Gorleston-on-Sea
Also known as Gorleston
Gorleston-on-Sea (), historically and colloquially known as Gorleston, is a seaside town in the borough of Great Yarmouth in Norfolk, England. It lies to the South of Great Yarmouth, on the opposite side of the mouth of the River Yare. Historically in Suffolk, it was a port town at the time of the Domesday Book in 1086. It was incorporated into Great Yarmouth in 1836. Gorleston's port became a centre of fishing for herring along with salt pans used for the production of salt to preserve the fish. In Edwardian times the fishing industry rapidly declined and the town's role changed to that of a
Key facts
- UK place.type
- Town
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.label_position
- top
- UK place.official_name
- Gorleston-on-Sea
- UK place.shire_district
- Great Yarmouth
- UK place.region
- East of England
- UK place.shire_county
- Norfolk
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Great Yarmouth
- UK place.post_town
- GREAT YARMOUTH
- UK place.postcode_district
- NR31
- UK place.postcode_area
- NR
- UK place.dial_code
- 01493
- UK place.os_grid_reference
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Gorleston-on-Sea (), historically and colloquially known as Gorleston, is a seaside town in the borough of Great Yarmouth in Norfolk, England. It lies to the South of Great Yarmouth, on the opposite side of the mouth of the River Yare. Historically in Suffolk, it was a port town at the time of the Domesday Book in 1086. It was incorporated into Great Yarmouth in 1836. Gorleston's port became a centre of fishing for herring along with salt pans used for the production of salt to preserve the fish. In Edwardian times the fishing industry rapidly declined and the town's role changed to that of a seaside resort.
==History== thumb|A. R. Quinton, Pier Head, Gorleston-on-Sea, c. 1920 The place-name 'Gorleston' is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as Gorlestuna. It appears as Gurlestona in the Pipe Rolls of 1130. The first element may be related to the word 'girl', and is probably a personal name. The name could mean "girls' town or settlement", or a variant similar to Girlington in West Yorkshire.
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