Talk:Great Yarmouth
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Nelson's column in Trafalgar Square was completed in 1843, so how could his memorial in Yarmouth, built in 1819, be designed to face it?
Dennis Kennedy
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[edit] Great Yarmouth, Nelson Norfolk Pillar (column)
The above comment is correct. The statue of Britannia faces to the north-west and is generally assumed to have been put up in that direction to face Nelson's Norfolk birth-place at Burnham Thorpe. I am sorry to say that I reckon the article to have a number of factual errors and significant expression of a number of POVs as it now stands.
[edit] NPOV notice
As stated earlier, several areas of the article are NPOV, and others need cleanup. Feel free to remove the notice once the necessary work has been done. --Amigadave 14:14, 2005 Jun 18 (UTC)
[edit] Rotating Nelson
I live in Yarmouth and Nelsons Column is being cleaned upo and also the statue is being rotated to face east out to see. Gingerblokey 12:45, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Cerdic of Wessex
No mention in page on Cerdic that he landed in Norfolk, rather it says he landed in Hants, which would suggest Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.--Philbarker 16:33, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Formatting problem
The box containing the notice about 'Time and Tide' museum does not wrap the text correctly, causing the page to scroll some distance to the right. I do not know how to fix this problem. fluoronaut 08:37, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
In addition, the notice does not really make grammatical sense, and I can't particularly see a reason for making it stand out in comparison to the other sights in Great Yarmouth. But I may have missed a crucial point about it! fluoronaut
Hopefully fixed. I don't know whether it makes sense though , that would need someone who knows Great Yarmouth ! Velela 21:12, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Church of St. Nicholas
I've removed - at least for now - the reference to this church being the largest parish church in England. No source is quoted. I couldn't comment on its position in the absolute size stakes, but I've visited the church and it certainly isn't as big as, say, Boston Stump (St. Botolph's) which is also a parish church. Bedesboy 22:31, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
- from http://www.ean.co.uk/Bygones/History/Local/Norfolk/Great_Yarmouth/Palmers_Perlustration/html/body_st_nicholas_church.htm
- As the town augmented in population and wealth, so did the church of St. Nicholas increase in size, until it became, as it now is, the largest Parish church in the kingdom. (It covers more ground; measuring in length 230 feet, by 108 feet in breadth. Its internal superficial area is 238085 feet, whilst the areas of its nearest rivals are as follows: -
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- St. Michael......... Coventry.........23,080.
- St. Botolph ...…..Boston............22,270.
- St. Nicholas .…...Newcastle ..... 20,110.
- Holy Trinity ...…..Hull..........…...20,036.
- Holy Trinity .…....Southwark ..…18,200.
- 4,000 persons can be accommodated on the floor of St. Nicholas' church.)
- [I'll check reference and add suitable text to article and ref, when I get the chance, unless someone else does first]--Philbarker 22:06, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Town walls
I surprised that nobody has mentioned the town walls. In one or two places they look as if they are in their original condition. I've been to many UK towns and cities, and the walls are at least the tallest and to my mind the most impressive that I've seen.
I think they are medieaval and put up to deter pirates from Germany. I remember reading somewhere that a woman author wrote a historical novel about them. But that seems to be all that is known about them - when you go to GY there's nothing available about them. The museum in one of the towers was closed on two visits months apart when it was suppossed to be open.
Why were they built Who built them?
They could be fascinating if more was available to the public about them. They could offer an insight into mediaeval times when people, presumebly, lived in walled towns in fear of raiders.
I dont think anyone mentions the birthplace of Anna Sewell (?) author of Black Beauty either.
Oh, and you could mention that GY is rather seedy in its central area.
