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Message of condolence on hearing of the passing of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II

It is with the greatest sadness that Yarm Town Council has learned of the death of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II. We wish to express our sincere condolences to family and friends.

Our sadness at this time is shared by people across the globe, as we remember with affection and gratitude the lifetime of service given by our longest reigning Monarch. We unite in a spirit of sympathy and prayer, as we give thanks for her loyalty and service to the Nation & to the Commonwealth.

Cllr. John Coulson – Chair, Yarm Town Council

Yarm Town Council

Your Town Council meets in the town hall on the second Tuesday each month. The meetings are public and you are welcome to attend.

There are 11 sitting Coucillors who are responsible for delivering a range of services and events to the towns people.

 

 

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A Brief History Of Yarm

The name of the town is thought to be derived from the old Norse word yarum meaning an enclosure to catch fish or from the Old English gearum with the same meaning. Yarm was first mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 and was originally a chapelry in the Kirklevington parish in the North Riding of Yorkshire; it later became a parish in its own right.

Dominican Friars, often called Black Friars or Friar Preachers, settled in Yarm about 1286 and maintained a Friarage and a Hospital in the town, until 1583. Their memory is preserved in the names of Friarage and Spital Bank.

Bishop Skirlaw of Durham built a stone bridge, which still stands, across the Tees in 1400. An iron replacement was built in 1805, but it fell down in 1806. For many years Yarm was at the tidal limit and head of navigation on the River Tees.

On 12 February 1821 at the George & Dragon Inn, the meeting was held that pressed for the third and successful attempt for a Bill to give permission to build the Stockton & Darlington Railway, the world’s first public railway.

In 1890 Bulmer & Co listed 12 Inns in Yarm; Black Bull, Cross Keys, Crown Inn, Fleece, George and Dragon, Green Tree, Ketton Ox, Lord Nelson, Red Lion, Three Tuns, Tom Brown, and Union. Also listed was Cross Keys beside the Leven Bridge.

 

In the 13th century Yarm was classed as a borough but this status did not persist. It formed part of the Stokesley Rural District under the Local Government Act 1894 and remained so until 1 April 1974 when, under the Local Government Act 1972 it became part of the district of Stockton-on-Tees in the new non-metropolitan county of Cleveland. Cleveland was abolished in 1996 under the Banham Review, with Stockton-on-Tees becoming a unitary authority.
Many events are held in the town each year such as a Gala, Fair and a 5 km Fun Run.
After lying dormant for almost 100 years Yarm Gala restarted in 2008.

A charter to hold a weekly market was granted by King John in 1207. It lapsed but was revived in 2011 as a Farmers’ Market. It is held on the second Sunday of each month.
The fair is held in High Street in the third week in October. It starts on the Thursday and lasts until Saturday night. It was once a commercial fair that traded in cheese and livestock, but is now primarily a funfair. Travellers still attend the fair and ride horses up and down the street on the Saturday. The travellers have to wait outside the town until 6:00 pm on the Tuesday, at which point they are allowed to cross the bridge over the River Tees into the town.

Yarm has an annual fun run. The 5 km run starts at Conyers School and ends on Snaith’s Field.

A ceremony takes place each Advent to light up the town’s Christmas tree.

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