  Beccles. An ancient market town and polling place, on the borders of Norfolk, 109 miles from London, 40 N.E. of Ipswich, 14 S.W. of Yarmouth, and 5 E. of Bungay, in the hundred of Wangford, and Norwich bishopric. The area is 1,952 acres, including marsh and common land; and the population, in 1851, was 4,398. It is situated on the river Waveney, navigable for vessels of 100 tons burden to Yarmouth and Lowestoft, and by which a considerable trade is carried on. Here are breweries and iron foundries. The town is large and well built, consisting of several streets, joining in a market-place; and is lighted with gas. The market is held on Friday. Beccles is a polling-place for East Suffolk. Quarter The church, dedicated to St. Michael, is in the Gothic style of architecture, and stands in the New Market. It was erected about 1369, and consists of a nave, chancel, north and south aisles, north and south porches, and tower. The tower is considered a fine specimen of florid Gothic, and presents a singular appearance from its being detached, and placed a short distance from the south-eastern angle of the church. It was built about 1515, is 92 feet high, but unfinished, probably owing to the dissolution of Bury Abbey, and contains a fine peal of 10 bells. The Rev. J. T. Johnston, B.A., is the present incumbent, and the Rev. C. Langham is the curate. The living is a rectory, value £370 per annum, in the patronage of the Rev. E. Hollond, Benhall Lodge. H. S. Farr, Esq., is lord of the manor. There are chapels for Independents, Baptists, Wesleyans, and Primitive Methodists. The charity funds amount to £250 a year. Here is a House of Correction, which will hold 30 prisoners. Also National, British, and Infant Schools. CLERGY, GENTRY, &c.Ashford, William, Esq., Blyburgate street Bardwell, Mrs. Sarah, Old Market Bird, Mrs. Martha, Newgate street Bruce, Mrs. Mary, New Market-place Chaplin, Mr. Edward, Northgate street Chenery, Mrs. Elizabeth, Smallgate street Cox, Mrs. Elizabeth, New Market-place Crisp, John, Esq., Old Market Crowfoot, Miss Mary, Ballaygate street Dashwood, Charles, Esq., New Market-place Dashwood, Rev. Jarrard, Saltgate street Drewell, Mr. Samuel, Smallgate street Farr, Henry, Esq., Pudding moor Ferrier, Mrs., Saltgate street Fiddes, Miss Elizabeth, Old Market Flower, Rev. John, New Market-place, Independent minister Gilbert, Mrs. Anne, Smallgate street Goffin, William, Newgate street Gordon, John R., Esq., New Market-place Grant, Miss Sarah, New Market-place Hammond, Rev. James, M.A., New Market Hartley, Rev. A. O., head master of grammar school, Ballaygate street Howman, Miss L. Dorothy, Northgate street Kent, Mrs. Susan, Ballaygate street Langham, Rev. Charles John, B.A., curate, Saltgate street Meen, Mr. James, Blyburgate street Montague, Edward P., Esq., Northgate street Newman, Mrs. Mary, Smallgate street Parker, Mr. Thomas, Gillingham Pedgrift, Mr. John, Northgate street Peskett, Dr. George, Saltgate street Talbot, Rev. John J., rector, Saltgate str. Thompson, Miss Sophia, Sheepgate street Woolner, Miss Charlotte, Exchange square Worman, Mrs. Hannah, Pudding moor TRADES, PROFESSIONS, &c.Aldous, John, upholsterer and cabinet-maker, New Market-place Aldred, James, baker and confectioner, Northgate street Aldred, John, grocer and draper, Northgate street Allcock, William, junr., shoeing-smith, Smallgate street Arnold, William, cabinet-maker and upholsterer, New Market-place Ayres, Edward, watchmaker, Blyburgate st. Bailey, George, the Falcon, New Market Baldry, William, Bell inn, Smallgate str. Barber, William, carpenter, Newgate str. Barker, William K., ironmonger, New Market-place Barkway, Edward, Pickerel inn, Pudding moor Barkway, Samuel, Red Lion, Blyburgate street Bartram, Stephen, sawyer, Blyburgate street Barwood, Richard, blacksmith, Northgate street Beddingfield, Henry, Angel inn, Ballaygate street Benns, Philip C., boot and shoe maker, Smallgate street Bird, Benjamin, baker, Blyburgate street Bird, John, confectioner, Ballaygate street Blaxill, Elizabeth, dressmaker, Old Market Blaxill, Samuel, tailor, Old Market Block, Robert, wholesale and retail grocer and tea dealer, New Market-place Boast, George, builder, Smallgate street Boatright, John, seedsman, New Market-place Bobbitt, Charles, clerk, Commissioner of Taxes, agent to Suffolk Alliance Fire and Life Office, Blyburgate street Bohun and Rix, solicitors, General Insurance Office, collectors to Beccles Waterworks Company, Ballaygate street Borrett, Simon, porter shop, Sheepgate street Boston, Henry, hairdresser, Old Market Boyce, Henry, second master Fauconberg Grammar School, Ballaygate street Brewer, James, saddler and harness maker, Sheepgate street Brooks, John, agent to County Fire Office, Northgate street Brown, Thomas, shoemaker, Blyburgate street Buck, Edward, wool dealer and spirit merchant, Northgate street Bullock, Robert, watch and clock maker, Exchange square Burtsal, Robert A., grocer and tea dealer, New Market Butler, John, tailor, Bridge street Carr and Son, boot and shoe makers, New Market-place Catchpole, John, Cross Keys, Sheepgate street Cattermole, Harriet, bookseller and stationer, New Market Chapman, Jeremiah, Marquis of Granby, Northgate street Chenery, Sarah, grocer, &c., Sheepgate street Cherry, T., boot and shoe maker, Blyburgate street Claxton, Robert, bootmaker, Sheepgate street Claxton, Sarah Ann, milliner and straw bonnet maker, Sheepgate street Claxton, Thomas, tailor and draper, Northgate street Clements, Joseph W., musician, Northgate street Cleveland, James, veterinary surgeon, Blyburgate street Cocks, William R., banker’s clerk, New Market-place Collins, Barney, cooper, Ballaygate street Collins, M and R., grocers and tea dealers, Smallgate street Cooper, Catherine, shopkeeper, Smallgate street Copeman, Robert, butcher, Blyburgate street Copeman, John, shopkeeper, Blyburgate street Copeman, Mrs. Hannah, butcher, Blyburgate street Corbyn, Joseph B., chemist and druggist, agent for Westminster Life Assurance Society, New Market Cowles, William, junr., boarding school, Northgate street Cowles, William, Northgate house Academy, Northgate street Crawford, William, Ship inn, Bridge str. Crickmay, John, post-office, agent to Yorkshire Fire and Life Assurance Office, Smallgate street Crickmore, James, Malsters’ Arms, Bridge street Crisp, John, junr., malster, corn and coal merchant, Bridge street Crisp, James, auctioneer, Smallgate str. Crisp, Read, accountant, bookbinder, bookseller, stationer, printer, general advertiser, jeweller, agent to Royal Exchange Life and Fire office, fancy repository and toy warehouse, New Market Crosby, William, shopkeeper, Blyburgate street Crowfoot, William, E., surgeon, New Market-place Cullen, Mrs., day and boarding school, New Market Cullen, Richard, T., plumber and glazier, New Market Custance, Mary, shopkeeper, Smallgate street Cutting, William D., blacksmith, Old Market Dale, Robert, gunmaker, New Market-place Darby, Samuel, coal and timber merchant, Bridge street Darby, Samuel, Hermitage inn, Bridge st. Dashwood, Robert, surgeon, New Market-place Davy, Henry W. R., surgeon, Old Market Davy, John, plumber and glazier, Saltgate street Dennant, Jeremiah, boot and shoemaker, Newgate street Durrant, Richard, watch and clock maker and jeweller, New Market-place Eastaugh, J. D. and G., corn and coal merchants, Corporation Wharf Easter, John, gun and pistol maker, Smallgate street Ecclestone, Harriet, confectioner, Sheepgate street Edwards, Elizabeth, milliner and dressmaker, Newgate street Edwards, Eliza, straw bonnet maker, Sheepgate street Edwards George, boot and shoe maker, Sheepgate street Edwards, George, pork butcher, Sheepgate street Edwards, Noah, well sinker and pump maker, Newgate street Everett, Edward, plumber, glazier, and painter, Sheepgate street Farrow, Charles, wine and spirit merchant, brewer, &c., Blyburgate street Feltham, William, boot and shoe maker, New Market-place Fenn, George, limeburner, Pudding moor Fiske, Edward B., assistant clerk to County Court, Ballaygate street Fiske and Son, solicitors, agents to Atlas Fire and Life Insurance office, and Equity and Law Life, Ballaygate str. Flowers, James, greengrocer, Northgate street Forman, Martha, shopkeeper, Newgate street Francis, Letitia, straw bonnet maker, Northgate street Francis, William, schoolmaster, Northgate street Franklin, R. and W., saddlers and harness makers, Blyburgate street Garnham, William W., draper, agent to Manchester Fire and Pelican Life offices, Blyburgate street Garrod, J. K. and W. H., tanners and curriers, Northgate street Garrod, William H., currier, Sheepgate street Gent, Charlotte, glass and china warehouse, Sheepgate street Gilbert, Henry, coach builder, Sheepgate street Goffin, George, shoemaker, Ballaygate str. Goldsmith, Robert, Checquers inn, Smallgate street Goldsmith, Thomas, bricklayer, Ingate road Goodburne, Harriet, greengrocer, New Market-place Gooderham, John, shopkeeper, Northgate street Green, Isaac, boot and shoe maker, New Market Green, James, corn chandler, New Market-place Gurneys and Co., bankers, Bohun and Rix, agents, Ballaygate street, (draw on Barclay and Co., London) Hadingham, George, miller, corn and coal merchant, Bridge street Haken, Henry, saddler and harness maker, New Market Haldron, William, tailor, draper, and hatter, New Market-place Halecock, William, senr., whitesmith, Sheepgate street Harmer, Joseph, watch and clock maker, Old Market Harper, William, ironfounder and agricultural implement maker, Sheepgate street Harper, William, ironfounder, Sheepgate street Harvey, James, White Lion inn and posting house, Smallgate street Hayward, Robert, cooper, Bridge street Hellsdon, William, shopkeeper, Northgate street Hickman, Rev. Charles, Independent minister, Hungate lane Hindes, Edward, veterinary surgeon, Northgate street Holland, Robert, Blyburgate street Holmes, James, brewer, Fenn lane Holmes, Thomas, shopkeeper, Bridge str. Hook, Elizabeth, general fancy toy dealer, Smallgate street Harding, Henry, farrier, &c., Sheepgate street Horsley and Son, coach builders, Hungate street Hoskin, William, timber merchant, Corporation Wharf, Old Market Haward, Samuel, stonemason, Bridge street Hunt, Ann, shopkeeper, New Market-place Ingram, Benjamin, bricklayer, Smallgate street Jarman, Robert, printer, Old Market Jarmy, Philip, Fox and Hounds, Newgate street Johnson, Caroline E., straw bonnet maker, Smallgate street Jordon, Robert, butcher, Ballaygate str. Jordon, Robert, butcher, New Market-place Kent, Joseph L., ironmonger, gas fitter, and oil and colourman, Sheepgate str. Kerrison, Henry S., draper, New Market Kindred, John, agent for Mr. Farrow, wine and spirit merchant, Blyburgate street Knights, Ann, Berlin wool and fancy repository, Exchange square Knights, George, baker, Northgate street Knights, John, shopkeeper, Smallgate st. Knowles, Martin, King’s Head inn and commercial hotel, New Market-place Lay, John, Bear and Bells, Old Market Lay, John, butcher, Northgate street Leavold, William H., corn, coal, salt, cement, and slate merchant, agent to the London traders, Corporation Wharf Lenny, William, Waveney brewery, agent to Sun Fire and Life office, Northgate street Lillistone, Mary Ann, New Market-place Love, Alfred G., general agent to tax commissioners and to Royal Life and Fire Assurance company, Ballaygate street Marshall, James, dyer, Northgate street Mayhew, Joseph, linen and woollen draper, Exchange square Mayhew, Mary Ann, baker and confectioner, Smallgate street Mills, Edward, Crown, Blyburgate street Mills, Frederic, tailor and woollen draper, Blyburgate street Mills, Robert, George and Dragon, Hungate lane Money, James, baker and confectioner, Sheepgate street Mullett, James, tailor, Ballaygate street Neal, William, shopkeeper, Hungate lane Nicker, John, butcher, Old Market Nicker, Mary, dressmaker and shopkeeper, Saltgate street Norman, John, carpenter, Sheepgate str. Norman, Joseph, beer-house, Sheepgate street Norman, Joseph, builder, Sheepgate str. Norman, Robert, brazier, Blyburgate str. Oakes, Elizabeth, dress-maker, Sheepgate street Oswald, Robert, auctioneer, Northgate street Oxborough, Charles, ropemaker, Smallgate street Page, Robert, glover, Sheepgate street Pells, Nathaniel, builder, carpenter, and lane burner, Pudding moor Pigg, Alfred, draper, New Market-place Piper, Isaac, tailor, Smallgate street Piper, Isaac, tailor, Sheepgate street Piper, Isaac, beer house, Northgate street Piper, James, tailor and hatter, Sheepgate street Piper, William, ropemaker, Northgate street Purland, Samuel, the Plough, Newgate street Rand, John, shopkeeper, Northgate street Read, Eliza, butcher, New Market Reynolds, John, corn inspector, Ballaygate street Roberts, James, cooper, Sheepgate street Rodwell, John, boot and shoe maker, New Market Sayer, Thomas, plumber and glazier, Ballaygate street Sharpin, William, solicitor, Exchange str. Sharpins and Swatman, solicitors, and agents to the Law Fire Assurance Office, Exchange square Shipley, Edward, postman, Northgate street Shreeve, Eliza, confectioner, Saltgate str. Smith, Eddy, Queen’s Head, Newgate street Smith, James, baker and confectioner, Northgate street Smith, Shephard, grocer and toy dealer, New Market place Smith, Thomas, corn, coal, and seed merchant, Northgate street Snell and Hotson, coach builders, Smallgate street Sprunt, Francis, shopkeeper, Pudding moor Stacey and Scott, tailors and hatters, New Market-place Stamp Office, Clarke, Abraham, sub-distributor and insurance agent, Smallgate street Steel, Samuel, chemist and druggist, New Market-place Stimpson, John, shoemaker, Saltgate street Swatman, Edward, solicitor, Northgate street Syder, George, cabinet maker and upholsterer, New Market-place Taylor, George, brazier and coppersmith, New Market-place Thirtle, James, green grocer, New Market Thornton and Co., brewers and maltsters, Blyburgate and Northgate street Thornton, Richard F., brewer, Ballaygate street Thrower, Benjamin, confectioner and grocer, New Market Tillett, Frederic, fishmonger, New Market-place Titshall, Deverson, shoemaker, Sheepgate street Toll, George H., miller, Bridge street Tuck, Robert, shoemaker, Smallgate str. Vyse, William, boot and shoe maker, Northgate street Wade, Denny, Fleece, Blyburgate street Walker, Rhoda, straw bonnet and dressmaker, Saltgate street Walne, Sarah, White Horse, New Market Ward, Robert, grocer and wine and spirit merchant, Sheepgate street Warner, Richard, coach driver, Sheepgate street Webster, John C., solicitor, agent to the Phoenix Fire Office and Pelican Life Office, Old Market Welch, William, whitesmith and bell-hanger, New Market-place Welton, John, boot and shoe maker, Northgate street West, Robert, gardener, Blyburgate street White, Harriet, stationery and fancy repository, New Market Whitehead, George, stone and marble mason, Northgate street Wigg, George, beerhouse, Fenn lane Wigg, Horace, cabinetmaker, Northgate street Winter, Betsy, shopkeeper, Northgate street Woodroffe, Thomas and William, builders, Lower Bridge street Woodward, William, hairdresser, register office for servants, New Market Wolfe, George E., cabinet maker and broker, Blyburgate street Woolner, George, shoemaker, Northgate street Woolner, William, horse clipper, Blyburgate street Woolnough, George, cabinet maker and upholsterer, New Market Worroffe, William W., builder, White Swan, New Market-place Wright, William, boat builder, Northgate street Youell, George, Pleasure Yatch, Northgate street |
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