Maritime House,
25 Marine Parade
Great Yarmouth,
Norfolk NR30 2EN.
TEL. 01493 846346
Behind the glitz and glamour which makes Great Yarmouth one of the UK’s most popular seaside resorts, lies a charming town steeped in colourful history, waiting to be discovered.
People have been coming to Great Yarmouth for nine hundred years, but it is only in the last two hundred and fifty years that the seaside has become the main attraction. The monuments of Great Yarmouth's long and unique history are spread throughout the town.
Great Yarmouth has been one of the most popular seaside holiday destinations in Britain for well over a century, but its unique maritime heritage goes back some 900 years.
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The first holiday-makers were wealthy people who came to visit the bathhouse in the hope that swimming and drinking seawater would cure their illnesses.
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Many people are surprised to hear that Great Yarmouth possesses one of the most complete medieval town walls in the country.
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Until the 19th Century, building was only permitted within the medieval town walls. The limited space dictated that houses were built as closely together as possible, which led to the development of the Rows
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St Nicholas'Church and Priory was founded by Herbert de Losinga (Bishop of Norwich) in 1101 as a penance for an act of simony.
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