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{{Short description|Town in Norfolk, England}}
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{{Infobox UK place
| populationtype = 5,548Town▼
| country = England
| coordinates = {{coord|52.5757|1.7235|display=inline,title}}
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| official_name = Gorleston-on-Sea
|population_ref ={{nowrap|24,470 (Built up area, 2021)<ref>{{cite web |title=Towns and cities, characteristics of built-up areas, England and Wales: Census 2021 |url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/housing/articles/townsandcitiescharacteristicsofbuiltupareasenglandandwales/census2021 |website=Census 2021 |publisher=Office for National Statistics |access-date=23 August 2023}}</ref>}}
▲| population = 5,548
| population_ref = (2011 Census.Ward)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11129154&c=NR29+3AL&d=16&e=62&g=6448864&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1440438354775&enc=1|title=Great Yarmouth Ward population 2011|access-date=24 August 2015}}</ref>
| shire_district = [[Great Yarmouth (borough)|Great Yarmouth]]
| region = East of England
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'''Gorleston-on-Sea''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|g|ɔːɔːr|l|s|t|ə|n}}), knownhistorically and colloquially known as '''Gorleston''', is a seaside town<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-06-01 |title=A-Z of Norfolk nostalgia: A history of Gorleston in pictures |url=https://www.greatyarmouthmercury.co.uk/news/21022980.a-z-norfolk-nostalgia-history-gorleston-pictures/ |access-date=2023-12-07 |website=Great Yarmouth Mercury |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Gorleston on Sea |url=https://www.visitnorfolk.co.uk/destination/gorleston-on-sea |access-date=2023-12-07 |website=Visit Norfolk |language=en-GB}}</ref> in the [[Boroughborough of Great Yarmouth]], in [[Norfolk]], [[England]],. It lies to the south of [[Great Yarmouth]]., Situatedon atthe opposite side of the mouth of the [[River Yare]]. Historically in [[Suffolk]], it was a [[Port|port town]] at the time of the [[Domesday Book]]. TheIt portwas thenincorporated into Great Yarmouth in 1836. Gorleston's port became a centre of fishing for [[herring]] along with [[Salt evaporation pond|salt pans]] used for the production of salt to preserve the fish. In [[Edwardian era|Edwardian]] times the fishing industry rapidly declined and the town's role changed to that of a [[seaside resort]].
 
==History==
[[File:Gorleston HighSt StreetAndrew's church - geograph.org.uk - 2720012208752.jpg|thumb|left|HighSt StreetAndrew's Church, Gorleston-on-Sea]]
The place-name 'Gorleston' is first attested in the [[Domesday Book]] of 1086, where it appears as ''Gorlestuna''. It appears as ''Gurlestona'' in the [[Pipe Rolls]] of 1130. The first element may be related to the word 'girl', and is probably a personal name. The name could mean "girls' town or settlement", or a variant thereof, similar to [[Girlington]] in [[West Yorkshire]].<ref>[[Eilert Ekwall]], ' 'The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names'', p.201.</ref>
 
[[Historic counties of England|Historically]] the town was in the county of [[Suffolk]]. In the [[Middle Ages]] it had two manors, and a small manor called Bacons. The medieval church of St. Andrew stands in the town and by historical association gives its name to the [[Gorleston Psalter]], an important example of 14th century [[East Anglia|East Anglian]]n [[illuminated manuscript|illuminated art]]. In 1832At the townnorthern becametip aof partthe ofparish Greatan Yarmoutharea forknown electoralas purposes.Southtown Finally(also inknown 1835as itSouth mergedTown withor theLittle townYarmouth) andgrew becameas parta ofsuburb to [[Great Yarmouth]], infacing theit countyacross of [[Norfolk]]. [[Gorleston Barracks]] were established inthe 1853Yare.<ref name=EHSuckling>{{NHLEcite book |numlast1= 1245811Suckling |descfirst1=Alfred Southtown Road Workshop Range|access-datetitle=17The OctoberHistory 2016}}</ref>and ThereAntiquities was to be three railway stations inof the townCounty onof the [[Yarmouth-Lowestoft Line]]. The stations on the line were [[Gorleston-on-Sea railwaySuffolk station|Gorleston-on-Sea]], [[Gorleston North railwaydate=1846 station|Gorlestonpublisher=W. North]]S. and [[Gorleston Links railwayCrowell station|Gorlestonlocation=Ipswich Links]] which all closed between 1942 and 1970. The closest railway stations are now [[Lowestoft railway station|Lowestoft]] and [[Great Yarmouth railwaypages=360–380 station|Great Yarmouth]]url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/suffolk-history-antiquities/vol1/pp360-380}}</ref>
 
[[Gorleston Barracks]] were established in 1853.<ref name=EH>{{NHLE|num= 1245811 |desc= Southtown Road Workshop Range|access-date=17 October 2016}}</ref> There were to be three railway stations in the town on the [[Yarmouth-Lowestoft Line]]. The stations on the line were [[Gorleston-on-Sea railway station|Gorleston-on-Sea]], [[Gorleston North railway station|Gorleston North]] and [[Gorleston Links railway station|Gorleston Links]] which all closed between 1942 and 1970. The closest railway stations are now [[Lowestoft railway station|Lowestoft]] and [[Great Yarmouth railway station|Great Yarmouth]].
Its main attraction is its sandy "Edwardian Beach." It has traditional seaside gardens and [[Pond|model boat pond]]. It also has a theatre opposite the pier called the [[Gorleston Pavilion|Pavilion]]. The main [[Shopping mall|shopping centre]] is on High Street. It has its own golf club. There is also the [[James Paget University Hospital|hospital]] and a [[library]]. There is a [[Gorleston (Range Rear) Lighthouse|lighthouse]], [[RNLI|lifeboat station]] and [[Gorleston South Pier Lighthouse|coastwatch station]] on Riverside Road.<ref name="RNLI">[http://www.rnli.org.uk/rnli_near_you/east/stations/GreatYarmouthandGorlestonNorfolk/history RNLI history of Great Yarmouth & Gorleston lifeboat station] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090108130505/http://www.rnli.org.uk/rnli_near_you/east/stations/greatyarmouthandgorlestonnorfolk/history |date=8 January 2009 }}.</ref>▼
 
▲Its main attraction is its sandy "Edwardian Beach." It has traditional seaside gardens and [[Pond|model boat pond]]. It also has a theatre opposite the pier called the [[Gorleston Pavilion|Pavilion]]. The main [[Shopping mall|shopping centre]] is on High Street. It has its own golf club. There is also the [[James Paget University Hospital|hospital]] and a [[library]]. There is a [[Gorleston (Range Rear) Lighthouse|lighthouse]], [[RNLI|lifeboat station]] and [[Gorleston South Pier Lighthouse|coastwatch station]] on Riverside Road.<ref name="RNLI">[http://www.rnli.org.uk/rnli_near_you/east/stations/GreatYarmouthandGorlestonNorfolk/history RNLI history of Great Yarmouth & Gorleston lifeboat station] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090108130505/http://www.rnli.org.uk/rnli_near_you/east/stations/greatyarmouthandgorlestonnorfolk/history |date=8 January 2009 }}.</ref> In 2023 the beach was voted the best in Britain, and the 12th best in Europe, by [[Tripadvisor]] reviewers.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/TravelersChoice-Beaches-cTop-g4|title=Top 25 beaches - Europe|publisher=[[Tripadvisor]]|access-date=28 February 2023}}</ref>
 
St Peter the Apostle Roman Catholic Church, built in 1938–39, was [[Eric Gill]]'s only complete work of architecture.
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The town is meticulously described in the novel ''Gorleston'' by Henry Sutton (Sceptre, 1995) and in Philip Leslie's novels ''The History of Us'' (Legend Press, 2009) and ''What Remains'' (December House, 2013). Both Sutton and Leslie employ the actual names of roads and retail outlets in their work.
 
Gorleston-on-Sea's Pier Hotel and beach feature as a key location in [[Danny Boyle]]'s 2019 film ''[[Yesterday (2019 film)|Yesterday]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.pierhotelgorleston.co.uk/yesterday.html |title= Pier Hotel Gorleston |access-date= 13 July 2019 }}{{Dead link|date=June 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
 
===Administrative history===
===East Anglian School for Deaf and Blind Children===▼
Gorleston was an [[ancient parish]] in Suffolk. Southtown was brought within Great Yarmouth's borough boundaries in 1668, whilst remaining part of the parish of Gorleston.<ref name=Suckling/> The rest of the parish was added to the constituency of Great Yarmouth in 1832 under the [[Parliamentary Boundaries Act 1832]].<ref>{{cite book |title=The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |date=1832 |page=353 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Uq0uAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA300 |access-date=23 August 2023}}</ref> Great Yarmouth's [[municipal borough]] boundaries were adjusted to match the constituency from 1 January 1836 under the [[Municipal Corporations Act 1835]], since when Gorleston has been administered as part of Great Yarmouth.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |page=459 |url=https://archive.org/details/statutesunitedk35britgoog/page/458/mode/2up?q=yarmouth |access-date=23 August 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10179944|title=Relationships and changes Gorleston AP/CP through time|publisher=[[A Vision of Britain through Time]]|accessdate=5 February 2023}}</ref> The borough of Great Yarmouth straddled Norfolk and Suffolk between 1668 and 1891, with the original town north of the Yare being in Norfolk and Gorleston south of the Yare being in Suffolk. The borough was placed entirely in Norfolk in 1891, although as a [[county borough]] Great Yarmouth provided its own county-level services, independent from [[Norfolk County Council]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Local Government Board's Provisional Orders Confirmation (No. 13) Act 1890 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukla/Vict/53-54/202/pdfs/ukla_18900202_en.pdf |website=legislation.gov.uk |publisher=The National Archives |access-date=23 August 2023 |page=13}}</ref>
The East Anglian School for Deaf and Blind Children (for deaf children and for blind children) was established in Gorleston in 1912 and based there until it closed in 1985.<ref>{{cite web|title=East Anglian School for the Deaf and Blind|url=http://norfolkdeafhistory.org.uk/images/history/history8.gif|website=Norfolk Deaf History|access-date=9 April 2015|format=GIF image|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150419083410/http://norfolkdeafhistory.org.uk/images/history/history8.gif|archive-date=19 April 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref> During the [[Second World War]] the school was [[Evacuations of civilians in Britain during World War II|evacuated]] to [[Aberpergwm House]] in [[Glynneath]], Wales.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Gosse|first1=Peter|title=EAS moved to Wales During the War 1940-1945|url=http://norfolkdeafhistory.org.uk/database/images/DH0178.pdf|website=Norfolk Deaf History|access-date=9 April 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150419081711/http://norfolkdeafhistory.org.uk/database/images/DH0178.pdf|archive-date=19 April 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The headmaster's house in Gorleston was severely damaged by bombing in 1941.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Clapham|first1=Lucy|title=Blue plaque marks the spot of important Gorleston landmark|url=http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/blue_plaque_marks_the_spot_of_important_gorleston_landmark_1_1737146|access-date=15 November 2014|work=East Anglian Daily Press|date=10 December 2012}}</ref>▼
 
Gorleston continued to form a [[civil parish]] within the borough of Great Yarmouth until 1974, although as an [[urban parish]] it had no separate parish council. In 1951 the parish had a population of 24,984.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10179944/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Gorleston AP/CP through time|publisher=[[A Vision of Britain through Time]]|accessdate=5 February 2023}}</ref> On 1 April 1974 the civil parish was abolished.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/districts/great%20yarmouth.html|title=Great Yarmouth Registration District|publisher=UKBMD|accessdate=5 February 2023}}</ref>
 
==Education==
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[[East Norfolk Sixth Form College]] is located in Gorleston. It is a major [[sixth form]] provider in Norfolk, attracting students from a wide area.
 
▲===East Anglian School for Deaf and Blind Children===
▲The East Anglian School for Deaf and Blind Children (for deaf children and for blind children) was established in Gorleston in 1912 and based there until it closed in 1985.<ref>{{cite web|title=East Anglian School for the Deaf and Blind|url=http://norfolkdeafhistory.org.uk/images/history/history8.gif|website=Norfolk Deaf History|access-date=9 April 2015|format=GIF image|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150419083410/http://norfolkdeafhistory.org.uk/images/history/history8.gif|archive-date=19 April 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref> During the [[Second World War]] the school was [[Evacuations of civilians in Britain during World War II|evacuated]] to [[Aberpergwm House]] in [[Glynneath]], Wales.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Gosse|first1=Peter|title=EAS moved to Wales During the War 1940-1945|url=http://norfolkdeafhistory.org.uk/database/images/DH0178.pdf|website=Norfolk Deaf History|access-date=9 April 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150419081711/http://norfolkdeafhistory.org.uk/database/images/DH0178.pdf|archive-date=19 April 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The headmaster's house in Gorleston was severely damaged by bombing in 1941.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Clapham|first1=Lucy|title=Blue plaque marks the spot of important Gorleston landmark|url=http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/blue_plaque_marks_the_spot_of_important_gorleston_landmark_1_1737146|access-date=15 November 2014|work=East Anglian Daily Press|date=10 December 2012|archive-date=29 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129011547/http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/blue_plaque_marks_the_spot_of_important_gorleston_landmark_1_1737146|url-status=dead}}</ref>
 
==Notable people==
 
[[File:William Flemming.jpg|thumb|175px|William Fleming (1865–1954), lifeboatman]]
* [[William Adams (lifesaver)|William Adams]] (1864–1913) highly decorated lifesaver and swimming instructor<ref>[{{Cite web | url=http://www.gorlestonhistorygreatyarmouthmercury.orgco.uk/localsnews/williamadams.phpnew-wetherspoon-s-the-william-adams-opens-in-gorleston-1-5433146 | title='This Gorlestonis &beyond Greatmy Yarmouthwildest Historydreams' website,- Williamfamily's Adams]pride retrievedas Januarynew 2018Wetherspoon pub opens in Gorleston}}</ref>
* [[William Fleming (lifeboatman)|William Fleming]] [[George Cross|GC]] (1865–1954) highly decorated [[Lifeboat (rescue)|lifeboatman]]<ref>[http://www.greatyarmouthmercury.co.uk/your-great-yarmouth/letters/blue-plaque-to-honour-gorleston-lifeboat-coxswain-1-5236251 Great Yarmouth Mercury, 14 October, 2017, Blue plaque to honour Gorleston lifeboat coxswain] retrieved January 2018</ref>▼
* [[Rowland Fisher]] (1885–1969) painter,<ref>[http://www.hatfieldhines.com/false/rowland-fisher/ Hatfield Hines Galleries website, Rowland Fisher, 1885-1969] retrieved January 2018</ref> mainly known for his seascapes▼
* [[Maurice Kaufmann]] (1927–1997) actor<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0442332/ IMDb Database] retrieved January 2018</ref> on stage, film and TV, married to [[Honor Blackman]] 1961-1975▼
* [[Peter Simpson (footballer, born 1945)|Peter Simpson]] (born 1945) former footballer,<ref>[http://www.nasljerseys.com/Players/S/Simpson.Peter.htm North American Soccer League Players, Peter Simpson] retrieved January 2018</ref> 370 pro appearances for [[Arsenal F.C.]]▼
* [[Sammy Morgan]] (born 1946) former pro. footballer,<ref>[https://www.pitchero.com/clubs/gorlestonfc/a/history-8202.html?page=2 Gorleston F.C website, Previous managers] retrieved January 2018</ref> making over 260 appearances▼
* [[Henry Sutton (novelist)|Henry Edward Sutton]] (born 1963) Senior Lecturer<ref>[https://www.uea.ac.uk/literature/people/profile/henry-sutton Henry Sutton, Biography, University of East Anglia] retrieved January 2018</ref> in Creative Writing at the [[University of East Anglia]] and award-winning crime novelist ▼
* [[Paul Gibbs (footballer)|Paul Derek Gibbs]] (born 1972) former footballer,<ref>[http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=2841 SoccerBase Database] retrieved January 2018</ref> approx. 200 club caps▼
* [[Myleene Klass]] (born 1978) TV presenter,<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0458325/ IMDb Database] retrieved January 2018</ref> musician, former member of pop group [[Hear'say]]▼
* [[Hannah Spearritt]] (born 1981) actress<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0817339/ IMDb Database] retrieved January 2018</ref> and former member of pop group [[S Club 7]], grew up in Gorleston▼
* [[Gregg Lowe]] (born 1986) actor<ref name="greatyarmouthmercury">{{cite web|url=http://www.greatyarmouthmercury.co.uk/news/clinically-dead-x-men-actor-revived-at-end-of-marathon-1-4309634|title=Clinically dead X-Men actor revived at end of marathon|first=Liz|last=Coates|website=greatyarmouthmercury.co.uk|access-date=14 August 2017}}</ref><ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3171633/ IMDb Database] retrieved January 2018</ref>▼
* [[Jessica-Jane Applegate]] (born 1996) Paralympic swimmer and gold medalist
▲* [[Rowland Fisher]] (1885–1969) painter, mainly known for his seascapes<ref>[http://www.hatfieldhines.com/false/rowland-fisher/ Hatfield Hines Galleries website, Rowland Fisher, 1885-1969] retrieved January 2018</ref> mainly known for his seascapes
▲* [[William Fleming (lifeboatman)|William Fleming]] [[George Cross|GC]] (1865–1954) highly decorated [[Lifeboat (rescue)|lifeboatman]]<ref>[http://www.greatyarmouthmercury.co.uk/your-great-yarmouth/letters/blue-plaque-to-honour-gorleston-lifeboat-coxswain-1-5236251 Great Yarmouth Mercury, 14 October, 2017, Blue plaque to honour Gorleston lifeboat coxswain] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180117011906/http://www.greatyarmouthmercury.co.uk/your-great-yarmouth/letters/blue-plaque-to-honour-gorleston-lifeboat-coxswain-1-5236251 |date=17 January 2018 }} retrieved January 2018</ref>
*[[John Fuller, Baron Fuller|John Charles Fuller, The Lord Fuller OBE]]<ref>{{cite web | title=Order of the British Empire | website=The Gazette | date=2019-06-18 | url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/3294282 | ref={{sfnref | The Gazette | 2019}} | access-date=2024-03-10}}</ref> (born 1968), British life peer<ref>{{cite web | title=Political Peerages 2024 | website=GOV.UK | date=2024-02-09 | url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/political-peerages-2024 | ref={{sfnref | GOV.UK | 2024}} | access-date=2024-03-10}}</ref> created Baron Fuller, of Gorleston-on-Sea in the County of Norfolk by Letters Patent on 8th March 2024.<ref>{{cite web | title=LANGLEY SCHOOL (1960) LIMITED people | website=GOV.UK | date=6 Dec 2019 | url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00656498/officers | ref={{sfnref | GOV.UK | 2019}} | access-date=13 Mar 2024}}</ref> and took his seat in the House of Lords on 12th March 2024.<ref>{{cite web | last=Grimmer | first=Dan | title=Gorleston gets a new peer... as council leader becomes a Lord | website=Great Yarmouth Mercury | date=12 Mar 2024 | url=https://www.greatyarmouthmercury.co.uk/news/24178359.south-norfolk-leader-becomes-lord-fuller-gorleston-on-sea/ | access-date=13 Mar 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Introduction: Lord Fuller | website=Hansard | date=12 Mar 2024 | url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2024-03-12/debates/791E1B18-F3B2-42A6-B7CB-DBB6C286C0CF/IntroductionLordFuller | ref={{sfnref | Hansard | 2024}} | access-date=13 Mar 2024}}</ref>
* [[Stanley_Fuller|Stanley Charles Fuller]] (1907 - 1988) Norfolk's first Olympic Athlete, who competed at the [[1932_Summer_Olympics|1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Olympedia – Stanley Fuller | website=Olympedia – Main Page | date=1907-10-13 | url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/69062 | ref={{sfnref | Olympedia – Main Page | 1907}} | access-date=2024-03-10}}</ref>
▲* [[Paul Gibbs (footballer)|Paul Derek Gibbs]] (born 1972) former footballer, with approx. 200 club caps<ref>[http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=2841 SoccerBase Database] retrieved January 2018</ref> approx. 200 club caps
* [[Peter Green (musician)|Peter Green]] (1946-2020) English blues rock guitarist and the founder of [[Fleetwood Mac]]. Green lived in Gorleston for a brief period in the early 1990s.<ref>{{cite book| last = Celmins| first = Martin| title = Peter Green: Founder of Fleetwood Mac - Revised and Updated Edition| year = 2022| publisher = Omnibus Press| page = 280| isbn = 978-1-913172-54-1}}</ref>
* [[Ralph Jones (GC)|Ralph Jones]] [[George Cross|GC]] (1900–1944) Gorleston born Australian soldier who was posthumously awarded the George Cross for gallantry<ref name=adb>{{Australian Dictionary of Biography|last= Gordon |first= Harry |year=1996|id=A140664b|title= Jones, Ralph (1900–1944) |accessdate=9 August 2022 }}</ref>
▲* [[Maurice Kaufmann]] (1927–1997) actor on stage, film and TV, married to [[Honor Blackman]] 1961-1975<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0442332/ IMDb Database] retrieved January 2018</ref> on stage, film and TV, married to [[Honor Blackman]] 1961-1975
▲* [[Myleene Klass]] (born 1978) TV presenter, musician, former member of pop group [[Hear'say]]<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0458325/ IMDb Database] retrieved January 2018</ref> musician, former member of pop group [[Hear'say]]
▲* [[Gregg Lowe]] (born 1986) actor<ref name="greatyarmouthmercury">{{cite web|url=http://www.greatyarmouthmercury.co.uk/news/clinically-dead-x-men-actor-revived-at-end-of-marathon-1-4309634|title=Clinically dead X-Men actor revived at end of marathon|first=Liz|last=Coates|website=greatyarmouthmercury.co.uk|access-date=14 August 2017|archive-date=14 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170814215441/http://www.greatyarmouthmercury.co.uk/news/clinically-dead-x-men-actor-revived-at-end-of-marathon-1-4309634|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3171633/ IMDb Database] retrieved January 2018</ref>
* Campbell Archibald Mellon (1876–1955) painter and founder member of the Great Yarmouth and Gorleston Society of Artists<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.macconnal-mason.com/artist-detail/240452/campbell-archibald-mellon | title=Campbell Archibald Mellon (1876 - 1955) &#124; Artist &#124; Macconnal-Mason }}</ref>
▲* [[Sammy Morgan (footballer)|Sammy Morgan]] (born 1946) former pro.professional footballer, making over 260 appearances<ref>[https://www.pitchero.com/clubs/gorlestonfc/a/history-8202.html?page=2 Gorleston F.C website, Previous managers] retrieved January 2018</ref> making over 260 appearances
* [[Kate Norgate]] (1853 – 1935) eminent historian and author. Norgate lived in Gorleston from 1921 until her death<ref name="Adams">{{cite work|last=Adams|first=Stewart|date=2024|title=Kate Norgate (1853 to 1935) – Historian|publisher=Due for publication in Yarmouth Archaeology in October 2024. Yarmouth Archaeology is the annual publication of the Great Yarmouth Local History & Archaeological Society}}</ref>
* [[Kip Sabian]] (born 1992) professional wrestler, currently signed by American promotion, [[All Elite Wrestling]]<ref name="wos">{{cite web|url=https://woswrestling.co.uk/staff/kip-sabian-wos/|title=Kip Sabian - World of Sport wrestling|date=28 June 2018 |publisher=World of Sport wrestling|access-date=March 11, 2024}}</ref>
▲* [[Peter Simpson (footballer, born 1945)|Peter Simpson]] (born 1945) former professional footballer, with 370 appearances for [[Arsenal F.C.]]<ref>[http://www.nasljerseys.com/Players/S/Simpson.Peter.htm North American Soccer League Players, Peter Simpson] retrieved January 2018</ref> 370 pro appearances for [[Arsenal F.C.]]
▲* [[Hannah Spearritt]] (born 1981) actress and former member of pop group [[S Club 7]]<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0817339/ IMDb Database] retrieved January 2018</ref> and former member of pop group [[S Club 7]], grew up in Gorleston
▲* [[Henry Sutton (novelist)|Henry Edward Sutton]] (born 1963) Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at the [[University of East Anglia]] and award-winning crime novelist<ref>[https://www.uea.ac.uk/literature/people/profile/henry-sutton Henry Sutton, Biography, University of East Anglia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180116194850/https://www.uea.ac.uk/literature/people/profile/henry-sutton |date=16 January 2018 }} retrieved January 2018</ref> in Creative Writing at the [[University of East Anglia]] and award-winning crime novelist
 
==See also==
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* [https://www.greatyarmouthlocalhistoryandarchaeology.com/_files/ugd/ce90a7_243d2d98f4264578b10046140d705857.pdf Blue Plaques in Gorleston]
* [http://www.great-yarmouth.co.uk/ Great Yarmouth - The Golden Mile]
* [https://www.histclo.com/act/out/sea/resort/eng/g/esrt-gorlt.html Gorelston ]
 
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