   yarm is a small town and civil parish in the unitary authority of stockton-on-tees in north east england. it is on the south bank of the river tees and for ceremonial purposes is in the county of north yorkshire. the bridge at yarm marked the furthest reach of tidal flow up the river tees until the opening, in 1995, of the tees barrage, which now regulates river flow above stockton. as the last bridge on the river before the sea, it was superseded by a new toll bridge opened in stockton in 1771. the oldest part of the town, around the high street, is situated in a loop of the river and the newer parts of the town extend to the point where the river leven meets the river tees. ==history== the name of the town is thought to be derived from the old norse word yarum meaning an enclosure to catch fish or from the old english gearum with the same meaning. yarm was first mentioned in the domesday book of 1086 and was originally a chapelry in the kirklevington parish in the north riding of yorkshire; it later became a parish in its own right. domninican friars, often called black friars or friar preachers, settled in yarm about 1286 and maintained a friarage and a hospital in the town, until 1583. their memory is preserved in the names of friarage and spital bank. bishop skirlaw of durham bui
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