Yarm
Yarm (pr. yärm) is a small town which for ceremonial purposes is in the North Riding of Yorkshire in England. It was first mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, and marked the end of the tidal section of the River Tees until the Tees Barrage was built in Stockton. It is situated in a loop of the river.
Administration
Administratively, the town is not in North Yorkshire, but is in the borough of Stockton-on-Tees, made a unitary authority in 1996, before which time Yarm was in the county borough of Cleveland, a creation of the Local Government Act 1972. The Yarm ward (which includes Kirklevington) has three local councillors sitting on Stockton borough council all of which are Conservatives: Jennifer Beaumont, Brian Jones, and Andrew Sherris.
Geography
Yarm is divided into five estates, and the peninsular area where the town centre is situated. The estates are Willey Flatts, Layfield Farm, The Kebbell (or Spitalfields), Leven Park, and Levendale (or Ingleby Grange).
Rivers
Yarm is bordered by two rivers. The River Tees is located to the North, and the Leven to the East. The Leven is a tributary to the Tees. In the past there was a port at Yarm, with merchant vessels travelling to Yarm up the Tees.
Location
- Grid reference: NZ421124*
- Latitude and longitude: 54°30′N 1°21′W / 54.500°N 1.350°W (54.50, −1.35)
- Road access: A67 from North and South, B1264 from West, A1044 from East.
- Rail access: Yarm Station
- Nearest airport: Teesside Airport
Events
Many events are held in the town each year such as a fair and a 5KM fun run.
Fair
A fair is held on the Thursday to Saturday of the third week in October in the High Street. It was once a commercial fair that traded in cheese and livestock, but has become a fun fair, although travellers still attend the fair, and ride horses up and down the street on the Saturday.
People
People associated with the town include John Wesley, founder of Methodism, and Tom Brown, hero in the Battle of Dettingen.
Twinned towns
Yarm is twinned with two other European towns:
- Schwalbach in Germany
- Vernouillet in France