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Beccles
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
or a market town and municipal borough, in the Lowestoft parliamentary division of Suffolk, England; on the right bank of the river Waveney, 109 m. N.E. from London by the Great Eastern railway. Pop. (Igor) 6898. It has a pleasant,. well-wooded site overlooking the flat lands bordering the Waveney. The church of St Michael, wholly Perpendicular, is a. fine example of the style, having an ornate south porch of two storeys and a detached bell tower. There are a grammar school (1712), and boys' school and free school on the foundation of Sir John Leman (1631). Rose Hall, in the vicinity, is a moated manor of brick, of the 16th century. Printing works, malting, brick and tile, and agricultural implement works are the chief industries. Beccles was incorporated in 1584. It is governed by a mayor, 4 aldermen and 1 2 councillors. Area, 201 7 acres.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Beccles'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/b/beccles.html. 1910.
