Napoleonic Prisoner of War Jail, 1803-1814
In this Row over 4,000 Frenchmen, Dutchmen and Danes were incarcerated during the Napoleonic War.
Nelson, Admiral Horatio
Where Lord Nelson received the Freedom of Great Yarmouth.
Nelson, Admiral Horatio, site of landing
Site of Nelson’s landing at Gorleston on 6th November 1800
Nightingale, John William
Entrepreneur, impresario and hotelier.
Paget, Sir James, FRS
Birthplace of Sir James Paget, FRS, eminent pathologist, teacher, orator, writer, researcher, clinician and surgeon to Queen Victoria.
Palgrave, Sir Robert Harry Inglis, FRS FSS
Sir Robert Harry Inglis Palgrave, Economist and Banker and Editor of the Economist, lived here.
Palmer, Charles John, FSA
Mayor, Author, Solicitor, Conservationist and Historian
Palmer, Garwood Burton
Founder of Palmer’s Department Store, Market Place, Great Yarmouth.
Pashley, Anne
Anne Pashley (1935 -2016), athlete, olympic medalist and operatic soprano
Patterson, Arthur Henry
Arthur Henry Patterson, Associate Linnean Society, naturalist, journalist, author and school truant officer.
Pearson, Captain Charles, RN, 1784-1856
Royal Naval Officer, and Mayor of Great Yarmouth 1850 - 1851. Lived at 7/8 South Quay.
Pearson, Emma Maria 1828-1893
The first Red Cross nurse who worked in a war zone, and who was before her time in insisting on cleanliness. Author.
Phillips, Revd. Forbes
Vicar of Gorleston and producer of many plays
Pleasure Beach
Opened in 1909. It is the second tallest and has the second fastest wooden roller-coaster in the UK.
Rowland Fisher RSMA ROI (GOSH plaque)
Rowland Fisher RSMA ROI (GOSH plaque)
Royal Naval Hospital
Built in 1809 as a hospital for the Royal Navy
Rye, George
Historian and archaeologist
Sailors’ Home
Marine Drive, Great Yarmouth
Second World War Amphibious Tank Training School
Training wing for the Duplex Drive swimming tanks used on D Day, led by Major General Percy Hobart
Sewell, Anna
Birth place of the writer Black Beauty.
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