Great Yarmouth was the staging area for the North Sea fleet as well as the jumping off point for the invasion of Denmark during the Napoleonic Wars. Here are several descriptions of the area from 19th century sources:
An Historical guide to Great Yarmouth in Norfolk with the most remarkable events recorded of that town. (2d ed, 1817) by George Manby.
Picture of Yarmouth….(1819)
Historical and Topographical Notices of Great Yarmouth, in Norfolk, and Its Environs (1826).
Pictorial Guide to Great Yarmouth (1854)
The History of Great Yarmouth (1856) [This is a continuation of The History of Great Yarmouth that was published in 1854 and concerns the earlier years of this area.]
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