Editing Gorleston-on-Sea (section)

===Administrative history===
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>

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>