Yarmouth (UK Parliament constituency)

Yarmouth (UK Parliament constituency)

Yarmouth has been the name of two parliamentary constituencies in England:

*The Great Yarmouth constituency, centred on the town of Great Yarmouth in Norfolk, has sometimes been known as "Yarmouth". It was created as a borough constituency in 1298, and has been represented in Parliament ever since, apart from a brief suspension between 1868 and 1885; when the name was used for a county constituency of Norfolk.

*The Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) constituency was centred on the town of Yarmouth, on the Isle of Wight. It was created in 1584 and disenfranchised in 1832.


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