Multimedia History front page
Introduction to the History of Old Great Yarmouth
Great Yarmouth was in existence from at least Saxon times, and has an exceptional wealth of historical archive and collections, and several historians have written detailed histories over the centuries. This work is based on one written by Charles Palmer in 1874, first released in parts, brought up to date as a printed work in 1994, and now as a multimedia electronic document for the first time. There are attached to this a large collection of photographs sound clips, original deeds and documents which will enable others to conduct further research. If the whole work is transferred to your hard disk, you can freely add and amend it. You are given permission to do this if you have purchased a copy or licence. You may also copy or distribute material from the original, provided it is only an extract, and not for any commercial gain.
As this work is based on Palmer’s “Perlustration of Great Yarmouth” it is designed not as a chronological history but as a walk around, as “Perlustrate” is an old word meaning to walk around and describe (perambulate + illustrate). As you click on the hyperlinks and wander around the old streets and rows of the town, the history is unravelled.
Use the scroll bar on the right to move down the page and through any particular subject. Before you go further, set your browser to “full page” on the toolbar above. (Key F11)
All hyperlinks are underlined and clicking on one moves you straight to that topic. If this is a mistake you can always use your “back” button on your browser toolbar. In many cases you are intended to browse straight back to the previous subject after a quick look, and a convenient hyperlink back to where you were, or to related topics likely to be of interest, is generally provided for you on the page.
Now try these links, but remember there is more to come back to, below, including more explanation, and a guided tour below.
The New Perlustration of Great Yarmouth front page
The Historians
and Histories of Great Yarmouth
Charles Palmer as a young man.
The link pages you just moved to by hypertext are the way to get around this history. Please remember that there is enough information and so many routes to access it, that it would take several lifetimes to read it all! The benefit here is that this will be a voyage of discovery, and every time you browse you can find something different. On the other hand that could lead to frustration that you cannot find what you are looking for. A web or Internet search engine might provide the answer[1], or alternatively, you can first take a guided tour, and get an overview, and use the index provided, from which there is a description of the contents. If the whole disk is copied onto your hard drive, it will be possible for you to add to it from time to time. To do this you will need to use an up to date word processor. An alternative index could also be built up on a floppy disk
Remember, your route back is either with your back browser button, or a convenient link placed generally at the top of the page, although for other reasons there are links on this page just over the picture above.
