1008
First houses and habitations erected in Yarmouth on Fuller’s Hill, that being then the only dry land in Yarmouth.
1041–7
Yarmouth belonged to the King in the reign of Edward the Confessor, and had 70 burgesses, besides a number of soccagers.
1045
Bishop Herbert born; and in 1091 was consecrated Bishop of Thetford.
1066
Cocklewater, or Grubb’s Haven, stopped up with sand.
1100
St. Bennet’s Church pulled down. It was built in the time of Edward the Confessor.
Yarmouth governed by a Provost, the first constituted magistrate, whose public office was in the Congé, North Quay. Foreigners were only allowed to come to Yarmouth at the annual free-fair.