Where is N Yarmouth

[Kay99]

I think this is the Roger Townshend in last clip - He served as Governor of the North Yarmouth garrison from 1745 to 1760 and also sat as Member of Parliament for Great Yarmouth from 1738 to 1747

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Townshend_(British_Army_officer,_born_1708)

Sorry the link only works if you then click on - Did you mean: Roger Townshend (British Army officer, born 1708)?

Map showing location of the Yarmouth Garrison https://maps.nls.uk/view/216587068#zoom=6&lat=6022&lon=10385&layers=BT

[Andy J2022]

A very large proportion of the 357 results for North Yarmouth at the National Archives refer to Norfolk. There are no results for the query "North Yarmouth" +Dorset, and a search for "North Yarmouth" +Isle of Wight only returns three results which again all refer to the Yarmouth in Norfolk, and coincidentally happen to have adjacent references to the Isle of Wight.

[Watson]

In Calendar of State Papers, Domestic Series ... 1667 ... to ... 1668, edited by Mary Anne Everett Green, 1893, page 729 gives a reference to "Yarmouth, or North Yarmouth, Isle of Wight".

Presumably, the shortage of modern day references to North Yarmouth is because it hasn't been called that for a few centuries.

[Watson]

On the other hand, I've seen at least one reference to North Yarmouth in Norfolk, so I'm not sure about this.

[KGarrad]

The only Parish of North Yarmouth I can find is in Maine, USA?
https://www.northyarmouthhistorical.org/about-north-yarmouth/

[hanes teulu]

The only Parish of North Yarmouth I can find is in Maine, USA?
https://www.northyarmouthhistorical.org/about-north-yarmouth/

That North Yarmouth plagued my searching "18th Century Collections"!

[ShaunJ]

Just wondering if, back then, Yarmouth in Norfolk was referred to as "North Yarmouth" to distinguish it from Yarmouth on IoW.

[WirralLad]

Hi All,
Many thanks for all your replies to my initial post.

I have an extensive family tree for the Audley Family of Great Yarmouth and there is no candidate for a Thomas Audley in Great Yarmouth that would fit in with the  marriage at Corfe Castle which would lead me to think that the reference to N Yarmouth is related to Yarmouth on the Isle of Wight. However from your replies it would seem that N Yarmouth refers to The Great Yarmouth region. I will follow up on the suggestions you have made.
Many thanks for all your help
Regards
Wirral Lab

[Daisypetal]

I'm sure you know but just in case. The Parish given on the marriage record just shows where he was living at the time, so he could have been a resident of either Yarmouth but born somewhere else.

Not helpful I know 

Daisy