YARMOUTH, Great, England, a seaport town in the county of Norfolk, 22 miles cast of Norwich, and 121 miles by rail northeast of London, on a narrow slip of land bias. cen the Yare and the sea. It is connected by a bridge over the Yare with Little Yarmouth, or S.-sith Town. in Suffolk, and is on the Great Eastern and the Midland and Northern railroads. The older part, near the riser, is remarkable for its 145 narrow lanes at right angles to the r1.1.41 streets, known as the 'rows in which the houses were once the homes of the the stealthy burg( SNI s. Between the older part of the tows end the .ea is the modern pan, with a marine parade and other attractions. The parish church, founded in 1101, is the largest parish church in England, being 230 by 112 feet; and the market-place is also of great size. There an excellent town-hall, a large custom-house. an ample library and museum, a borough jail, a lofty Nelson monument, the royal hospital and royal naval lunatic asylum, the aquanum, two good piers and an ancient jetty. The North
and South Quays stretch along the river for nearly two miles. The harbor is in the Yare, and is accessible by vessels drawing 18 or 19 feet. Immediately off Yarmouth, and parallel to the shore, is a great range of sand-hanks, between which and the land is the safe anchor age of Yarmouth Roads. Yarmouth is the great seat of the English herring-fishery, in which about 300 vessels and 3.000 hands be longing to the port are employed; many are likewise engaged in the mackerel fishery, and in that for cod and other whitefish. Most of the fish are cured, the herrings known as 'Yar mouth bloaters' being highly esteemed. There are malting-houses, boat-building yards, rope works, silk-crape factories, trawl-net works, etc. Yarmouth has risen into considerable im portance as a watering-place. It suffered from both air and sea raids during the European War. Area. 3.568 acres. Pop. about 55,90b.