Yarmouth
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In Canada
- Yarmouth County, Nova ScotiaYarmouth County, Nova ScotiaFor the ship built in Yarmouth County, see County of YarmouthYarmouth County is a rural county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. It has both traditional Anglo-Scottish and Acadian French culture as well as significant inland wilderness areas, including over 365 lakes and several major rivers...
- Yarmouth, Nova Scotia (municipal district)Yarmouth, Nova Scotia (municipal district)Yarmouth is a municipal district in Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia.The district forms the western part of Yarmouth County and uses the legal name The Municipality of the District of Yarmouth...
- Yarmouth, Nova Scotia (town)Yarmouth, Nova ScotiaYarmouth is a town and fishing port located on the Gulf of Maine in rural southwestern Nova Scotia, Canada. It is the shire town of Yarmouth County. The town is located in the heart of the world's largest lobster fishing grounds and has Canada's highest lobster catch.- History :The townsite may...
- Yarmouth, Nova Scotia (municipal district)
- New Yarmouth, Nova ScotiaNew Yarmouth, Nova ScotiaNew Yarmouth is an abandoned farming and forestry community which is now part of the Cape Chignecto Provincial Park in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia near the village of Advocate.- Geography :...
In the United Kingdom
- Yarmouth, Isle of WightYarmouth, Isle of WightYarmouth is a port and civil parish in the western part of the Isle of Wight, off the southern coast of mainland England. The town is named for its location at the mouth of the small Western Yar river...
- Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) (UK Parliament constituency)Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) (UK Parliament constituency)Yarmouth was a borough constituency of the House of Commons of England then of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832...
(former UK Parliament constituency) - Yarmouth CastleYarmouth CastleYarmouth Castle is a small off-square blockhouse built by Henry VIII in 1547, to guard Yarmouth harbour on the Isle of Wight. It was built as part of Henry's second device programme to fortify the English coast with a chain of coastal defences known as Device Forts or Henrician Castles. These were...
, a fortress guarding Yarmouth harbour
- Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) (UK Parliament constituency)
- Great Yarmouth (borough)Great Yarmouth (borough)The Borough of Great Yarmouth is a local government district with borough status in Norfolk, England. It is named after its main town, Great Yarmouth.-History:...
- Great YarmouthGreat YarmouthGreat Yarmouth, often known to locals as Yarmouth, is a coastal town in Norfolk, England. It is at the mouth of the River Yare, east of Norwich.It has been a seaside resort since 1760, and is the gateway from the Norfolk Broads to the sea...
, Norfolk - Great Yarmouth (UK Parliament constituency)Great Yarmouth (UK Parliament constituency)Great Yarmouth is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....
- Great Yarmouth
In the United States
- Yarmouth, IowaYarmouth, IowaYarmouth is an unincorporated community in northwestern Des Moines County, Iowa, United States....
- Yarmouth, MaineYarmouth, MaineYarmouth is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States, located approximately ten to fifteen miles north of Portland. Its population was 8,349 at the 2010 census....
- Yarmouth (CDP), MaineYarmouth (CDP), MaineYarmouth is a census-designated place in the town of Yarmouth in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The population was 3,560 at the 2000 census...
- Yarmouth (CDP), Maine
- North Yarmouth, MaineNorth Yarmouth, MaineNorth Yarmouth is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The population was 3,565 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...
- Yarmouth, MassachusettsYarmouth, MassachusettsYarmouth is a New England town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, Barnstable County being coextensive with Cape Cod. The population was 24,807 at the 2000 census....
- South Yarmouth, MassachusettsSouth Yarmouth, MassachusettsSouth Yarmouth is an unincorporated village and census-designated place in the town of Yarmouth in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 11,603 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...
- West Yarmouth, MassachusettsWest Yarmouth, MassachusettsWest Yarmouth is a census-designated place in the town of Yarmouth in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 6,460 at the 2000 census.- Geography :West Yarmouth is located at ....
- Yarmouth Port, MassachusettsYarmouth Port, MassachusettsYarmouth Port is a census-designated place in the town of Yarmouth in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 5,395 at the 2000 census...
- South Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Yarmouth may also refer to:
- Bombardment of Yarmouth and LowestoftBombardment of Yarmouth and LowestoftThe Bombardment of Yarmouth and Lowestoft was a naval battle fought during the First World War between the German Empire and the British Empire in the North Sea....
, World War I naval engagement - County of YarmouthCounty of YarmouthFor the county in Nova Scotia, see Yarmouth County, Nova ScotiaCounty of Yarmouth was a full rigged ship built in Belliveau's Cove, Nova Scotia in 1884. She was the largest wooden ship ever built for shipowners in Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia, and the second largest wooden ship ever built in...
, a fully rigged ship - Earl of YarmouthEarl of YarmouthEarl of Yarmouth is a title that has been created three time in British history, once in the Peerage of England and twice in the Peerage of Great Britain. The first creation came in the Peerage of England in 1679 in favour of the politician and scientist Robert Paston, 1st Viscount Yarmouth...
, British peerage title - HMS YarmouthHMS YarmouthSix ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Yarmouth after the Norfolk town and port of Great Yarmouth:*HMS Yarmouth was a 50-gun ship launched in 1653 and broken up in 1680....
, various British navy vessels - Lord YarmouthLord YarmouthFrancis Charles Seymour-Ingram, Lord Yarmouth was an English amateur cricketer who made 3 known appearances in major cricket matches from 1797 to 1799...
, English amateur cricketer - Raid on YarmouthRaid on YarmouthThe Raid on Yarmouth, which took place on 3 November 1914, was an attack by the German Navy on the British North Sea port and town of Great Yarmouth. Little damage was done to the town since shells only landed on the beach after German ships laying mines offshore were interrupted by British...
, an attack by the German Navy on the British North Sea port and town of Great Yarmouth in World War I - SS Yarmouth CastleSS Yarmouth CastleSS Yarmouth Castle was a steamship whose loss in a disastrous fire in 1965 prompted new laws regarding safety at sea.- Early history :She was built in 1927 by the William Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Company in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was christened Evangeline. The ship was 365...
, American steamship that sank in 1965 - Yarmouth (Cambridge, Maryland)Yarmouth (Cambridge, Maryland)Yarmouth, also known as White House Farm, Brick House Farm, and Eccleston's Hill, is a historic home located at Cambridge, Dorchester County, Maryland, United States. It is a two-story Flemish bond brick structure built above a high basement built about 1730...
, a historic home in Maryland - Yarmouthian Interglacial (Stage), also called Yarmouth Interglacial
- Yarmouth Toller, a breed of gundogGun dogthumb|right|A group of Gun dogs as printed in Dogs of All Nations by W.E. Mason in 1915Gun dogs, also gundogs or bird dogs, are types of dogs developed to assist hunters in finding and retrieving game, usually birds. Gun dogs are divided into three primary types: Retrievers, flushing dogs, and...