Chronological Retrospect of the History of Yarmouth and Neighbourhood / from A.D. 46 to 1884

by William Finch-Crisp

1828.

Mr. David Service, the Yarmouth poet, died.

1829.

May 29th. The bells rang out a merry peal on the opening day of the Suspension Bridge. This structure, on the North Quay, was made chiefly of iron, and thrown across the river Bure by Robert Cory, Esq., under the powers of an Act of Parliament passed in the year 1827. It cost about £4,000.