The settlement of Yarburgh has its origins in the Anglo-Saxon period and exists to the present day. The name Yarburgh derives from the Old English 'eorth-burg' meaning an earthwork. The location of this earthwork is unknown. {1} In 1086, the King owned 2 carucates, 5 1/3 bovates in the parish, which were part of a manor in Gayton le Wold. Alfred of Lincoln claimed 1/2 a carucate from the King. By 1115, the Count of Brittany held the manor in Gayton le Wold, which still owned the 2 carucates, 5 1/3 bovates of land. There is no mention of a settlement at this time. {2} In 1377 there were 100 poll tax payers. {3} In 1563 there was 32 households. {4} The population was 182 in 1801 rising to a peak of 279 in 1861, falling again to 170 in 1901. {5} Earthworks were identified on aerial photographs by the National Mapping Programme. These were: Enclosures (PRN 41248a-e - TF 3523 9302, TF 3523 9278, TF 3517 9267, TF 3526 9252, and TF 3542 9249) Trackway (PRN 41248f - TF 3539 9262). {6} The site of a supposed moat, now thought to be the remains of a drainage system which is still extant, and not an antiquity (PRN 41248g - TF 3521 9240). {7}