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[[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]] [[illuminated manuscript|illuminated art]]. At the northern tip of the parish an area known as Southtown (oralso known as South Town or Little Yarmouth) grew as a suburb to Great Yarmouth, facing it across the Yare.<ref name=Suckling>{{cite book |last1=Suckling |first1=Alfred |title=The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk |date=1846 |publisher=W. S. Crowell |location=Ipswich |pages=360–380 |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/suffolk-history-antiquities/vol1/pp360-380}}</ref>

Gorleston was an [[ancient parish]] in Suffolk. Southtown was brought within Great Yarmouth's borough boundaries in 16811668, 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://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Statutes_of_the_United_Kingdom_of_Gr/Uq0uAAAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA300&printsec=frontcover |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 16811668 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>