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Yarm 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.
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.
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).
People associated with the town include John Wesley, founder of Methodism, and Tom Brown, hero in the Battle of Dettingen.
External link
Photos of Yarm (http://banners.iconbar.com/yarm/)
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