MAYORS: 1855-1857; George Fenn; 1857-1858 Samuel Steel
The repeal of.the stamp duty on newspapers and advertisements has caused an increasing demand for
periodical publications and cheap literature; and almost every town of any size now possesses its own

Record of passing events. The publisher of the serial now ,offered to the notice of the neighbourhood,
is impressed with the desire that Beccles, containing upwards of 4,000 inhabitants, and surrounded by
populous villages, may be placed on an equal footing with other localities.

The  railways,  by  facilitating  the  means  of  communicating  with  larger  towns,  have  increased  the
competition  in trade,  and rendered it  necessary  for  all who  are  engaged  in  commercial pursuits to
exert every energy in extending their business transactions, and reducing their rate of charges to the

lowest scale commensurate with reasonable profit.
‘The publisher anticipates that the establishing of this Journal will furnish an efficient aid in securing  
these results, and supply a desideratum long felt to exist.

It  will  be  his  aim  to  give  a  faithful  chronicle  of  passing  events,  at  home  and  abroad,  carefully
endeavouring to exclude everything  of  a personal, party, or sectarian nature.  Due attention will  be

paid to the lighter literature, by reviews of new publications, and the introduction of tales, anecdotes,
original  poetry,   and  instructive   or   and   entertaining   articles—all  of  a  strictly  moral  tendency,

interspersed with pictorial embellishments.
It only remains to invite the kind co-operation of  the public, by a liberal and continuous system of  

advertising, and by securing a wide spread circulation for a periodical which, it is presumed, will be a
welcome visitor to every home.
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Inn
Professor  of  French

attends private families or schools
ADVERTISEMENT:
greatest dispatch
ADVERTISEMENT:

(Charles Farrow, Diss)
ADVERTISEMENT:

Thomas Claxton, Bridge Street, Tailor & Draper: good assortment of Men &
Boys' black & fancy cloth caps
ADVERTISEMENT:

warehouse near the Bridge
ADVERTISEMENT:

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Thomas Laws, Nursery & garden produce, forest & plantation trees
Robert Claxton,

Hungate, Boot & Shoe maker, Ladies & Gents boots & shoes
William  Harper,  Hungate,  Implement  Manufacturer,  chaff  cutters,  horse-

ADVERTISEMENT:
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power machinery, oil  crushers, ploughs
ADVERTISEMENT:
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(late Chenery)
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& deal boards, planks. Coffins
ADVERTISEMENT:
let on hire
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vintage poor, quarter of usual
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Henry Youell,
George Fenn, Ingate, Brick Kiln, bricks, tiles, pipes

ADVERTISEMENT:
fresh pollard £6 per ton; coals at the Wharf

ADVERTISEMENT:
Good accommodation
ADVERTISEMENT:
cigars

New Market, Grocer
New Market, Baking Powder manufacturer, packets 1d, 2d, 4d,

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ADVERTISEMENT:
ADVERTISEMENT:

JB Corbyn, [5]
6d, 1s, wholesale & retail
ADVERTISEMENT:
ADVERTISEMENT:  Mrs  Corbyn,   [5]   New   Market,  Piano   &   Singing,  instruction   in   the
accomplishments; terms on application
ADVERTISEMENT:

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bibles, Church services
ADVERTISEMENT:
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Isaac Green, Rook’s Lane, Boot & Shoe maker
Henry Haken,

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New Market, Saddler, Harness maker, whips, bits & spurs
Mr Neep, Dentist at King's Head, every  description  of  artificial teeth; single

ADVERTISEMENT:
tooth from 10s

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goods, french merinos
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grave stones; chimney pieces, table tops
ADVERTISEMENT:

British & foreign spirits
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Wellington's £1
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jeweller
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tiles, laths, cements
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J Mayhew,
D  Soanes,  Sheepgate, Boot &  Shoe maker, Wellington, Dress &  Waterproof

boots
ADVERTISEMENT:
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J Carr, & Son, The Walk, Boot & Shoe maker, successors to PC Benns
James Crisp, Auctioneer, Estate Agent, accountant

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SUICIDE: Edward Mannell, committed
28

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WORKING MEN’S INSTITUTION:
POLICE: COUNCIL on recommendation  of Mr Fenn  (Mayor) recommends refusal to  amalgamate

Borough with Cunty Police. There would be an Inspector & an Inspector (the present Johnson, Cone
& Pont would be retained)

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COUNCIL: £50 voted to the coal Committee fo distribution of “Coals to the Poor.”
ADVERTISEMENT:

pipes (stock of Mr S Haward)
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boiling or steaming
ADVERTISEMENT:

S Steel, [11] New Market, Chemist, dispensing, chemicals, drugs, spices, soda
water, perfumery, leeches
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newest & most fashionable
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Mrs Woodward, [17]
William Vyse, Northgate, Boot & Shoe maker, conducted business for 6 years

ADVERTISEMENT:
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Corporation Wharf
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fixed engines
SILK WORKS: Peddar’s  Lane, the
Messrs Woodroffe & Son
LECTURE:

James Baylis, Pedar’s Lane, Silk Works manager, gave a lecture on Steam Power to the
Working Men's Institution
SHIPPING Company: Restarting repairs at Mutford Lock, they have been prevented by goods traffic.

RAILWAY, Beccles & Lowestoft
FIRE: at James Holmes, near Bridge Street, the
the roof .

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RAILWAY: The COUNCIL has  Sold a Marsh to the
£658

STEAM MILL:
years advocating by G Fenn, now Mayor
FIRE:

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WATER & GAS Co
ACCIDENT

AGM Mr WE Crowfoot, Chairman
James Ward, junior, of Hungate, while working at Horsley & Son, fell 14ft from paint

loft; no fractures
FISH PRESERVATION Waveney: Mayor chaired meeting; to stop poaching

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FIRE    at  
breakfast

MUSICAL SOCIETY in the Assembly Room, newly formed Amateur Musical Society. Concert on
Easter Monday

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DIED:
DIED: Joseph Prime, fishmonger

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TO LET: House late Mary Rix, (deceased) in St Marys:Road,   Myrtle Cottage; apply SW Rix
SALE

building & carpentering business, Hungate,established 80 years
James Crisp, (occupant), Smallgate: drawing, dining, breakfast rooms, 7 bedrooms, coach

TO LET
house, stable

ADVERTISEMENT:
business of Joseph Norman

ADVERTISEMENT:
next to Woolnough, cabinet maker

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VESTRY MEETING:  W Cowles , (13 years) & Mr Kerrison (17 years) re-elected Churchwardens
St MICHAEL’S ROOF: Vestry Meeting

repairing of Church roof to go ahead
VESTRY  MEETING:  Church  rates  to   be   considered   at  rating  meeting   not  Vestry.  Amicable
discussion of Church Rates.  Several Churchmen  supportede Mr A Pigg, Dissenter, on  question  of

abolition.
LAW: George Pont, Police

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MUSICAL  SOCIETY:  Assembly  Room  concert:  Alfred  Stanford,  flute,  superior  amateur;  Mrs
Corbyn, Mr Steel

1857
 

EMIGRATION STATISTICS
1850:  280,000 

 
1857

1854:   323,000 
ADVERTISEMENT:

1855:    176,000 
John Ross, Saltgate,

1856:  176,000 
Baker & Confectioner taking over business late Shreeve

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CRICKET: Meeting of Beccles Cricket Club “upon the old Cricket Ground upon the Common.”
TO LET

Bird, Confectioner, fancy cakes, biscuits & all kinds of confectionery
Mrs Blaxill, Milliner & Dressmaker, makes Dresses & Bonnets in the newest

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ADVERTISEMENT:
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style
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terms
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bracelets, shawl pins & chains, rings

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ARCHDEACON’S  VISITATION  by
followed by dinner at the King's Head & White Lion
COURT: William

Smith, Ballygate of the Angel  Inn, had 2 bits &  a curb stolen  by Horace Baker,
Westhall.  Sentenced to 2 months

CRICKET CLUB at Old Cricket Ground: first meeting of year
SALE
Lot 1: Double Dwelling House, gardens; Occupied by John Baldry & Jas Watling
Lot 2: new double dwelling, with garden, adjoining & north of lot 1

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Lot 3
COURT: assault

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COURT: Charles
MARRIAGE: Charles Nursey, stonemason

Henry Pigney of Gillingham; fined 12s
married to Eliz. Sayer of Bungay

STEAM DRAINAGE: George Fenn, Mayor, steam power drainage on Common. Engine & building
cost £1332
TOWN HALL under repair

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ADVERTISEMENT:
gallon

ADVERTISEMENT:
colouring

VESTRY MEETING: Church Rates: Rate required £140, but decided against rate being set
SAVED from ACCIDENT: Samuel Newson, grocer, saved ladies in gig from Bungay being pulled

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by runaway horse
ENTERTAINMENT:  Stephen  Bartram,  Victoria  Gardens: rural  entertainments  on  June  2;  races;
greasy poles
SCHOLAR:  Aldis Wright, BA, son of George Wright, gained Hebrew Scholarship at Cambridge

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SILK FACTORY, Peddar’s Lane, completed; machinery now being installed
SALE: HJ Kerrison, for

Sale or to Let, House in Rosemary Lane, Northgate
SALE: John Gooderham, Northgate,  Lot 1: new Dwelling, with plate glass shop front; grocery
Lot 2 cottage adjoining occupied by George Block
EDUCATION: Sir John Leman School: 10 new Governors appointed by the Lord Chancellor: Rev

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TJ  Johnston,  R  Dashwood,  HJ  Kerrison,  JK  Garrod,  RW  Clarke,  WW  Garnham,  EB  Fiske,  John
Crisp junior, WE Crowfoot, W Lenny.

“The Course  of  Education at this  School  includes  all the  branches  of  a  liberal  English  Education,
while the Classics, Mathematics  & the  higher  departments  of  Literature  are  imparted  at moderate

charges to those boys who are intended for professional or commercial pursuits.”
EDUCATION: Leading Article: “We are not friends to  State  Education.  We  do not consider  it the
province of the State to educate People”.

COURT: George Goffin, threatened ex employer, William Smith of Angel; swore to kill him. Bound
over

COURT: George Bailey, of the Falcon Inn: 3 men & woman intoxicated at 10.30 am playing skittles.
Very Noisy

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CHAP FAIR
CHURCH: Johnston, JT Rev, Rector: details given of the needs for Restoration of the St Michael’s
Church

COURT:  RW  Clarke,  Clerk  of  Guardians  Shipmeadow,  threatened  by  Julius  Tingey  of  Bungay,
fishmonger. £40 surety

FIRE: Nicholas Baldwin, Ravensmere, Fire in Shaw's Yard, an accident. Small damage to roof
TURNPIKE: Turnpike - Little Yarmouth, meeting

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to give consideration of new Toll-Gate
SALE: John Norman, Hungate Lane: 5 tenements in occ of Mr Fryer & others £24 - 9s p.a.
TOWN HALL: repair & improvements: outside rubbed & painted, under Appleton, county surveyor
SALE: Newgate: Peremptory  Sale, double cottage  occupied  by Matilda  Spall & Jas  Jessup near

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Station Rd
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FISHING CATCH: Thornton & Co
Offered £100 for it.

Postmaster, Librarian, Mason for 47 years; Secretary to the Dispensary
WW Garnham, Millinery

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DIED: John Crickmay,
ADVERTISEMENT:
EDUCATION: Sir John Leman School: SS Jones Headmaster

resumes 21 July; “The Master will be
prepared to receive, in addition to those on the Foundation, a few other Boys and Boarders to whom

he undertakes to impart a sound Classical Education.”  SS Jones, Master
EDUCATION: Beccles  Infant  School
children on list in 1857. Average attendance 55 to 60.

The Accounts:
Receipts 

 
Disbursements

 
Annual Subs 
 

 
Rent for Room 

£8-10s-6d 
 

Beccles Corporation Sub£10 
 
Feoffees Sub 

 
 
£3-3-0 

Mistress’s Salary 
 

£26
 

 
 
Children’s Pence 

Master 
£5-4s-0
 

£14-4s-9d
Each

Rates: 
 
 

Boys & Girls ages 3 to 8
3d a week
 

Each Child with recommendation 
2d a week

Others in family 
 
Hours 9 am to 12   &   2 pm to 5 pm

 
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COURT:  Jeremiah  Chapman,  Chequers  landlord,  convicted  of  keeping  a  Disorderly  House  at  12
midnight. PC Cone “a very great noise .. six or seven females who are prostitutes. There were also  
several men, and among them some poachers and other bad characters.”

COURT:  Thomas  Goldsmith,  briclayer,  master: Chas  Goldsmith,  apprentice,  his  nephew,  out  all
night. 3 weeks gaol

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COURT: David Foyster, at Beccles
DISPENSARY  COMMITTEE:  Edward  P  Montagu,  Dispensary  Chairman, & Rev  Francis,  Rev

Flower, WE Crowfoot, R Bohun, JE Crisp
BURIAL GROUND damaged, vandalism occurred

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CRICKET: Beccles v Southwold: Beccles 90, Southwold 91
TO LET: Sharpin (owner)
CHURCH: Rev  Charles  Langham,  Curate  of  Beccles, Receives  MA,  late  of  Emmanuel  College,

Cambridge
LEADER  ON  ADVERTISING:  “This   is  essenially  an   adverising   age,  but  we   are  far  from

entertaining of the somewhat pevalent opinion that advertising has reached its culminating point.”
Increase of Advertisments in England:
!830:   777,445 

1/6) 
EDUCATION: Miss Page, Term starts

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EDUCATION: Mrs Thornton, Term starts
EDUCATION: Mrs Cullen,

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Wednesday 22 July
Sale of Dwelling House: Drawing & Dining Rooms, 3 Offices, 5 Beds,

SALE: S Fuller, of Wangford
2 Kitchens, Gig House
CRICKET: Beccles 90; Southwold 91

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ADVERTISEMENT:
CATTLE MARKET The holding of Cattle Marke in New Market recently approved. There was none

before.
To LET: Dr Peskett, occupies
CRICKET: Return Match: Southwold 87 & 55; Beccles 50 & 87 for 4

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ADVERTISEMENT:
August

CIRCUS:
at once. Splendid Brass Band

COUNCIL  MEETING  -SPECIAL:  Mr  WW  Garnham  (a  Town  Councillor)  fined  £25  for  not
complying with the Regulation that Hirers  of Marshes  let for  grazing  only, should pay  £5 for  each

acre that they might cut, mow and carry away.
ADVERTISEMENT:
COURT: Edward Barkway,  Pickerel Inn: 5 people drinking on Sunday at 11.40 am

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DIED: WR Sharpin, Esq
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Butcher, home-cured hams & tongues (Temperance Place)
Henry  Madell,  Blyburgate,     Supplies  Game

ammunition
WANTED by SILK WORKS Peddar’s Lane: Hands Wanted: Girls wanted from 11 to 20
ADVERTISEMENT:
ADVERTISEMENT: BW  Lilly, Photographer: visits town  in August.  Samples to  be seen  at Miss

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Gent, grocer, Blyburgate
BECCLES HORTICULTURAL Flower Show: Apollo Gardens; entrance 1s; Band in attendance
COURT: Robert Lark, says it  is  a false  accusation: he publicly  denies  being  informer against the

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Pickerel
SALE: Rogerson of  Geldeston selling 12 brick-and-tiled Cottages in Beccles

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SALE of STOCK: John Borrett, sells 5 cows, sheds, & household furniture
SILK WORKS: Account: just completed.

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VESTRY MEETING: Church Rates 
RACES at Beccles, Tuesday & Wednesday,  September 8th & 9th. Beccles Handicap 28 Runners; 4

Races on Tuesday, 5 Races on Wednesday. £270 to be run for. Stewards: F Barnes, Capt Crookshank,
Lewes  Garden,  George  Fenn.    On  the  Race   Evenings:  Apollo  Gardens  opened:  Concert   etc,
Fireworks. (Torrential Rain spoilt the first day, but not the second)

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HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITION follwed the Races in the Apollo Gardens on 10 September
TOWN CLERK: Sharpin, EC Esq

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COUNCIL FINE on WW Garnham reduced to £15 [see 4 August]
SALE: Benjamin Bensley,

Sale of Dwelling
CHURCH RESTORATION: Rev JT Johnston, Decided to  aim for new roof, re-pewing &  heating.
carried unanimously.

TO BE LET: Public House: The Duke, Ballygate apply Mr Robert Jordan
SALE: Harding, Painter/Plumber/Glazier taken business of RT Cullen: assortment of stained glass
ADVERTISEMENT:

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Thomas  Brown,  Hungate,  Baker   &  Confectioner,  (late  assistant  to  Mrs
Shreeve) Wedding cakes at short notice
RACES: at Beccles: Torrential Rain: Grand &  Steward's  Stands & several others built. Few horses
ran

VESTRY MEETING: Long  speech by Mr Alfred Pigg; Motion: “That the Vestry declines to make
any Rate,  and requests the Churchwardens to propose  some other  mode  of obtaining the requisite

Funds.”  Carried  by  71  to  30.  Mr  Crowfoot  asks  for  Poll  of  whole  Town.  Meeting  adjourned  to
Council Chamber. Result: 101 for Rate, 184 against.
SALE of FURNITURE:

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RETIRING:  HWR  Davey,  Surgeon  retiring  &  moving:  Speeches:  Mr  Crowfoot,  J  Kerrich,  Col
Wilson. 53 gents at dinner

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COUNCIL: SW Rix,
DIED: John Aldous, aged 78
DIED: WK Barker, aged 73, ironmonger

SALE or LET: S Fuller, S of Brampton House: Drawing Room, Dining Room, offices, 5 bedrooms, 2
Kitchen, Gig House, Garden

ADVERTISEMENT:
dining chairs
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TOWN CLERK:  Long debate on  Election  of Town Clerk (salary  £30). Rix  had been  25 years  in
Beccles. His  opponents declared  him difficult to work with.  SW Rix,  not  elected: Supported by: J
Crisp, Carpenter, Ward, Knowles, Scott, Cowles.

George Angell elected  supported by Garnham (2), Steel, Benns, Brooks, Thompson, Harvey, Laws
Voting 8 for Angel (formerly Fauconberge Scholar & Cambridge), 6 for Rix.

DAY of HUMILIATION & Prayer. “Wednesday last was observed in accordance with the Queen’s
Proclamation  as  a Day of Humiliation  & Prayer. The  entire  business  of the Town was suspended.

RESTORATION OF BECCLES CHURCH: A Meeting of persons interested in this object was held
in the Church on Thursday, the 7th inst.
The  chair  was  occupied  by  the  Rector,  the  Rev  J  Talbot  Johnson,  who  observed  that  they  had

assembled for the purpose of receiving the report of the Committee appointed in June last, and, who,
after a long and careful investigation had come to the conclusion to engage the services of Mr John
Henry Hakewill, and now had submitted the following Report for their consideration.

“The  Committee  which  was  appointed  some  months  ago  to  consult  an  architect  on  the  proposed
restoration of the Parish Church has now to inform this meeting that after considerable deliberation
they  fixed  upon  Mr  Hakewill,  who  accordingly  came  down  and  inspected  the  church,  and  has

subsequently forwarded the plans now submitted to the meeting, accompanied by a Report. Although
the present plans and drawings are, as the architect says, only preliminary, and therefore incomplete,
your  committee  is  anxious  to  lay  them  before  a  public  meeting  as  early  as  possible,  in  order  to

consult, on every occasion, the wishes of the parish.
The following is the architect’s report to the Committee:

‘Gentlemen, Having, agreeable to your request, made an examination of your church, for the purpose
of  considering  a  plan  for  giving  additional  accommodation  therein,  I  beg  to  lay  before  you  the

following report,  and the  accompanying  drawings.  I find the  church  generally  in  good  repair. The
principal  defect  is  in  the  nave  roof,  which  appears  to  have  been  injured  by  the  cutting  away  the

original tie-beams; and the timbers are now kept together by iron straps and  bolts,  and have a  very
bad appearance.
The lead is likewise  defective in many places  and being  laid  upon the  battens is  liable to  frequent

injury; besides which being exposed to the interior, serious inconvenience is felt by the condensation
arising from the alternate action of heat and cold.
This inconvenience might be remedied by an under-ceiling; but as it would leave the roof in the same

defective state, I do not recommend it; but should rather wait until funds are enabled you to have an
entirely new roof.
In order to obtain the  additional  accommodation you require,  and put the church  in proper order, it

must be entirely re-pewed.
There  is  no  reason why the whole  area  of the  church should  not be made  available for  seats. It is
remarkably free from the  usual obstruction of large piers: and I  do  not know  another church which

has for its size such an uninterrupted line form east to west.
By the removal of the west gallery, and enclosures underneath, a great amount of space will be taken
in; and the organ can be placed at the east end of the south, where there are no seats at present.

I  have shown  in the plan the  organ in this position; which besides  being the  best place for  it  its
removal will open to view the magnificent west window, adding greatly to the beauty of the Church.
The pulpit is placed on the north side, against the column to the west of the church; and the reading

desk opposite; and I have removed the front of the west end, under the first arch of the south arcade.
The vestry I propose to keep in its present position.

By this arrangement of the seats as shown by the accompanying plan, there will be accommodation
on the ground floor for 1460 persons, including 320 children, which latter I have placed in the north

and south chancel aisles.
 

The seats can be divided thus:
In the nave and aisles

 
296

 
280
 

434
 
24

 
 
in the Chancel

 
10  

 1 seat  holding 10 each
 

 
6
 

 
72

 
18

 
           1140
 

320
 
 

 
           1460

The space allowed for adults is 2 feet 11 inches; and for children 2 feet.
The present accommodation, upon the same scale, I consider allows for 998 persons, including 176

children;  thus  there  will  be  a  total  increase  of  462;  viz,  318  adults  and  144  children;  with  the
additional advantage of uniformity in all seats.
If it should be necessary to increase this number by the erection of a western gallery, it could be done

without interfering (as the present gallery does) with the west window; but it should not be brought
out beyond the first arch; and I should certainly not erect it unless it was absolutely necessary.

Waiting your commands
I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your most obedient Servant, John Henry Hakewill.’

“On  carefully  considering  this  report  the  committee  is  of  the  opinion  that,  (provided  the  parish
approves of the plan),  it would,  at  least,  be  highly desirable to  ascertain whether sufficient funds

could not be raised in this town and neighbourhood to put a new roof on the nave previous to fixing
up the new pews, agreeably to the architect’s recommendation.
The  committee  also  thinks  that  the  funds  already  raised,  with  the  aid  expected  from  the  Church

Building  Societies, will be  enough to  defray the  expense  of the  re-pewing  alone,  omitting  for the
present the merely ornamental portion of the whole plan, which might be left for a future occasion,
without detracting from substantial advantages to be gained from a rearrangement of the pews.

In two points, however, on which the committee now comes back to the parish are first, whether the
parish so far approves of the proposed ground plan in the arrangement of the seats, as to authorise the
Committee  to  make  an  application  to  the  incorporated  Society  for  promoting  the  enlargement,

building and repairing of Churches and Chapels, for a grant to aid them in carrying out that plan: and
secondly, whether it is not desirable to make an effort to raise £300 additional for the purpose of re-
roofing  the  nave  before  commencing  the  main  work  for  which  the  existing  sums  were  originally

subscribed; presuming that, if the requisite sum could be obtained, the original object will be carried
out under the existing roof.
 

Johnston, Chairman.”
Mr Johnston then observed that the subject which had called them together had become increasingly
interesting; and he felt that it affected the moral condition of those attendants at church, who sit at the

lower end. With regard to the roof he thought if the parish was disposed to do it all, the present would
be the most fitting time.

At the suggestion of R Bohun, Esq., Mr Johnston read the minutes of the former meeting; after which
the Mayor proposed that the report of the Committee be received.

Mr  Crowfoot  thought  that  the  sums  already  subscribed  would,  with  such  additional  aid  that  they
expected  from  the  Church  Building  Societies,  be  sufficient  to  meet  the  expense  of  re-pewing  the

Church. He should also like to see the church re-roofed; but he now simply moved that the meeting
the re-pewing. It was desirable to apply to the Church Building Societies at once, because they meet
in November, and the work ought to be begun  in the  early part of the new year;  and therefore any

delay would defer the subject for twelve months longer.
The  Mayor  suggested  whether,  as  sufficient  money  had  not  been  raised  to  complete  the  entire
restoration of the church, it would not be desirable to wait a little while, until the necessary amount

could be obtained. He should like to see the pillars restored, the church thoroughly warmed, and the
whole thing  undertaken  and  carried out in first-rate  order; and if done in this way,  he did not think
there would be much opposition in the parish.

Mr Read (Castle), quite agreed with the Mayor; and thought the present was the best time to begin the
subscription  for  carrying  the  whole  scheme  into  effect,  for  it  was  always  allowed  that  delays  are
dangerous.

Mr Bohun was of the opinion that too much should not be  attempted  at first;  but that it would  be
advisable to proceed with the  original plan;  and that  after  having pursued  as  far  as they could, the
great object primarily in view, they should improve upon it.

The Mayor proposed that Mr Hakewill’s plans, which  had  been  laid before the meeting, should  be
adopted, and that the whole thing should be carried out, but not until it had previously submitted to
another meeting. He, for one, should vote a decided negative, unless the whole project be carried out.

After some lengthy and  desultory conversation, the Rector said we must not forget that we have in
view  a  practical  present  good.  We  want  to  provide  more  free  sittings.  The  present  sittings  are
anything but to promote devotional feelings, and more especially among young persons. He regretted

particularly that the sittings of the poorer classes were, for the most part, so placed so that they could
neither see nor hear. After what had been  adduced  at the present meeting  he thought the re-roofing
should  have  the  first  consideration,  and  afterwards  the  re-pewing;  in  the  meantime,  subscriptions

might be obtained for carrying out the ornamental part of the project.
Mr Crowfoot said he was quite willing to  adopt the suggestion of the Mayor,  and would therefore
withdraw his former resolution, substituting in its stead, the following:

“That this Meeting adopts the Architect’s plans for the purpose of application to the Church Building
Societies; and that the Committee be instructed to collect additional subscriptions for the purpose of
carrying  out the  entire restoration, roofing,  and warming the  church,  and submitting the whole to  a

future meeting.”
This resolution was seconded by the Mayor, and carried unanimously. The names of the Mayor, Mr

Buck, and Mr Steel, were added to the Committee; and the meeting separated.
CHURCH RATE: No Church Rate proposed. Expenses to be paid by congregation

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CONCERT in Assembly Room: Kate Melville & MW Baldwin of Italian Opera Band
RAILWAY:  Beccles/Bungay

Geldeston, & Ellingham
DIED: Thomas Reeve, aged 82

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NEW PUBLICAN: James Walne, at White Horse, New Market
foreman to firm in London)

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Smallgate, Photographer: Portaits
pipe maker, recovered impounded donkey without sanction. £1 fine

RW Lilly,
COURT: Robert Calver,
WEATHER: FLOODS  in Beccles in  St Anns Rd. Fenn's  house  flooded. Complete building  by  St

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Ann's Bridge washed away
DIED: Richard T Cullen, plumber & glazier, aged 32

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TO LET: Snell & Hotson Yard
stable

William Bennett, the Falcon, Clothes renovated or purchased
Mr Alecock, Shoeingsmith: apprentice wanted

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