Historical and topographical notices of Great Yarmouth ... and its environs, including the parishes and hamlets of the half hundred of Lothingland, in Suffolk |
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... one running near Caister , and the other pas- sing by Gorleston : that at Caister , the principal , ( and probably the only navigable river ) was called B At by the Romans GARIENIS , near which they had erected GREAT YARMOUTH. ...
... one running near Caister , and the other pas- sing by Gorleston : that at Caister , the principal , ( and probably the only navigable river ) was called B At by the Romans GARIENIS , near which they had erected GREAT YARMOUTH. ...
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... called the PRETORIUM , where were the pavilion of the General , the tents of the Imperatores Contubernales or young gentlemen , who attended the army for experience ; and the AUGURALE , a space assigned for the performance of prayers ...
... called the PRETORIUM , where were the pavilion of the General , the tents of the Imperatores Contubernales or young gentlemen , who attended the army for experience ; and the AUGURALE , a space assigned for the performance of prayers ...
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... on the west side of the river , which they called , in the Teutonic language , Jiermud or Garmud , that is , Yermouth or Yarmouth : about this time also , Cerdic sand , now quite firm , was much resorted to by fishermen of 7.
... on the west side of the river , which they called , in the Teutonic language , Jiermud or Garmud , that is , Yermouth or Yarmouth : about this time also , Cerdic sand , now quite firm , was much resorted to by fishermen of 7.
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... called Fuller's - hill , which tradition says was named after the founder , one Fuller , a fisherman or merchant . A chapel is re- corded in domesday book to have been here , in the Confessor's reign , dedicated to Saint Bennett ...
... called Fuller's - hill , which tradition says was named after the founder , one Fuller , a fisherman or merchant . A chapel is re- corded in domesday book to have been here , in the Confessor's reign , dedicated to Saint Bennett ...
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... called the New Broad - row , founded , as Speed says , by Sir William Gerbrigge , knight , and bailiff of the burgh . It had many benefactions , and flourished until the reformation ; when , in 1541 , the whole site and precinct of this ...
... called the New Broad - row , founded , as Speed says , by Sir William Gerbrigge , knight , and bailiff of the burgh . It had many benefactions , and flourished until the reformation ; when , in 1541 , the whole site and precinct of this ...
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afterwards aisle altar ancient appears argent arms Bailiffs Baron Stafford Bart Bedingfeld Belton Bishop Bishop of Norwich Blundeston Borough Bradwell building burgesses Burgh castle Caister chancel chapel Charles charter common Corton Costessey Court daughter of Sir died Ditto Duke Earl east Edmund Edward III Elizabeth England erected Fastolf fishery Fitz Osbert formerly France George Gorleston granted gules Hall haven Henry VIII Herringfleet Honourable Hopton inhabitants inscription issue James Jernegan Jerningham King Edward King's Knight Lady lands late Lord Lothingland Lound Lowestoft manor married marshes Mary ment monument Mutford bridge nave Norfolk Norwich Ormesby parish period persons portraits possession present principal priory Queen reign residence Richard Robert Saxon ships side Sir John Jernegan Sir Thomas Sir Thomas Allen Sir William Somerleyton Southtown Stafford Stafford Castle stone Suffolk Symonds tower town village volumes walls wife Yarmouth
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