Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for YARMOUTH

YARMOUTH, a small town and a parish in the Isle of Wight. The town stands at the mouth of the rivulet Yar, at the ferry to Lymington, 10 miles W of Newport; was anciently known as Eremouth; was twice visited by John Lackland, on his way to France; was burnt by the French in 1277 and 1524; sent two members to parliament once in the time of Edward I., and always from the time of Elizabeth till disfranchised in 1832; was chartered by Baldwin de Rivers, and is still nominally governed by a mayor and other officers; presents an old-fashioned yet pleasant and considerably improved appearance; is a sub-port to Cowes; and has a post-office,‡ designated Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, two chief inns, a market place, a town hall, a quay and steam-boat pier, a bridge, a small castle of the time of Henry VIII., a church restored in 1831, and rearranged in 1867, three dissenting chapels, parochial schools of 1855, and charities £36. The parish comprises 93 acres of land and 50 of water. Real property, £2,297. Pop. in 1851,572; in 1861,726. Houses, 142. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £120.* Patron, J. Fisher, Esq.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a small town and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Yarmouth AP/CP       Hampshire AncC
Place names: EREMOUTH     |     YARMOUTH
Place: Yarmouth

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