The text is not a chronological history, yet it relates events over many centuries. It is written as a walk around the town, pausing to describe the buildings events and people relating them topographically and anecdotally. As such it may often appear disjointed, yet the wealth of material is such that whatever way it was presented there would still need a substantial index, for the writer can never address the need of every individual reader directly.
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1. The Rows of Great Yarmouth, there are 145, no less, and have a lot of interesting items, for instance in Row 120, there is some personal history; history of local dwellings; topography of the row; genealogy- lists of persons living in the row at different dates, with their occupations; history of a school; links to other rows and items; sound clips; photos of the row at different periods; and social history and interaction. ROW ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY
2. The Streets and Roads, likewise contain unusual historical items, such as a childhood in the war J crane at war, playing with incendiaries in the minefields, and a unique account of the German Invasion that was secretly repelled in 1940. German invasion Also sound clips of eyewitness accounts air raid alarm, and maps of the topography at different periods.
3. A dissertation detailing the development of written history as it evolved over the centuries, relating histories and historians of different eras and places. The Development of Local History Writing