is a great centre of the fishing trade; the herring fishery, for which Yarmouth is so highly and justly celebrated, employs upwards of 800 first-class smacks of 15 tons and upwards, carrying form 6 men each; and a somewhat larger number of vessels of smaller size, whilst a very large number of persons, both men and women, are employed on shore in salting and curing the fish: those called "red herrings" being first cured with salt and afterwards dried with the smoke of a wood fire: the produce is equal to one-fifth of the entire return of the herring fisheries throughout the kingdom, the number taken being reckoned by "lasts," each last consisting of about 13,000 herrings; from September to the end of November is the time for herring fishing; there are also fisheries for mackerel, cod, sprats, turbot, soles, skate, whitings, eels and shrimps. A large portion of this produce is sent to London, Manchester, Birmingham and other distant towns. The Fish Wharf, on the South Denes (commenced April 20th, 1867, opened February, 1869) is 2,251 feet in length, with shed 750 feet long and 40 feet wide: the roof rests on 148 iron columns, about 9 feet high in front, and 7 in the rear; the cost was about £23,000: on the east side are fish salesmen's offices, and at the rear of the market a series of curing houses and yards. Ship and boat building employ many hands, and vessels of 460 tons are built here. There are several rope and twine and trawl net manufactories. The silk crepe works belonging to Messrs. Grout and Co., erected in 1818, give employment to nearly 1,000 operatives of both sexes.

There are steam packets to and from London, Hull, and Newcastle, for passengers and goods, and the Scotch steam packets pass through Yarmouth Roads and occasionally land and embark passengers.

The Aquarium, the lower storey of which was built in 1876, has now been completed on a somewhat modified yet considerable scale: it comprises a large hall for entertainments about 115 by 60 feet, with spacious promenade galleries on the upper floor; the hall at the south end has a large and well constructed stage, provided with the most modern appliances, having a depth of nearly 40 feet and a width of about 50 feet, the proscenium opening being 33 feet wide: on each side of the hall are the Aquarium tanks: the main entrances are to the south, the corridors, and the staircases to galleries being of ample width, with cloak and retiring rooms adjoining: large doors at the north end of the large hall open on to the spacious north corridor, the refreshment department and the lavatories being on the opposite side of the corridor: there are public entrances at each end of this corridor and a broad staircase at the west end leading to the minor hall on the upper floor, which is approached by a spacious lobby, and is about 80 feet long and 38 feet wide, with gallery at the west end: large doors on south side of the minor hall open on to the promenade gallery of large hall and to east terrace: to the north of minor hall are lavatories and retiring rooms, and also a bar about 40 feet by 20 feet with various smaller rooms: the south front is entirely new and forms an imposing elevation in the Italian style, the material of which it is built is buffa terra cotta: this front has also a projecting ornamental iron verandah and balcony: the remaining elevations are chiefly of brick with moulded brick or stone dressings, the old ground floor being retained: the expenditure incurred in completing the buildng was about £10,000: the architects are Messrs. Bottle and Olley.

Races take place on the South Denes, in August. There is also a yearly regatta, in the roadstead, and another on Breydon Water, near Burgh Castle.

Among the curiosities are the remains of the town walls, gates and towers. The Star Hotel contains some curious carvings and pendant ceilings: and No. 4, South quay (the residence of Mr. Samuel Aldred, built in 1596), contains some fine Elizabethan rooms, in one of which, according to tradition, the death of Charles I. was determined on: it belongs to the Carter family, and a granddaughter of Oliver Cromwell resided in it. In the neighbourhood of Yarmouth is the site of the Roman camp at burgh, called Garianonum, one of the most perfect and considerable of such remains in Great Britain; and the ruins of Caister Castle, erected by the renowned Sir John Fastolf in the fifteenth century; also some curious parish churches.

The parish comprises 1,510 acres; rateable value, £120,545; the population in 1881 was 37,313, and of the borough, 1871, was 41,819, and in 1881, 46,159, —viz., Great Yarmouth, 37,151; Gorleston and Southtown, 9,008; Cobholm Island is included with the return for Great Yarmouth.

For description of GORLESTON, SOUTHTOWN and COBHOLM ISLAND, see "Suffolk Directory."

Parish Clerk, Edward John Lupson, Church plain.

Official Establishments, Local Institutions, &c.

POST, MONEY ORDER & TELEGRAPH OFFICE,
Savings Bank & Goverment Annuitity & Insurance Office,
Hall quay & Regent street
Postmaster----Charles Henry Stevens Geake.

HOURS OF ATTENDANCE:

Ordinary business, 7 .m. till 9 p.m. week days; 8 till 10 a.m. sundays
Money Orders, Savings Bank, Government Insurances and Annuities,
     9 a.m. till 6 p.m. on week days only
Telegraph business, 7 a.m. till 9 p.m. on week days; 8 till 10 a.m. & 5 till 6 p.m. on sundays

ARRIVAL OF MAILS.

Letters for delivery to Yarmouth may be posted at the head office, 1st delivery, up to 6.45 a.m.; 2nd, up to 10 a.m.; 3rd, up to 1 p.m.; 4th, up to 7.30 p.m. For Gorleston, 1st delivery, up to 4.50 a.m.; 2nd, up to 10.30 a.m.; 3rd, up to 3 p.m.

DISPATCH OF MAILS.

RECEIVING & MONEY ORDER OFFICES & Savings Banks.—Five collections on week days;
on sundays two collections. In the Southtown district three collections on week days; on sundays one collection. These letters are delivered in the town. Fist collection at 7 a.m.; second at 10.30 a.m.; third at 1.45 p.m. & fourth at 8 p.m.
Blackfriars road, Edward Towler
Caister road, Benjamin Britton
Crown road, Miss Sarah Harris (not amoney order office)
King street, William Palmer
Market place, Henry Pechey
Nelson road (North) (corner of St. Nicholas road), George Yallop
St. Petre's road, Henry Frederick Calver
Cobholm Island
Southtown, George Harrison Nicholson
Gorleston, William B. Cockrill
Gorleston (South), William Cockrill
LETTER BOXES are placed at the following places:—
Caister road (near the workhouse); Church plain; Kimberley terrace; King street (at the entrance of Alma road) & King street (at the entrance of York road); Marine parade (near the Royal hotel) & Marien parade (near Holkham hotel); North quay (bottom of Conge); Queen's road (near the Royal Naval Hospial); Regent road (central) & Regent road (near the Royal aquarium); St. George's road (Park)l South quay (bottom of St. Peter's paved row) & South quay (opposite the Trinity stores); Theatre plain; Southtown (near the railway station) & Southtown (near the Greyhound inn); Gorleston, High street; & Gorleston, Nile road

CORPORATION. MAYOR—Charles Cory Aldred
DEPUTY-MAYOR—Thomas Burton Steward
HIGH-STEWARD—Sir E. H. K. Lacon bart. M.P.
RECORDER—Simon Reeve esq

ALDERMEN

COUNCILLORS.

Quarterly meetings of the Council at the Town Hall, at four o'clock in the afternoon of the second tuesday in February, May & August & an noon on the 9th November

ALDERMEN OF WARDS.

North or St. Nicholas'	St. George's Ward
Ward	Benjamin Howard Press
William Hurry Palmer	Nelson Ward
Market Ward	Henry Robert Harmer
Henry Teasdel	Gorleston & Southtownor
Regent Ward	St. Andrew's Ward
Allison Davie Stone	Edward Pitt Youell

OFFICERS OF THE CORPORATION & URBAN SANITARY AUTHORITY.

Town Clerk & Clerk to the Urban Sanitary Authority, Tomas Matthias Baker, Town hall
Treasurer & Registrar of the Borough Court of Records, Charles Somerville Orde, Hall quay
Auditors, Wm. Mabson, John H. Norman & Geo, Hammond
Borough Accountant, Henry Teasdel, jun. Town hall
Clerk of the Peace, Isaac Preston, jun. 13 Regent street
Coroner, William Holt, South quay
Medical Officer of Health, John Bateley, Gorleston
Surgeon to the Police Force (Yarmouth district), John Dawson M.D. 30 Regent street
Surgeon to the Police Force (Gorleston district), John Bately, Gorleston
Borough Surveyor U Inspector of Gas Meters, John William Cockrill, Town hall
Head Constable, William Brogden, Town hall
Organist of St. George's Chapel, Thomas Tunbridge
Superintendent of Fire Brigade, Wm. Brigden, Town hall
Inspector of Nuisances, Patrick O'Connor, 76 Nelson road
Receiver of Corporation Rents & River bure Dues, Wm. Hanworth, 29 South quay
Inspector of Hackney Carriages, William Brogden
Inspector of Weights & Measures, Robert Josiah Buddery, Town hall
Fish Wharf Master, George Henry Jay
Superintendent of Roads, Aaron Ward, St. Nicholas road
Collectors of Rates, Fredk. Forder (North ward); Robert Ladbroke (Market ward);
Robert Hill (Regent ward); Albert Smith (St. George's ward);
Fredk. Harbert (Nelson ward); William Thomas Blyth (Gorleston & Southtown)
Sergeant-at-Mace, James G. Ellis, 39 Regnt road
Town Crier, Henry Thompson, Row 54
Parish Clerk, Edward John Lupson, Church plain
Sexton & Superintendent of Yarmouth Cemertery, John James Mann
Sexton Gorleston Cemetery, John Eagle
Hall Keeper, Charles Wilson
Chapel Clerk, Benjamin Spanton
Veterinary Inspector, Wm. Shipley, 17 Southtown road
Neatherd, Benjamin Waller


BOROUGH MAGISTRATES. The Mayor                                             }
The Mayor last in office.                         } Ex officio
Charles Cory Alfred, Dene house, Regent road
William Barnard Caister
William Henry Bessey, 17 Britannia terrace
Lovewell Blake, Ormsby St. Margaret
Walter Brown, 68 St. George's road
William Palgrave Brown, 82 Southtown road
Richard Bryant
Henry Edmund buxton, Hall quay
James Cherry (London)
John Clarke, Felbrigg
Edward Henry Harvey Combe, Southtown
John William de Caux, 2 Regent road
Isaac Hill, 2 Camperdown place
Frederick Dendy, Gorleston
Richard Enfield Dowson, Southtown
John Henry Fellows, Southtown
William Harrison, 7 Bath place
Benjamin Jay, 149 King street
Richard Martins, 7 South quay
Samuel Nightingale, jun. North quay
John Arundel Norman, Theatre plain
Robert Harry Inglis Palgrave, Fritton
Arthur Palmer, 43 Nelson road south
Frederick Palmer, 52 South quay
Garwood Burton Palmer, Gorleston
Salmon Palmer, 57 South quay
William Hurry Palmer, 17 South quay
Thomas Saul, 30 Southtown road
John Caporn Smith, 24 King street
Samuel Waters Spelman, South Dene lodge
Thomas Burton Steward, South View house, Albert square
Allison Davie Stone, 65 South quay
Henry Teasdel, Southtown
Charles Woolverton, St. George's dene
Edward Pitt Youell, Hall quay & Gorleston

Clerk, William Holt, 6 South quay
Borough Petty Sessions are held at the Town Hall every monday, wednesday,
friday & saturday at 11 o'clock

CONSUL. Belgium, Lovewell Blake, Hall Quay chambers

VICE-CONSULS.

Austria, Alfred Wilkinson, South Quay chambers (& Lowestoft)
Denmark, William Palgrave Brown, Southtown
France, Horatio Littlewood, South Quay chambers (Norfolk & Suffolk)
Germany, Matthew Butcher, St. Peter's road
Greece, Matthew Butcher, St. Peter's rpad (& Lowestoft)
Italy, Matthew Butcher, St. Peter's rpad (& Lowestoft)
Netherlands, William Palgrave Brown, Southtown
Portugal, Matthew Butcher, St. Peter's rpad (& Lowestoft)
Russia, Horatio Littlewood, South Quay chambers
Spain, Henry William Turrell, York rd. (including Lynn)
Turkey, Henry William Turrell, York road
Uruguay, Henry William Turrell, York road

INSURANCE COMPANIES. East Coast Mutual Marine Insurance Co. Limited (John William de Caux, sec.), Regent road
Freight & Outfit Assurance Association (William Palgrave Brown, sec.), Southtown
Gorleston Mutual Insurance Co. Limited (Henry Cowl, sec.), 14 South quay
Great Yarmouth Amicable Assurance Association, (William Palgrave Brown, sec.), Southtown
Great Yarmouth New Mutual Smack Fishing Insurance Association Limited

(Herbert Francis Brooks, sec.), 60 South quay
Great Yarmouth Mutual Total Loss Fishing Insurance Association
(Herbert Francis Brooks, sec.), 60 South quay
Short Blue Mutual Fishery Association Lim. (John Thomas Clarke, solicitor), 12 Regent street

INSURANCE AGENTS. Accidental, J. H. Cooper, Hall plain
British & Irish Plate Glass, J. H. Cooper, Hall plain
Commercial Union, Turrell & Torkildsen, York road; T. A. Rising, 9 South quay; J. C. Ayers, National Provincial bank; A. T. Durrant, 2 Royal place, Wellington road; J. H. Cooper, Hall plain
Clerical, Medical & General, J. H. Cooper, Hall plain
County Fire, A. C. Ayers, National Provincial band; T. Baynes. 8 Bideford terrace,

Wellesley road; J. T. Clarke, 12 Regent street; William Hanworth, Row 112, 29 South quay; John Humphries, 9 South quay; Wm. Henry Palmer, Hall quay; Palmer & Rayson, Regent street; & William Frank Starling, 4 Blenheim pl. Apsley road
Economic Life, H. Teasdel, jun. Town hall
Edinburgh Life, J. T. Clarke, 12 Regent street
Emperor, H. F. Brooks, 60 South quay
Employers' Liability Insurance Corporation Limited, L. Blake, Hall Quay chambers;
Turrell & Torkildsen, York road
Essex & Suffolk Fire, S. Aldred, 4 South quay
Gresham Life, R. W. Bateman
Guardian, William Mabson, 6 Euston road
Hand-in-Hand, Charles G. Baker, St. George's plain
Imperial Fire, M. S. H. Butcher, St. Peter's house & C. H. Wiltshire, Hall plain
Lancashire Fire, H. F. Brooks, 60 South quay
Law Union, Z. Rayson, 8 Regent street
Liverpool & London & Globe, Isaac Preston, jun. 13 Regent street; James Woolverton,
23 Regent street; J. A. Norman & Son, Theatre plain
London Assurance, F. S. Costerton, Queen street
London & Lancashire Fire, J. J. Goff, Hall quay
London Guarantee & Accident, H. A. R. Boteler, 3 Nethergate terrace; Turrell & Torkildsen,
York road
Mutual Fire, A. E. Cowl, 14 South quay
North British & Mercantile Fire & Life, C. Stacy-Watson, Quay house
National Provincial Plate Glass, J. A. Norman & Son, Theatre plain
Norwich & London Accidental Association, H. F. Brooks, 60 South quay
Norwich Accidental, James Woolverton, 23 Regent street
Norwich Union Fire & Life, Thomas M. Baker, Town hall; Fredk. W. Bales; J. S. Clowes,
13 Queen street; Harmer & Ruddock, Hall plain; W. A. Glanfield, 1 St. George's road; A. S. Hewitt; William Holt, 6 South quay; J. N. Mortson; R. R. B. Norman, St. George's road; W. S. Poll, 32 Regent rd; Wm. Sayer, Hall quay
Ocean, Railway & General Accident, William Arthur Glanfield, 1 St. George's road
Pelican Life & Phœnix Fire, L. Blake, Hall Quay chambers
Provident Life, W. Hanworth, South quay; J. Humphries; Z. Rayson. 8 Regent street;
J. T. Clarke, 12 Regent street
Railway & General Accidental Death, S. Aldred, 4 South quay
Railway Passengers', S. Aldred, 4 South quay
Royal Exchange, S. C. Burton, 2 King street
Royal Farmers' & General, H. Goodwin, 19 Regent street
Scottish Amicable Life, Jas. Bond, Bank house Hall quay
Scottish Equitable Life, J. E. Clowes, Hall quay
Scottish Provident, A. E. Cowl, 14 South quay; Richard Turner Ruddock, Hall plain
Scottish Provincial, J. Taylor, National Provincial Bank, Hall quay
Scottish Widows' Fund, C. H. Wiltshire, Hall plain
Sovereign Life, J. S. Cobb, 28 King street; J. S. Clowes, 13 Queen street
Star Life, H. F. Brooks, 60 South quay
Suffolk Alliance, G. F. Crane, 60 South beach
Sun Fire, H. Lawson, North quay
United Kingdom Temperance & General Provident Institution, William Norman,
18 King street
Wakefield Marine, H. Cowl, 14 South quay


EMIGRATION OFFICES. Quay house, C. Stacy-Watson, passenger broker & forwarding agent to all the principal lines

PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS. Board of Trade Surveyors' Office, Peter Paxton, surveyor, Hall quay
Cemetery Office, Church plain, John James Mann, superintendent & sexton
Cemetery (Catholic), Caister road, William Smith, keeper
Coastguard station, Marine parade, Commander Walter William Poynder R.N. inspecting

commander; Henry Wrate R.N. chief officer
County Court, holden at the Town hall, Yarmouth, monthly, Sir Francis Roxburgh Q.C. judge;
Edward Wm. Worlledge M.A. registrar, high bailiff & district registrar of the High Court of Justice; John Etheridge, chief clerk; office, 11 South quay (hours 10 till 4, except thursdays, when the office closes at 1 o'clock). A County Court is held once a month. The district includes the following parishes:— In Norfolk:— Ashby-with-Oby, Billockby, Burgh St. Margaret, Burgh St. Mary, Caister, Clippesby, Filby, Freethorpe, Halvergate, Hemsby, Horsey-next-the-Sea, Limpenhoe, Martham, Mautby, Ormesby (Great), Ormesby (Little), Potter Heigham, Reedham, Repps, Rollesby, Runham, Scratby, Somerton (East), Somerton (West), Southwood, Stokesby-with-Herringby, Thrigby, Thurne, Tunstall, Wickhampton & Winterton. In Suffolk:— Belton, Bradwell, Burgh Castle, Fritton, Gorleston & Hopton.

Custom House, South quay, John Robertson, collector; Jeremiah Dodsworth, 1st clerk; Lewis
Samuel Blomfield, 2nd clerk; John Kay Howard, acting examining officer; Robert G. Whittingstall, Samuel Nightingale Mede & James Phelan, assisting examining officers
Fish Wharf, South Denes, Geo. Hen. Jay, wharf master
Fishermen's Almshouses, Church plain

Home for Destitute Boys, Belfort place, St. Nicholas road, C. A. Ducket M.D. trea. & hon. sec.;
Martin Edmonds, superintendent; Mrs. Ellen Lydia Edmonds, matron
Inland Revenue Office, 35 South quay. Tax Department: Yarmouth district, comprising the
borough of Great Yarmouth & the Hundreds of East Flegg & West Flegg, Walsham, Loddon & Clavering, in Norfolk; & Wangford, Blything, Mutford & Lothingland & borough of Dunwich, in Suffolk. Stephen Baker, surveyor of taxes; Edward Simmons, clerk; Collectors of taxes, G. W. Kett (St. Nicholas' & St. George's wards); Miles Juler (Market ward); Thomas Baynes (Regent ward); W. T. Palmer (Nelson ward); Reginald Starling Norgate (Gorleston-cum-SouthtownSouthtown). Excise Department, George Compton, Norwich, collector; William Ecockes, supervisor; H. B. Davey, inspector of corn returns; Charles Edward Murnane & James John Murtagh, officers
Masonic Hall (only used now for balls, concerts, &c), St. George's row west,
Charles Cotton, proprietor
Parochial Library & Museum, The Priory
Police Office (Borough) Middlegate street, William Brogden, chief constable; Thomas Snelling &
William Dann, inspectors: the force consists of, in addition to the above, 7 sergeants & 36 constables; John Dawson M.D. surgeon to the Borough police
Port & Haven Dues Office, Town hall. Commissioners: Norfolk—Robert Rising, chairman;
John Penrice & Samuel Henry Cooke; Suffolk—John Crisp, James Peto & Rev. James Farr Reeve; Norwich—Jacob Henry Tillett M.P., Henry S. Patteson & Harry Ballard; Yarmouth----Charles C. Aldred, Charles Diver, Allison Davie Stone & Horatio Fenner; Sir E. H. K. Lacon bart. trea.; Isaac Preston, clerk; John Tolver Waters, assistant clerk; Sir John Coode C.E. (London), engineer; Robert James Carter Day, pier master; Thomas Cress, ballast & harbour master; W. Teasdel C.E. deputy engineer; George Smowton, bridge master; J. Pumfrey, crane master; Henry Teasdel, jun. accountant & dues collector
Public Library & Reading Room, South quay, Bishop of Norwich, patron; S. C. Burton esq.
president; Sir E. H. Lacon bart. M.P. E. Birkbeck esq. M.P. & C. C. Aldred, esq. vice-presidents; Richard Robert Bowles Norman M.D. treasurer; Charles Hall, sec. & librarian
Royal Naval Hospital (lunatic asylum), Queen's road, Duncan Hilston M.D., R.N. fleet surgeon in
charge; Thomas Browne M.D. fleet surgeon R.N.; Henry Ashley T. Cummins R.N. store keeper &am; cashier; Charles William Horne, clerk; Jas. R. Gardner, dispenser; William Smith, clerk of works
Royal Yarmouth Hospital & Dispensary, Dene side, C. S. Orde, esq. treasurer; C. A. Duckett
M.D. honorary secretary; Charles Palmer, Daniel Meadows, Thomas Lettis & A. C. Mayo, medical officers; Philip H. Kidd M.B. house surgeon
Sailors' Home & Refuge for the Shipwrecked, Marine parade, Henry Edward Buxton esq. hon.
treasurer; R. B. Norman M.D. hon. surgeon; George Thos. Watson, secretary
St. George's Hall (for auctions, public meetings &c.), King Street,
James Hargrave Harrison, proprietor
Shipwrecked Fishermen & Mariners' Royal Benevolent Society, Sailors' Home, Marine parade,
G. T. Watson, hon. agent
Smack Boys' Home, South quay, Frank Burton & C. F. Lucas, hon. secs.;
Charles Swanbrow, manager
Southtown Barracks (James Wade, barrack sergeant)
Stamp Office, Row 71, Hall plain, John Howes Cooper, distributor
Sub-Commissioners of Pilotage Office, Custom house, South quay, John Robertson,
Captain Thomas Emerson, & Percy Baumgartner, sub-commissioners
Theatre Royal , Theatre plain, Albert Terry Hurst, lessee; Joseph George Flower, resident manager
Theatre (Gaiety), Victoria road, John Claude Mason, proprietor; Edward Gardner, manager
Town Hall, Quay, Charles Wilson, hall keeper
Trinity Stores, Southgates road, Thos. Emerson, supt
Yarmouth Market, James Percey (London), lessee of tolls;
William Brewer, Market road, clerk & collector

YARMOUTH UNION.
Comprising the parish of Great Yarmouth.
Board day, 1st & 3rd friday in every month, at 3 p.m. at the Town hall. Clerk to the Guardians, Frederick Danby Palmer, 1 South quay
Collectors, James William Lattimore, 24 Market road (Market ward), William J. Pitcher,

33 South quay(Regent ward); Arthur R. Browne, Southampton place (St. George's ward); Benjamin C. Child, South quay (North ward); John G. Neave (44 St. Gorge's road (Nelson ward); W. C. Darby, Southtown (Gorleston & Southtown)
Relieving officers, North district, J. D. Hayes, 8 Nelson road north;
South district, Charles Rumbold, jun. Dene side
Vaccination officer, G. M. Burton, 11 Waverley terrace, York road
Medical Officers, North district, Alexander Mitchell M.D. Regent road;
South district, James Ryley, 141 King st
Public Vaccinator, John Dawson M.D. 30 Regent street; Station, Middlegate hall,
Middlegate street, tuesdays, 11 to 1
Superintendent Registrar, Frederick Danby Palmer, 1 South quay;
Deputy, Wm. John Pitcher, 33 South quay
Registrar of Births & Deaths, North sub-district, Frederick William Ferrier, Hall quay;
South sub-district, Joseph Henry Bayly, 44 Dene side
Registrar of Marriages, Lovewell Blake, Hall Quay chambers;
Deputy, Ernest B. Blake, same address
Workhouse, Caister road, Thomas Blyth, master; Rev. Edward Whitehead M.A. chaplain;
J. C. Smith, medical officer; Mrs. Elizabeth Blyth, matron

EAST & WEST FLEGG INCORPORATION. The incorporation of Flegg (East and West) comprises the following places:—

Ashby, Billockby, Burgh St. Margaret & St. Mary, Caister-next-Yarmouth, Clippesby, East Somerton, Filby, Hemsby, Martham, Mautby, Oby, Ormesby St. Margaret, Ormesby St. Michael, Repps-with-Bastwick, Rollesby, Runham, Scratby, Stokesby-with-Herringby, Thurne, Thrigby, East & West Somerton & Winterton. The population of the incorporation in 1881 was 9,700; rateable value, £63,563.
Board day, every other tuesday at 11 o'clock at the workhouse, Rollesby Clerk to the Guardians, John Cory, Howard street, Yarmouth
Relieving & Vaccination Officer, East & West Flegg district, Robert Bradfield, Ormesby St. Margaret
Medical Officers & Public Vaccinators,
Bure district, S. J. F. Stafford, Great Yarmouth;
East Flegg district, R. M.D. Ormesby St. Margaret;
West Flegg district, F. T. Waller, Burgh & A. Crisp, Martham
Superintendent Registrar, John T. Waller, Burgh
Registrar of Births & Deaths,
East Flegg sub-district, Thomas Bradfield, Ormesby St. Margaret;
West Flegg sub-district, Anthony Crisp, Martham
Registrar of Marriages, Thomas Bradfield, Ormesby St. Margaret
Workhouse, Rollesby, James Sewell, master; Rev. John W. Clapcott, chaplain;
Robert Woodman M.D. medical officer; Mrs. Hannah Harris, matron; Miss Martha Claxton, schoolmistress

RURAL SANITARY AUTHORITY. Clerk, John Cory, Howard street, Yarmouth
Medical Officer of Health, John T. Waller, Burgh
Inspector of Nuisances, Thomas Crane Edmonds, Caister


MILITARY.
REGIMENTAL DISTRICT No. 9. The Norfolk Regiment, Col. F. G. C. Probart, lieut.-col. commanding regimental district;

A. H. Longfield, major; Lieut, Charles Thompson, adjutant; Capt. G. W. Barnes, paymaster regimental district
Norfolk Regiment (4th Battalion) (2nd Norfolk Militia); headquarters, South Denes,
H. C. Mathew, lieut.-col. commanding; Charles Applewhite & Hon. Lieut.-Col. E. B. K. Lacon, majors; Major Wm. Dods, adjutant; A. Reeves, quartermaster
Norfolk Regiment (2nd Volunteer Battalion) (comprising A B C D E F G H & I companies),
headquarters, Drill hall, York road, H. E. Buxton, lieut.-colonel; Captain D. K. Robertson, adjutant; C. L. Chipperfield, quartermaster; J. Bately, surgeon; E. Fawcett M.B. acting surgeon; Rev. R. M. Marshall M.A. hon. chaplain; Rev. G. Venables S.C.L. & Rev. J. Lancaster, acting chaplains; A company, Capt. Bunn, commandant; B company, Capt. John Taylor, commdt.; C company, Capt. Walter Diver, commandant; D company, Capt. J. S. Clowes, commandant; E company, Gorleston, Capt. C. S. Orde, commandant; J. Bately, surgeon; Rev. G. Venables, chaplain
GARRISON ARTILLERY, EASTERN DIVISION. 2nd Brigade (Prince of Wales' Own Norfolk, Artillery Militia). headquarters, South Denes,
Lord Suffield, K.C.B. lieut.-colonel; Captain E. R. M. Pratt, instructor of artillery; Hon. H. C. Denison R.A. adjutant; H. Stembridge, quartermaster; Surg.-Major J. C. Smith, med. off
Norfolk & Suffolk (1st) Artillery Volunteers (comprising 7 batteries, headquarters, Drill hall,
Nelson road, H. M. Leathes, colonel; W. J. Freeman, major; Capt. R. C. E. North R.A. adjutant; E. Cooke, quartermaster; T. H. Moxon, surgeon; W. M. Vores M.B. & E. R. Blackett M.D. acting surgns.; Rev. B. Vaux M.A. hon. chaplain; Rev. J. Jessopp M.A. & Rev. P. L. Cautley B.A. acting chaplains; batteries 1 & 2, Capt. T. Burton Steward, commandant; W. M. Vores, surgeon

PUBLIC OFFICERS. Charity Trustees, Sir E. H. K. Lacon, bart. M.P. chairman; C. C. Aldred J.P. vice-chairman;

B. Jay J.P. Rev. G. Venables, vicar (ex officio), H. E. Buxton J.P. R. H. J. Palgrave J.P. Thos. B. Steward J.P. Thos. P. Burroughs, W. J. Foreman & C. H. Wiltshire
Clerk to the Assessment Committee of Yarmouth Union, Frederick Danby Palmer,
1 South quay
Clerk to the Charity Trustees, Thomas Alfred Rising, 3 South quay
Clerk to the Commissioners of Taxes for East & West Flegg, Robert Cory, Howard street
Clerk to the Haven Commissioners, Isaac Preston, South qy
Clerk to the Winterton Drainage Commissioners, Chas. Henry Wiltshire, Hall plain
Clerk to the Income, Land & Assessed Tax Commissioners, Frederick William Ferrier,
Hall plain
District Registrar of the High Court of Justice, Edward William Worlledge M.A.
11 South quay
Lloyd's Agents, T. Small & Co. South Quay chambers
Receiver of Wreck for the Port of Great Yarmouth, John Robertson, South quay
Registrar of the Court of Survey, Edward Wm. Worlledge, 11 South quay
Stamp Distributor, John Howes Cooper. Row 71, Hall plain
Supervisor of Inland Revenue, Wm Ecockes, 35 South quay
Surveyor of Taxes, Stephen Baker, 35 South quay
Vestry Clerk, Henry Robert Harmer, Hall plain; Assistant, Cornelius Hunter, 4 York road


PLACES OF WORSHIP, with Times of Service. The Parish Church of St. Nicholas, Church plain (date A.D. 1100), Rev. George Venables S.C.L.,

F.R.A.S. Rural Dean of Flegg & Hon. Canon of Norwich, vicar; Rec. A. B. M. Ley M.A.; Rev. F. Baggallay M.A.; Rev. A. W. Icely B.A.; Rev. J. D. Home; Rev. A. R. Cory B.A.; Rev. W. H. Wilkins B.A.; Rev. T. L . Stack B.A. curates; Edward John Lupson, parish clerk; 10.30 a.m. 6.30 p.m.; prayers daily 11 a.m. 4 p.m.; wed. 7.30 p.m.
St. George's (Chapel of Ease), King street (date, 1715), Rev. J. J. Raven D.D. chaplain,
10.45 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; tues. 11 a.m.
St. Peter's St. Peter's road, Rev. William Thorpe Goodrich, incumbent, 10.45 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.;
thurs. 7.30 a.m. fri. 11 a.m.
St. John's (Sailors' Church), York road, Rev. Arthur John Spencer M.A. minister, 10.30 a.m.
3.0 & 6.30 p.m.; daily 8.0; fri. 7.30 p.m.
St. Andrew's (Wherrymen's Mission), North quay (date, 1859), Rev. George Girling, 10.45 a.m.
& 6.30 p.m.; thurs. 7.30p.m.
St. James' (Beach & Harbour Mission), Queen's road (date, 1862),
Rev. George Augustus Fredk. Quentin M.A. 10.45 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; tues. 7.30 p.m.
St. Mary's Catholic, Regent street, Rev. Thomas Williams S.J. & Rev. James Foley S.J. priests,
10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.
Friends' Meeting House, Howard street (entrance in Row 60)

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Baptist, Wellesley road, Rev. Edwin Tucker, minister, 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.
Baptist, St. George's park, Rev. Charles M. Hardy B.A. minister, 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.
Baptist, York road, vacant, 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; thurs. 7.30 p.m.
Brethren (Salem), Albion road, 10.45 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.
Congregational, King street, Rev. William Griffiths M.A. minister, 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.;

mon. & wed. 7.30 p.m.
Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion, Fish street, Rev. James Bennets, minister,
10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.
Mariners', South quay, no regular minister, 2.30 p.m.
Methodist New Connexion, King street, vacant, 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.
Primitive Methodist, Priory plain, Rev. Albert Hebblethwaite B.D. minister,
10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.
Primitive Methodist, Southtown, no regular minister
Primitive Methodist, Queen's road, Rev. Frederick Wm. Brett, minister
Unitarian (Old Meeting House), Middlegate street, Rev. Arthur Peaton, minister,
10.45 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.
United Methodist Free Church, Regent road, Rev. Fred Lamb, minister, 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.
Wesleyan, Dene side, Rev. William Allen & Rev. Starkie Starkie, ministers,
10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; wed. 7 p.m.

GREAT YARMOUTH SCHOOL BOARD, The Board consists of 11 members, and was formed in 1875.

Clerk, Charles Henry Wiltshire; office, South quay
The Board meet at the Town Hall the 1st & 3rd tuesday in every month at 2.30 p.m.


RUNHAM-VAUXHALL SCHOOL BOARD. The Board consists of 5 members and was formed in 1876

Clerk, John Cory; office, Howard street
The Board meet at Howard street, the 3rd thursday in every month at 2.30 p.m.

BOARD SCHOOLS.

	Date.	Accommodates	Aver. Atten..
Stradbroke road...	1877	boys, girls & infants              631	538
Cobholm Island	1877	girls & infants                     :  295	208
St. George's....	1877	girls & infants                       472	308
Trafalgar road	1878	boys                                    200	187
Northgate	1880	boys, girls & infants              610
Day industrial		boys                                       60
		2,268

Board Schools, Northgate school, Rampart road, Thomas James Wigg, master; Miss Minie Cocks,
mistress; Miss Sarah Wegg, infants' mistress: (boys), Trafalgar road, Wm. Wallis, master: (girls' & infants'), St. Peter's plain, Mrs. Emma Raker, mistress; Miss Emma Darnell, infants' mistress: (mixed), Southtown, Miss Agnes Edith Gouken, mistress; Mrs. Jane Grayston, infants' mistress. Industrial School, Southtown, Mrs. R. Lamplough, matron
Runham-Vauxhall (Board School) (Mixed), James Bernard Ives, master

SCHOOLS. Government Schools of Art, Science & Navigation, 59 South quay; James Francis Ryan,

art master; William Stockton, science & navigation master; R. H. I. Palgrave, Frank Burton, E. W. Worlledge & T. Emerson esqrs. hon.secs
Grammar, Trafalgar road, Rev. John James Raven D.D. head master; J. G. Lamb M.A.
Horace Walker B.A. E. S. Pink Univ. Lond. W. Stockton B.Sc., W. Dick & W. Hind, assistant masters; Mons. Pringée, french master; Herr Slonitz, german master; Mr. Ryan, drawing master
British, St. George's road, average attendance 264; Alfred Alpe, master; Henry William Realff,
assistant master
Blue Coat Charity, Market place; average attendance 244; Joseph Green, master;
Miss Mary Elizabeth Lewin, mistress
Catholic (Mixed), Albion road; average attendance 151; Miss Mary Toomy, mistress;
Miss Whiten, infants' mistress
Gourlay (Wesleyan), Dene side; average attendance 245; William John Quick, master;
Mrs. Sarah Hayman, infants' mistress
Hospital (Foundation), Market place; average attendance 405; Benjamin William Spanton,
master; Miss Charlotte Hounsom Goffin, mistress
St. Nicholas Priory, Priory row; average attendance 676; Robert Mills, master;
Miss Harriett Hughes, mistress; Sarah Gamble, infants' mistress
St. Andrew's (Infant), North Quay; average attendance 139; Miss Frances Maria Beard, mistress
St. Peter's (National), Dene side; average attendance 418; George Henry Osborne, master;
Sarah Rudd, mistress; Miss Jane Ruthin, infants' mistress; built in 1840 to hold 500; number of registry 630
St. James' (National), Queen's road; average attendance 458; Edward Green, master;
Miss Barnaby Smith, mistress; Miss Maria Smith, infants' mistress
St. John's (National), Lancaster road; average attendance 207;
Miss Fanny Elizabeth Norman, mistress
Unitarian, 92 Row, Miss Elizabeth Tibnam, mistress


NEWSPAPERS. Yarmouth Chronicle (saturday), Charles Steer, publisher, 15 Howard street
Yarmouth Gazette & North Norfolk Constitutionalist (friday), Edward W. Shortman,

proprietor; Cooper & Son, printers & publishers; office, Hall plain
Yarmouth Independent & Eastern Counties Herald (saturday),
Henry Goodwin, manager, Hall plain
Yarmouth Mercuty (friday & saturday), South quay


RAILWAY CONVEYANCE. Great Eastern & East Suffolk Railway— Stations, Southtown road & Vauxhall;

Brian Bell, Southtown, station master.
Parcels Receiving & Enquiry Office, 32 Regent street
Eastern & Midlands Railway.—The Beach station, Nelson road north;
Osmund Horatio Syms, sec; William Joshua Price, district goods agent;
James Brown, stationmaster
Sutton & Co. (Joseph Jeffries, agent), 4 Fish street
Globe Parcels Express (Joseph Henry Bayley, agent), 44 Dene side


CONVEYANCE. GORLESTON.—The Yarmouth & Gorleston Tramway Co. Limited, every quarter hour
Lowestoft.—Warner's omnibus, during the season, leaves the Buck inn, Hall quay,

daily 10 a.m.; returning 7 p.m. Bowles' omnibus leaves the Buck inn, Hall quay, daily at 5 p.m.; & Drackett's omnibus leaves the Buck inn, daily at 5 p.m.
Omnibuses & flys to & from the railway stations to meet every train, & convey passengers to
any part of the town

WATER CONVEYANCE. HULL—The stemship Buccleuch, from the what, South quay, very tues. leaves Hull every fri.;

Clarke & Reeve, general managers, Norwich & Yarmouth; E. Haller, agent, Hull & Goole
LONDON.—The General Steam Navigation Co.'s steamship leaves Irongate wharf, London,
every wednesday afternoon; & the Bridge quay, Yarmouth, on sat. according to tide. Special arrangements for passenger service are made during the summer months. Regular steam service to Hamburg, Stettin, Harlingen, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Antwerp, Ostend, Bologn, Havre, Bordeaux, Oporto & Mediterranean. Christopher Stacey-Watson, agent for Yarmouth & Norwich
NEWCASTLE.—The iron steamship East Anglian, from the wharf, South quay, every wed. &
leaves Newcastle every friday; Clarke & Reeve, general managers, Norwich & Yarmouth; C. E. Wise, secretary, King's Lynn
Sailing vessels to London, Newcastle & Sunderland, weekly; & wherries to & from Norwich,
Bungay & Beccles, daily; agents, H. H. Barber & Co. South quay
Norwich screw steamer Alpha, every thursday & saturday; wherries to & from daily


CARRIERS.
With the places they go to & the inns they start from, with days & time of starting. ACLE—George Betts, 'Saracen's Head,' Church plain, wed. & sat. at 4.30 p.m.
BACTON & NORTH WALSHAM—Banyer, 'King's Arms,' Caister road. arrives on fri. at 6 p.m.

& leaves on sat. at 2 p.m.
BILLOCKBY—George Betts, 'Saracen's Head,' Church plain, sat. 4.30 p.m.
BLUNDESTON—Gage, Buck inn, Hall quay, wed. & sat. 4 p.m.
CALIFORNIA—Harbord, mon. wed. & sat. 4.30 p.m. from 'King's Arms,' Caister road
FILBY—Robert Cutting, 'White Horse,' Caister road, daily at 4 p.m.;
Adam Howes. 'White Horse,' Caister road, daily at 4.p.m.;
Cullen, 'White Horse,' Caister road, wed. & sat. 5 p.m.;
George Betts, 'Saracen's Head,' Church plain, wed. & sat. 4.30 p.m.;
John Skipper, 'George & Dragon,' Church plain, sat. 5 p.m.
FLEGG BURGH—John Skipper, 'George & Dragon,' Church plain, wed. & sat. 5 p.m.;
George Betts, 'Saracen's Head,' Church plain, sat. 4.30 p.m.
FRITTON—Robert Ship, Duke's Head Inn, Hall quay, wed. & sat. 4 p.m.
HADDISCOE—Robert Ship, Duke's Head Inn, Hall quay, wed. & sat. 4 p.m.
HASBRO' — Cubitt Lacey, 'George & Dragon,' Church plain, sat. 4. p.m.
HEMSBY—Samuel Knight's, 'Waggon & Horses,' Caister road, wed. & sat. 4 p.m.;
Bell, from 'King's Arms,' Caister road, mon. wed. & sat. 4 p.m.
HICKLING—Beckett, Mitre tavern, St. Nicholas road, sat. 4 p.m.;
Bevor, 'George & Dragon,' Church plain, sat. 5 p.m.;
Samuel Bell, same place & day
HORSEY—Clarke, 'George & Dragon,' Church plain, sat. 5 p.m.
LESSINGHAM—Cubitt Lacey, 'George & Dragon,' sat 4 p.m.
LODDON—Robert Ship, Duke's Head inn, Hall quay, wed. & sat. 4 p.m.
LOWESTOFT—Drackett, Buck inn, Hall quay, daily 5 p.m.; Bowles, Buck inn, daily 5 p.m.
MARTHAM—Grimble, from ' Waggon & Horses,' Caister road, wed. & sat. at 4 p.m.;
James Jeary, East & West Flegg inn, Caister road, wed. & sat. 4.30 p.m.;
Miller, from King's Arms, Caister road, wed. & sat. 4.30 p.m.;
Huggings, from same place & days; Dow, 'White Horse,' wed. & sat. 5 p.m.
NORTON SUBCOURSE—Robt. Ship. Duke's Head inn, Hall quay, wed. & sat. 4 p.m.
ORMESBY—Wm. Holt, East & West Flegg inn, Caister road, daily, 5 p.m.
PALLING—Jhn. Littlewood, East & West Flegg inn, Caister road, sat. 4,30 p.m.
ROLLESBY—John Baldry, East & West Flegg inn, Caister road, wed. & sat. 4.30 p.m.;
George Shrieve, East & West Flegg inn, daily, 4.30 p.m.
SCRATBY—Harbord, King's Arms, Caister rd. wed. & sat. 4 p.m.
SOMERTON (EAST & WEST)—Thomas Hales, East & West Flegg inn, Caister road,
sat. 5 p.m.; Chubuck, 'Waggon & Horses,' Caister road, wed. & sat. 5 p.m.
SOUTHWOLD—James Newson, Buck inn, Hall quay; arrives on fri. 4 p.m. & leaves sat. 12 noon STOKESBY—Thurtle, 'King's Arms,' wed. & sat. 4.30 p.m.
THURLTON—Robt. Ship, Duke's Head inn, Hall quay, wed. 4 p.m.
THURNE—Betts, 'Waggon & Horses,' Caister road, wed. & sat. 4.30 p.m.
UPTON—George Betts, 'George & Dragon,' Church plain, sat. 4.30 p.m.
WINTERTON—Philip George, 'Waggon & Horses,' Caister road, daily, 5 p.m.

Note: Here follow, on pp. 579-601, the directory of PRIVATE RESIDENTS and COMMERCIALS for Yarmouth, and on pp. 601-603, the same for Gorleston.
These have not been transcribed.
For look-ups send me an e-mail message.

And for description of GORLESTON, SOUTHTOWN and COBHOLM ISLAND, see "Suffolk Directory."

© Transcribed by E.C.Apling, May 2005.

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