2025

TG5208 : St. Nicholas's Churchyard, Great Yarmouth

taken 1 year ago, near to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England

St. Nicholas's Churchyard, Great Yarmouth
St. Nicholas's Churchyard, Great Yarmouth
The mediaeval town wall is in the background.

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Great Yarmouth Minster (provided by Basher Eyre)

St Nicholas has an area of 23,000 square feet, Pevsner tells us ('The Buildings of England: North-East Norfolk and Norwich', Pevsner,N, pp 143-46: Harmondsworth, Penguin, 1962 2nd 1970). It is both magnificent and friendly at the same time LinkExternal link

Great Yarmouth Town Walls

Work started on building the town walls in 1285. They were mostly complete by 1346 but work continued on them until 1400. The walls (fronted with cut flint) were just over 2km long and were 7m high. There were 10 gates and 16 towers (mostly D-shaped). From the mid-17th century the walls were allowed to decay and between 1776 and 1812 all 10 gates were pulled down. Seven towers survive largely intact and the remains of four more can be seen. They are amongst the best preserved mediaeval walls in England and they are a scheduled monument.

This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · St Nicholas [133] · Churchyard [41] · Great Yarmouth Town [41] · St Nicholas' Churchyard [27] Title Clusters: · St. Nicholas's Churchyard, Great Yarmouth [4] ·
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Date Taken
Wednesday, 4 June, 2025   (more nearby)
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Wednesday, 18 June, 2025
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OSGB36: geotagged! TG 5250 0806 [10m precision]
WGS84: 52:36.6940N 1:43.6935E
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OSGB36: geotagged! TG 52518 08063
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