Another Yarmouth born and bred here. I normally try and play down my origins and couldn't wait to escape, but GY has a fabulous, almost forgotten history. My Great grandfather was born in the Rows and my grandfather was in the homeguard during WW2. He loved the local history and I remember being taken to the Toll House and the Merchant House Museum. We also regularly had summer picnics amongst the ruins of Burgh Castle.
Great video. I emigrated to Australia in 1970 but lived in Norfolk for four years before leaving. Mostly at RAF Coltishall but in Norwich for most of 1969. Before that, our family visited Norwich on holiday, and Great Yarmouth was my favourite place in the world. I did spend a bit more time there when I worked as a waiter at a holiday camp in Gorleston. I've been back seven times, and if I do get to make it back again, I'll be much better informed.
As someone local to one on Yarmouth's surrounding villages, and as someone who's sister did a LOT of work restoring a lot of the walls and some other historical buildings in the town that k you for creating such a brilliant video.
As a Norfolk Lad and hearing Norwich, Thetford, Great Yarmouth. I absolutely love this history hearing about. And King's Lynn the once biggest Port in the England. Great Documentary.
At timestamp 2:45 you beat me to it🤣love a sense of humour, Good video and need to explore more of this Country again, as the Neololithic/Iron Age was my abiding Passion when i was a child and in my teens and later Know that I am from the Brythonic native people as witness through experience and dreams and listening to my soul. For reference I am Welsh with Iberian Ancestry which I feel close to as witness by certain feelings and understanding of various times through my life. I am torn because I love the 14th Century but as I live in Portsmouth I am to find out more about the Gewisse people and of Old Sarum (Salisbury). Sorry to ramble and I hope this is not too confusing and probably, anyway back the video.
Hahaha I couldn't resist adding that little comment ;) Unfortunately I'm fascinated by Palaeology, Prehistory, Roman, Romano Britannic, Saxon, Viking and medieval history so it's impossible for me to focus on just one subject.
Very informative and stella historical video, showing how this great city was born and then declined over many centuries. thanks for making this video, and educational to me. thank you.
Thanks I enjoyed this video so much as a Yarmouth Bloater who was brought up in the broads and now lives in Norwich. I never knew Yarmouth had a castle, nor that it was bombed in WW1. This is a great overview and i loved your accent peeping through!
Thank you :) I had been curious about great Yarmouth having a castle for a while because it was such a rich and important town - those walls alone wouldn't have provided enough fortification
Thankyou for the research and general / specific work you've put into producing this video. When married (between 1997 - 2001) my family and I spent six holidays in / around Great Yarmouth and miss those holidays as with three (from a previous marriage) young children, we could not easily explore as many areas there as I'd have wished. If I wasn't disabled and in precarious health (heart & kidneys) plus if my daughter / carer could drive, I'd love to return to Great Yarmouth but sadly, these facts are against me...c'est la vie! I'm glad you noted that the term "the Dark Ages" has been discounted now from the proofs discovered which show that era was far from "dark" in as far as knowledge, writings and life ss lived by 'normal' persons, as well ss scholars... A lack of former knowledge of those times only made (to my mind) the archaeologists and historians the ones living under 'a dark age' of their own by misjudging those years. (In closing, though your facts seem valid, some of the words you used were mispronounced - I have had relatives from E.Anglia plus generally, English words are my forte, to some degree, eg. Thames is pronounced 'Temz' - not "Tames"- plus you do not sound the 't's in the middle of your English words, which is annoying.😠). 🤔😐😕🏴
Worked in yaremouth once, doing up council houses, one resident kept his rabbits in the kitchen cupboards, others would surface around 11 and then head on down the pub
Britain holds so many secrets. History is part of everybody*s life on this planet. I grew up in London and Essex, my family went everywhere, so much beauty. The castles, the big houses, remember Antique Road show. I ventured to Canada, Montreal Then B.C. Now Ontario. I remember the castle, but you could not go when then the tide were out. Even this man's accent. WOW. Brillant. People have so much to learn about our World. PEACE Margaret Taha
I believe it's an earth bank henge enclosure henge, may have originally had wooden posts similar to Arminghall Woodhenge but wouldn't have had standing stones.
Another Yarco, 'ere! Thanks for the video. Re: the suggestions that the Romans/Saxons etc displaced the native population. It still appears that the majority of DNA is still earlier Britons, suggesting that those who came here intergrated/married. Thanks again, brilliant,
There is nothing great about Yarmouth. I spent most of my life there, but fortunately escaped, i promised myself i will never return. 5 years and so far i've managed not to. Great Documentary though, given the subject, and its quite nice to hear a familiar accent.
1:35 that's not correct. It wasn't a tsunami that submerged doggerland It was rising sea levels from ice melt after the last ice age that submerged land all over the world.
From my research I read that an initial tsunami caused by a break of ice displaced the flora and fauna (including humans) but then rising sea levels meant that the area became less and less inhabitable. I may be wrong though! Always happy to learn :)
@@AlexTheHistoryGuy oh I didn't say that as clear as I could have. I'm not saying that there was not a tsunami before the deluge there was but then a deluge as you say. The Garden of Eden likely tells a story similar to what happened to doggerland and is now likely under the Persian Gulf. The Sumerians are likely the people who walked out of the garden of Eden as their language was not related to their neighbours. The story of Noah's Ark is likely recording the same deluge after the last ice age, not a global flood but a massive local flood. It must have been devastating.
Is it in any way possible to lose that now thoroughly discredited theory that the Anglo-saxons came to Britain peacefully? Coupled with the narrative that only decades earlier they were not peacefully migrating but were instead violently raiding is deeply confusing. Otherwise very informative
Well... Both theories are true. And also false. In some areas, "Saxon" raiders interacted violently with the local Romano British. In other areas, "Saxon" migrants interacted peacefully with the local Romano British. And in some areas, "Saxon" sailors traded with the Romano British, then sailed back home. It's impossible to definitively say "all Saxons were violent" or "all Saxons were peaceful" when they came to Britain. We don't even know which settlers/raiders were indeed Saxon and who weren't. All we do know is that in the end, they migrated and settled in Britain with not enough evidence to call it a planned invasion, and not enough evidence to confirm it was a peaceful migration.
Main reason is because I can't get footage of it. I don't want my videos to be a slideshow of images which is why I go out and film every place I talk about in my videos. Second reason is because I'm just not very interested in history Post-1485AD so I mainly focus on the periods of history I personally enjoy for my videos since this is all a solo channel :)
As teenagers in the 70's we would head to Caister, Yarmouth and Norwich on the weekends (listening to AM radio). Fond memories of growing up in Bury St Edmunds and playing in the Abbey gardens before the ruins were fenced off.
Really good documentary. Love Burgh Castle though I believe there was an actual Castle at Burgh and the Gariannonum was more animal/horses from the energy I pick up when there✨️
Yes there is apparently a Norman motte castle in one of the corners of the Roman settlement of Burgh Castle (I forget where abouts) Garianonum was turned into a Saxon monastery
Are you sure about that? :P The Waveney flows into the Yare right next to Burgh Castle, which shared the same estuary as Canister and therefore connected :)
During the Roman period, the whole area was one massive estuary with Caister defending the north side and Burgh Castle defending the south coast of the estuary.
None of this brightly coloured clothing was available until Victorian times when artificial dyes were made from coal. Before that was only poor short lived vegetable dyes with few colours.
No that's not true at all. I have friends in the reenactment world who make their own clothing from scratch and use authentic dyes using authentic recipes from the period. There were tonnes of colours and colour dye imports was a massive industry in the medieval period. Some colours were more obtainable than others depending on cost and location but most colours (blue, red, green, lime, yellow, orange, beige, purple, pink, black, grey, white) were available to almost everyone right from the bronze age to the modern day.
Another Yarmouth born and bred here. I normally try and play down my origins and couldn't wait to escape, but GY has a fabulous, almost forgotten history. My Great grandfather was born in the Rows and my grandfather was in the homeguard during WW2. He loved the local history and I remember being taken to the Toll House and the Merchant House Museum. We also regularly had summer picnics amongst the ruins of Burgh Castle.
Great video.
I emigrated to Australia in 1970 but lived in Norfolk for four years before leaving.
Mostly at RAF Coltishall but in Norwich for most of 1969.
Before that, our family visited Norwich on holiday, and Great Yarmouth was my favourite place in the world.
I did spend a bit more time there when I worked as a waiter at a holiday camp in Gorleston.
I've been back seven times, and if I do get to make it back again, I'll be much better informed.
As someone local to one on Yarmouth's surrounding villages, and as someone who's sister did a LOT of work restoring a lot of the walls and some other historical buildings in the town that k you for creating such a brilliant video.
Thank you I appreciate that :)
As a Norfolk Lad and hearing Norwich, Thetford, Great Yarmouth. I absolutely love this history hearing about. And King's Lynn the once biggest Port in the England. Great Documentary.
At timestamp 2:45 you beat me to it🤣love a sense of humour, Good video and need to explore more of this Country again, as the Neololithic/Iron Age was my abiding Passion when i was a child and in my teens and later Know that I am from the Brythonic native people as witness through experience and dreams and listening to my soul. For reference I am Welsh with Iberian Ancestry which I feel close to as witness by certain feelings and understanding of various times through my life. I am torn because I love the 14th Century but as I live in Portsmouth I am to find out more about the Gewisse people and of Old Sarum (Salisbury). Sorry to ramble and I hope this is not too confusing and probably, anyway back the video.
Hahaha I couldn't resist adding that little comment ;)
Unfortunately I'm fascinated by Palaeology, Prehistory, Roman, Romano Britannic, Saxon, Viking and medieval history so it's impossible for me to focus on just one subject.
Absolutely excellent research, input, analysis and presentation!!
Very informative and stella historical video, showing how this great city was born and then declined over many centuries. thanks for making this video, and educational to me. thank you.
Brilliant, thoroughly enjoyed that, well done and very well made. Keep it up Alex
Brilliant, informative film Alex. Great photography. I will certainly 'look' at Great Yarmouth in a different light now!😊
Thank you! Yes after researching the town for this video, I'll also search out the better parts of Yarmouth :)
I really enjoyed your video Alex, thank you.
Much appreciated:)
A fascinating documentary well researched.
Thanks I enjoyed this video so much as a Yarmouth Bloater who was brought up in the broads and now lives in Norwich. I never knew Yarmouth had a castle, nor that it was bombed in WW1. This is a great overview and i loved your accent peeping through!
Thank you :) I had been curious about great Yarmouth having a castle for a while because it was such a rich and important town - those walls alone wouldn't have provided enough fortification
I am a Yarco, Yarmouth born, 1945 in one of the rows Number 20 row 8. Just found this very interesting video, can’t wait to watch it, very excited.
Hope you enjoyed !
Stunning mate. Yarco Born and bred. Thank you
Ayy thanks mate
I just discovered your channel and became a sucbscriber 15 minutes in. This is excellent
Ayy music to my ears, thanks a lot! Hopefully many other videos of mine will interest you too :)
Excellent.
Really enjoyed your video .. thank you❤
Much appreciated:)
Thankyou for the research and general / specific work you've put into producing this video. When married (between 1997 - 2001) my family and I spent six holidays in / around Great Yarmouth and miss those holidays as with three (from a previous marriage) young children, we could not easily explore as many areas there as I'd have wished.
If I wasn't disabled and in precarious health (heart & kidneys) plus if my daughter / carer could drive, I'd love to return to Great Yarmouth but sadly, these facts are against me...c'est la vie!
I'm glad you noted that the term
"the Dark Ages" has been discounted now from the proofs discovered which show that era was far from "dark" in as far as knowledge, writings and life ss lived by 'normal' persons, as well ss scholars... A lack of former knowledge of those times only made (to my mind) the archaeologists and historians the ones living under 'a dark age' of their own by misjudging those years.
(In closing, though your facts seem valid, some of the words you used were mispronounced - I have had relatives from E.Anglia plus generally, English words are my forte, to some degree,
eg. Thames is pronounced 'Temz' - not "Tames"- plus you do not sound the 't's in the middle of your English words, which is annoying.😠). 🤔😐😕🏴
Haha thank you.
Regarding my speech, I am a local Norfolk boy so this is just how we speak. I am talking in my natural Norfolk accent :)
B-yuur not Buuur. I have lived in Yarmouth and the north villages for fifty years so I think I know how to pronounce it.
I'm from Norwich, not Yarmouth, our pronunciations aren't the same.
I noticed your norwich accent and enjoyed it. We need more regional accents, not less.
@@purltwotogether8218
*Fewer...
I see Caister, I think SOUL WEEKENDS!!!
Love Norfolk, my big bro and his family live in Acle now, but lived in Gorleston for a while; great county.
It is indeed a great county
good to know about the town I live in, thanks
Glad you enjoyed!
Worked in yaremouth once, doing up council houses, one resident kept his rabbits in the kitchen cupboards, others would surface around 11 and then head on down the pub
Rabbits went to the pub??
@AlexTheHistoryGuy ha ha no, I think they ended up in the pot
20:29 Hardrada actually died at Stamford bridge ⚔️ 😵 RIP
Britain holds so many secrets. History is part of everybody*s life on this planet. I grew up in London and Essex, my family went everywhere, so much beauty. The castles, the big houses, remember Antique Road show.
I ventured to Canada, Montreal Then B.C. Now Ontario. I remember the castle, but you could not go when then the tide were out. Even this man's accent. WOW. Brillant. People have so much to learn about our World. PEACE Margaret Taha
They just found another Neolithic Henge in Freston Suffolk, older and bigger than Stonehenge with a causeway. Fascinating stuff.
With standing stones? Well well. Would you share a link to it please?
I believe it's an earth bank henge enclosure henge, may have originally had wooden posts similar to Arminghall Woodhenge but wouldn't have had standing stones.
Middle Ages 1154-1485.
Georgian Era 1714-1837.
Victorian Era 1837-1901.
The Middle Ages ended with the Reformation, mid sixteenth century, I think you'll find.
New religion, new 'industrial' and financial system.
Crack head Era 1902 - Present
Nearly all our coastal towns have been destroyed by cities dumping their rejects into them!
Pretty much. Either that or Londoners buy the houses to use as holiday homes and only spend 2 weeks a year there.
I was on a ship working out of the dock. Walking around a lot of people looked alike. Interbred?
Boo! get some new material. and keep your proven facts to yourself.
Ooooooo, coooo-eeeee. Hello sailor 😉😘
Hahaha it wouldn't surprise me.
Another Yarco, 'ere! Thanks for the video. Re: the suggestions that the Romans/Saxons etc displaced the native population. It still appears that the majority of DNA is still earlier Britons, suggesting that those who came here intergrated/married. Thanks again, brilliant,
There is nothing great about Yarmouth. I spent most of my life there, but fortunately escaped, i promised myself i will never return. 5 years and so far i've managed not to. Great Documentary though, given the subject, and its quite nice to hear a familiar accent.
Nothing great about Yarmouth now. But there used to be.
1:35 that's not correct. It wasn't a tsunami that submerged doggerland It was rising sea levels from ice melt after the last ice age that submerged land all over the world.
From my research I read that an initial tsunami caused by a break of ice displaced the flora and fauna (including humans) but then rising sea levels meant that the area became less and less inhabitable.
I may be wrong though! Always happy to learn :)
@@AlexTheHistoryGuy
oh I didn't say that as clear as I could have. I'm not saying that there was not a tsunami before the deluge there was but then a deluge as you say. The Garden of Eden likely tells a story similar to what happened to doggerland and is now likely under the Persian Gulf. The Sumerians are likely the people who walked out of the garden of Eden as their language was not related to their neighbours. The story of Noah's Ark is likely recording the same deluge after the last ice age, not a global flood but a massive local flood. It must have been devastating.
Is it in any way possible to lose that now thoroughly discredited theory that the Anglo-saxons came to Britain peacefully? Coupled with the narrative that only decades earlier they were not peacefully migrating but were instead violently raiding is deeply confusing. Otherwise very informative
Well...
Both theories are true. And also false.
In some areas, "Saxon" raiders interacted violently with the local Romano British.
In other areas, "Saxon" migrants interacted peacefully with the local Romano British.
And in some areas, "Saxon" sailors traded with the Romano British, then sailed back home.
It's impossible to definitively say "all Saxons were violent" or "all Saxons were peaceful" when they came to Britain.
We don't even know which settlers/raiders were indeed Saxon and who weren't.
All we do know is that in the end, they migrated and settled in Britain with not enough evidence to call it a planned invasion, and not enough evidence to confirm it was a peaceful migration.
Wow.
No mention of the German bombardment on the town or the Navy Seaplane station i in town.
Main reason is because I can't get footage of it. I don't want my videos to be a slideshow of images which is why I go out and film every place I talk about in my videos.
Second reason is because I'm just not very interested in history Post-1485AD so I mainly focus on the periods of history I personally enjoy for my videos since this is all a solo channel :)
As teenagers in the 70's we would head to Caister, Yarmouth and Norwich on the weekends (listening to AM radio). Fond memories of growing up in Bury St Edmunds and playing in the Abbey gardens before the ruins were fenced off.
Really good documentary. Love Burgh Castle though I believe there was an actual Castle at Burgh and the Gariannonum was more animal/horses from the energy I pick up when there✨️
Yes there is apparently a Norman motte castle in one of the corners of the Roman settlement of Burgh Castle (I forget where abouts) Garianonum was turned into a Saxon monastery
Hoxne-- pronounced Hoxen.
Darn. I was so sure that I didn't look it up haha
Anyone know why hoxne church has a seperate spire on the side of the main one. same as dennington
The Waveney is nowhere near Caister.
Are you sure about that? :P
The Waveney flows into the Yare right next to Burgh Castle, which shared the same estuary as Canister and therefore connected :)
Yes at the bottom of Breydon water
That is 7 miles from Caister
During the Roman period, the whole area was one massive estuary with Caister defending the north side and Burgh Castle defending the south coast of the estuary.
None of this brightly coloured clothing was available until Victorian times when artificial dyes were made from coal. Before that was only poor short lived vegetable dyes with few colours.
No that's not true at all. I have friends in the reenactment world who make their own clothing from scratch and use authentic dyes using authentic recipes from the period.
There were tonnes of colours and colour dye imports was a massive industry in the medieval period.
Some colours were more obtainable than others depending on cost and location but most colours (blue, red, green, lime, yellow, orange, beige, purple, pink, black, grey, white) were available to almost everyone right from the bronze age to the modern day.
Poorly researched, there is a wealth of pre saxon information which you have denied, is a shame as you would be fascinated I'm sure
Explain
Yes, dont just be rude, explain. If you want a hearing.