Newspapers__1875_to_1879

PREACHING: Disgraceful conduct: Mr Passmore holding an open-air Meeting. A man named
Woolnough & some boys tried by every means to put an end to the Service. It was being conducted in

an untenanted house, and the noise was so loud that the Preacher’s voice could not be heard a few feet
away. The Police were present, but took no action. The Service ended with a Hymn and a prayer for

the “dear man” who was the cause of the disturbance.
Labourers’ dissatisfaction at Shadingfield. Have been on strike and farmers unable to get replacement
labour.

FAUCONBERGE SCHOOL: Walter Boyce, a former student, exhibition at St John’s Cambridge.
CONCERT in connection with the Fauconberge School held in the Rectory Rooms. Attendance small.

Handel, Mendelsshon, Mozart etc. The proceeds will go towards a school harmonium.
SCARLET FEVER in the town. The National & Board Schools to close for a time.

CONFIRMATION. 180 confirmed including 53 from Beccles
British & Foreign Bible Society AGM. Rev Tracy in Chair.

BECCLES HOSPITAL: AGM of Governors: The Mayor in the Chair. Furnishing the Hospital cost
£255. Had 7 beds in Hospital, including one in the accident ward.
Bankruptcy Court, Yarmouth: William Moore’s Bankruptcy: where Messrs Lacon or the Trustee of

WW Garnham entitled to securities pledged with Mr JC Copeman & afterwards borrowed by Moore
without the consent of Garnham.
SALE: Seven Freehold Cottages in Meachem’s Yard. Rentals of £20 11s

SALE OF Moore’s PROPERTY; Lot 1; Robert Flick £1437; Lot 2 JC Copeman £200; Lot 3: John
Read £205; Lots 5 - 10 not sold; Lot 11: E Masters £820; Lot 12: Steward & Patteson £800; Lots

Mr Martin’s House & Millwright’s Shop sold to Mr Oldrin £750
LICENCE transfer: Pickerel: Clarke to Samuel Aldred;
Cross Keys from Susannah Dunscombe to Robert Meen.

Wesleyan Chapel licensed for marriages
LICENCES: Application by John Spencer of Station Road, beer house keeper (the Star) ; owner
Charles Pierson Skreen’s Park, Roxwell, Essex

ALSO William Flower, New Market, Intoxicating Liquor Licence; owner John Garnham
SALE: In Liquidation: A Campling, of the Old Thatched House: Furniture 2 Sitting Rooms, 5
Bedrooms etc.

Death of Robert Martin, Millwright late of Peddar’s Lane
Rev J Blake, Baptist Minister, leaving Beccles

Leading Article: Beccles, as its inhabitants are but too well aware, is not excessively lively; indeed, if
the truth may be spoken, it rejoices in the reputation of being rather dull.

Beccles Regatta revived.
SALE OF LIQUOR: There are persons to be found among the inhabitants of Beccles who are of the

opinion that the facilities for obtaining intoxicating beverages within its precincts are not sufficient;
and yet upon turning to the Directory, I find there are no less than forty-six persons selling drink in
this borough, and now we are to have two more! One intended applicant for a licence is either

oblivious to the fact of a public house immediately opposite to his own premises, or must he be under
the impression that the liquors he is already licensed to vend are so potent as to render the walk across
the road both difficult and dangerous to his patrons. The other intended applicant, having recently

undertaken to sell bibles , is now desirous to supplement them with brandy.
SALE of WW Garnham’s Estate: Lot 1: E Masters £410; Lot 2: E Masters; £175; Lot 3: E Warren
£300; Lot 4: E Warren £295; Lot 5: E Masters £295

POST OFFICE: moved from premises in the Old Market to the top of Rook’s Lane.
FAUCONBERGE pupil, Charles Everitt, aged 12, son of WS Everitt, drowned while sailing on
Mutford Broad

TO BE LET: Station Road: Well fitted-up house: Entrance Hall, Drawing & Dining Rooms, Kitchen,
back offices & 5 Bedrooms. Enquire at No 10.
TO BE LET: Stable & Chaise House & two capital store houses adjoining in Newgate, late occupied

by W Moore. Apply Flick & Sons, Land Agents, Saxmundham
COUNCIL: Advertise for Marshman, after death of Benjamin Baxter: 14s per week, house & Garden
rent free. Jacob Baxter appointed.

COUNCIL; 1. Premises owned by Mr Maplestone & occupied by David Jude & others on Love Lane;
dead well removed; connected to the sewer, water supply laid on;

2. William Spratt to remove nuisance in premises occupied by Myall, Money etc. & provide proper
supply of water.;

3. JL Kent’s cottages in Hungate Lane to connect to sewer & provide WCs
4. Newgate: Property occupied by Robert Read etc. to improve privy accommodation & remove pig
sty.

5. Mr Edwards & Mr Le Grice warned not to slaughter animals on unlicensed premises.
6. Owners of Properties ordered to connect to the sewer; Isaac Vertigen, Harriet Ecclestone, Sarah
Wigg

7. Mr Sayer to close his pump & join water supply (occupied by Everett, Gaze, Smith etc.) & John
Barnby in London Road (occupied by William Buckenham)
8. TM Read to stop keeping pigs on Corporation Wharf

9. CF Parker be allowed to connect to the sewer.
10. Footpath to be made round original Town Hall
11. Mr Boreham to lay drain from his property in Market Place

12. Ladies to have special time for using Bathing Place
13 POST OFFICE. had ignored the wishes of the town, “An altogether unsuitable place, a village

grocer’s shop was much more preferable.”; “a disgrace to the Town”; “scant courtesy had been shown
the public.”

COURT Case: Thomas Laws v Rev - Wenn, Rector of Broome (who did not appear). Owing £22.
Ordered to be paid within 14 days..

LICENCES for Alcohol: No complaints against any Public House. Application for the Star; Only 26
licences for pubs granted. Must obtain one from another pub that is closing (in Station Road there
were 2 fully licensed houses & two beer houses.). Flower: only granted wine licence.

Death of Robert Wooltorton aged 82
NUISANCE: The tradesmen in Exchange Square sweep their shops on Saturday night into the streets.
The place is literally strewn with bits of paper lying & blowing about, and looked very untidy &

disagreeable.
BOWLS:: Beccles defeated Loddon. Adjourned to the White Lion for tea.
RIFLE COMPETITION: Monthly competition at 200, 500 & 600 yards. Private Mills 78; Tilney 68.

Rev J Blake sent Gold Watch inscribed by members of Baptist Church. Moved to Baptist Church,
Waterbeach, Cambs.
ART CLASS: “Most of the students are able to obtain a very fair training, and are generally successful

in freehand drawing from the flat, and freehand drawing from solid models; but in linear perspective,
and practical plane geometry, the majority do nothing, as they want the general education, and are not
sufficiently intelligent. As for solid geometry, not more than a couple are at all able to grasp it.”

COURT: Sanitary closure of well in premises occupied by Mr Watson, chemist. He did not use the
well himself, but persons living in the adjoining cottages did. Mr EB Crowfoot said it was the cause of
the Fever.

SALE: A good freehold Family Residence in Saltgate occupied by William Cutting: Entrance Hall,
Dining & Drawing Rooms, back Sitting Room, Cellar, WC & six good sleeping Rooms. Water & Gas

are laid on.. A two stalled Stable & Coach House, with loft over and a large Workshop 30ft x 30ft.
SALE: Liquidation. WW Garnham:’s property by the Trustees. The Thatched House (late in the

occupation of Mr A Campling, draper, milliner & dressmaker.)
Substantially built trade premises and Residence with a shop frontage of nearly 50 ft in Blyburgate,

Two large Shops, spacious show room with fitting room attached, a large Workroom about 30ft x 15ft
with Warehouse above, Entrance Hall, Dining & Drawing Rooms, two Sitting Rooms, Eight
Bedrooms. Attic, Kitchen, brick & tiled Offices, Coal & Wood Houses, Gig House, Stable with hay

loft over & a covered entrance with folding doors from Ingate [Grove] Road; also a small Garden in
which stands a brick & tiled Summer House. Gas is laid on throughout the premises, and there are
pumps of spring & soft water on the property. Land Tax £1 - 19s. [Purchased HW Cutting for £525]

FIRE: On Thursday & Friday evenings about 200 boys collected together about 7 o’clock on the
Common and set fire to the furze bushes & continued until 10. A sharp look out is kept by the boys,
and as soon as ever a policeman is seen, the cry of “round up” is raised, and the mob close until

danger is over. On Thursday evening the Police captured a boy (whether in the act of lighting a furze
or not does not appear) but his companions made so furious an onslaught upon the “upholder of the
law” that he was compelled to let his capture go. The rumour that a number of the Corporation men,

and an increased force of Police, were on the Common on Saturday night, was sufficient to deter the
boys from going there, and they contented themselves with running through the streets for half an
hour, and halloing, to the great annoyance of persons who were obliged to be out.

Meetings of the Temperance Society & the Church Missionary Societies. Also a lecture on the
Immortality of the Soul.
Mayor’s Dinner for 32 people. Mr Peter Youngs of the King’s Head catered at the Assembly Room.

The band of 4th Suffolk Artillery Volunteers played
COURT: Richard Vyse Howard , 54, foreman of Tannery charged with embezzling money belonging
to JK & WH Garrod. He had worked there for 35 years. Twice a week sent out to buy skins paying

ready money. Evidence from butcher at Lowestoft giving details of skins sold to him, but not entered
into books., also from Harleston..
COURT: Richard Vyse Howard pleaded guilty of embezzlement. Given 12 months hard labour.

Prisoner had obtained between £150 & £200 falsely.
Municipal Election: J Cooper 123, WM Crowfoot 112, William Blyth 103, J Mullett 89 -and not
elected: WP Garrod 85.

STREET LOAFERS: It is a great pity that active steps are not taken by the police of this town to keep
the pavements near Mr Collins and the Assembly Room free from groups of small boys and
hobbledehoys, who obstruct & insult people going to and from church or chapel on the Lord’s Day.

Miss Spencer [Northgate] disposes of her school after 12 years to Miss McCulloch of London at
Smallgate House near the Old Market.

Mr Masters ends second term of Office.. Shown consummate energy, tact and ability, which will be
difficult for his successor to equal... ardent desire and will to do all in his power to promote the

advancement of the town and the well-being of its inhabitants
COURT: Walter Rose aged 16 of Beccles charged with setting light to the furze on the Common.

Employed by Mr Julens. Gave false name, but was recognised and tracked down by PC Sharp. Case
for Assizes.
New Mayor: WE Crowfoot.

FLOODS for miles around. Mr Darby’s Timber Yard inundated, timber washed away miles down
stream. Gillingham Dam flooded and 30 poplars beside the road destroyed.
Rev AC Tracy, brother of the Rector, the Curate of Beccles.

Banquet to the new Mayor in the Assembly Room. About 60 people present. Crowfoot, the Mayor
said that a Mayor was required to have a considerable knowledge of the management of land, &
something about sewerage and finance & another dozen subjects. Should be a courteous man,

endowed with tact & power of welding together discordant elements & preventing passions from
showing themselves & pouring oil on troubled waters. All these qualities had been ably .shown by the
late Mayor, Mr Masters. He should attend regularly & punctually the various meetings which were

held during his year of office. At the time his Father was Mayor there were only twelve meetings a
year, now they averaged two a week all the year round.. All those meetings had been attended &
managed by the late Mayor. He had proved himself an able Chairman and most able conductor of

public business.
Mr Masters “They enjoyed privileges as a borough town
Many things still to be done..

The Rector. He had held a responsible position in the church for 20 years. The more a clergyman
interested himself in the temporal and material as well as the spiritual welfare of his people, the more

would he contribute to the social advancement and happiness of the community. He raised the
protection of fishing in the Waveney, advocating a closed season for fishing and a control over the

size of mesh used in nets.
Mr Walton, proposing the health of the town, said it was singular that no building operations were

going on. What was wanted were a number of houses where persons of a respectable position could
repair. Houses of perhaps £20 a year. Builders would find a good percentage on their outlay.
ADVERTISEMENT: Ward & Walton, late Robert Ward. Wine Spirits, Liqueurs

ADVERTISEMENT: A Dixon, Bookseller, Stationer, Bookbinder, Printer & Engraver. Pianos etc.
ADVERTISEMENT: JW Steel, Mechanical & operating Dentist
ADVERTISEMENT: Mr Buck, Northgate. Wines & Spirits

ADVERTISEMENT: Jonathan Read (formerly Durrant) Watch & Clock Maker, Jeweller,
Silversmith, Optician
ADVERTISEMENT: William Flower, Wines & Spirits, Chemist

ADVERTISEMENT: Claxton, New Market. Wools, Ladies Underclothing, Baby Linen
ADVERTISEMENT: R Francis, Red House, New Market; Overcoats, Waterproofs, Rugs, Fur Caps,
Boots, Shoes.

ADVERTISEMENTS: Mostly Norwich compared to earlier years. 8 from Beccles, Only one from
Bungay
Sudden death of William Godfrey, corn merchant

CLOSURE OF WELL. Mr Garnham contested the closure of well in premises occupied by Mr
Watson. EB Crowfoot: “danger of typhoid fever”. Analysis from sample sent to London: “The water
is of the most dangerous character, and is utterly unfit for use.” - Well ordered to be closed.

SALE: Watchmaker’s tools, large Vice, Clocks, etc. by Mrs Ayers
SALE: White Lion, by executors of late Mrs Shore. Family, Commercial, Posting & Market House.
With Stabling, Coach Houses & Buildings, Picturesque Bowling Green & productive Kitchen Garden.

DESERTER: James Sampson of Beccles, deserter from Army Transport Service Corps. To Ipswich
Gaol to await escort.
WORKING MEN’S CLUB; for the recreation & instruction. Room at top of Station Road open every

evening except Sunday from 6 until 10.30 (on Saturdays from 3 o’clock).: Newspapers, Periodicals,
Chess, Draughts & Bagatelle. Miss Crowfoot & Miss Parker its real promoters.
NIGHT SCHOOLS: Rector addressed the Police Court: Special need to give the youth of the town

instruction.
About 40 of townsmen , members of different religious bodies gave assistance at night schools. At
Sunday School a few Sundays ago Spratt an unruly boy, was turned out of the school. Waited &

threw stone at teacher.. When he arrived at the Peddar’s Lane School a boy poured a jug of water over
him. Difficult to stop him continuing to do so. He succeeded, with difficulty in getting order, but after

he left the disorder became serious. The superintendent got a boy to lead him to the parents of some of
the trouble makers. He was surrounded by a small mob of boys, and abused with obscene language all

down the street.
With the night school a teacher in the art class found a boy there not connected to the class, and put

him out. He was immediately surrounded by boys crying “Round up!” and pelted him with stones, one
of which much injured a pupil teacher.
Inspector Cole said the police would be present at teaching times and afterwards.

SALE: A Lady’s Phaeton, nearly new, with back seats, lamps & cover complete. It is very light &
suitable for a 14 hand horse or pair of ponies, Price £30. Mr Horsley, coach builder.
CONGREGATIONAL CHAPEL: Rev JH Robinson resigned the pastorate.

FAUCONBERGE SCHOOL: Mr AW Robinson of St Peter’s Cambridge appointed Second Master.
caused by the retirement of William Boyce
LITERARY INSTITUTE CRICKET CLUB: Meeting, Chaired by AWM Buscall

BAD WEATHER: severe frost. Some areas of Suffolk covered with snow to great depth. Skating on
the Marshes.
SALE: Mrs T Claxton; Entire Stock prior to disposing of business in New Market. Wools, Fancy

Work etc.
BANKRUPTCY ACTION; Garnham & Moore both bankrupt. Garnham had been a newspaper
proprietor at Lowestoft.. Mr Copeman, solicitor had allowed Moore to have deeds to a property which

was already used as security for another property. Lacons Bank had first claim on remaining funds of
Moore’s bankruptcy. (Before Lord Chief Justice)
SALE: Furniture of late Miss Hill in Fair Close Road

Wanted a respectable girl, about 17, as general servant. Apply 4, Essex Terrace, London Road.
FAUCONBERGE SCHOOL: Mr William Boyce, who for many years has been senior assistant

master, given presentation on leaving for his new school at Redenhall. He also married. He is new
Headmaster of Redenhall School [see 8 Jan 1878]

SHIPMEADOW WORK HOUSE: 140 inmates at Christmas festivities.
COUNCIL: JL Kent storing petrol in various places; in the shop, in a warehouse behind the shop, in

licensed store in Ballygate, under the wall near the street by his house in Ballygate, in a loke in
Puddingmoor. Kent only allowed to store 3 gallons behind his shop.

Mr Masters applied to store petrol in his shop, in his bar warehouse near the Baptist Chapel & some
on Rigborne Hill
£25 Grant to Beccles Hospital.

Death of William Cowles, aged 82, at his residence, Northgate
John Cooper, after 16 years, transferred the business at the Mills & the Shop to Robert John Read
Death of William Aldous. pottery manufacturer, aged 65

WORKING MEN’S CLUB: 100 have now joined, but 200 required. Assembly Rooms 175 men &
wives sat down to an excellent meat tea. Band of the 4th Suffolk Volunteers played.. The Mayor &
others spoke.

BURGLARY: Mrs Atkinson, grocer, 34 New Market. Beneath her house there was a cellar,
communicating inside with the house and an entrance by steps from the street, the doors of which

were usually fastened. At 9.30 pm she heard noise in lane adjoining shop, & on going out heard
breaking earthenware, directly afterwards saw Edward Sampson stumble against the wall of the White

Swan, on the opposite side of the lane. She then heard someone coming up the cellar steps, the closing
of the doors & saw James Turner speak to Sampson.
The same two were accused of stealing a broom & shovel from Reuben Cowles, grocer of Blyburgate.

They were carrying broom etc. when they were arrested.
LETTER from C Gibson, London Road.
Praises development of foundries, Mr Haper’s (especially chaff cutting machines) & Mr Oldrin’s an

indefatigable & persevering individual (steam threshing machines)
Maltings manufacturing large supplies for Burton Brewery.
BLOOD POISONING: Wife of Obadiah Clark, a waterman died from blood poisoning. Injured one of

her fingers with a brass ring, wound festered & she died.
LIGHTING. only one light in Newgate between Mr Stanford’s House [Ravensmere House] and the
back of the White Lion. Most of street in darkness. Many collisions.

COUNCIL: 1 Lady’s Meadow, some interest of the Railway Company. The path had been broken up
by F Copeman, who had also removed some Posts, Must reinstate both directly.

Additional lamps in Hungate Lane suggested.
To provide proper privy accommodation: Joas James, Mr Dale & G Sutton.

Water unfit to drink in the Falcon, Messrs Garrod’s premises in Newgate, Mr Copeman’s property in
Lady’s Meadow

Ordered that tests be done on the Town Pump. “Quite unfit to drink.” - closed immediately, handle
removed. Mr Mullett said he had drunk from it for 31 years had enjoyed it up to the last hour.
Town Clerk to be paid £100 p.a. & the Surveyor £75 p.a.

Experimental Pumping of sewage commenced
Town Clock did not keep Greenwich time, it was 5 minutes faster than railway time. Decided to
change it to Greenwich time.

LETTER: The Town & Trade of Beccles: A correspondent has applauded the progress of Beccles, but
stops short after praising his end of the town, and wisely too. Did he live at this end, in constant view
of our miserable bridge, and having to pass through these narrow, ill-paved and dirty ways, the

drainage scheme for which appears to have been quietly shelved, and which, needing the most
attention, are the last thought of by the authorities, he would rather bewail the want of enterprise in a
town which can be content with such a bridge and such streets as yours Truly: Bridge & Northgate

Streets.
SALE: WINDMILL: An excellent Post Windmill, with brick Round House, Patent & other Sails, two
pairs of French Burr Stones, Wood Shaft, Iron Stone Nuts, good Head Wheel, & other suitable

appliances.
ALSO a good brick & Slated Dwelling House, with substantial Stables, Cartshed & other convenient
outbuildings and productive Garden;

ALSO a valuable piece of Arable Land situate on an eminence near the London Road, in the
occupation of Abraham Ling, who will give possession on 6 April 1876. The property is all Freehold

& Land Tax redeemed
SALE: Swine’s Green: Freehold Cottages with front & back Gardens. Trustees of John Ling:

Brick & Tiled Double Cottage occupied by John Barber & George Sampson
Two small brick & tiled Cottages, one occupied by James Balls, the other unoccupied. There is a well

of good water on the property. Land Tax 6s 10d
BECCLES CHORAL SOCIETY: Concert: Judas Maccabeus (Selections & Part Songs.. [Report 15
February]

LITERARY INSTITUTE: Spelling Bee
Rev SK Bland described in a lecture his tour to Italy with 80 Baptists
Transfer of Licence. Abraham Aldred, the Pickerel applied for transfer of licence of Angel Inn to him

The Pickerel to Thomas Rouse.
COURT: SCHOOL BOARD; Absence from school. 4 children failing to attend school aged 8, 9 & 10.
One intentionally kept at home because she could read & write, another played truant, one had no

boots - not fit to send a child to school in the winter without boots. All fined 2s 6d.
C Nursey, Marble & Stone Mason thanks for support for past 13 years, has moved from Bridge Street
[Northgate?] to Station Road, late in the occupation of JM Walne. Mrs Walne wishes to thank

employers of her late husband. Disposed of to Mr Nursey.
BRICK WORKS; Wanted a foreman to take charge of a small brickyard & make bricks, Tiles etc.
Apply George Fenn, Beccles.

TO LET: Good Business Premises, with 10 Roomed Residence in Saltgate, with Yard, Stabling,
Coach House & Workshops suitable for a Wheelwright, Cabinet Maker or Builder. Apply Charles
Drake, Land Agent

SALE: Beccles Pottery (established 1800) Ingate [Grove] Road. Taken over by WR Aldous, continues
in all its branches, following many years of his late father & brother.
GARNHAM: Wanted by an elderly couple, Housekeeper, aged 50 -60, to take charge of the house

with a servant under her, John Garnham, London Road.
DEATH: of Countess of Gosford, born 1808, married 3rd Earl 1832. He died 1864.
DEATH of Robert Burstall, grocer, aged 73

ADVERTISEMENT: Charles Lockwood, Old Market & near the Bridge: China, Glass, Earthenware.
LECTURE on Water by WM Crowfoot.
COURT: Assault dismissed. At the Plough - changed its name to the Duke of Edinburgh.

MOORE Case: Reversal of Decision before Lord Chief Justice. Dispute between two innocent parties:
Judgement for Copeman in connection with Garnham’s deeds & against Lacon’s Bank. No costs
awarded.

Thomas Claxton thanks for support over 25 years. Business taken over by Robert Rodwell from
London & Oxford. Tailor, Hatter & Outfitter.

ADVERTISEMENT: George Yallup, Undertaker & Mourning Warehouseman, Exchange Square.
ADVERTISEMENT: Frederick Farrer (late A Barnes & Co) Coal Merchant, Railway Station, Beccles

ADVERTISEMENT: W Elliott, Mechanical Engineer, Ingate Works, by Station: Manufacturer of
Improved Steam Gyrators, High Pressure Steam Engines, Portable Steam Engines etc. Repair &

improvement of Steam Engines; Cylinders rebored; valves surfaced etc.; Sewing Machines repaired &
adjusted.
ADVERTISEMENT: Mrs RB DOWE thanks for four years support. Tailor & Habit Maker, Woollen

Draper, Hatter, Hosier & Glover
CARRYING BUSINESS, Old Established, between Beccles & Yarmouth with horse & covered van.
Apply James Barkway, Red Lion, Blyburgate, Beccles.

TO BE LET: Carpenter’s Shop, Double Stalled Stable in occupation of G Dunn. Enquiries F
Blunderfield, 13[?] Station Road
TO BE LET: A garden containing 3 Acres. Apply George Fenn.

PIKE: Monster Pike caught in the Mill Dyke near Messrs Crisp’s Wharf. Weighed 20 & 3/4 lbs.
LIQUIDATION: Charles Drake, auctioneer.
DEATH of Mrs Johnston, widow of Rev JT Johnston, Rector of Beccles

Spelling Bee in connection with the Sunday School Union.
COUNCIL Petition to Parliament on preservation of fishing: Unanimously agreed & signed.
SALE Executors of late William Delf

LOT 1: Mercantile Property on the Waterside in the Old Market Score: comprising Two Substantial
brick built 40 Quarter Maltings with steeps, Working Floors & kilns of the most modern approved
construction, Malt Stores & Barley Chamber of ample extent’ open ground & an enclosed Yard

communicating with a Staithe on the River Waveney, now in the occupation Messrs John & Edwin
Crisp, for a term of which three years will be unexpired in September at the low rent of £15 p.a.

[Bought in £1340]
LOT 2: Four Cottage Tenements in the Old Market Score let at rents producing £13 7s pa.

[withdrawn]
LOT 3: The Stone Cottage with ground in front in Northgate occupied by Mr D Delf at £6 pa

[Purchased By W Delf £120]
LOT 4: Valuable piece of Accommodation or Building Land, also well adapted for a market Garden
containing 4a 0r 23p in Ravensmere, occupied by A Piper - due to quit at Michaelmas.

[Purchased E Masters %500]
LOT 5: A very pleasant Suburban Residence in London Road, [No18] in occupation of Mrs Hillier at
rent of £26 pa.. The House is conveniently arranged and contains 3 Sitting Rooms, 5 Sleeping Rooms

and suitable domestic offices. The Drawing Room communicates by French Casements, through a
Conservatory with a tastefully disposed Pleasure Ground, beyond which are spacious Kitchen
Gardens, with right of carriage way to the road.

[Mr J Cooper £560]
COUNCIL: 1. Agreed ground in Swine’s Green, where the Pound used to stand should be let on
Building Leases for 75 years.

2. Ordered the Wells on premises occupied by SF Pells & D Soanes be closed.
3. Beccles Brewery to discontinue keeping pigs.
4. Messrs Crisp to discontinue keeping stock in Fair Close.

5. Pump in New Market to be removed & well arched over.
6. The Walk to be repaired with Flag Stones.
7. Water in the New Market contaminated, but the Council still wished to keep it. Committee set up.

8. ASSEMBLY ROOM: Estimate for setting back the windows, painting or cementing the outside &
restoring the windows. The interior to be painted Fence grey (3 coats), woodwork painted throughout,
wood white & gold. Chandeliers to be put in order & restored. Ceiling to be whitened and painted

portion restored. Gas hanging tubes to be oil gilded, picture rods cleaned.. The lobby to be painted,
papered and varnished, as now. The room formerly used as the Public Library to be painted &
papered. Decided to only have the interior decorated.

VESTRY MEETING:: Mr Houghton & Mr Parker re-elected Churchwardens.
The condition of the Churchyard. Mr WE Crowfoot thought was disgraceful. He felt a particular
interest in it as many of his forefathers were buried there, and he hoped one day to be laid there

himself.
EASTER MEETING continued from Vestry Meeting. Behaviour in Church. Not excellent. Two
people asked to sit at back of church to control the young. In the past there were four beadles, who

inspired a wholesome fear in the minds of the boys & kept them much in restraint.
Free & Open Church: Disagreement as to how the system should work. Nobody paid for their seats in

Church, must be free to go wherever they wish. The Churchwardens try to preserve seats for regular
churchgoers, but if others get there first, the Churchwardens would not remove them.

Evidence from Inspector Cole: Tramp had been offered 5s by Robert Harrison to write on walls in the
town “Nash, the notorious whoremonger” using a piece of clay pipe.

PRESENTATION to Mr AH Livock on his marriage from Choral Society & St Michael’s Choir
WORKHOUSE: William Godbold, an old man given pass from the Workhouse for two days, did not
return. Charged with having taken away clothing belonging to the Wangford Union. Pleaded Guilty,

said he did not know there was a time limit on his pass. Sentenced to seven days. The least the law
allowed them to give. Fines not allowed.
TO BE LET: Nice House in Station Road & large Garden, Coach House & Stable if required. Apply

H & J Read, Estate Agents.
OVERCROWDING:: A correspondent writing concerning the apparent mortality in the town for
months past draws attention to the overcrowding in some houses in the town. In one house near

Blyburgate, containing two rooms, eight persons are living: A man & his wife, two adult sons, a boy
& a girl in their teens & two children
In another two-roomed house, not far from the Church seven persons are living. Father & mother, son

of 20, a daughter of 22, another of fifteen & two younger ones, They all sleep in one room.
SALE: Two freehold Dwelling Houses with excellent attractive shop fronts in New Market adjoining
the King’s Head.

LOT 1: In the occupation of Mr Le Grice, butcher
LOT 2: In the occupation of Jonathan Read.
ALSO Two & a Half Acres of Accommodation & Building Land in Caxton Road to be offered in

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eight lots, 2a 1r 25p [Lots 1 & 2: Pert £80; Lot 3: R Read £41; Lot 4 Robert Copping £40; Lots 5 - E
Masters : £135.]

TO BE LET: Wharf Premises with good Dwelling House in Northgate suitable for Stonemason,
Builder, Felmonger, Maltster etc. The adjoining House & Shop can be let with the above. Apply Mr

Pert, Market Place or JT Woodard, architect, London.
HISTORICAL FIND: While excavating to enlarge Mr TH Pearce’s wine cellars [14 Blyburgate] the

workmen found a pitcher, supposed to be of Saxon period. It was found in the angle formed by the
connection of two very thick and strong stone walls, apparently of some old building, whose existence
was previously unknown. How far these massive walls extend was not ascertained.

ACCIDENT: Two valuable dogs belonging to Mr Wilkinson were accidentally killed when their
master was near the London Road Railway crossing at the time of the last train from London to
Beccles. He had called them into the Signalman’s hut, but just as the train was approaching two of

them rushed out and were killed instantly.
COURT: Charles Beales, labourer: not sending his children to school. The father wanted them to go to
the Board School & the mother to the National School. The result was they did not go to school at all.

On 4 March 1875 they were both at the National Schools, but they had been very little since and
months ago they had been struck off the Register. The attendance officer had received complaints
about what a nuisance they were when they should have been at school.

DEATH of Phoebe Shore, formerly of the White Lion Inn in October 1875.
TOWN PUMP removed last Tuesday.
BRICKLAYERS’ STRIKE. Pay 21s a week for 58 & 1/2 hours work, bur the bad weather over the

year reduced it to 18s per week. They were eventually offered 2s more a week & they returned to
work after a month.
COURT: William Harper v Susannah Dunscombe. Unpaid bill of £2 6s 9d. Told that she had been out

of her mind for two years. She had ordered the sign on the Cross Keys to be mended but did not
consider it her duty to pay as it was broken by a load of hay passing. She was ordered to pay.
CONCERT: Choral Society:: Haydn’s Creation: 40 in the Orchestra. The Mayoress [Mrs Crowfoot]

one of the soloists - encore for “On mighty pens”.
TRANSFER OF LICENCE: Fleece INN, Blyburgate from Brooks to Saker.
SALE: Executors of late Thomas Delf: Freehold Properties

LOT 1: Substantial & well-built Dwelling with Draper’s & Milliner’s Shop, Show Rooms &
Warehouses occupying a commanding position in the most frequented thoroughfare of the town,
having frontages towards the Corn Exchange Square & the New Market Place. The Residence

contains Drawing Room, two Sitting Rooms front & back Kitchens, larder, two cellars, five principal
Bedrooms, Nursery, two Attics & convenient closets.
The Business Premises comprise Entrance Hall, spacious Draper’s & Milliner’s shop 50ft in length,

with centre skylight, two show rooms, underground warehouses with recess for shop shutters. In the
rear of the House is a paved Yard in which are water closets & other offices, soft water tank, & a back

entrance from Sheepgate. There are pumps of hard & soft water on the premises. Land Tax £1 11s 6d.
These premises are tenanted by Mr George Yallup under a lease, three years of which will be

unexpired at Michaelmas. Rent £75.
LOT “ A freehold Dwelling House at the junction of Northgate & Bridge Street, containing two

Sitting Rooms, back Kitchen, pantry, larder, cellar, three principal Sleeping Rooms & two attics
ALSO Grocer’s & Draper’s Shop, extensive Earthenware & Glass Showroom, 50ft in length,
conveniently fitted with shelves, & approached from the Shop. Grocery & other Warehouses; also a

Land Tax 14s 10d; This lot is occupied by Charles Lockwood a yearly tenant at Rent of £25
productive Garden, well planted with fruit trees & bushes. There is a pump of excellent spring water.
SALE at Lowestoft of WW Garnham’s property in Marine Parade. Liquidation.

FAREWELL DINNER to Mr EJ Nash, assistant to Messrs Crowfoot. Been in Beccles three years.
ADVERTISEMENTS with illustrations of Bedsteads, Prams, Chimney Pieces, Cooking Stoves,
Washing Machines, Wringers, Bicycles.

LEADER: “In a year of great Agricultural Depression ...”
Abraham Campling & Charles Arthur Campling linen drapers. Liquidation.
LEAVING SERMON: JH Robinson, Independent Chapel. He regretted they had asked him to be their

Minister. It seemed hypocrisy to ask a minister & when he did not please them, send him away. If they
acted like this how could they expect God would bless them!
ADVERTISEMENTS: with illustrations of Ransom’s Threshing Machines, Garrett’s Threshing

Machines & Lawn Mowers, Hose Reels, etc, Garden Seat.
RAILWAY: Great Eastern Railway Excursion to Great Temperance Fete at the Crystal Palace on 11
July

TEMPERANCE MEETING at Beccles: selections from Moody & Sankey’s collection
CHAPEL: Wesleyan Chapel: Public Tea in grounds of Mr Mills’ Photograhic Studio.

ATHLETIC SPORTS on Common on Wednesday 12 July; Silver Cup etc.
OUTING: Workmen’s Outing employed at Vulcan Iron Works had annual Outing on Saturday last.

Party left at 7 am in a pair of horse conveyances ... Breakfast at 7.30 am ... cruised on the “Tring”,
sumptuous dinner ... tea ... arrived home about 11 pm ... expenses all borne by Mr Oldrin.

ATHLETICS SPORTS PROGRAMME: Throwing Cricket Ball, 100 yards, Long Jump, 150 Yards
Hurdles, Quater of a Mile (Beccles Men only), High Jump, Quarter Mile for Fauconberge, Leman,
Council, Schools (competitors all Fauconberge), Half Mile, Pole Jump, 200 Yards Hurdles, 200 Yards

(Boys under 16) 200 Yards (Beccles Men only), Mile, Bicycle 12 Miles, Quarter Mile Consolation
Stake.
ADVERTISEMENT: Bennet’s Patent Cart (with illustration) & Wrinch? Refrigerator

BELL RINGERS: Beccles Company of Ringers Annual Outing on Monday. Started at 7 am for
Brampton, where they enlivened the inhabitants with a merry Peal of Christmas Bells ... Breakfast &
ringing at Wenhaston, Southwold (dinner) & rest of the day.

REGATTA: advert; Monday 7 August, 1876.
VOLUNTEERS: Inspection of Artillery under Lieut. Wilson; Band etc.
UNITED BAND of HOPE Treat in Copeman’s Meadow, Ingate [Grove] Road. ... Parties from Burgh

St Peter, Cove & Barnby ... with Beccles. 2.30 Nuts & Fruit, Tea & Games.
CHAPEL SCHOOL TREAT: 300 Congregational Children to Mr Forder’s Meadow, London Road,
Band of the 4th Suffolk Artillery Volunteers.

CHAPEL SCHOOL TREAT: Wesleyan to Botwright’s Meadow in Caxton Road
CHAPEL SCHOOL TREAT: Baptist’sto Forder’s Meadow.
WORKING MEN’S CLUB: Hoprticultural & Industrial Exhibition Prizes: Vegetables, Fruit, Flowers,

Bread, Cakes & Buns, Plain & Fancy Work,
BECCLES REGATTA
EDUCATION: Leman School Prizes; Mayor presents & Address.

Rector presents Divinity: 1st K Bland (ma) 2nd Brown.
Beccles Corporation Anual Prize for best scholar: 1st Bland (ma); 2nd Roff, who also won Messrs
Garrod’s Prize for Mental Arithmetic.

Form Prizes: Upper: Page, Kirk, Wells - Junior?: Bland (mi), Chandler, Kerne, Petersen, Stimpson,
Julnes.
EDUCATION: Fauconberge School; Prizes for Divinity, Classics, Maths, French, History,

Geography, Greek Testament
*** SALE: 3 Lots of Land in Ingate
CHURCH Missionary Society: 300 Children & 50 Adults on Rectory Lawn ... Sale of Work £10

CHURCH Sunday School Treat: Roos Hall - lands lent by Mrs Robinson of Ashman’s Hall. Races,
swings, Tea at 5 pm for over 500.

CHAPEL: Primitive Methodist Sunday School gathering in Meadow adjoining Common, about 80
scholars & teachers.

REGATTA: Band of 14th Rifle Volunteers under Band Master Wright. 1st Match for Cup of value of
12 Gns for Cabin Boats of any rig, not less than 5 tons & not more than 10. 2nd Purse 8 Gns. Rowing

Match, Caxton Printers Rowing Match. Fireworks
CHAPEL: Congregational Church: Sunday School Union: Evening of Sacred Song by Mr Philip
Phillips, the singing pilgrim of Armenia.

NARROW ESCAPE from Drowning on Monday afternoon Mr W Abel exhausted his strength in the
middle of the River. - assisted by young man named Ward
NARROW ESCAPE from Drowning on Tuesday evening. Mr R Cobden re-crossng the River

(inexperienced swimmer) ... exhausted. George a Horrex swims to assist him. Cobden struggles
frantically. Mr England assists him by boat.
*** COUNCIL: Long account.

EXCURSION to East of England Horse Show at Yarmouth.
CHAPEL: Independent Chapel: Sermons morning & afternoon for Hospital: £6 - 6s - 0d
VOLUNTEERS: Inspection of 4th Suffolk Artillery Volunteers.

VOLUNTEERS: 14th Suffolk Rifle Volunteers Monthly Competition for Ladies Challenge Cup.
Ranges 200, 500 & 600 ft, seven shots at each circular target:
QMS Mendham, 65; Cpl Soanes, 62; Sgt EC Darby, 59; Pte John Read, 59.

CHORAL SOCIETY: Meeting Corn Hall. AGM: President: Rev JH Raven.
HORSE SALE: Beccles 8th Annual Horse Sale at Stock Market by HJ Read. 50 Cart Horses, Colts,
Foals, Carriage Horses, Hackneys on Friday 6 October 1876.

ADVERTISEMENTS: Good page of Illustrations to Advertisements.
WATER & GAS Co: Price reduced to 5s/6d per 1000 cubic ft.

CHURCH CHOIR entertained at Tea by Rector ... discussion on “Evensong, efficiency and
augmenting strength.”

VOLUNTEERS: 4th Suffolk Artillery Volunteere Band under Band Master G Hussey played on
Thursday evenigs in the Avenue & lately in New Market ... have performed at Harleston, Ipswich for

Shipwrecked Mariners Society, Aldeburgh Regatta, Lowestoft PIer,Wrentham, Harleston Sports.
ADVERTISEMENTS: Good Adverts with Illustrations.
BOWLING GREEN of White Lion Hotel ... last Meeting of the Season, over 30 present to play. Tea

for 40-50.
TURKISH WAR: Account of Meeting on help for Christians.
SUFFOLK ALMANACK for 1877 advert. ALSO: Knight’s County Handbook.

*** COUNCIL: Adjourned Meeting
LAW: John George of Beccles, labourer, charged with coming from land at 3 am on 8th October. PC
Frost searched him and found a hare upon him ... PC Gardener also watching, confirmed evidence.

Bench fined George 50s or 21 days hard labour, he having been frequently before them.
LAW: William Spear, labourer v Thomas Pearce, grocer, to recover 10s/- in lieu of wages. Spears’
hours were 7am to 7 pm, except on Friday & Saturdays when longer hours were necessary.

BULGARIAN RELIEF Fund, Beccles £8 - 13s - 6d to Lord Mayor’s Fund
VOLUNTEERS: 4th Suffolk Rifle Vlunteers Competition for prizes subscribed by tradesmen &
others The weather fine, shooting above average. Highest score made by Private R Tilney.

COUNCIL ELECTION: To fill 4 vacancies: Assembly Room the Polling Station.
Retiring Members: EJ Crisp (not standing again), Sam Darby, Jonathan Eastaugh, FS Rix
Others putting up: Thomas M Read, Abraham Brown, Clifford Smith

Darby*
Smith *
* elected

LABOURERS’ UNION: On Wednesday the members of the Labourers’ Union held a grand
demonstration in consequence of a visit of Mr Joseph Arch ... large number marched in procession
through the town headed by brass bands bearing an imposing banner. Large tea meting in marquee at

Ditchingham of about 300. At 7.30 pm Meeting in the Corn Hall - densely crowded - W Cocks
presides. Applause. Meeting separated quietly at about 9.15 pm.
CHAPEL: Moravian Mission: Rev J Marchant of Kennington preaches to Congregation. Bad weather,

small attendance. Collection £3 - 11s - 6d
EDUCATION: National Schools: Service for these Schools. Rev AC Tracy, (curate) morning, & Rev
CW Roberts, Vicar of Wangford afternoon. Collection £14 - 18s - 1d

TEMPERANCE MEETING: “Good Templarism”at Beccles. 3rd Anniversary. “Love & Unity Lodge
3,487” ... tea at Assembly Room for c 150; Speeches on favour of abstinence. Miss Read sings “Don’t

marry a man if he drinks”. Rector present, is invited to say a few words, gives general support & Mr S
Hodges an animated speech.

RAILWAY COLLISION of two trunk trains 200 yards from Beccles Station. No one injured. Part of
wall of George Fenn & his windows & 8 yards of his Vinery destroyed.

BECCLES LITERARY INSTITUTE: Rev Tracy in the Chair: “Are Strikes endemic to the Benefit of
the Nation?” Arthur Pells argues “No”; several speak against him. Result: “Yes”.
ARSON: Stack of hay belonging to a man named Redgrave set on fire. Part of thatch from an

adjoining meadow had been removed & placed round stack ... entirely consumed. Two young men
inder suspicion.
COUNCIL: To erect Band Stand on Common for £18 - if a similar sum is raised in the Town..

£40 to the Mayor; £80 to Coa Committee; £70 to Soup Kitchen Committee.
WORKING MEN’S CLUB; First AGM. Established mainly through the energy of two Ladies: Miss
Parker & Miss Crowfoot. WM Crowfoot, President. Lord John Harvey addresses meeting. About 150

members, but 250 to 300 needed. Income £15 from Subs; Bagatelle £9-11s; the rest from donations.
Expenses about £50.
“Village Schoolmaser” & Hood’s “Bridge of Sighs” rected. Band.

LECTURE: WM Crowfoot lectures on “The Sense of Sight” to Literary Institute
TEMPERANCE: 2 Lectures in Rectory Room
NATURE: “A fine Bittern shot in Norfolk Marshes near Beccles”

WORKING MEN’S CLUB: 1st Annual Tea for 200 in the Assembly Room: Estimated expenditure
for the year £50. Receipts: £15 from Members’ tickets; £9 -11s from Bagatelle Boards £42 from Subs
& donations. They wanted 250 t0 300 annual subscribers. WM Crowfoot presides; Miss Crowfot

Treasurer; TA Hayes, Secretary & Committee of 12 Working Men.
FARMWORKERS UNION: J. Arch at East Dereham: long account.

CHORAL SOCIETY: Haydn’s “Spring” in Assembly Room
EDUCATION:: Beccles [College?] Academy: Dramatic Entertainment on Thursday 30th in spacious

School Room. Latin Inscription “Magna est ventas et praevalebit”, “Fortuna favet portibus”; W
Russell,second master, i/c. Harvest Storm, Witches from Macbeth; 16,000 years ago; burlesque of

“Robinson Crusoe”; songs; Carol “Good King Wenceslas”.
EDUCATION: National Schools: DA Soanes, pupil teacher, going to Carmarthen Teacher’s College
given £3 - 5s

CHURCH: CMS Meeting in the Assembly Room
LECTURE: Rev J Macfarlane “Martin Luther from the cradle to the grave.” in Assembly Room.
PROPERTY: Increase in value of property: Letting of property on Corporation Wharf to Mt TM

Read: lease of £55 - 5s pa fr 14 years. A few years ago £12.
WESLEYAN CENTENARY of John Wesley’s first Visit to Beccles observed. Service, Tea, Lecture
by Dr Milburn, American blind Orator: “What a blind man saw in England.”

LECTURE: SW Rix: “Beccles Long Ago”: Foundation as Saxon Village.
Songs: “The Time Past of Old England”?; “Home Sweet Home”
CHAPEL: Beccles Sunday School Union AGM: 100 to tea.

CHRISTMAS SALE & STOCK SALE: by H & J Read on 15 December. Average of first two beasts
sold £38 - 11s - 6d.

1877 East Suffolk Gazette is missing [filmstrip in Suffolk Record Office]

POLICE COURT: A fortnight has elapsed since the last Court & the Christmas holiday intervened,
but not a single case for trial!
CHILD LABOUR: Guardians warned that no child under 9 or any child under 11 who has not a

“labour certificate” which may be obtained by 250 attendances at school. Parents who employ their
own children are liable to fines.
NEW YEAR: Watch night services held at Wesleyan & Methodist Chapel asnd that in Manor House

Lane, & were very well attended, At the Primitive Methodist Chapel a special prayer neeting was
held.

DEATH of Mr Charles Childs of Bungay, head of printing firm. Born at beginning of century, son of
John Childs, “the Bungay Martyr” [long article]

NEW YEAR: Peal of Bells for New Year
ADVERTISEMENT: Frederick S Farrer (late A Barnes & Co), Colliery Agent & Coal Merchant,

Railway Station, Beccles
SEWAGE DISPOSAL: A few weeks ago we described the scheme proposed to dispose of sewage.
Approved by Local Government Board.

FIRE smouldering in HB Smith’s Workshop & Furniture Warehouse in Rook’s Lane. Quickly put out
with water.
FLOODS: During last week a very large quantity of water accumulated in the Waveney Valley. For

some weeks the Marshes have been more or less flooded in parts. The Corporation Marshes have been
secured by the raising ofthe river bank.
NIGHT SOIL emptied during the day. AG Love, Inspector of Nuisances testified against CF Parker &

Peter Youngs, of the King’s Head. “Offensive smells through the Town.” Fined 1s 6d each, Costs 8s
6d each.
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH: Recognition Service of Rev J Calvert

RECTOR ILL: He was left without a Curate & he himself was too unwell to discharge many of the
duties - felt his position acutely
BAZAR: Pruett’s Annual Bazar

LIBRARY & LITERARY INSTITUTE: WM Crowfoot in Chair: Lecture, Songs.
BECCLES BREWERY: Men employed at Brewery have Annual Dinner at George & Dragon. RB
Snowden was Chairman, JM Brundell, Vice-Chairman.

SALE of WOOD: George Fenn to sell for Mr Hotchkin 16,000 ft of Redwood, deals & battens
GALE: A chimney blew down on house of Mr W Wright, Northgate

STOCK MARKET: H & J Read: 63 fat oxen; 6 cows, cales; 100 sheep; 200 pigs.
ADVERTISEMENT: Wanted, a steady man to attend to Steam Engine & Drilling Machine. Also a

young man for the Smith’s shop.
ESCAPE FROM DROWNING: A man & woman alighted from Mr Broke’s Van from Norwich on

Saturday night with the purpose of walking along the line to a friend who lives at Cove Gatehouse.
Instead of going towards the line by way of Ravensmere, as they had been directed, in consequence of
the darkness of the night, the took the turn to the Corporation Wharf. The man walked into the River

before he was aware of the danger. It was only with great danger and presence of mind that the wife
rescued him from his perilous position. The unfoortunate man was very kindly supplied with dry
clothing by Mr Hayward who lives near the spot, and he did not appear very much the worse for his

ducking, but his wife was very much upset by the occurrence.
PRESENT: The Churchwardens forwarded to Rev Brown, Rector of Wheatacre a handsome epergne,
value £43, subscribed to by many inhabitants of the Town in recognition of devoted service over

many years.
VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT: “ A palpable injustice has been done to the Volunteers of Suffolk. The
Secretary of State for War has transferred three Suffolk Corps to Norfolk. The Corps at Lowestoft,

Beccles & Bungay are to be amalgamated with that of Yarmouth with the title of the Administrative
Battalion, Norfolk Rifle Volunteers. That Norfolk should thus profit at the expense of Suffolk in the
matter of a purely patriotic movement is manifestly unjust.”

EDUCATION: National School figures
DEATH of JW Steel, Chemist [aged 34] after a comparatively short illness. He was the son of Mr
Samuel Steel, who retired from business some years ago & who was for several years a Member of

theCouncil. He was formerly organist at the Parish Church. He leaves a widow and child.
ROAD IMPROVEMENT from Station Road to Boutel’s Sale Ground. Corporation & Railway have

both given ground.
NEW HOUSES: Houses in course of erection in Caxton Road & Lady’s Meadow.

INVITATION BALL given at Assembly Room on Tuesday. Mr Arthur King & J Miles organized it.
Party numbered 80. Dancing commenced shortly before 9 and was kept up until 6 the next morning. to
the music of the 4th Suffolk Artillery Quadrille directed by Mr G Hussey.

SOTTERLEY HALL AGENT attended at the King’s Head in the afternoon to pay the Annual
Tradesmen’s Bills. In the evening an excellent tea was provided by Mr Youngs, followed by a
sociable evening. About 20 of the leading tradesmen attended.

APPEAL for Widows & Orphans of men lost in 18 Fishing Vessels in Gale of 30 January, 1877; 116
men & boys: 50 widows, 11 aged parents & 115 children destitute.
SALE of FURNITURE: [18] London Road: Mrs Hillier moving: contents of 5 Bedrooms.

SALE of FURNITURE: [43] Station Road: Miss Delf declines housekeeping
POLICE COURT: Benjamin Woolnough, boots at the White Lion attacked Robert Harrison, Head
Ostler at the White Lion. Both drunk & had argument. Sentenced to 6 weeks in Ipswich Gaol

SALE of FURNITURE: Household effects of Mr Snowden (about to leave Beccles) in Northgate by
Mr Fenn.

RECTOR [Rev Tracy] recovered sufficiently to take part in Services.
PARISH SURVEYOR, Alderman H Read nominated, but rendered obsolete by recent Sanitary Act.

CRISTY MINSTRELS - A female troupe called “Cooper’s Original Virginia Christy Minstrels”
performed on Wednesday to a small audience in the Assembly Room.

NEW SCHOOLS: The accommodation for children in the (old) British Schools greatly deficient. The
School Board bought the old Factory Building [Silk Factory] in Peddar’s Lane - now undergoing
alterations.

CONVERTED GIPSIES: On Saturday & Sunday two or three of the “Converted Gipsies”, who are
just now causing some excitement among the working classes, held a series of Services in the
Assembly Room & Meeting House in Manor House Lane, which were numerously attended. Many

persons were unable to gain attendance on Sunday evening.
GOOD TEMPLARY: 100 “Love & Unity” Independent Order of Good Templars sat down to a Lodge
Tea in the odge Room in Sheepgate. There were readings and recitations.

VESTRY MEETING: Overseers: Messrs JM Brundell, T Easter, RA King, EW Hindes
Guardians: B Woolnough, G Woolnough, TA Woodroffe, H Read, (Castle), A Brown B Laws (25
years a Guardian at Yarmouth)

Surveyors of Highways: Mr Fenn & Mr Read (Castle). Mr Read refused to continue in office. He said
he had no power. Mr Fenn (Borough Surveyor) sad he had spent a lot of money on the roads.
Alderman Read (in his absence) nominated.

Church Properties: Poor’s Pightel, Hermitage Inn, Clerk’s Piece & the Staithe on the North side of the
Bridge. To be let by auction. TM Read & Co given notice to quit the Hermitage.
RECEIVING STOLEN BARLEY: Samuel Neech [baker, of 73 Northgate]imprisoned for three

months.
FIRE at Mr CF Parker’s premises. The two shops were filled with smoke - a wrapper placed under the

street grating in front of the draper’s shop caught fire by a lighted fuse having been thrown down
carelessly. Put out quickly.

COUNTY RATES including Police Rates: £539,776 etc
EASTER MONDAY - a Bank Holiday. Shops closed.

VESTRY MEETING: Churchwardens: Mr Houghton (Rector’s Warden) & CF Parker
Since the last Meeting the Patron of the Living [Mr Hollond] had presented to the Parish the Rectory
House & Rectory Room. Mr Hollond expressed the thanks of the Parish. The Ecclesiastical

Commissioners held the gift in trust for the Parish.
Mr Fenn complained that his pew had been occupied by two ladies. He was not a regular attender, but
Mrs Bobbett moved the two ladies from his pew when he arrived. He could not expect his wife to

search round for a pew. The Chairman [the Rector] said that was wrong. Mrs Bobbett exceeded her
duties; she had no busiuness to do that.
Mr Parker: “If peoplw would make themselves disageeable, the Churchwardens could not help it. He

believed a free and open Church to be the right one.
CONCRETE PATH being laid on the West side of Ballygate.
THIEF: Stephen Oxborough of Beccles, suspected of stealing £4 in money, a silver watch & a suit of

clothes from the house of Mr C Moore in Newcastle. The suiy was found at Yarmouth (where he had
stopped on the return to Beccles) & Oxborough was arrested.
BECCLES LITERARY INSTITUTE: - in its fifth year. 109 members. 27 new volumes. 500 volumes

now in circulation.
Mr Buscall proposed, and Mr Masters (the President) supported a motion that female members should
be allowed to join.

Opposed by Mr Parkhouse: “Generally speaking ladies are not newspaper readers.” And Mr C Smith:
“It would be a mistake.”. And by TA Laws; “It would doubtless become a mere gossipping place. He
did not think there was any propriety in introducing them to the company usually assembled here,

because mainly it was composed of young men, and it was not desirable that the two classes should
mix together without some sort of supervision, which was impossible under the present
circumstances.”

And Mr Jude: “At the present time a certain number of persons came to the room for quiet and
comfort; and if young ladies & gentlemen were allowed to come, much inconvenience would be
occassioned. - It would be making the Institute a courting establishment.”

The motion was not carried. Mr Masters resigned & Mr Parkhouse was elected President.
LICENCE: Transfer of Angel Inn from Benjamin Aldred to Francis Hall.
CONSERVATIVE GATHERING & MARKET TEA at the King’s Head. Col Barne: “The trying

times through which the farmers are passing, & the peculiar difficulty that their labourers were being
drawn forth to the Herring Industry.

WHITE LION Bowling Green opens on 30 April. Signed J Miles.
TO LET: Good House, Wharf & Premises. Apply Mr Pert, Market Place.

TO LET: The commodious Building, now seated, as formerly used as a Wesleyan Chapel; J Barber,
Northgate.

HIRE of COUNCIL LAND: Mr Darby, a member of the Council, hired a smal piece of land on the
Corporation Quay at a public auction to store bricks and timber. A dyke, claimed by Messrs Crisp &
Son runs at the back of the property - & Mr Darby thought of using it to avoid paying the Corporation

cut & wharf dues. At the auction it was stated that “The hirer would have to pay all wharfage & other
charges.”
Mr Crisp showed his deeds to a member of the Council, which required Mr Darby to use the

Corporation Cut & cart over the Corporation Wharf. Mr Darby objected to pay the charges when his
neighbours did not have to pay. The Council then agreed to waive its charges by a small majority -
despite the warning of Councillor Rix “that he did not think it illegal, but considered the course highly

inexpedient.” A similar view was expressed by the Town Clerk.
CHURCH MISSION: The first service was held in the girls’ schoolroom in Peddar’s Lane for
parishioners in the Black Boy & Swine’s Green area. They hoped to build a Mission Church in the

area.
EAST of ENGLAND HORSE SHOW: Council & inhabitants of town in favour.
SALE of FURNITURE: Waveney House, Beccles. Household Furniture of F St Claire Williams, Esq,

who is going abroad.
JOSEPH ARCH has been asked to stand as a candidate for Southwark. He has consented as long as he
can obtain the full consent of his agricultural bretheren.

PARISH CHURCH ORGAN & SERVICES. Mr Crowfoot said that 17 years ago they spent £300 on
the organ. They were advised that it should be placed in its present position. Why had it deteriorated

so quickly? A committee formed to look into the question.
Church Services: The Rector said that no one could be expected to take more than two services on a

Sunday in such a large church. He had advertised the post of a Curate since Christmas, but found no
suitable applicants amongst the 30 he had contacted.

DEATH of Rev RA Arnold of Ellough.
COUNCIL MEETING: Hire of Council Land: The Council met to reconsider their previous decision
to allow Mr Darby to pay no dues. Mr Darby was at length persuaded to leave the chamber during the

discussion. Mr Blyth questioned the legality of changing a decision. Mr Laws & Mr Masters put the
case that the terms of the auction should not be altered. It was agreed to annul the previous agreement
to give Mr Darby free wharfage. Voted for this course of action: Aldermen Laws, Fiske & Mayhew;

Councillors Cooper, Crowfot, Kindred, Masters, Parkhouse, Rix & Smith.
Presumably voting against: Alderman H Read, Councillors Blyth, Mullett & Pells. Did the Mayor
(Eastaugh) vote?

CHURCH: AGGRIEVED PARISHIONER: (unsigned letter): The writer last week dealing with
relations between clergyman and people in the Town suggests it rests entirely with the people. I
attribute the existing state of things to the parishionres having found it very difficult, if not impossible,

to work with their clergyman. ... The reason why the voice of the aggrieved parishioner has not been
heard is not because n such person exists, but purely out of delicacy of feeling for the gentleman who
is manifestly so unequal in every way to the post he has assumed. .. Over the past three years .. point

to services maimed or slurred over, parish work neglected.
CHURCH PARADE: 4th Suffolk Artillery Volunteer Corps, under Lieut Wilson, marched to
Barsham. Rev RAJ Suckling preached on “Fight the Good Fight of Faith” - enforcing the advantages

of manliness & temperance in all things. The Corps returned home via Ringsfield. The excellent band
of the Corps under Bandmaster Hussey, 28 strong, enlivened the way by playing martial airs.
POLICE COURT: Barrington Copeman, guilty of disorderly conduct in the Cross Keys & refusing to

leave. Fined £1.
SALE by H & J Read for the Executors of James Utton on 28 May
LOT 1: Dwelling House in two Tenements in Puddingmoor, one occupied by James Edmunds & the

other previously occupied by late Mrs Utton, with large Yard in which are Carpenter’s Shop,
Mangling Room & Pump of Spring Water..
[Purchased E Masters £165 on 28 May]

LOT 2: Two Houses in Northgate [Nos 7 & 9] occupied by William Piper & Joseph Grey.
[Purchased Mr Stannard £190]
SALE: by H & J Read on 28 May

SMALLGATE: Block of 5 Cottages [31-37 Smallgate & 1 Manor House Lane] at the junction of
Smallgate & Manor House Lane in the recent occupation of: Mary Ann Laws, Robert Took, Mary

Hill, Martha Howes & Elizabeth Stanford. Weekly tenants. Aggregate Rental £30-19s-8d. Land Tax
11s 5d. Leasehold (Term of 500years from 1742 - for securing principal & sum of £20 at 5%).

Entitled to draw water from the adjoining premises of Jacob Vertigen, paying half the costs of repairs.
[Purchased Mr Gibbs at £330]

SALE: By H & J Read on 28 May
Wash Lane & Ingate: Brick & Tiled Freehold Cottage: Kitchen, Wash House, Pantry, 2 Sleeping
Roms, Shed & small Garden. Occupied by William Charlish. Yearly tenant at £5. Land Tax 1s 8d.

[Purchased W Warren £57 on 28 May]
LANGLEY PARK: Sir Reginald Beauchamp will open the Park & Gardens on Whit Monday.
SALE: H & J Read on 28 May

Northgate: [probably No 5] Brick & Tiled Freehold Dwelling House: 2 front sitting rooms, Wash
House & 2 sleeping rooms. Occupied by Henry Goffin
[Withdrawn at £120]

SALE: Mr Fenn for Mr Ayling on 28 May
Northgate: [No 45] Dwelling, useful premises and large Yard extending to the river near the Waveney
Valley [Rail] crossing. (For may years occupied by the late John Woods, carpenter) Land Tax 2s 11d

[Purchased Mr Culham £114]
EMIGRATION to QUEENSLAND:
Windsor Castle from London

Roxboroughshire from Glasgow
Female domestic servants Free
COUNCIL: Tenders for Iron or Wooden Bridge over the ornamental water on thhe Avenue.

SALE: H & J Read on 28 May
Northgate: [probably No 5] Brick & Tiled Freehold Dwelling House: 2 front sitting rooms, Wash
House & 2 sleeping rooms. Occupied by Henry Goffin

CHURCH IN SUFFOLK: The Rock, the Evangelical Party of the Church of England gives comments
about the sort of worship found in churches in Suffolk:

Beccles: Rector: Rev FF Tracy - appointed by Rev E Hollond - a compromise between an Evangelical
& moderately High Churchman. His services are “moderately high”. The seats are free, the church is

open for private prayer, weekly Holy Communion & daily & evening Prayer. Mr Tracy however
signed the declaration against vestments, preaches sound doctrine & has proved himself no friend of
Ritualism.

Bungay St Mary: Vicar, Rev G Thorp: Services & doctrine thoroughly Evangelical.
Ditchingham Rector: Rev E Scudamore: Another glaring instance of the Church being in the hands of
the enemy. The Services are thoroughly Ritualistic, if not utterly Popish. Mr Scudamore signed the

Purchas Remonstrance, is Warden of the so-called “House of Mercy” & is author of the “Devotions of
the Blessed Eucharist or Steps to the Altar.”
Uggleshall with Sotherton: Rector & Rural Dean: Rev WL Edgell, a high Churchman & remonstrant

against the Purchas Judgement. The Church is open for private prayer, there is a daily service,
Gregorian music, surplice in pulpit & weekly Communion. During consecration the “mid-altar”
position is assumed.

Worlingham Rector: Rev DH Leighton - Services are moderately high. Church restored three years
ago at a cost of £1,600. The reredos & East window in memory of the late Dr Sir Charles Clarke.
Summary: 200 Churches visited. In 82 surplice are worn in the pulpit. In 48 Hymns Ancient &

Modern are used. The “Eastwards” position in 28. 9 of them held by men petitioned for the
demoralizing Confessional.
SALE: By Mr Fenn

St George’s Terrace [No 7]: Freehold Residence formerly in the occupation of late Mrs Newman, near
London Road. Entrance Hall, Front Sitting Room, Back Parlour, Kitchen, Store Room, Cellar, 4
Bedrooms, Offices, Frnt Garden, Yard at the back, with right to a Pump of excellent Spring Water.

Also copper pump for soft water. A proper cnnection has been made with the new Public Sewer.
Land Tax 8s 9d; Tithe Rent Charge of 11d.
[Purchased by Mr Day, Worlingham for £335]

SALE of FURNITURE of late Mrs Newman. 14 very choice Oil Paintings, Water Colours & Sketches
by Edwin Cooper, all of which came direct from the Artist’s Studio to the late Rbert Newman.
[Highest Price £5 - 5s; One Bell Pub and figures sold for £1-1s

CHURCH: ARCHDEACON’S VISITATION: Archdecan Groome met the Clergy & Churchwardens
of the District at St Michael’s.

CHORAL SOCIETY: First part: Selection from Handel’s Judas Maccabus. Mrs Crowfoot, Rev JH
Raven & Mr Kinnell sung solo pieces, 30 in the Chorus.

“Hear My Prayer”, “Be Comforted.”, “The Stirrup Girl”. Mr AH Livock, conductor.
DEATH by ACCIDENT at NW Pells’ Steam Flour Mill near Swine’s Green. Robert Baldry, who

worked at Mill for 29 years. His clothing caught in the cogs of the Mill. Witnessed by Charles Seago,
miller in employ of Pells.
DINNER PARTY at the King’s Head for William Blyth, by his friends. [farmer of 47 Station Road]

The Mayor, (JD Eastaugh) in the Chair. Dinner provided by Peter Youngs of the King’s Head
Menu:
Soups: Mock Turtle, Ox Tail

Fish: Salmon, Lobster Sauce, Fried Soles, Shrimp Sauce,
Entrees: Sweetbreads, Stewed Kidneys & Mushrooms, Pigeon a la Compote
Releevee: Fore Quarter of Lamb, Boiled Fowls, Roast Ducklings, Roast Beef, Calf’s Head, Tongue,

Ham
Entrendu: Wine Jelly, Lemon Sponge, Trifle, Cabinet Pudding, Fancy Pastry, Tipsy Cake, Cream &
Stilton Cheese, Lobster Salad

Dessert: Olives, Normandy Pippins, Preserved Green Ginger, Filberts, Dried Fruits, Orange, Fancy
Biscuits
Wines: Sparkling Dry Champagne, Still Hocks, Madeira, Claret, Curacoa, Amontilados, Sherry, Port

(Vintage ‘58), Sauterne
ENTERTAINMENT given by the Mayor (Eastaugh) entertained the workmen recently engaged in
altering his house [No 14] to dinner at the Cross Keys. Catering of Mr & Mrs Mean

POLICE COURT: John George, labourer, guilty of trespassing for game on land in the occupation of J
Greengrass at Weston. William Davy, game-keeper to Mr Garden of Redisham saw hin taking a hare

with a dog. Regular Offender. Fined £2-10s of 1 Month’s Hard Labour. Went to Prison.
KITTEN born with one head, 2 tongues, 2 bodies, 8 legs, 2 tails.

BAND of HOPE: Held in Mr Mills’ room in Smallgate. Mr TA Laws presided.
FRUIT in SUFFOLK Wrecked: Apples, peaches, apricots & plums all fruitless. Apples flowered

abnormally late, the blossom pale. Only late figs seem promising.
DEATH of Admiral Rous, 2nd son of late Earl of Strdbroke, born 1795.
MARRIAGE of Miss Fanny Farr. Eldest daughter of late Rev John Farr, Rector of Gillingham to Rev

Frank Penny, BA, LLM, Chaplain, Madras Presidency, son of Alfred Penny, Esq, CE of Beckenham,
Kent, at Stratford St Mary. The Bridesmaids: Miss Lotie Farr, Miss Penny, Lorina Farr & Miss Helen
Farr.

She was given away by her brother, Mr Tom Farr.
DIVORCE CASE: Maxwell received decree nisi. He to pay £40 pa to wife. During the course of
preparations for the case, John Carr, (whose father formerly resided at Beccles) was sent to Beccles to

visit Miss Bulwer, sister of Maxwell’s wife, and “as openly as it was possible to have an improper
intercourse with her, so that when she came to be a witness devoid of virtue, and of worthless
testimony. He went as directed, but failed in his purpose.”

The learned Judge said he had no words with which to express his disgust and abhorence at the
defendant’s conduct.
COUNCIL: The sewage pump, installed 2 years ago previously, failed to work. It was installed at the

insistence of Mr Prenice in charge of the scheme. It was a good pump in itself, but not suitable for this
job. Council agreed to write to Mr Prenice and also to accept quote from Mr Elliott for new pump at
£173.

TO BE LET: Dwelling House & Garden in Blyburgate [No 31], now in the occupation of Mr Kindred.
Apply Messrs Crisp & Son.
CHURCH CURATE: The person officiating in St Michael’s for the last two Sundays cannot be

appointed. He was ordained in the Colonies & must be licensed by the Archbishop.
CHURCH CHOIR Outing to Southwold: The first time this has occurred. Went by waggonette and a
break. Lunched, and later reassembled for Dinner at the Swan Hotel.

POLICEMAN ATTACKED by Myall, Hook & Gostling, labourers of Beccles in a tent on the
Common, put up by Yarmouth licencee for the Norfolk Volunteers exercises. They took beer without
paying for it & refused to get out of the tent. When PC Gardner arrived he was savagely attacked &

kicked. Sentenced to 2,3 & 4 months.
SALE: Land in Fair Close. Executors of late James Dunscombe. Building land with frontage of 30ft at
the upper end of Fair Close Road. on 30 July, with HS Read.

ADVERTISEMENT: Thomas Nottingham, Chemist & Druggist - by exam. Succeeded to business of
JW Steel and in former years of Mr Norton, manufacturer of the deservedl famous Cammomile Pills.

Teeth carefully extracted, scaled & stopped
DIVORCE CASE: Solicitor Snell of London sued writers of articles defaming his character. He did

not send Carr to Beccles. Everything was done by his managing clerk, who agreed that Carr - who was
going to Beccles, could make some enquiries about Miss Bulwer - but no suggestion of trying to

compromise her.
FINANCIAL SUPPORT: Order against James George of Beccles ordered to support his 87 year old
mother in Shipmeadow. George in employ of Sam Darby - earned 17s a week. His wife said they

could not afford anything. He had been ill twice and they had got into debt. Must pay 1s per week.
DANGEROUS DRIVING: William Wright, dealer, driving furiously in Blyburgate - a great many
people in the street and it was dangerous. Fined 11s 6d.

ADVERTISEMENT: James Flegg [20 years old, Ostler at the King’s Head] taken the Carrying
Business lately held by Robert & Thomas Brooke. The Van will start from the King’s Head Yard on
Wednesday & Saturday mornings at 6 am, returning the same day from the “Star”, Haymarket,

Norwich at 4 o’clock.
WANTED - Servant of middle age to an elderly couple; honest, cleanly, industrious & obliging, one
desirous of religious privileges & a permanent situation would be likely to be comfortable. Apply Mrs

Aldred, London Road.
SOUTH KENSINGTON EXHIBITION: Caxton Exhibition shows “Clowes” electrical compositor
invented by John Hooker of Beccles. By this machine 15,000 letters an hour may be set up.

HORSE SHOW: Account of East of England Horse Show at Beccles. Held for a second time at
Beccles - previously in 1873, but greatly improved under management of Mr W Groom of Ipswich.
470 entries. Prizes offered totalled £512. Show opened on Wednesday. Held on Beccles Common.

Weather was very favourable. Striking collection of Carriages exhibited by Messrs Horsley & Sons,
Coach builders,Beccles: Brougham, Victorias, T Carts, Dog Carts, Phaetons and a Landau.

Agricultural machinery by E Wigg of Barnby, Harper of Beccles (Hurnsby & Howard’s reapers, chaff
cutters, horse powers, hay bins)

Mr Elliott of Beccles:small steam engines
LAW SUCCESS: FG Mayhew (of the Fauconberge School) son of Richard Mayhew , solicitor of

Saxmundham; preliminary exam.
JEWISH MISSION: Meeting scantily attended. Rector in the Chair.
COACHBUILDERS’ OUTING: Horsley’s employees between 50 & 60 to Yarmouth in 4 pair-horse

conveyances from the King’s Head & White Lion Hotels on Saturday. To the Bridge Hotel for
breakfast, returned for lunch at 2pm & left at 8.30 reaching Beccles at 11 pm.
FAUCONBERGE SCHOOL Prize day. WH Boyce Foundation Scholarship at St John’s, Cambridge

AF Leupolt, Brasenose, Oxford, 2nd Class in Final classical schools.. Sir Charles Clarke said that all
in the neighbourhood were very thankful that such a man as Mr Raven had come amongst them. When
he took charge of the school seriously diminished, but the numbers in the school had decidedly

increased
NATIONAL SCHOOLS: Probable necessity of transferring schools to School Board.
EDUCATION: Leman School Prize Day. Corporation Prize to Roff. Garrod Prize for mental

arithmatic to Roff. Other prizes to Jordan, Hindes ma, Wells, ma, Kime, King, Petersen, Salmon, Gill,
Cutting & Brown.
DEATH by DROWNING of William Gooch, fish hawker of Peddar’s Lane. He & friend Walter

Vincent, aged 17, hired a boat from Smith, pulled each other in turn along the river. One rowed and
the other held on to the rope. At the second time Gooch let go of the rope, could not swim & drowned
despite attempts by Mr Henry Stimpson, tailor, to rescue him.

SALE OF FURNITURE: by Lenny & Smith of late Mrs Samuel Haward in Station Road.
LET BY AUCTION by Mr Fenn:
LOT 1:The Hermitage Inn with suitable Outbuildings & spacious Wharf, now occupied by the

Beccles Brewery Co
[Let to Beccles Brewer Co for £67 pa - previously since 1869 it was only £30]
LOT 2: The Staithe on the North side of Beccles Bridge, now occupied by Messrs John Crisp & Son.

[Let to Mr Darby for £6
LOT 3: Land in Blyburgate, the Poors’ Pightle, now occupied by H & J Read & forming part of their
Sale Ground.

[Let to Mr John Read for £11]
LOT 4: Arable Land, The Clerk’s Piece, 3a 2r 38p, now in occupation of Rev Sir Charles Clarke. Will
end with the death of the present Parish Clerk.

[Let to Charles Woolnough, jun at £14 pa]
NATIONAL SCHOOLS: Debt of £250 contracted between the death of Rev JT Johnston & the

appointment of the present Rector.
NATIONAL SCHOOLS: Subscriptions have been received of £234, including £50 from Mr Crisp &

£20 from each of the Miss Harveys.
EDUCATION: National Schools: Long account of how they should cope with financil problems.

GUN ACCIDENT: Albert Francis Leupolt, aged 23, a son of Rev CB Leupolt of Marsham. CB
Leupolt, brother, on a boat going down the Bure, near Hoveton towards Yarmouth. The sail was
between them. There was a double barrelled breach loader in the boat. He heard the report of a gun &

saw it drop into the river, and heard deceased call out that he was shot. He took him on shore. There
was a wound in his stomach. He died the following day. He had been a scholar at the Fauconberge
School.

FAUNCONBERGE SCHOOL: Ernest Hodson, late scholar of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, appointed to
the (second) Mathematical mastership.
COUNCIL: Mr Darby’s lease. After much discussion it was decided that a clause should be inserted

in the lease that Mr Darby should be compensated for improvements made to his land at the end of his
7 year lease.
SALE of FURNITURE of Robert Bulwer in Peddar’s Lane

GAS: Gas Company to charge 5s 6d per 1000 cubic ft of Gas. Shareholders getting only 5% for their
money. A promise has been made of better lighting.
WATER TO HOUSES: William Spratt not providing proper water supply for his houses in Wash

Lane. There was one water-closet for four houses, but no water supply, beyond what was fetched in a
bucket from a well adjoining which had to be raised by a bucket. Connected with the public sewer. Mr
EB Crowfoot said it was necessary to have a constant supply of water. Order made for him to comply

within 14 days. Costs 9s.
BOARD SCHOOLS: The Schools are so far completed that the boys, after a holiday one week longer

than anticipated were able to take possession on Monday, but the girls are obliged to use the boys’
classrooms for a few das pending their completion. The old Factory building has been altered so that

both boys & girls are under one roof, the girls taking the ground floor and the boys the upper storey.
The entrance to the Girls’ School is at the west end, where there is a small room fitted up with pegs,

then comes the commodious and well-lighte school room, in front of which are two spacious
classrooms, each with its fireplace and ventillation apparatus. At the east end is a small room fitted up
as a lavatory. At the rear is a large yard for a playground.

The Boys’ entrance is at the west end, the playground in front. A flight of stone steps leads up to the
scoolrooms. The ground floor ceiling has been “pugged” with clay, between two & three inches thick,
with a view of deadening the sound.

Mr Bull of Ditchingham has done the bricklaying, Mr Botwright of Bungay, the carpentering. Mr
Holley of Bungay, the painting. Mr Pearce of Norwich is architect to the Board.
POLICE COURT: Harry Hunt, a vagrant in rags, drunk & disorderly in Smallgate. PC Gardner said

he threatened to murder anyone who came near him, making use of obscene language. He also
threatened to poke the eyes out of several people. If any policeman offered to touch him he would put
a rope round his neck for him. He had a whip in his hand, and he actually struck a man’s pipe out of

his mouth. One month in prison, Defendant said better make it three, then he would have a better diet.
The magistrates declined to make it three.
SALE OF FURNITURE: Mr James McCulloch in London Road, includig 300 books.

SALE OF DUTCH FLOWER ROOTS & BULBS: Mr Fenn selling double & single Hyacinths,
Polyanthus, single & doube Narcissus, Tulips, Frittillaria, Imperiales, etc.
ACCIDENT to a boy, Frederick Ward, whose father was recently moved to . a lunatic asylum, leaving

the Caxton Works run over in Caxton Road by Mr E Clay, butcher of Bungay. Wheel went over his
chest
Robert Page, innkeeper [Maltster’s Arms], Beccles accused of stealing a pig’s trough belonging to

Wallace Poll. It was kept on a Marsh occupied by his brother. The police found it in Mr Page’s yard.
Mr Kent of Norwich appeared for the defendant. Treated the Court abrasively. To go for trial.
DRUNK: David Larke, smacksman of Beccles hit a boy over the head without provocation, who

running away was pursued by Larke who ran into Miss Crowfoot sen, knocking her over & breaking
her arm. She was walking with Mr WE Crowfoot and his daughters. With the assistance of Dr
Metcalfe Mr Crowfoot took Larke towards the Police Station, and gave him in charge of PC Lingley.

Sentenced to 1 month’s imprisonment.
Henry Winsdale, aged 9 accused of stealing a knife from Robert Sampson of Beccles. The mother said
she could do nothing with him. Detained for more witnesses.

CHURCH RAILINGS in course of erection: complaits about the sharp spikes on the top rails, which
catch ladies’ drapery and are dangerous. It would be sensible to remove them.

FIRES: Two small stacks belonging to Mr E Buck on the Corporation Marshes destroyed. Valued at
£50. Arson or carelessness the cause.

Two barley stacks & a shed belonging to Mr W Gibbens destroyed. His young son aged 5 was playing
with matches & caught some straw alight. Value £120. He was not insured.

SALE OF FURNITURE: Ravensmere: Miss Mary Ann Birkett
TOWN SURVEYOR ILL: Mr Laws taking over duties temporarily. Mr Masters taken over Sanitary
Committee.

PARISH CHURCH: Rev F Bower, of Church Missionary Society, of Trichoor, Madras to become
Curate during his furlough.
ELECTIONS: Two Councillors not Standing: Mr Kindred (leaving the Town) & Mr Parkhouse. Mr

Masters is uncertain whether to stand. We feel strongly that the Town can ill afford to lose Mr
Masters’ services. He has shown a devotion to his duties such as is rarely equalled and the Council’s
appreciation of his services is shown by their appointing him on nearly every Committee.

TO BE LET: The Rooms in Smallgate known as the Parochial Clergy Rooms. Apply John Read,
Carlton Colville.
MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: Candidates: Mr Block, E Masters, N Pells, JP Walton. Mr WP Garrod

has withdrawn.
POLICE COURT: Charles Browes, of Bungay met Harriet Grey, the wife of James Grey on the
Bungay Road. She had some herrings in a basket, & he asked her how she sold them. She said 5 for

3d. He took them and put them in the bottom of his cart, but did not pay for them. She called out after
him, but he did not stop. Asked if she recognised him, she did, even though he had washed his face.
He said he had no change, but intended to pay for them, but had not done so far. He was sentenced to

one month’s imprisonment with hard labour.
BALACLAVA SURVIVORS of Light Bridade. 120 of 600 survivors present at Frmason’s Tavern

London, including Robert Briggs of Beccles.
ACCIDENT: Mr Brundell called in at the White Lion on the way home to Gillingham, leaving his

horse in charge of a man in the yard. The man leaving the yard left a boy to look after it, but it became
frightened and ran down Ravensmere until it reachedthe opening leading into Bridge Street It tried to

cut the corner. The effect was to throw the horse on the other side on to the stable gable end of a
house, and the collision was so severe that the horse was thrown down and was not able to rise. Mr
Newson was called, but the horse had to be put down. It was valued at £60.

WORKINGMEN’S CLUB: AGM: 100 members sat down to tea. WM Crowfoot, President.
Congratulated the club on its second year of existence. The Club had been a source of very
considerable amusement & pleasure to those working men who had connecte themselves with it. They

must look at the financial position of the Club, which required a sufficient number of members. The
larger the Club, the stronger it would be.
ELECTION: Elected: JM Brundell 350; E Masters 316; A Brown 252; N Pells 244;

NOT ELECTED: Isaiah Copeman 228; JP Walton 225; R Block 39, H Newson 30. About 590
burgesses took part. With the working classes Isaiah Copeman & A Brown were the favourites, which
shows what can be done by personal canvas & liberal promises!

POLICE COURT: Robert Myall, labourer guilty of trespassing and shooting game. Myall was not
present, but on a fishing voyage & he would not be bak until Christmas.
POACHING: Charles Clarke & Obadiah Clarke of Beccles on land in occupation of Martin Pearce at

Worlingham. Thomas Self & Charles Edwards said they saw them on a Sunday on the land searching
for rabbits. Although Obadiah had a gun it was not used, even though there were pheasants &
partridges about. They were brothers-in-law of Mr Pearce, but had not asked his permission. They did

not think he would mind themtaking his rabbits. They were fined 15s each.
WAVENEY VALLEY DRAINAGE COMMISSION Mr Robinson tol the meeting that he consiered
the Commission did no good at all and it was a terrible waste of money. So far it had cost £7000 and

nothing had been done. The Chairman said that they were only paying off the expenses of obtaining
the Act and nothing more. Mr Robinson proposed the outstanding money should be paid off this year
and the Commission disbanded.

SALE OF FURNITURE of Mr G ibson (who is leaving Beccles) of Rose Cottage, London Road
14th SUFFOLK RIFLE VOLUNTEERS: Drill in Old Market. Men marched to the Corn Hall where
prizes were distributed. for attendances.

TOWN COUNCIL: N Pells elected Mayor. Voted £40 expenses etc.
Aldermen Read & Fiske retired. Masters (7 votes) & Crowfoot (6 votes) elected. Mullett & Rix (4
votes each) Crisp & Eastaugh (1 vote)

MAYOR’S DINNER: About 60-70 persons present. News of the death of George Fenn arrived during
the course of the Dinner. Major Crowfoot thanked the Council for allowing the Volunteers the use of

the Rifle Range - the best in the County.
DEATH AT MILL: James Motimer, 41, killed at Mr Pells’ Flour Mill. He was in the Engine House,

endeavouring to put the strap on to the pump wheel, when he lost his balance, his clothes were caugt
on the piston of the engine.

DEATH of George Fenn: Born 1811, started life as an animal portrait painter, in which he gained
some reputation, but gradually introduced to a more public life. Elected Councillor in 1847 and then
Alderman; Mayor 1855 & 1856; Succeeded Alderman Farr as Chairman of the Land Committee.

Secured Steam Mill for the Marshes against virulent opposition, providing a much improved income
for the Corporation.. Chairman of the Land Committee.Sescured the alteration of the site of the
Railway Station, which at first was proposed to be in Ingate. Spend much time in purchasing the land

and laying out the approach, the Station Road. Introduced the Silk Factory, but unsuccessful.

In 1857 established the Working Men’s Institute (offshoot of the present Reading Room & Literary
Institute); Forming a Rifle Corps 1860: construction of Rifle Butts by men who were unemployed in

the bad Winter conditions. He was the guidng force in the formaton of the splendid Avenue & really
grand approach to the Common. Had been Surveyor of the Turnpike Roads in Norfolk & Suffolk

(succeeding his father). The excellent river wall, thanks to many years of his close attention and
supervision, has become what it is now is, an effectual barrier against the floodwaters of the Waveney,
protecting thereby the Corporation Marshes.

His untiring energies have been seen in his sturdy avocacy of constructing a new system of sewerage
for the thorough drainage of the Borough. Surveyor from 1863.
CHURCH: The Church is a Free & Open Church, no one can claim to appropriate a seat in the

Church.
MUNICIPAL ELECTION: Elected: WP Garrod 383, JE Crisp 370, Not elected: Isaiah Copeman 263.

About 630 people voted. Cabs & conveyances of various kinds were used to take people to the voting
stations.

The matter was put very clearly and concisely in a paper sent round to voters. The gentlemen returned
to the Conucil should be men of position, men of business and ability, and men themselves who had a

large state in its prosperity. It was not difficult to decide who answeed best these qualifications.
One of the remarkable features of the contest was the large number of “plumpers” for Mr Copeman,
chiefly it is believed by working men.

PURCHASE of the Bathing Place from the Cort of Chancery for £272, cheque to be paid to Mr E
Masters.
CONCERT by Choral Society in aid of Beccles Hospital. Music by Handel, Haydn, Mendelssohn,

Spohr, Goss, Sullivan, Elvey, Costa, Kuhlau & Whitfield
NUISANCE by butcher, Clement Poll in Balygate, who carried on s slaughtering premises near the
centre of the Town. EB Crowfoot said the liquid refuse ought not to be allowed to pass into the bin &

was very injurious to health. Ordered to lay a drain into the main drain.

ADVERTISEMENT: Ward & Walton, late Robert Ward; Wines, Spirits & Liqueurs
ADVERTISEMENT:

ADVERTISEMENT: Thomas Nottingham, late Steel, formerly Norton, New Market, Manufacturing
Chemist: Steel’s Rhubarb Pills

ADVERTISEMENT: Edward Buck, Waveney Wine Cellars, Northgate. (established 1825)
ADVERTISEMENT: Charles Horsley, Carriages of the Latest Design.

ADVERTISEMENT: R Block, Market House, Plumbs, Biscuits, Oranges, Nuts, Dates, Peaches,
Apples, Stilton Cheese, Wines, Jams, Marmalades, Fancy Soaps, Perfumery, Hair Brushes
ADVERTISEMENT: Flower, Chemist, Market Place. Wines, Spirits, Champagnes, Whiskey.

ADVERTISEMENT: A Dixon, The Beccles Almanac for 1878. Bookseller, Printer, Stationer
ADVERTISEMENT: George Yallup, Family Mourning Warehouse; Hearses, Coaches etc.
ADVERTISEMENT: Jonathan Read, formerly Durrant. Watch & Clock Maker etc.

ADVERTISEMENT: Thomas Pearce, Importer of Wines & Spirits
ENTERTAINMENT: EP Youell, Esq will read Dickens: Dr Marigold’s Prescriptions & Moseley: The
Chasrity Dinner. Musical Interludes.

BECCLES ACADEMY: for Young Gentlemen; Principal: Alfred Hockey (late Mr Cowles) Head
Master: WC Puxty; Assistant Masters: TY Bethell, E Plowman; French Master: Mons Pringee;
German Master: Carl Schrieber; Pupils prepared for the Cambridge Local Examinations & the Science

& Art Department , South Kensington.
BRICKYARD TREAT: 25 employees of Samuel Darby had capital Dinner at the Star provided by Mr

Spencer. Chair taken by Mr Pulford, foreman of the Brickyard. Healths drunk of Mr Darby & Mr
Easter.

BELL RINGERS: On New Years Eve rang 1877 changes in 1 hour 27 minutes.: John Stimpson,
Henry Stimpson, Robert Fairhead, Henry Chilvers, George Elvin, Henry Hopson. John Woolnough,

Robert Freestone.
COUNCIL: Mayor: N Pells; Deputy Mayor: JD Eastaugh; Aldermen; Crowfoot, Masters, Laws &
Mayhew; Councillors: Blyth, Brundell, A Brown, JE Crisp, Darby, WP Garrod, Mullett, Cooper & C

Smith.
Vacant Surveyorship {George Fenn had died] : C Dennington appointed foreman of Works at 23s per
week until April..

DEATH of Lieut James Read of Toft Monks, aged 40. From Typhoid Fever. Member of 14th Suffolk
Rifle Volunteers from its commencement in 1860
DEATH of Clark, an old soldier aged 84 who had been a guard on the Island of St Helena attending

Napoleon and was one of the pall bearers at his funeral. Long interesting account.
COUNCIL: £15 granted to National Schools
Council refuse money for the renovation of the Organ in St Michael’s Church - not a right application

of the Corporation’s funds.
LECTURE: Professor Anstead: Rains & Rivers (Working Men’s Club Lecture)
ADVERTISEMENT: HJ Scott have reopened their branch at Beccles as a branch office of 55 New

Bond Street.
LICENCE transferred of the Sun Inn from Charles Frampton to Charles Chaston.
ADVERTISEMENT: William Dawson, Fancy Bread & Biscuit Baker taken over business of Late H

Moore in Blyburgate.
Brewery Company Dinner at the Marquis of Granby, with friends numbered 50. Dinner provided by

Mark Mills highly praised. Mr Saltmarsh, the Manager in the Chair. Later in the week given a supper
with Mr White, the Brewer in the Chair.

INDEPENDENT CHAPEL: Better School accommodation & Classrooms required. Rev J Calvert
launched appeal £1000 subscriptions promised.

DEATH: Robert Meen, landlord of the Cross Keys. Heart attack. Came to Beccles 18 months ago.
PRESENTATION to Henry Boyce from 42 of his former pupils of the Leman School. A clock
ENTERTAINMENT: Reading Room: Vocal & Instrumental Music & Lecture on Plants by Rev WH

Brown
LECTURE: Mr Buckmaser, Drawing & Science with relationship to Furniture & Dress
DEATH: James Crisp, auctioneer, eldest son of Commander James Crisp, RN, late of Norwich. Aged

61
LIQUIDATION: Frederick Chalker of Market Place, corn chandler
ENTERTAINMENT: Vance’s Concert Party

ENTERTAINMENT: Beccles Literary Inst; Vocal & Instrumental Music. Mr Raven: Lecture on
Fossils

SALE of Beccles Brewery together with 18 Public Houses:
Messrs Masons instructed by surviving Proprietors to sell in London in April

FREEHOLD BREWEY PREMISES situate in Beccles upon the River Waveney and a short distance
from the Railway Station, consisting of Brew House, with malt and hay lofts, working tun rooms,

engine and boilerhouses, stores, stabling, wharf. Containing Wharf, Counting House, two residences,
14 Shops and Cottages; the whole forming a compact site with ample accommodation for increasing
the manufacturing capabilities, together with the 43 quarter plant, very complete and of modern

construction, with powerful machinery and appliances and embracing two Milburn’s Patent
Dessicating Cylinders.
ALSO eight rented public houses, eight freehold situate in Beccles and the adjoining country,

excellent freehold stores at Ipswich and rented stores at Yarmouth.
The trade has been established upwards of 50 years and was formerly carried on under the firm of
Thornton & Co. and approaches 7000 quarters per annum.

The business has been successfully & profitably conducted by the present & late proprietors.
SALE: A Genteel Residence in St George’s Place. Apply GB Angell.
COUNCIL: Sold by Council to Railway Company, three quarters of an acre adjoining the line near the

station at £230.
ENTERTAINMENT: SW RIX in Chair. In Assembly Room - some difficulty providing seats for
everyone. Music & Lecture on Fossils by Mr Raven

MEDICAL OFFICER: Report by EB Crowfoot: Analysed water on the premises of vendors of milk
in Beccles. Found it impure. Outbreaks of Scarlet Fever & typhoid arise from contamination of milk

by impure water, just by washing out pails with the water.
Lack of cleanliness & overcrowding dangerous. Sewage needs proper ventilation.

TO BE LET: Furnished apartments near the Railway Station. Apply Mrs O Crisp, Avenue Cottages.
MARKET TEA: JD Eastaugh: When agriculture flourished, Beccles flourished. Agriculture not

flourishing much at present. Mr Masters proposed the toast of Mr P Youngs, the landlord of The
King’s Head - the hotel supplied a great want in a town like Beccles, & he had repeatedly heard
commercial gentlemen remark upon the comforts & conveniences they met with here. He thought it

was a matter for congratulation that they had such a place in the town.
Henry Read, Land Agent in Norfolk & Suffolk: In 1851 & 1852 agriculture was very depressed. A
good many farms he was connected with had to be taken into the hands of the landlords then, but

during the last two or three years agricultural prospects had been much worse than even then. Two
years ago things looked very bad; last year they appeared worse; but this year they were worse than
ever. There was no doubt that landlords would have to meet the times.

LECTURE: Rev EA Telfer on “Scottish Covenanters”
CONCERT by Middle Class School & Short Drama.
ENTERTAINMENT: Mr Jolly Nash: Be Merry & Wise”

ENTERTAINMENT: Dr Lynn’s Hindoo Conjurors & Snake Charmers
COURT: Paul Cason, labourer of Beccles admitted stealing six hens from Mr Read of Castle Farm.
PC Rowe visited farm at 4am saw the birds had been disturbed, followed the footprints in the snow to

prisoner’s house in Wash Lane. Six months hard labour.
LICENCE Transfer: the Pickerel from Thomas Rouse to Edward Smith+
Queen Victoria to Henry Larter.

LIQUIDATION: William Bird, Baker,
CHURCH SERVICES: criticism of the saying of prayers by the Choir.

SALE: Furniture of Benjamin Bird, Northgate, baker; by order of Trustees.

SALE: Freehold properties late Mr John Pedgrift,
LOT 6: Modern Double Residence in Northgate, [Nos 15 & 17] with convenient offices, stable,
coach house, excellent Vinery & well planted Gardens abutting upon the River, now occupied by

Miss Parker & Mr Thomas Hayes, yearly tenants at rents amounting together to £30 10s p.a.
[LOT 6 purchased R Boon £480]
LOT 7: A Thirty-Four & a Quarter Malting adjoining Lot 6, abutting the River Waveney, well

arranged
with Steep, two Working Floors, Kiln, Malt Store & Barley Chamber, adequate for 400 Quarters,
occupied ny Messrs J & E Crisp, yearly tenanta at the Rental of £47 10s.

Lots 6 & 7 are Land Tax Redeemed.
[LOT 7 purchased Mr Saltmarsh £410.]

TO BE LET: House, Shop, Premises of Abraham Brown in New Market. Apply R Block
CHORAL SOCIETY: Sacred Selection & Schiller’s Lay of the Belkl

WILLIAM MOORE: payment of 1s 6d in the pound.
ACCIDENT: Opposite Mrs Wright’s house in London Road. A badly loaded waggon of hay collapsed

& the driver immersed in Hay. Fortunately it fell on the hedge and when the driver was uncovered ten
minutes later he was unhurt.
ASSISTANT CURATE, Rev F Bower leaving. Returning to Missionary work in India.

CONCERT: Works by Handel, Mendelssohn, Haydn & Spohr. Soloists praised: Mrs Brown of
Lowestoft, Mrs WM Crowfoot, Rev JH Raven, AW Cattermole & the Conductor & soloist Livock
SALE: Furniture of J Thompson

COUNCIL: Sewerage of Northgate. Mr Miller, grandson of Charles Maplestone to do work.
DEATH: Abraham Brown, member of Town Council aged 55.
COUNCIL: Sewerage Committee decided to adopt Mr Miller’s plan for sewerage pipes.

SALE: Pedgrift’s property [already have details]
LOT 1 purchased SW Rix £530
LOT 2 purchased R Boon £390

LOT 3 purchased SW Rix £325
LOT 4 purchase SW Rix £86
LOT 5 purchased Mr Crisp £500

LOT 6 purchased R Boon £480
LOT 7 purchased Mr Saltmarsh £410.
SALE: Late Mr J Thompson Furniture etc.

LET small Stable & Coach House near Station Road; Apply N Pells & Son, builders
ATHLETIC SPORTS: on Beccles Common, Tuesday 9 July

1) Throwing Cricket Ball, 2) Flat Race 100 yds (Silver Cup) 3) Wide Jump 4) Flat Race 100 yds under
13 5) Hurdles (Silver Cup) 6) Flat Race Quarter Mile (Silver Cup) 7) Bicycle Race 2 miles (Silver

Cup) 8) Lady’s Prize: Flat Race, Quarter Mile for the Fauconberge, Leman & Hockey’s Schools 9)
Slow Bicycle Race 10) Half Mile (Silver Cup) 11) Pole High Jump (Silver Cup) etc.Entrance: for

Silver Cups: 2s 6d; others 1s. A military Band will be in attendance.
ELECTION: Nominations: RS Block (by AE King & TA Woddroffe) Edward Buck (by Jas Moore &
Isaiah Copeman; Thomas Easter (by James Mullett & JM Brundell)

INSPECTION OF CONSTABULARY: Col Cobb, Govt inspector for Eastern Division inspected the
men of the Lowestoft, Beccles & part of Halesworth districts at Lowestoft Police Station. Certain
drills gone through with much satisfaction. Officer inspected the books and cells. Much pleased.

Major Heigham, Chief Constable & Major Allez, Deputy Chief Constable were present.
BECCLES HOSPITAL AGM. The Mayor, N Pells in the Chair.. Rector proposed that the Rector of
Beccles should no longer an ex officio member of the Committee. Carried.

4th SUFFOLK ARTILLERY VOLUNTEERS: Inspected by the Adjutant, Capt Simpson. There was a
good muster, & both officers of the Corps (Capt Wilson & Lieut Walton) were present. Preceded by
the Band the men marched on the Common, where the march past was executed very creditably, the

wheeling being particularly good. After going through the manual and platoon exercises, several
company movements were performed, after which the battery returned to the Orderly Room and were
dismissed. - On Saturday the company paraded at one o’clock with the band, and proceeded to

Yarmouth for gun practice. Two guns were mounted, a 40 pr & 80 pr and some good practice was
made. A detachment was also exercised in the gun drill by Sergeant-Major Dixon, RA. After drill
refreshments were served out to the men, who returned to Beccles by the 8.15 train.

ELECTION: T Easter 252 [elected]; Edward Buck 106; RS Block 99. Poll closed at 4p.m.
DROWNING: Ernest Gooding, son of Alfred Gooding, clerk to Messrs Smith, merchants aged 7

drowned in River. His grandmother left the house at 7 o’clock and the boy walked with her as far as
the yard. She asked him to go with her a little way but he refused, explaining that he had promised to

go with Mr Wright, for a row on the river. Jacob Wright, boat builder, said his father had promised to
take the boy for a row, but could not do so. A new wherry was lying close by, and it is supposed that

in attempting to board this wherry he fell into the water. The body was dragged from the river at
quarter past eleven.
POLICE COURT: Robert Barrett of Beccles, who had already been convicted seven times brought

before the Mayor & WE Crowfoot charged with disorderly conduct when drunk. Went into the coffee
rooms in Station Road in a drunken state and fell asleep. Police Constable Lingley requested him to
leave, but refused and was turned out. Barrett was very abusive, and used most disgusting language in

the public thoroughfare. He was consequently locked up. Fined £2 & costs 4s 6d. In default 7 days.
Allowed until Friday to pay.
STRANGE BEHAVIOUR - Some excitement was occasioned amongst the inhabitants of Newgate

Street on Wednesday evening, by the strange behaviour of a young woman named Kate Simmonds.
Between eight and nine o’clock Simmonds declared she would drown herself, and ran down
Ravensmere in the direction of the river, followed by a small crowd. Some of her friends and

neighbours tried to persuade her to act like a rational creature, but she implored them to leave her
alone, that she might drown herself, and finally her well-wishers were obliged to use physical violence
to take her home. It is thought the woman was mad drunk.

14th SUFFOLK RIFLE VOLUNTEERS: Cup Competition: The usual monthly competition for the
Ladies Challenge Cup was held on Monday. Ranges of 200, 500 & 600 yards; 7 shots at each. The
weather was fine, but a strong wind blew quite across from the left. The following was the score:

Lieut J Read 74; QMS Mendham 70; Sgt Soanes 66; Private Tilney 59.
In the evening the Corps was inspected by Captain & Adjutant Kerrich. Major Crowfoot was present,
and there was as usual a capital muster. Drill took place on the Common, where an accident befell

Major Crowfoot, who was thrown from his horse. Fortunately, beyond a severe shaking and grazing
his face, he was uninjured, and was able to go on with the drill until its conclusion in the usual course.
ATHLETIC SPORTS: These sports were held on the Common on Tuesday after an interval of two

years. The principal tradesmen of the town, with one or two exceptions, closed their shops on the
occasion, and all who could be were present at the sports. Special arrangements for the conveyance of
passengers from neighbouring towns in the district were made by the railway company, and the result

was a large influx of strangers. The number of people present could not have been far short of 6,000,
as the spacious ring which had been roped in was thickly lined, people standing in many places six
and eight deep [The population of Beccles in 1881 was 5,700]

We might suggest the advisability of erecting a stand the next time the sports are held. Many persons
would no doubt gladly avail themselves of the comfort and convenience such a means presented of

witnessing what was going on, and the outlay would be more than repaid.
ADVERTISEMENT: The three Cups Temperance Refreshment Rooms [52] Blyburgate, Near Messrs

Read’s Stock Market. Clean, Comfortable and Cheap. tea, Coffee and Cocoa always ready. Hot &
Cold Joints, Vegetables, etc.; Sausages, Beef Patties, Rolls, Cheese et. Sandwiches, Pastry,

Gingerbeer, Lemonade etc. Chops & Steaks direct from the Grill. Superior Cigars & Tobacco. A
private room for Ladies. JB Holton.
THE LABOURERS’ UNION. The annual tea meeting was held at Hulver in a meadow opposite the

house of Mr Moore, the district secretary. At the after-meeting the chair was taken by Mr Palmer of
Wrentham, and speeches were made by Mr Taylor, emigration agent for South Australia, Mr Banks of
Boston and others The meeting was largely attended, and the proceedings were very enthusiastic.

ADVERTISEMENT: AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND: Wanted Single Women ad Farm Labourers;
no money to pay for the passage. Country Mechanics also wanted. Those thinking of going should
read “ Life on an Emigrant Ship”, post free 1s. Labourers and Mechanics assisted to America.

Domestic Servants can have nearly £3 advanced.
ADVERTISEMENT: QUEENSLAND EMIGRATION: Sailings from Great Britain. “Highflyer”
from London to Maryborough sails 31 July. “Scottish Prince” from London to Townsville 21 August.

Female Domestic Servants and Farm Labourers Free.. Apply to the Local Agent, Mr G Wright,
Ipswich.
BEAN FEAST. Employees at Carriage Works to Yarmouth. Charles Horsley in the Chair.

FREEMASONRY: HJ Scott installed as Worshipful Master by Bro Campling.
CORRESPONDENCE: RAILWAY: Bills are circulated announcing excursion trains to the seaside,
and on these gloriously fine Mondays the Railway Company naturally expect to bag a good round sum

for excursion tickets. And yet, all the while, no extra carriages are attached to the trains; the result
being a frantic crush up and down the line, trying in vain to get a seat. At Bungay this morning, there

were scores of happy children, expecting with their parents to have a joyful holiday by the bracing
sea, who had to be left behind, with damped spirits and tearful eyes, wondering why the train moved

off without them. Surely if the Company beguile people to pay their money, they ought to guarantee
accommodation sufficient to meet the emergency.

TO LET: The Very delightful & pleasantly situated Villa Residence “Ingate Lodge” for many years
the Residence of the late Mr Fenn, with Stale & Gig house, Vinery & Greenhouse in full bearing, also
extensive Pleasure & Kitchen Gardens.

SEWERAGE WORKS EXTENSION: 1300 yards of Pipe Sewers, from 18ins to 9ins with manholes,
lampholes ventilators etc. Tenders for construction.
TO LET: The Very delightful & pleasantly situated Villa Residence “Ingate Lodge” for many years

the Residence of the late Mr Fenn, with Stale & Gig house, Vinery & Greenhouse in full bearing, also
extensive Pleasure & Kitchen Gardens.
MISSION: Delhi Zenana: £50 raised at Sale on Friday.

SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION: Services at Independent & Baptist Churches. Public Tea on Monday in
a tent in Mr H Read’s grounds.
GIRLS FRIENDLY SOCIETY: 117 attended Parish Church & then to Sotterley Hall at invitation of

Lady Barne.
WESLEYAN Sunday School Treat in Meadow near Water-Works. Tea & Prizes.
BAPTIST Sunday School Treat to Barsham

FAUCONBERGE PRIZE DAY: The Headmaster said that a speech by him on the theory of education
would be out of place. He said he did not much believe in theory, but in practice: the less theory the
better. His duty was to carry out the practice of education.. The lists [of prizes] had been entirely

arranged by those connected with the school, and in consequence was likely to be more trustworthy
than if it came from somebody who knew nothing about the school except that which he had learned
as examiner.

POLICE COURT: Information against Jane Davy, the occupier of an overcrowded house in
Puddingmoor, known as the “Hole in the Wall”. The house has only two rooms, one a wash house and
the other the living room. The living room is about six yards square, the other room is about three. In

each there is a bed. There are no upper rooms. Seven people sleep in the house, viz: defendant & her
brother-in-law, a boy aged 16 years of age, one about 10, another about 7, a little girl a year and a half
old, and a baby.

Mr AG Love, Inspector of Nuisances, said he had served notices on defendant, who had repeatedly
promised to get out some of the children, but she had not done so.
Defendant said that the oldest boy was going to sleep out after this. Her children enjoyed excellent

health while living there. One boy particularly weak before, was now quite jolly. It was her wish to
get another house, but she could not get one.

The Bench made an order that only one adult and four children under the age of 16 should sleep in the
house.

Pudding Moor Stepping Hill, Beccles, Suffolk, England
Jane DAVEYW

Beccles, Suffolk, England
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Head
Beccles, Suffolk, England
Beccles, Suffolk, England

Robert DAVEY
John DAVEY

General Labourer
General Labourer

Walter DAVEY
Herbert DAVEY

Beccles, Suffolk, England
Beccles, Suffolk, England

Maria J. DAVEY
Elias DAVEY

Beccles, Suffolk, England
Beccles, Suffolk, England

This house was owned by Harriet Meen. It was the third house down from the top of Stepping Hill leading into Ballygate.]
Marriage of Jane Spall to Robert Davey

ROBERT DAVEY
JANE SPALL

of this parish &
of this parish by banns

Groom’s Father
Bride’s.Father

DAVID DAVEY
ROBERT SPALL

by J. Talbot Johnston [Rector]
he signed x

Henry Aldous
Eliza Spall X

she signed
BAPTISM of Children:

ROBERT son of
DAVID son of

Robert and Jane DAVEY bn Dec 9 1861
Robert and Jane DAVEY bn Aug 5 1862

EDWARD JAMES son of
ANNIE FRANCES daughter of

Robert & Jane DAVEY
Robert & Jane DAVEY bn Jan 7 1873

EVANGELISTIC SERVICES: Services conducted by Mr Martin, an agent of the Evangelisation
Society, in a tent on Swine’s Green. The services, which were well attended, are being continued, and

it is intended shortly the same in Ravensmere.
NATIONAL ARTILLERY ASSOCIATION. Annual Camp at Shoeburyness. 93 detachments present.

one from Beccles
LEMAN SCHOOL Prize Day.
DEATH OF CHARLES MAPLESTONE in Evelyn, Victoria, Australia. Born Beccles 1809. Entered

the establishment of Mr William Cubitt of London, acquired experience as architect. Arrived in
Colony in 1853. Appointment in Public Works Department until retirement in 1869. In 1863 began
cultivation of vines. Became foremost wine grower in colony. Receiving the highest prizes. He was a

JP & member of the Shire Council. He was twice married. Leaves a wife & 9 children.
SUFFOLK RIFLE ASSOCIATION held at Beccles. Private Tilney won Lord Waveney’s Cup &
carried off the championship.

TO LET: Dwelling House & Market Garden (1a 1r 20p) extending from Blyburgate to London Road,
formerly in tenure of Robert West, now of Mr Kett. Apply Mr Mayhew, Bank, Beccles
ENTERTAINMENT: Miss Nella Davenport - Enchantress, & vocal & Piano

BECCLES BREWERY OUTING. 30 employees. A wherry fitted up for them, dinner provided on
board. Mr Saltmarsh, the Manager, in the Chair.
VISIT TO BARSHAM: Church restored [see file: Beccles, Outside, Barsham]

SALE: Furniture of Mrs Durrant, deceased, late of Smallgate.
SCHOOL: Day & Boarding: Shrublands, Station Road. Miss Ecclestone receive pupils on Wednesday
4 September. Vacancy for 2 or 3 girls as boarders.

SCHOOL: Waveney House. Recommences 18 September. German is taught by a Lady who has
resided on the continent. French by M Pringee. Miss Garrard, Principal.

TO LET: Hungate House, Hungate Lane. Completely Furnished. Consists of eight rooms, Kitchen &
convenient premises & a small garden in front & back. Apply Mr TA Laws.

CHURCH SCHOOL TREAT 600 children marched from the National School to Roos Hal, played in
the grounds and had tea.
PRIMITIVE METHODIST SCHOOL TREAT in Marsh adjoining the Common, lent by Mr Clare.

Between 20 and 30 children.
WORKING MEN’S CLUB OUTING to Harwich. About 30 men. Took 6.20 train to Ipswich, by boat
“The Stour” leaving at 8.30 for Harwich. Dinner at the Great Eastern Hotel. Reached Beccles again at

8.40pm
BECCLES REGATTA J Nicholson in Gazelle of 3 3/4 tons.; The four rounds took 6 hours to
complete.

SALE:: Freehold Building Land, FAIR CLOSE. [Four Lots: Nos 1, 3 etc. Fair Close]
SALE: Farming Stock of late George Fenn at Brick Kiln Farm
DEATH: John Welton, bell ringer. Commenced bell ringing in 1818.

TOWN COUNCIL: Next stage in Sewerage Construction of Ravensmere & Northgate. Mr Miller the
engineer. Tenders from Benjamin Roberts of Bradford £1449 & Giles of London £3300. Roberts

accepted.
WEATHER: Severe Thunderstorm on Thursday, with a succession of heavy thunderstorms and

torrents of rain and dangerous lightning. During the night, a yearling cart colt, the property of Mr H
Read, of the Castle Farm, was killed by lightning, and also a hackney belonging to Mr James Moore,

butcher.
HARVEST: Heavy rains damaged corn, much of which remains in the fields, and sprouting has
occurred to a very serious extent.

LIGHTING: Letter complaining that lights are not lit when it gets dark. Accident in Old Market
caused by lack of light - a man hit by a van in the dark. Niggardly economy.
TO LET: Two newly constructed houses at St George’s Place; Apply J Mullett, Bank Street.

SCHOOL: Beccles Middle Class Schools. Principal: Alfred Hockey (late Cowles) ; Headmaster: John
A Spink, BA; Assistants: Thomas Bethell & Arthur Cory; Music & German: WF Banks; French:
Mons Pringee

PHOTOGRAPHS of the town transferred to stone in elegant album by Alfred Dixon.
LIQUIDATION John Holton, wine & spirit merchant.
POLICE COURT: Robert Buck, tailor accused of wilfully interfering with the comfort of a passenger,

Mrs Balls on a train. Fined 40s. Case of indecent assault not brought. Fined 40
SALE: New & Second Hand furniture of Mr Tyrell.
WILLINGHAM: SALE: Moat Farm, Agricultural stock.

BAKER & CONFECTIONER: Blyburgate. Robert J Read takes over from Mr W Calver. Mr Calver
remains manager.
PRIZE FIGHT on Beccles Common between man of 60 & man of 40. “Disgraceful scene”. Both

worked on railway. Younger man received two terrible blows in the eye, made him cry “enough”.
Stake of £1. Younger man borrowed it & lender wanted it back.

SALE: Puddingmoor: Five Substantial Cottages in Puddingmoor abutting on properties of Mr Crisp &
Mr George Tyrell with good gardens, containing nearly one rod, occupied by Brady, Reynolds, Peck,

Tyrell & Gardener, quarterly Tenants. Rentals £17 2s
BAPTISTS: Second anniversary of Pastorate of Rev WF Edgerton. Evening Service public baptism of

3 adults, large congregation.
WANGFORD UNION: Contracts from Beccles: J Copeman: beef, mutton & suet 7s 10d per stone;
Robert J Read: bread: 4lb loaf 4d 1/2d; C Hadingham: flour 1s 5d per stone; CF Parker: grocery; WP

Walton: stout; Atty: shaving & haircutting. -- Bungay contracted for coal,, drapery, leather.
SOTTERLEY: Harvest thanksgiving. Collection for Beccles Hospital.
LARGESSE begged by harvesters in fields. Money spent on drink.

VOTERS’ LISTS REVISION: the following struck off the £50 list - dead or sold property.
W Thomson Baker, W Barber, Samuel Barnard, Abraham Brown, Robert Copeman, George Fenn,
Henry Gilbert, W Sayer, James Smith, John Thompson, James Thirling, William Titshall. ADDED to

the £12 List: Benjamin Bugg
TOWN COUNCIL: Sewerage. Mr Roberts, contractor said he could not do the work at the contracted
price. After much discussion Mr Cowdrey given contract for sewers in Northgate etc.

TO LET: House in London Road. Enquire Thomas Garrod.
TO LET: Stabling or Warehouse Hungate Lane: Apply Mr Flegg, King’s Head Hotel Yard.
ROOS HALL: Wanted 2 farm labourers. Must understand Marsh work. Good Cottages found.

HOSPITAL: Church collections for hospital at Ellingham, Uggeshall, Frostenden, Brampton & 8 Oct:
Worlingham & Sotterley.
PARISH CHURCH: Collection for National Schools £15.

CHURCH OF ENGLAND TEMPERANCE SOCIETY meeting.
POLICE COURT: John Owers went to premises of Samuel Neech carter to look at his pigs & noticed
that part of the pig sty that he owned was missing. Asked where it was. Hit him on the headFined 2s

6d for assault.
LICENSING ACT: William Woolner of Victoria Arms Open out of hours. On Sunday morning
between 7.30 am & 11 constable saw 31 people go into the pub. A lot of the people came out wiping

their mouths! (laughter)
LODDON COURT: John Edwin Crisp charged by James Gall, vermin destroyer of using threatening
language towards him. Crisp landlord of two farms at Loddon. Gall given permission to shoot on one

farm by occupant, while Crisp was shooting on neighbouring farm. Crisp accused Gall of shooting in
his direction & said he would shoot him if he continued. Gall denied he was shooting in his direction.
Case dismissed.

BECCLES POTTERY. Brown Gotch in Tower, holds 6 Gallons. Stringfellow was the Potter:
“When I am filled with liquor strong,

Each man drink once, and then ding, dong;
Drink not too much to cloud your knobs,

Least you forget to make the Bobbs.”
A gift of John Patman, Beccles, 1827

HORSE SALE: 160 horse for sale: 44 cart horses, 45 colts & fillies, 46 foals, 25 hackneys.
FATAL ACCIDENT on Railway. Thomas Fairweather, a fisherman, aged 23, “the worse for drink”
walking along track near Common Lane gates in the dark, struck by train driven by William

Cracknell. Legs severed, died in the hospital.
RAVENSMERE property of Deverson Titshall. Two closets to six houses. Offensive state. Ordered to
provide proper water supply. (At present depended on rain water).

TO LET: House in New Market. Apply R Francis, Red House.
DEATH: R Knights employed by Caxton Press. One of Oddfellows Lodge.
SALE: Detached brick & slate House in Fair Close, 3 upstairs & 4 downstairs Rooms; Coal house,

Pump of excellent spring water, Garden, back & front. Apply R Mills, Falcon Inn.
MAYOR’S DINNER (N Pells) 40 guests: members of Corporation, borough officials, others officially
connected to town & a few friends. In Assembly Room, provided by J Mills of White Lion.

BAPTIST HOME MISSION AGM of Norfolk & Suffolk Missions
LICENSE: Volunteer Arms to Mark Mills, late of Marquis of Granby; William Bugg takes license of
Marquis of Granby (previously kept Wortwell Dove)

LICENSING ACT: 24 Summonses for being on licensed premises out of hours in Victoria Arms:
Jas Pitchers, Wm Sampson, Arthur Balls, Stephen Oxborough, Wm Ling, James Borrett, Chas Borrett,
Simon Smith, Robert Denington, John Crisp, Arthur Bird, George Sampson, George Woolnough,

William Copeman, William Moore, Robert Sampson, James Goffin, John Sampson, Benjamin Ward
jun, James Morris Edwards, Albert George Fenn, James Smith, Charles Pain. All fined 5s & 7s 6d

costs.
FAILING TO EDUCATE CHILD; Arthur Bird. girl aged 9 kept at home to help with younger

children. William Cattermole (10 year old) Sarah Cole (10 year old only 15 attendances in 1877)
William Ling (child had sore head) Frederick Walker (Mother said she arrived late - must get there in

time) Robert Ward (12 year old: child in no standard)
Wife of William Newson. Bench made an attendance order, after listening to an incoherent address
from the woman, who was finally turned out of Court. Also Harry Farrow.

SALE: Furniture of CC Green at Cross keys
EARLY CLOSING: CF Parker will close in winter at 8pm on Friday & 9pm on Saturday.
WILLIAM ALDIS WRIGHT appointed Fellow of Trinity Cambridge, secretary of Committee for

revision of Old Testament & joint editor of Cambridge Shakespeare. He is Bursar of the College.
BALACLAVA ANNIVERSARY.[1854] Dinner at Alexandra Palace. Robert Briggs, late private 11th
Hussars was present, thanks those who contributed to his expenses,

New Market, Beccles, Suffolk, England
Robert BRIGGS

Norwich, Norfolk, England
Buxton, Norfolk, England

Coachman Domestic Serv
Charwoman

Anne BRIGGS
James BRIGGS
(Tailor)
Robert W. BRIGGS

Norwich, Norfolk, England
Norwich, Norfolk, England
Beccles, Suffolk, England

Book Binders Apprentice
Scholar
Scholar

Ellen A. BRIGGS
Jemima BRIGGS

COUNTY COURT: James Ecclestone, grocer & draper v T Youngs for 17s owing. Letter produced

by Ecclestone admitting debt. Ordered to pay.
BUTCHER: Wm Le Grice, butcher v James Hammond, millwright £2 for supply of meat. Payment
ordered.

BUTCHER: Wm Le Grice, butcher v George Goffin, wherryman for nearly £2. To pay
MILLER: Robert J Read, miller v Robert Dennington, labourer for 10s for 5 Stones of flour.
HAWKER: Fred Aldous, hawker v John Ling, beerhouse keeper 15s. Hire of pony & cart for a month

& 2 days. Said he gave him 3 pints every day for breakfast.
GROCER: James Underwood, grocer v George Juler, watchmaker, late of Beccles. Goods sold £1 10s
6d. To pay. Also owed George Dunn, carpenter £2 16s 6d. To pay.

PUBLICAN: Thomas Wright, publican v William Jordan, publican for 3s 6d. Beer drunk on premises,
rum delivered. To pay.
ACCOUNTANT: Arthur E King, accountant, v Henry Farrow. Recover possession of house rent of £1

11s 6d.
GROCER: James Ecclestone, grocer v Simon Borrett, tea hawker for £7. Goods sold. Got tea from

Ecclestone & sold it to others, but did not pay Ecclestone.. In difficulties. Pay £1 a month.
OFFICE of late Beccles Brewery Company removed to Waterworks Office in Smallgate.

ADVERTISEMENT: GEORGE Knights, for many years Head Gardener at Worlingham Hall,
commenced business as Seedsman & Fruiterer, Greengrocer in New Market, opposite King’s Head.

ELECTION: 560 people voted (half the electorate) Elected: Isaiah Copeman 295; JE Crisp 252, Mr
Mullett 216, and Mr Cooper 213 ; Not elected: Mr Blyth 206 & B Woolnough 122.
DEATH: Richard Bohun. Grandfather (Le Grice Brown), father (Geo Wm Brown-Bohun) & Richard

Bohun all lawyers. Retired from business 10 years ago. Buried at Worlingham.
MESSRS AB WORTHINGTON, successors to the Beccles Brewery Co. Founded 1830
MR ALFRED HOCKEY elected Fellow of the Society of Arts - on account of the Science & Art

Classes he established at Kentish Town, and services he rendered as a lecturer.
MAYOR: Mr Pells re-elected for second year. 1878
TOWN CLOCK not keeping good time. Mr Alecock contacted asking for the clock to keep better

time. - Differed from railway time.. The glass in front of clock to be cleaned.
SOUP KITCHEN COMMITTEE paid £70; & COAL COMMITTEE £70; HOSPITAL £25.
COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS: AG Love: Petroleum Act £6 pa; Inspector of Nuisances £25; EB

Crowfoot: Medical Officer of Health £30; Inspector Cole: Sergeant-at-Mace £12 (altogether); R
Norman, Curator £12. Mr Newson Inspector of Contagious Animals.
MAYOR’S DINNER: attendance of 50 tradesmen & others

SALE: property of Mrs Rachel Lark, deceased, in Puddingmoor: Three capital Brick & Tiled
Cottages, a large Garden well planted with fruit bushes & trees. Frontage on Puddingmoor of 90ft,
nearly 1 acre. Rental £30 pa. Free Rent to Manor Of Barsham Hall 1 Coomb of Barley.

[W Woolner £320]
SALE: Messrs Leny & Smith to sell Fox & Hounds beerhouse in Ravensmere, a very improving area,

from which a new road to the Railway Station is now being formed. For many years held by Philip
Jarmy; large yard with stabling, loft, chaise house & shed. ALSO a brick & tiled Cottage & workshop

held by George Gray.
[Messrs Youngman & Preston £700]

WANTED: a respectable Young Girl as General Servant. Good character required. 6 Norfolk Terrace.
WEATHER: Floods of several feet depth caused by recent heavy rain. Corporation Marshes saved,
protected by high bank. Above the bridge, the low lying lands covered. Houses near the bridge & the

brewery put to inconvenience. Communication between Beccles & Gillingham almost entirely cut off,
the dam under water, 3 or 4 ft and over the path. Nearly reached the level of the Waveney Valley
Railway.

MISSIONARY MEETING: Propagation of Gospel in foreign Parts. Small attendance.
SUFFOLK ARTILLERY VOLUNTEERS annual prizes.
14th SUFFOLK RIFLE VOLUNTEERS prizes

CLOCK: A Voice from the Steeple. 200 years old.
SALE: Hungate: All the bricks, tiles, timbers, flooring, doors, windows & other materials arising from
two buildings & outbuildings & portion of a Wall recently occupied by James Beales & John

Markwell. The purchaser to pull down the buildings & remove the materials within six weeks.
SALE, 5 December 1878 at King’s Head: Residence of Richard Bohun, Esq.
LOT 1 The substantially built spacious and comfortable FAMILY MANSION, late the residence of

Richard Bohun, Esq., eligibly situated in Ballygate Street, having a west front on a tastefully planted
lawn and pleasure ground, and commanding a remarkably picturesque view of the river and valley of
the Waveney and of the upland scenery beyond.

The House contains: Basement: Beer cellar and vaulted wine cellar with brick bins. Ground Floor:
Entrance Hall, Vestibule and principal Staircase; former Bank Office 23ft x 14ft with separate
entrance from the street. Breakfast Room 15ft x 13ft; Drawing Room 21ft x 17ft; Second entrance

from Ballygate; and Sitting Room formerly used as an Office. Back Hall & servants Staircase; Lobby
and WC. Butler’s Pantry and Store Room, closets and shelves, etc.
First Floor: Landing, four lofty and spacious Sleeping Rooms, Dressing Room, Lobby and store

closets.
Separate staircase from Kitchen, three servants sleeping rooms.
Second Floor: Two large front Sleeping Rooms and two small Bedrooms.

Yard; Two stalls and loose box.
Outgoings: Apportioned Land tax £1 5s 0d; Tithe commutation: 2s 6d
[AK Hockey £1,200]

LOT 2
Three Dwelling Houses situate in Ballygate in Beccles. Occupied by:

Mr Welton [No 14] 6 Rooms, Wash House & cellar with outhouses; yearly tenant from Midsummer;

3 months notice; Rent £7 10s p.a.
Mrs Sarah Grimwade [No 12] 5 Rooms, Wash house & cellar; detached Workshop & coal house;
quarterly rental; notice to quit 6 April; Rent £8 1s 4d p.a.

Mrs Carl Peterson [No 10] 5 Rooms; detached Wash house & coal house; yearly rental; notice to quit
6 April; Rent £7 10s p.a.
With this Lot included: A yard in which are 2 outhouses, a pump & well of good spring water, with a

carriage road to the street enclosed by iron gates.
Tenure Freehold; Land Tax £0 14s 4d; Free Rent to Manor of Barsham Hall 2d.
Use of Lots 3 & 4 to draw water & use of carriage way.

[Mr Block £420]
LOT 3
Two Dwelling Houses adjoining Lot 2 [Nos 10-14] let to Mr James Mullett as yearly tenant; notice to

quit 6 April 1879, at rent of £22 11s 6d: Underlet:
Mrs EA Mullett: [Bal 4] Entrance passage, 2 Sitting Rooms, 3 Sleeping Rooms, attic & cellar, with
small yard & detached Wash House.

Mrs Elizabeth Cox: [Bal 6] 2 Sitting Rooms, 3 Sleeping Rooms, attic & cellar & detached Wash
house & small yard.
Also Garden now let therewith & part of yard hitherto occupied with Lot 2.

[H Harmer £400]
LOT 4
A Plot of Garden or Building Land, commanding a fine view of the Waveney Valley and upland

beyond. In hand.
[Mr Hockey £60]

LOT 5
A Double Cottage and Garden Ground with a site for an additional Cottage, situate in Puddingmoor

Street, let to Noah Grey and Mary Carter at £8 pa.
[Mr Culham £175]

FIRE: Thanks of Mr Thomas Pearce who helped put out fire his Spirit Store in [14] Blyburgate.
Thanked those who prevented the premises being looted during the fire.
ALARM OF FIRE: The inhabitants of the upper part of Blyburgate were seriously alarmed on

Monday evening by a cry of ‘Fire!’ This was about six o’clock and it was soon ascertained that fire
had broken out on the premises of Mr TH Pearce, wine & spirit merchant. The shop and house were
full of smoke, and it was found that a large quantity of paper in the spirit store had caught fire.

Assistance was promptly at hand, and by the aid of a copious supply of water Mr Pearce was able to
extinguish the flames before much damage had been done. It was very fortunate that the fire was so
timely discovered, otherwise it must have proved extremely disastrous, not only to Mr Pearce’s

premises and goods, but to the property around. The store at the back of the shop where the fire broke
out contains hundreds of gallons of proof spirit in barrels and bottles, and had this once caught fire
nothing could have saved the premises. The fire appears to have resulted from an apprentice in Mr

Pearce’s employ carelessly leaving a candle burning on some paper. The lad was engaged at the time
in filling up some wine bins in the store, and during his temporary absence in the cellar the candle fell
down and ignited the paper.

ROBBERY James Belward of Thurlow’s Yard caught stealing timber from Darby’s Yard by boat in
the floods by Edward Darby. Arrested by police
JOURNEY to USA R Jarman’s son describes journey to USA in atrocious weather conditions on

board the SS Naples, bound for New Orleans.
LADY GOOCH: Tried to pretend that she was pregnant with a child by Sir Francis Gooch (her real
child had died), but obtained child from orphanage she said was hers. Proved to be false. Lady Gooch

fell from her chair in a fainting fit. She was removed from Court and a medical man was sent for, and
throughout the whole hearing her screams and hysterical cries were distinctly heard in court.
26 Nov: “When the charge was first brought against her, everyone naturally asked: “Who is Lady

Gooch?” but nobody knew, and Burke gave no information. I am told the explanation of this sad and
clumsy attempt is just this: that Lady Gooch grew afraid that Sir Francis was becoming tired of his
quondam companion, the daughter of a journeyman baker of Homerton, and was meditating a

separation.”
Sir Francis wished to drop charge, but charged with deception - but no case to answer. Freed.
ATTACK by John Dowe, labourer, on William Newsom near the Cross Keys, while waiting to help

empty Mr Horsley’s muck bin. Sentenced to a month’s hard labour.
BECCLES CHORAL SOCIETY: for Beccles Hospital: Vocalists, Piano, Organ

LEMAN SCHOOL The Headmaster, Mr Boyce, presented with handsome cruet stand by the boys as
an expression of their esteem for his kindness to them. Gave them a day’s holiday.

THEFT: Robert Beane & Joseph Cable, labourers caught stealing pet rabbits from Mr Hockey’s
school

SALE: 2 Hollyhead Villas, Station Road, Furniture of Mrs Hamby
WEATHER SEVERE: People skating on ice.
LICENSE TRANSFER: Duke Inn Edward Bailey to Luke Smith

Pickerel from Edward Smith to George Everitt, previously of Winchester.
Cross Keys from Mrs Mean, deceased to James Walpole.
SALE: Northgate: Furniture of Mrs Isabella Thornton, deceased

CHRISTMAS: The Christmas displaying this town does not evidence any of the depression in trade
which undoubtedly exists, even here; nor do the tradesmen appear to have taken into account any
limited means which may be at the disposal of many persons, especially of some of the poorer classes

at this particular festive season. We trust that they may be correct in their anticipations. So far as
creature comforts are concerned the charitable and well-to-do will no doubt take care of the aged and
deserving poor have the necessary supply of good things. Those who possess the requisite means may

be trusted to see themselves well served in this respect. They have certainly ample means of choice,
for the tradesmen have taken care to lay in a large stock of every imaginable article deemed to be
necessary at Christmastide.

The butchers are foremost as usual. This is their busiest season, and the preparations made by them
will no doubt meet all the requirements of the most feast-loving public. We hear that thirty bullocks
have been killed in the town this season. Mr Le Grice and Mr Isaiah Copeman had the largest

supplies, which on Friday presented really fine views to the admirers of such things. The former
displayed six grand shorthorns grazed by Mr L Maplestone, of Aldeby; two oxen grazed by Mr Sillott

of Loddon; one by Mr J Mayhew, of Carlton Colville; and another by Mr W Palmer, of Haddiscoe. He
also had a large sup-ply of mutton, including several superior wether sheep from Mr J Le Grice; two

half-breds grazed by Mr Boutell; and others from Mr Cushing and other graziers.
Mr Wiseman told us on Friday that he had calculated that Mr Grice’s supply of meat was sufficient to

allow 2lbs per head to every person living in the borough, whether man, woman or child! Mr
Copeman had quite as much. He slaughtered a splendid homebred grazed by Mr T Easter, weighing
upwards of 98 stones

We must end by mentioning the Christmas Cards and other beautiful articles appropriate for

Christmas presents on view at Mr Dixon’s and Mrs Jordan’s; and of the fine display made by Mr

Parker, Mr Yallop, and other drapers.
LEADING ARTICLE: 1878: The year which is just closing has had more than a nominal share of

gloom and misfortune. Throughout the country a cloud of commercial depression has been gathering
over the industries of the people. This sorrow has been aggravated by a series of disasters. The

Thames, on which the produce of the world has been borne, has also been the scene of a calamity
almost unparalleled. Without a moment’s warning, nearly 700 pleasure-seekers found a watery grave
beneath its surface, when the pleasure steamer “Princess Alice” was sunk in a collision off Barking..

Nor is this all. Colliery accidents at Pontypridd and Abercarne of a most terrible kind have filled the
country with anxiety and grief;
The depression in the cotton trade caused riots in Lancashire of a most serious and alarming nature.

Houses of masters were wrecked and windows in the mills smashed.. In Blackburn Col Jackson’s
house was burnt to the ground, and he and his family were compelled to flee for their lives.
WEATHER: Christmas 1878: The severe weather continuing up to Christmas night, wit abundance of

good ice, skating and sliding was much enjoyed. On Christmas dad the river was in some places quite
crowded.
On the evening of 25th a rapid thaw set in, and has continued since. As a result nearly all the ice has

WEATHER: The New Year was ushered in amid a heavy squall, the wind blowing with great
severity, and during the day the temperature fell until at night there was a heavy fall of snow,
succeeded by a sharp frost. Shortly before twelve o’clock the bells of St Michael’s tower pealed forth

and rang in the new year right merrily.
COUNCIL: Alderman Laws said there was a public complaint of the gathering of young men and
boys on Sundays near Mr Kent’s shop [No 2 Hungate] to the great annoyance of passers by. When

remonstrated with the boys took no notice except to jeer. It was also complained that young men
congregated near the church gates.

The Mayor promised to see Inspector Cole on the subject.
BECCLES BRIDGE: Alderman Masters remarked upon the condition of Beccles Bridge, that it stood

in great need of improvement, and if the Navigation Commissioners could do anything to bear upon
that end, it was highly desirable they should do so. (The Mayor said he had been on the Commission

many years and they had never had a meeting.)
The Town Clerk said that when the Beccles port dues were done away with a fund was set apart as a
contribution towards Beccles Bridge. That fund had been accumulating ever since, until now it was

something like £1,200. He believed it was invested in consuls, and that it was under the control of the
Navigation Commissioners.
NORTHGATE SEWER: Contractors have laid 220 yards of pipe. Should be paid £550 so far.. Pipes

have gone through the properties of Mr Buck[ Northgate 19 & 21], Saltmarsh [Northgate 15 & 17],
Mr Delf’s trustees [Northgate Score] & Mr Lenny [Northgate 11 & 13]. Those living along the line of
the sewer should connect up to it while the work is in progress. Recompensed for going through their

property.
DEATH: James Woolner Garwood, formerly proprietor of Omnibus from Beccles to Haddiscoe, and
for many years station master at Aldeby.

Rev JH CLOWES: Rector of Weston took Sunday evening services in School Room in Peddar’s Lane,
has retired and given a Testimonial of £40, signed by 140 people.
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE Mrs Fairhead, widow. 11 year old not gone to school since April 1878.

Said he was out of control; if she took him, he ran away. William Newson’s, labourer, son now being
sent regularly to school (said his mother)
Charles Beales, labourer. 10 year old son. Said he was out of control. Order made.

Robert Sampson -
THEFT: Selina Palmer charged with stealing china basin from Red’s sale at Mrs Hamby house.

John Goffin his assistant saw it in sale and missed it. To Mr Tyrell, broker & dealer [in Puddingmoor].
He had bought it for 9d. Girl not positively identified. Released.

TO LET: Furnished apartments: Apply Mrs Jas Crisp, 2 Station Road
New Market: Red House [No 33] WH Wright, purchased Outfitting shop of R Francis. Old Stock

being disposed of.
SANITARY CENSUS taken of 1284 premises. took 8 hours a day for 5 months. New houses to be
entered as they were built.

NEW BUILDINGS: Town Clerk: The Council have power to make a bye-law that before new houses
are built intending builders shall submit plans of proposed buildings.
Mayor: I should think that very necessary. It is the case in other towns, and I think it would prevent a

good many unsightly buildings if the plans were submitted to the proper authorities for their approval
before the buildings were erected.
Mayhew: It would not do to interfere with the appearance of buildings, would it?

Town Clerk: Not altogether; but the safety and healthiness of the buildings.
Deputy Mayor: Building lines are adopted in other towns: Lowestoft for instance.
Mayor: In many towns plans have to be submitted before any buildings are allowed to be erected.

Darby: Would this apply to those new buildings I am now making? That is on private property.
Crowfoot: I think it would be a very good thing, particularly as regards drainage arrangements. It is
very possible builders in ignorance might make arrangements which the Council would

afterwardshave undone or remade.
The Mayor also thought it very desirable, as builders would then be less likely to have fault found
with them afterwards. He did not know that there was any special Act of Parliament which would

empower the Council to refuse a building being erected on private building land.
Darby: I am building some houses in Ravensmere, and I want to make a proper street. I shall keep to a

line, and I should think such a matter would not apply to a private road. I wish the Corporation would
take some steps. I want to see about the drainage there.

Masters: I think it is very desirable in regard to sanitary matters that before building new houses
builders should lay their plans before the Council for approval.
Town Clerk: The matter was brought before the notice of the Mayor the other day, how necessary it

was to keep an eye on new buildings. I am under the impression that the power to make a bye-law on
the subject exists under the Sanitary Act.
Crowfoot moved that the Sanitary Committee frame a bye-law that this should be done. Agreed.

SEWERAGE: Mr Sutton, owner of hose occupied by Mr Hammond in Old Market. Council not to
extend sewer. Sewer within 100ft, the stipulated distance.
GRANTS: Despite cold weather the Council would not give £10 more to the coal fund. £15 given to

the National Schools
BREWERY BUILDINGS: AB Worthington intended pulling down some buildings near the Bridge &
offered to sell land. Council thought they ought to buy it if they could afford it. It would improve the

town and a dangerous corner.
WOMEN’S RIGHTS: Letter from Miss Lydia Becker of resolution to be moved in House of

Commons: Injurious to country that women who are entitled to vote in municipal, parochial and
School Board elections, when possessed of the statuary qualifications, are disabled from voting in

Parliamentary elections. Should be repealed.
Deputy Mayor moved it should be laid on the table for six months. The Mayor said it should be put

under the table (laughter).
SEWAGE WORKS: Inspector visited to examine the need to borrow £2,000. He seemed satisfied
with the reasons.

SALE: Fair Close Land: Four Plots on the North Side, depth of 129ft, frontage of 30ft.
[Mr Brundell for £284]
TO LET: STATION ROAD: Convenient House containing 5 Bedrooms, Dressing Room, WC, 2

Parlours, Kitchen.
DEATH of W Everitt, Esq. lately of North Cove Hall. Lived formerly of Lowestoft and firm of
brewers, G & W Everitt.

LICENSE TRANSFER: Sun Inn from Charles Chaston to Henry Thomas Buggs
Cross Keys from Samuel Coker, executor of Ellen Meen to James Walpole
Marquis of Granby from Mark Mills to William Buggs.

Mrs Woodward, Registry Office has several good House, Parlour & Sewing Maids wanting situations.
Also wanted a good Cook for a gentleman’s family.
SERVANT WANTED: Good general servant wanted, Mrs Masters, [12] Northgate

AMERICAN BELL RINGERS Entertainment in Assembly Room. Two men & two women, singing.
TREAT TO EMPLOYEES Mr Darby’s 30 employees supper at Charlish’s Eating House with singing
& toasts.

4th SUFFOLK ARTILLERY: Drill Instructor for 11 years, Sergeant Clarke given purse of £5. Has
been promoted to Sergeant Major, going to Yarmouth as Instructor.

LICENSE TRANSFER: Duke Inn: from Edward Bailey to Luke Smith
Pickerel: from Edward Smith to George Everitt

SANITARY REPORT by Dr EB Crowfoot. Population: a little over 5000 in 1098 houses. Last year:
181 births; 107 deaths. Although 500 houses are connected to the new sewer, many are not connected

hygienically enough.
The houses using the old sewer system will be cut off. Surface drains the cause of much diarrhoea, so
fatal to small children. Extermination of cess pools is essential.

BLYBURGATE [37?]: RJ Read bread & biscuit trade disposed of to Alfred Cady
A COPPER: JL Kent & Son just completed a brewing copper for Beccles Brewery. Height 9ft;
Diameter 9ft 9ins; weight 30cwt. will contain 3,000 gallons.

SCHOOL BOARD: proceedings to be taken against Charles Bell & George Elliott for employing
children under 12.
SALE: Puddingmoor: Freehold double Cottage with valuable Building Land at junction of

Puddingmoor and the path leading to Ballygate in occupation of John Lockwood 7 James Gray. The
land, now cultivated as Gardens, contains (with the site of the buildings) 28 rods, has a frontage of
135ft & well adapted for the erection of several cottages. [Mr AE Hockey £195]

PIG KEEPING: Ingate William Cable accused of keeping pigs in a bad condition in Ingate,, causing
illness in neighbouring houses. Order preventing him keeping pigs made.
THEFT: James Turrell aged 12 broke into the Station Offices, took a key. Sent to Reformatory for 3

years.
DEATH: Rev DH Leighton, Rector of Worlingham
SALE of FURNITURE, New Market; Mrs Hannah Knowles executors.

MARKET TEA: Deputy Mayor, JD Eastaugh replying to the toast to the Council: had spoken of
[town]as being very wealthy. He was sorry to say their finances were low at the present time; but he
hoped when their lettings came on they would have better prices given for the marshes. However,

unless agriculture improved in the course of the next few months, he was afraid their rents would not
be so good even as last year.
The Toast “Success to Agriculture” but it had been in a state of great depression with all connected to

the agricultural industry, and they could all fervently drink to greater success than it had achieved for
several years.
In Colonel Barne’s estates there had been a reduction of fifteen per cent in their rents. Toast to the

“Town & Trade of Beccles”. He remarked on the intimate connection that existed between
and agriculture, and said it was quite certain that unless agriculture flourished, it was impossible
commerce should flourish. They must both row in the same boat. he hoped the time was coming when

there would be a reaction, and that both would flourish together.
Mr Bell, Innkeeper charged with employing a boy, Henry Jacobs, aged 11. The boy had made only 55

attendances in six months out of a possible 225.. Fined 5s & 9s 6d expenses.
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE: Benjamin Gilding, labourer failed to send boy to school. Family needed

money boy earned. Order made. Matilda Spall, single woman, same charge - failed to appear.
CO-OPERATIVE STORES, [14] Blyburgate, formed for the purpose of supplying the Nobility,

Clergy and Gentry and the public generally with goods of the finest quality at the lowest prices for
cash.
The old practice of high prices for the necessaries and luxuries of every-day life, charged alike by

tradesmen to those customers who pay ready money - to those who take a short term of credit, -- to
those who require long credit -- and to those who never pay at all -- that the public should be tired of
this is only in the ordinary course of things, it being wholly unsuitable to the present age, and defiant

of the principles that should govern commercial transactions.
The terms of one, two, and three years’ credit, and thirty to forty per cent profit, are matters of history;
they have passed, or are passing quickly away, and the old adage of “small profits and quick returns”

represents the principles adapted to the times in which we live.
In the revision of prices that has been made at this establishment the profit on every article is
calculated on the closest scale possible, consistent with fair dealing. Goods will not be sold at a loss,

nor will there be three or four prices be charged for the poor, for ready money, and if some customers
require for their convenience a short term of credit (not exceeding three months) an extra charge will
be made to cover the cost of book-keeping, interest on the money, delivery, etc.

The prices of goods at the Beccles stores will be found in many instances twenty or thirty per cent
below the prices charged by giving credit-giving firms, and it must be accepted as an explanation that
this is done in no opposition to them, but to meet the requirements of the times, and to show

practically that the small and quick profit system can compete with the large London Supply Stores,
and under these circumstances the Public will give the preference to local stores rather than send their

orders to a distance.
Proprietor & Manager: Thomas Henry Pearce.

CHURCH PREFERMENT: Rev AC Tracy, former curate, appointed to St John’s Upper Holloway,
London.

SALE: Household Furniture of late John Garnham, Esq. in London Road.
SALE: Household Furniture late Mrs Coombe, 3 Wellington Terrace, Station Road
BUILDERS TENDERS: 4 Dwelling Houses in Hungate for Mr Harper. Plans with Messrs N Pells,

Surveyor
TO LET: New Market: Shop lately occupied by harness maker. Apply CP Poll
CIRCUS: of W & G Pinder in Black Boy Meadow. Lion, Tiger etc.

EXAMINATIONS: Cambridge Local: William James Murray of Framlingham College, son of Mrs
Money, Hungate.
NIGHT SCHOOL: 40 Lads attending school carried on during the winter by Miss Parker & Miss

Crowfoot had tea in old library room. Reading, writing, picture frame making, painting and fretting
taught.
EDUCATION. In the House of Commons Colonel Barne said he thought education in rural districts

was inclined to be rather too high, and the ratepayers in a short time would find their rates very much
increased by the School Board expenses. Already there was a great deal of land thrown upon the
landlords’ hands for want of tenants, and the schools went on increasing. He believed that so great

were the calls on farmers, that the time would come when the land would go out of cultivation in
many districts, and he believed that many other county members would corroborate what he said.
They had in country districts great difficulty in procuring schoolmasters and schoolmistresses. They

were unable to offer very high wages, and consequently
Major Allez [Deputy chief Constable] applied for James Turrell, railway porter, to contribute towards
upkeep of his son, who was recently sent to a reformatory. He said his wages were 18s a week, out of

which 6d was taken for his cub. He had a daughter living with him & his wife was sickly. Ordered
him to pay 2s per week. The Chairman, Rev RC Denny said he could not feed and clothe his boy at
home for that.

SALE: Household Furniture of late Mrs Amelia Palmer, Bridge Street
SALE IN LIQUIDATION: Mr William Hochkin, timber merchant. Stock in Trade & Household
Furniture, at North House, Ravensmere.

LECTURE: Rev EA Telfer: “Crotchety Grumblers in & out of Sion”
WANTED a good general servant. Apply Mrs R Block, Italian Stores [Sheepgate]
NEW ZEALAND Wanted Domestic Servants: Cooks, Dairymaids, Nurses. £20 - £40 pa. & Farm

Labourers. Free Passages.
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH: Foundation Stone of New Sunday School & Classrooms to be laid

by JJ Colman, Esq., MP followed by Public Meeting.
PARISH CHURCH Organ Restoration Fund

BUILDERS: DRILL HALL: Tenders for new Hall 100ft x 50ft 9ins with residence for drill
instructors. Offices of N Pells

WORLINGHAM RECTOR: Rev Arthur Aldred, curate f Horncastle, son of CC Aldred of Yarmouth
LICENCE TRANSFER: Victoria Arms: William Woolner to John Girling; Spread Eagle from S
Wright to Robert Harper, carpenter Falcon from Robert Mills to Elizabeth Mills, his widow

Meeting advocating the Closure of Public Houses on Sundays.
SALE: 150,000 Clamp Bricks
VESTRY MEETING: Read Crisp & RC Houghton, churchwardens.

Adjournment of meeting from the Church to the Council Chamber to consider application for transfer
of leases of Hermitage from TM Read to AB Worthington & Co of Beccles, brewers. The church was
not the place to transact business of this kind. Lease Granted. Worthington’s offered to buy the

Hermitage, saying that they saw daily the Rector’s “antipathy to such property”. No enthusiasm on the
part of anyone to sell. The Rector said that “His war was with drunkenness and not with property, for
he was not a Chartist.”

ORGAN REPAIRS: The organ needed considerable repairs after 17 years since the previous repairs.
Decision to remove organ from between two sides of a window and turn it round.. Would cost £330.
CONSERVATIVE DEMONSTRATION, Concern with commercial & agricultural depression.

Increased imports of beasts and corn. Also four bad seasons.. Landlord ought to build new and better
Cottages. TITHES. A tithe was supposed to be one tenth, and the produce was generally supposed to
be three times its rental. Changing values of output had made tithes too heavy.

School rates: blackmail from a number of the middle class to provide grand school rooms and a high
class education for people who could well afford to pay for the education of their own children.

School Attendance: William Sarbutt charged with not sending 12 year old Nary Ann Woolner to
school. She had measles and before that inflammation of the leg. Adjourned.

SALE; Mr George Gooch retires from farming. Sale of five cows, dairy utensils etc.. Ravensmere.
COUNCIL: Newgate: Mr W Woolnough not to obstruct street near his house by a fish stall there

COUNCIL: London Road: Stand post for water from the site of the houses newly erected by M
Garrod - to be erected at opposite corner next the lamp post.
RAVENSMERE: Mr Darby said his new buildings had been completed.

SOUP COMMITTEE: Spent £92, £70 from the Council.
SALE: Trustees of the Estate of William Hochkin: Freehold Property:
LOT 1 Modern Residence: North House, Ravensmere, with tastefully arranged Gardens late in the

occupation of William Hochkin
[E Masters £520]
LOT 2: A valuable piece of Building Land 0a 2r 17p on EAST side of Lot 1, with small Boarded &

Tiled Barn
[Ingate Cable £100]
LOT 3: Double Residence in Northgate with offices & good piece of Garden occupied by William

Woodthorpe & Thomas Holmes.
[E Masters £210]
LOT 4: Newly erected Brick & Tile Stable & Coach House, with Loft over, lately occupied by Wm

Hochkin
[E Masters £85]
LOT 5 Small Double Residence in Ravensmere opposite LOT 1 occupied by MA Knights & C Ives

[withdrawn]
LOT 6: Residence in three Tenements adjoining Lot 5 occupied by F Laws, FR Ulph & R Turrell.
[withdrawn]

LOT 7: Small Double Residence next Lot 6, occupied by R Woodgate & W Walker
[withdrawn]
LOT 8: Small Double Residence: next Lot 7 occupied by W Beckett & R Chase

[withdrawn: Lots 5, 6, 7, & 8 withdrawn at £950]
LOT 9: Small piece of Building Land at the corner of the road, opposite Lot 5, occupied by W
Beckett.

[James Mobbs £25]
CONCERT: Beccles Choral Society: Mozart’s Mass in C & a secular selection. Assembly Room.
Conductor: AH Livock; Piano: Mrs Corbyn

Mrs Woodward: New Market. Thanks for patronage over 38 years. Business will continue.
GINGHILOVA: “The 57th Regiment under Lieut. Col Clarke was conspicuous for its steadiness, and

for the manner in which the men controlled their fire.” -eldest son of Rev Sir Charles Clarke of
Worlingham Hall.

CONCERT: Tonic Sol-Fa Association formed by D Piggott: Solos, Duet, Trios s & Quartets
ASSIZE: George Wake, 17, railway clerk accused of stealing £5 from baggage left in Station. No

proof that he was responsible. Case dismissed
ASSIZE: George Sampson & George Maddy accused of stealing hens from Barsham. Caught by
Constables with strangled hens in pockets. Maddy 12 months hard labour; Sampson not guilty (had

numerous convictions in the past)
SALE: Two Freehold Houses & Shops in the New Market occupied by Miss Knights & the Misses
Chase. Let at Rents of £69 a year.

[purchased by Mr CM Chase for £1095 & £35 for fixtures
FISHING GAZETTE:: The pleasant town of , very charmingly seated on an eminence above its
beautiful river; Beccles in Suffolk.... house-rent is comparatively trifling; and this town having a large

rental from the surrounding marshes, rates are a mere bagatelle. Moreover , it is a most desirable place
to live in, being exceedingly healthy; and there are first-rate schools on the most moderate terms,
besides a good library etc. The inhabitants are also most kind-hearted and hospitable in every respect -

altogether, I should call Beccles the most delightful place possible for piscators, especially those with
small families and large families; as the angling is rapidly improving under the Norfolk and Suffolk
Fishery Act, and with a comfortable cabin boat, which could be moored at the bottom of the garden,

many a pleasant fishing excursion may be made on the 200 miles of river and 5000 acres of Broads
belonging to the two counties, and without any restriction whatever as to rods all the year round.
DEATH of Mrs Elizabeth Blake, wife of Rev J Blake, late Baptist Minister aged 42 in Darwen.

DEATH of Mr J Leggett, formerly a cabinet-maker. One of oldest members of the Temple of
Friendship Lodge.

COUNCIL: The AVENUE: Bye laws. Desirable to have a man to guard the Avenue in summer
evenings and Sundays.

NORTHGATE Improvement: Letter from brewers AB Worthington. Suggested pulling down 10
houses to widen road. Total rent of £55 pa. Value 850 guineas.. Tenants: Mills, Marshall, Cable,

Jacobs, Secker, Gilding, Brady, Hemblant, Rush & Butcher. - Not Council’s idea at all. Idea rejected.
VOLUNTEER FIRE BRIGADE would be considered at a later meeting.
SANITARY CASE: Ingate Cable, butcher summoned for permitting a nuisance. Only one privy for

the use of 35 people living in five houses belonging to him in Ingate. must be three.. To be done
within a month.
SALE: Swine’s Green: executors of John Garnham.

LOT 1 A very desirable Small Estate formerly known as the Royal Oak, consisting of a good
residence, substantial & Convenient buildings & 7a 1r 18p of superior land, about 3 acres are
cultivated as market Garden, now occupied by John Clarke for 12 tears at £40 pa.

[not sold]
LOT 2 A substantial brick & tiled double Cottage on the opposite side of the road to Lot 1 with large
garden of 2 roods, 30 perches occupied by James Dowe & George Flowers total yearly rent £13 10s

[Mr TA Woodroffe £155]
SALE: Swine’s Green by Mrs Minton
LOT 1: Substantial brick & tiled Cottage in three Tenements with stable, cartshed and large garden

three roods and twenty perches occupied by James Sampson, Henry Batterbury, & Ebenezer Harvey.
Rents £19 0s 0d
[Mr James Dowe £290]

LOT 2 An excellent Double Cottage near Lot 1, with large gardens containing two roods and 9
perches occupied by Abraham Fiske and James Knap. Rents £14
[Mr W Sampson £210]

LOT 3 A Double Cottage in Blyburgate (near the Fleece Inn) [Nos 54 & 56] with workshop and
garden occupied by Henry Aldred & Widow Copeman. Rents £11.
[{Mr Isaiah Copeman £155]

SALE: Ingate [Grove] Road by Mrs Jones:
Three Brick & tiled Cottages adjoining the Thatched House, with shoe-maker’s shop & yard in front.
In the occupations of William Moor, Anna Stevenson & Rufus Lewis Day. Rental £15 10s

[Mr JE Crisp £200]
SALE: Land in Ringsfield Road by executors of Mrs Harriet Thompson
Arable Land nearly four acres, now occupied by John Barnby, Rent £10.

[Mr John Barmby £270]
AND Rent charges out of premises in Beccles of £9 18s 6d.

[Mr D Jude £195]
SALE:: in July by Boutelle & Durrant

100 Plots of Freehold Building Land; each containing 20ft frontage to a good hard road leading from
County Bridge to the Railway Station.

ALSO 5 newly erected houses and Shop adjoining let to good tenants.
SALE: small piece of Building land in Ravensmere, late Mr Hochkin. Mobbs, Estate Agent, Norwich.
TO BE LET, Frederick’s Road: Providence Lodge: Drawing, Dining & Breakfast Rooms, with 7

Sleeping Chambers, Stables & Chaise House, large Garden. Enquire at premises of owner Rev SK
Bland.
WANTED at once, young person as Housemaid, who can wait at table and willing to make herself

generally useful.
[in the 1881 census there was: “Mary REDGRAVE 15born:
Servant

Raveningham,
Housemaid “ in the Eastaugh Household at 16 London Road. There was a cook as well]

FIRE in Mr Master’s shop in 18 New Market quenched before it lit inflammable materials in the cellar
SALE: LOT 1 Residence in Blyburgate with Surgery, Stables, Gig House, Granary and other
buildings by direction of executors of late James Cleveland

[Mr G King, senior £570]
LOT 2 a double cottage adjoining. Executors of James Cleveland.
[Mr G Moor £180]

CONVERSION to Co-operative Supply Store. Mr SF Pells will have clearance of Furniture Stock.
BURIAL BOARD. Tenders for 30 yards of brick wall.
FIRE BRIGADE VOLUNTEERS Messrs Walton & Worthington have raised £40. £80 needed in all.

RIFLE CORPS DRILL. 250 men of Beccles, Lowestoft & Bungay met for united drill at 7pm on
Beccles Common. Major Crowfoot put the men through the manual & platoon exercises. Lowestoft

men caught the 8.35 train back, the Bungay men an hour later. Refreshment in the Britannia Shades
[Blyburgate] provided by Mr Wright

SCHOOL BOARD: Miss Pender, Infant School mistress resigned -”entire satisfaction with the
manner Miss Pender has conducted the school.”

HOSPITAL COLLECTIONS: St Michael’s £24; Peddar’s Lane 10s; Independent £12; Baptist £6;
Wesleyan £1 1s; Primitive Methodists £1 5s; Friends 10s. TOTAL: £46; Last Year £34; 1877 £45.
POLICE COURT: Robert Copeman drunk & disorderly. Had been convicted 6 times before. 28 days

in Norwich Gaol.
POLICE COURT: James Pitchers & Johanna Durrant, who cohabit accused of hawking goods without
a licence. Durrant said she did not know her licence had expired as she could not read. Fined 50s.

Pitchers accused of keeping a carriage without a licence. Fined £5. Both said they could not pay. Must
be settled with Excise.

Substantial Brick & Tiled Residence & Shop in the occupation of William Vyse
SALE of FURNITURE, Beaumont Villa, London Road of late William Meen. Pony, harness,
Phaeton, etc.

SALE: Northgate:
LOT 1 Substantial brick and tiled Residence & Shop occupied by William Vyse [34 Northgate]
[James Cullum £265]

LOT 2: Double Cottage & garden adjoining occupied by Benjamin Ward & Widow Barber. [32/34
Northgate Meachem’s Yard]
[Mr M Jarmy £165]

CAXTON ARMS: Thomas Wright takes over from Robert Norman
FAUCONBERGE SCHOOL: TE Hillier of Trinity College Cambridge obtains a First.
TO BE LET: [44 Northgate ?] A House, large and commodious, having every convenience, Lawn &

Gardens, Coach House, Stables, etc. May be hired with, or without large Kitchen Garden. Rent very
low. Apply AK Hockey, Middle Class School
ROWING CLUB formed

POLICE COURT: Robert Gosling accused of stealing cap from John Gooch a marine store dealer
living at the Angel, Ballygate, kept by Frederick Hall. Incident happened at the Duke.
COUNTY COURT: James Barkway accused George Grimson of damage to a house. Had rented the

house for four and a half years. Took away shrubs & fruit trees & leaving oven in a bad state.. Some
of charge sustained to pay 13s
HOSPITAL: Mr WE Crowfoot suggested payment of fees at hospital. Editorial thought only the well

off should pay.
SCHOOL BOARD: Miss Kate Chastney appointed Mistress of the Infant School

CHURCH ORGAN: work started by Mr Norman of Norwich.
BATTY’S CIRCUS: procession through the streets. Gave two performances.

BURIAL BOARD: Mr FS Rix elected clerk to Burial Board in place of SW Rix,
“SW RIX, who, we believe, has entirely relinquished his profession. Mr Rix has pursued a long and

honourable career, and after fifty years’ devotion to the public, and to the harassing labours devolving
on the head of a firm in extensive practice, he will carry into his retirement an unblemished reputation
and the best wishes of a wide circle of friends. We only echo the general wish in saying that we trust

he may long be spared to enjoy his well-earned repose.”
DEATH of John Withers Dowson, son of Mr Dowson of Geldeston. Solicitor in Norwich.
VESTRY MEETING: Terrier giving Rectory House to parish by Rev E Hollond.

ATHLETIC SPORTS on Tuesday 8 July. 5000 or 6000 people present. A general holiday in the town.
“Many of the gentry of the town and neighbourhood honoured the sports by their presence,
evinced much interest in the proceedings.” Booths for refreshment were provided by Mr J Miles of the

White Lion. Also itinerant stalls selling rock, gingerbeer, oranges, nuts etc. Military music.
POLICE COURT: Robert Balls accused of assaulting Arthur Sampson. Met in Mrs Newstead’s pub.
and after drinking together, Mrs Newstead refused to serve Balls with more drink. They went to the

George & Dragon, ordered a quart of beer. Went to the Red Lion, another quart ordered. Sampson’s
wife tried to persuade him to go home. Balls struck Sampson. Balls fined £1.
SAMUEL STEEL will not be responsible for debts of his wife. Northgate

WORKING MEN’S CLUB visit Harwich. 63 members.
RAIN During last two days heavy rains. Floods in Ingate. Street near Black Boy impassable. 6 or 7
houses flooded with 2 or 3 feet of water. Swine’s Green road impassable with 3 feet of water. Water

pours down from Darby’s brickyard and flooded 2 or 3 houses there. Bullock’s Lane in a terrible state.
Hay damaged if not spoilt, several marshes under water. Wall at back of Mr Parkhouse’s premises

fallen
RAIN: Archbishop’s letter. Prayer for favourable weather.

LICENCES: Falcon to Mr Warren; Britannia Shades to Mr Frampton; Royal Oak to Mr Precious; Mr
Rivett applied for the White Swan, but had no testimonials.

DISASTROUS FLOODS: Such a flood never known before. Heavy rains fell on Saturday night and
for the next three days, almost without intermission. The Barsham marshes became a great lake. On
Wednesday Gillingham dam completely covered. The only communication between Gillingham and

Beccles was by boats charging 2d per head. Corporation Marshes covered with 2 or 3 feet of water..
Hay lost including 15 stacks. Yarmouth line flooded, ballast washed away.. On Wednesday the water
was rising 1 ft in an hour at the Swing Bridge, whose pilot, Mr Harling had to accommodate his pigs

in his own house until he could move them to safety. All his garden, including several thousand celery
plants spoilt.. Mr Darby’s timber in the form of planks and logs floated away, while whole trees were
carried long distances. His loss £200. None of his men were able to get to work last week. His house

was flooded during Tuesday night with about 2ft of water. The water was still standing in the house
on Friday night. Mr Johnson, one of his neighbours has to take refuge with his family in a yacht. The
whole of Mr Crisp’s premises near the bridge were flooded. His men tried to empty the store and

worked until ten o’clock, but 60 coombs of malt were flooded with several tons of cake. In Bridge
Street all the houses up to Mr Rush’s were flooded, moving up to the bedrooms. Food & drink was
handed in through the upper windows.. At the brewery casks floated around in all directions. At the

Tannery work had to be suspended for three days, because the water put out the engine fires. One or
two pits were flooded. The poor people who rely on their gardens for their harvest are much to be
pitied, their gardens under water, only the tops of fruit bushes being seen. The fruit entirely spoilt.

Worst flood for 60 years, the only approach to them was in July 1829, when a wherry sailed across the
marshes to Gillingham. The Avenue & meadows were flooded. On Saturday rail traffic was resumed
between Beccles and Yarmouth and Lowestoft. By Sunday it was possible to cross Gillingham Dam.

It is hoped to get the marshes drained of 2 million gallons of water in a fortnight.
At Sotterley 3.2 inches of rain fell in 46 hours. in the middle of the hay harvest.
DEATH of Mr Nathaniel Blyth of the Crown Inn.

FAUCONBERGE SCHOOL W Loring has been given King’s Scholarship at Eton.
ELECTION to Town Council: Mr CP Poll elected. He was the only candidate.
FLOODS: The pump near the Gas Works erected by Mr Elliott has now, with the mill, nearly cleared

the water from the Marshes.
THUNDERSTORM: a dreadful thunderstorm passed over Beccles on Sunday morning. The rain fell
in such quantities that the streets resembled water-courses. Two foot deep near the Black Boy and

nearby houses flooded again. The wind constantly changed direction. At an early period of the storm
unbeknown to Mr Pells, the wind or the lightning carried away the top of his tower mill. The lightning

was very severe at this time, and it is believed it was the prime agent of the mischief. The whole of
one side of the cap of the mill was carried to the south west, while the wind-shaft, head, wheel, sails

and stock fell to the north-east.. It was an enormous power which bore away this heavy weight of iron
and wood (about 20 tons), secured firmly to the mill, the tower of which was also wrenched and

broken some 12 feet from the top. To repair this a considerable portion of the mill must first be pulled
down.
The wind shaft and head wheel were broken by the fall; and the stock and sails descending upon the

engine house made a complete wreck of it, though fortunately, the engine itself was not injured. The
fly was so much smashed, and altogether the damage is of such a character that several months must
elapse before the mill can again be brought into working order. Mr Pells estimates the damage

between £400 and £500.
THE POST MILL in Ingate Street, the property of the late Mr J Cooper, was wrecked in the same
storm, and about the same time. Mr Finch and his wife were standing at their chamber window(some

20ft to the north-west of the mill) and saw the whole affair. The fly moved quite round, and the mill
was blown backwards; then a flash of lightning appeared to strike it, and the sails fell, followed
quickly by the wind-shaft, head and tail wheels, and the cap. The sails were completely splintered, and

the pieces were blown about in all directions. The roof of the round house was broken in by the
falling timbers, and several adjoining houses were damaged. All the machinery that fell was more or
less injured, while the head wheel was rendered quite useless. The mill is indeed a complete wreck.

SALE: LOT 1: A comfortable Residence in Rosemary Lane, occupied by Mr Alfred Darby
[Mr G Bell £157 10s]
LOTS 2 & 3: Six cottages at the junction of Bridge & Northgate Street occupied by: J Mills, A Ward,

B Bird, R Brady, W Algar, & D Ward.
[ two cottages: Mr R King £280; 4 cottages: Mr Cullum £210]
SALE: Furniture of late Mr John Cooper

WANTED: A young lady as Apprentice to the Drapery. Apply SM Kittle, Exchange Square
ADVERTISEMENT: Thomas Smith, the Staithe: Best Seaborne Coals 23s per ton; Kitchen Coals
from 17s. Salt of all descriptions kept in stock

TOLLING THE BELLS: The custom which has existed in the parish from time immemorial:
1. The Tenor Bell is never raised for less than two hours. 1s 6d per hour. If muffled, double charge.
2 The 9th or parish bell may be raised for any length of time at 1s 3d per hour.

3. The 7th or 8th the same.
At the commencement and end of tolling:-- for a man, 9 strokes; boy 5; for a woman 7; girl 3.

If the flag is hoisted half-mast high a charge is made. The payments all go to the Parish Clerk.
DANGEROUS BULLOCK: was untrucked at the station, intended for the Stock Market, At once ran

away. In Common Lane it made a rush at a girl pushing a pram, tossed the pram several yards, at the
same time catching the little girl’s dress in its horns and throwing her up into the air. Falling upon her

face the poor child’s upper lip was severely cut, and she was otherwise severely injured.. The baby
was much shaken and hurt internally. They are now going on well.
BECCLES REGATTA report

SALE: FURNITURE: The Crown, late Nathaniel Blyth.
SALE of Wreck of Schooner Buoy Yacht, of Lowestoft at the Quay, Beccles.
THE RIVER in bad state up to Saturday, when a fair tide somewhat improved its condition. The fish

have greatly suffered, and the prospect of anglers have been wholly spoiled for a long time to come.
Last week many fine eels turned up and large numbers were easily caught on the surface of the water.
POTATO DISEASE: all foliage of plants should be burnt.

TO LET: Ingate Lodge, with coach house and stable, now occupied by Mr Burch. Apply H Read.
DEATH: Rev EH Loring, Rector of Gillingham. In good health until a week ago.
THUNDERSTORMS succession passed over Beccles. Rain fell copiously. Full force 5pm., when

thunder & lightning were extremely severe, and the rain descended in torrents, flooding the streets. It
continued until 9pm. At the Post Office both the telegraphic instruments were broken, and telegraphic
communication was stopped until new machines arrived the next day. Crops damaged again.

COUNCIL: The present tar path be continued from the National School to the north-west corner of Mr
Darby’s new houses.[Ravensmere 2-8 ?]. Kerbing on Newgate on west side from White Lion to end
of houses. Independent new School Room Well to be closed: contaminated.

No thoroughfare for cattle through Shipwreck Alley. Many houses to be joined to public sewer.
Bridge Street in bad state of repair.

COUNCIL: Councillor Poll councillor in place of late Councillor Cooper
COUNCIL: Flood Waters. Sent message to Norwich Committee saying they would co-operate with

them to obtain discharge of flood waters from the district. Also a petition to Great Yarmouth Haven
Commissioners or more direct relief for flood waters than through Yarmouth

SCHOOL: Beccles Collegiate Schools: Alfred Hockey, Principal: To these extensive & well adapted
premises has lately been added a new wing. Six resident English & Foreign Masters.
SCHOOL: Waveney House: Ladies’ Boarding & Day School, conducted by Miss Garrard, with the

assistance of competent Masters and Governesses. Every attention is paid to the Education, health and
comfort of the pupils. The next term will commence on September 17th
SCHOOL: Establishment for Young Ladies, Shrubland House, Station Road. Miss Ecclestone begs to

remind her pupils that the next Term commences on Monday 8 September.
CHORAL SOCIETY:: Song of Miriam, Schubert. First rehearsal 4 September in Magistrates’ Room
PHRENOLOGY. 4 Lectures by Professor Cohen. Chair man the Rector. The lectures will be

illustrated by a life-size portrait gallery; and several heads chosen by the audience will be
phrenologically examined.. Professor Cohen gives Private Consultations at his rooms, Saltgate, when
he will advise as to the management of health, improvement of mind and body, and give complete

phrenological examinations
HARVEST: commenced if the fine weather continues. Heavy rains of Tuesday, Wednesday &
Thursday compelled them to desist.

OUTING for employees of AB Worthington of Beccles Brewery. To Yarmouth by train.
MARRIAGE of Rev Arthur Aldred, Rector of Worlingham & Miss Maria Clowes daughter of late
John Clowes, solicitor at Yarmouth.

SALE: Lot 1: Comfortable Residence in Rosemary Lane occupied by Alfred Darby

SALE: Northgate: Freehold House, Shop & commodious back premises with side entrance. £300;
Apply R Crickmore, Blackheath

ADVERTISEMENT: J Wright, tailor & woollen draper, Woodbridge & New Market Place will open
the shop adjoining the Red House bought direct from Scotch Tweed Market, Glasgow.

DISTURBANCE IN BAPTIST CHAPEL: Mrs Aldous “a brawling woman” relieved herself of a
torrent of abuse. Now confined in lunatic asylum.
TO LET: London Road: pleasant house: Apply Thomas Garrod.

LIQUIDATION: George Kerridge, baker & earthenware dealer
FATAL ACCIDENT: at Roos Hill Farm. Samuel Pitchers, farm labourer fell from stack 13ft. Had
worked there for 40 years.

OLD MARKET LETTING: Trader Burton had been allowed to rent pitch in the Old Market for sales.
Permission for a week or two, but stayed one month. New printed arrangement required.

NORTHGATE SEWER completed satisfactorily.-
ART CLASSES; Teachers Messrs Anderson & Kettle (certficated teachers of Science & Art Dept,

South Kensington). Drawing taught in all its branches. 2s 6d per quarter.
HARVEST: But for the heavy rains in the early part of the week the harvest would have been drawing

to a close. Worst yield for 40 years. Wheat is shrivelled & light & will not make 17 stone to the
coomb. Straw plentiful; Barley of fair quality, but yield bad; Root crops bad; potatoes a failure.
FLOODS: Heavy rains on Tuesday & Wednesday caused floods again.

CONGREGATIONAL SUNDAY SCHOOL BUILDINGS.. The Minister Rev J Calvert spoke (had
been there 3 years) & the former Minister Rev J Flower.: “When he came to the town in 1833 there
was very little provision for education. There were indeed Sunday Schools, but no week-day schools

of much account. In connection with the Church of England there was a small girls’ school in the
Feoffment Chamber, but that was not superintended by any person of great capability, though it had
the great advantage of being nurtured by one of the ladies in this town.

In connection with Nonconformity there was only a school of about twelve girls, who were
accustomed to meet in the adjoining vestry. They were taught by Martha Gooch, who had been the
domestic servant of his predecessor of his predecessor, Mr Sloper. She was a woman of good

understanding and good common sense and fervent piety; and her great desire was to teach these
young people their duty to God and man. And she was successful in training up many who were
useful in this town as domestic servants. But of course she could not teach what she did not know; and

considering it was high time they had something better he asked the then Portreeve to convene a
meeting, and he laid before that meeting what he thought ought to be done. He carried the meeting
with him so far that they agreed there should be one large school for the instruction of the poor on

weekdays; but the difficulties sprang up and this was not carried out.
But calling the meeting had this effect, that their church friends looked favourably on what they did,

and some of them continued to subscribe so long as they had British Schools. The result was they had
four large schools, National and British - two for boys, two for girls which were great helps to the

Sunday Schools.
Amongst others who visited their schools in the capacity of Her Majesty’s Inspector was Matthew

Arnold “sweetness and light” - (laughter). In dealing with nonconformity, however, he showed very
little sweetness - about as much as there was in a crab apple; and as to light, that slender ray of light,
which came down from heaven and lighted up Martha Gooch’s soul he deemed far better than all his

glow-worm philosophy. Sunday schools were in existence before he came here, and the children were
taught in the chapel and in the vestry.... He heartily congratulated them on possessing such a
handsome and commodious school room, with classrooms, which he believed were of more

importance than any of them yet realised.
TO LET: Northgate: a Yard containing several outbuildings and convenient for water carriage. Apply
T Pert, glazier.

VOTERS’ LIST: in 1879 1018 ; in 1878:1023
DEATH: Mr Robert Aldous, owner of the Ingate Pottery. Went to Yarmouth in horse and cart, fell out
of it on return journey through paralysis.

CONCERT: Soprano etc. including songs by Weber, Verdi & Mendelssohn
VOTERS’ LIST: Struck out, through sale of property etc. Joseph, Bexfield,, JB Boreham, Charles
Farman, Fred Fox, WH Garrod, George Gooch,, William Hochkin, William Hubbard, JL Kent, L

Lutwyche, John Maplestone, C Nursey, TM Read, John White. & 10 deceased persons.
FATAL ACCIDENT: Sergeant Allen, 37, drill instructor to the Suffolk Artillery Volunteers hired a
small skiff, a difficult boat to handle, from Wright’s Yard. To Dunburgh Hill. Wright sent 4 boys to

retrieve it. One, Frederick Lay, got into the boat with Allen, capsized and both drowned. Allen’s wife
destitute. Has 4 children, eldest aged 7.
ORGANIST, Mr AH Livock presented with volumes of music for time and trouble he has taken

instructing them.
YARMOUTH QUARTER SESSIONS: Selina Palmer, 15, of Beccles stealing clothes. Sent to prison
& then reformatory for 3 years. Had just been released from prison, had nowhere to go, her mother

and grandfather refused to take her in. Had no money.
DEATH of James Girling at Messrs Garrod’s Tannery. Was feeding the bark crusher, drawn into it
and crushed. He had been employed there for 30 years.. Witness James Cross, worker at the Tannery.

SALE: INGATE: Substantial Double Cottage: front sitting room, back kitchen, pantry, coal house, 3
sleeping rooms with yard in occupation of James Ward an George Barnes, Aggregate Rent £15 pa.
Water is laid on.

[Mr R Boon £190]
SALE: INGATE: Four freehold brick & tiled Cottages with Gardens, in occupation of Mrs Burwood,

John Balls, Henry Smith & Samuel Purland, weekly tenants. Rents totalling £20 16s pa.
[Mr R Cowles £200]

SAMUEL GIBBS, Smallgate, Corn Chandler & Coal Merchant thanks patrons of many years.
Business taken over by William B England.

RE-ELECTION TO COUNCIL unopposed: S Darby, JD Eastaugh, FS Rix, C Smith.
SHARK: Basking Shark 14ft long caught off Southwold. It weighed three quarters of a ton.
WHEATACRE CHURCH: Reopening of Chancel

SERGEANT ALLEN RELIEF FUND: £116 subscribed.
LIQUIDATION: Benjamin Brown of Beccles, saddler
BAPTIST CHURCH: Rev Edgerton moving to chapel in Cambridge.

DEATH of Lady Gooch. She was Sarah Annie daughter of late Mr GA Sutherland. Married Sir
Francis Gooch in July 1872. He succeeded his brother in May 1872.
CONCERT: Vocal music.

POLICE COURT: George Starland, 14, charged with stealing two turnips valued at 1d. from FWD
Robinson. Constable Goreham was walking along St Mary’s Road on Sunday afternoon. Other boys
in the turnip field, who threw down their turnips and ran away. To pay 6s 6d or 7 days imprisonment.

MAYOR: Retirement of Mr Nathaniel Pells from the Mayoralty. respect and gratitude; has worked
hard in the interests of the town during his two years of office; zeal and assiduity. Large demands on
his time; kind, liberal, genial and courteous spirit.

Mr Eastaugh new Mayor. Difficult to persuade anyone to do it.. Financial problems: debt of £1000
(sewerage scheme)and instead of larger receipts, smaller on account of floods. [Sanitary census cost
£60.] £400 to be repaid every year to Loan Commissioners. A Borough Rate will have to be made. To

make this rate, charity will have to be cut out (£120 on coal and soup for the poor)
COUNCIL: FLOODS: A memorial from the 43 tenants of Corporation Marshes asking for

compensation for damage done by floods rejected.
CAXTON FOOTBALL: Club formed & first practice. 40 members. Mr J Rye, [in 1881 Census:

Joseph Richard Rye, aged 30, married, Printer Machine Minder lives in 5 Douglas Place,
Ravensmere.] the Captain.

COUNCIL: Land Committee: tender for shoeing horses by Alecock & Son accepted: £1 2s 6d a horse
per year.
Nearly all the gravel had been removed from the Common except from the part formerly used as a

racecourse. Extracted there too. It would be levelled and make a driveway.

SEWERAGE CONSTRUCTION COSTS:
date

1879
Compensation to Northgate owners
Since September: Engineer

TOTALS
Lt-Col Clarke, son of Sir Charles Clarke of Worlingham greeted (to his surprise) on his return at
Beccles Station by the Mayor, members of the Council, principal members of the town, about 90 men

of the 14th Suffolk Rifles. Short speeches. Col Clarke moved on to Worlingham. Details of Lt Col
Clarke’s career.
BRUTAL ASSAULT: John Candler, carter, assaulting Edward Joslyn, foreman of Mr Moy’s coal

yard. Large quantities of blood. Off work for 14 days, badly injured.
SAMUEL STEEL case against him by Samuel Neech, shopkeeper, for a bill of £5 for household
articles supplied to his wife:

[1881 CENSUS:
Samuel STEEL

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Susanna STEEL
[Samuel Steel married Sarah Cowles, the daughter of William Cowles, schoolmaster, in 1841, she died in January 1872

Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Beccles, Suffolk,

He had given plaintiff’s daughter warning not to trust his wife. The defendant had been brought into
debt to different tradesmen by his wife, and had paid enormous sums of money. He discovered the

plaintiff was secretly lending money to his wife. Demand for £4 lent in July about which he knew
nothing.

In February Steel was served with a writ for £127 for groceries and drapery. Wife had monomania to
run into debt and plaintiff knew all about it. Judge considered that Steel should pay, but the law

directed otherwise. Judgement for the defendant, but without any costs.
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH: Builders & Contractors: Alterations & Additions:. Drawings by

the Architect Boardman to be seen in Vestry.
CONCERT: Choral Society: Song of Miriam.
INSPECTOR COLE: Promoted Superintendent. Has been at Beccles 20 years. Goes to Ixworth.

WEATHER: Extreme severity - suffering to the aged and poor. Skating & sliding on the River.. By
Saturday could skate to Oulton. On Monday a partial thaw set in.
SOUP KITCHEN: £71 subscribed.

CONCERT by Collegiate School. Vocal & instrumental music..
VESTRY MEETING: Offer of Mission Chapel by Rev Hollond for people of Ingate area. Original
idea was to build it on Kilbrack cemetery land. Much discussion as to what type of building: a new

Church, a Chapel of Ease or a Mission Hall. It should be used only for church services and Sunday
School.
SOLDIER retired: The case I should like to bring before the public is a very deserving one indeed; it

is that of an old soldier Joseph Nunn, born in this town, ., who joined the Coldstream Guards in 1846
and served for 18 years, when he was discharged as unfit for further service., coming back to his
native home, so that he might end his days in peace.

He was present with the army in the east on the battle field, where he fought for Queen & Country
gaining honours which he is proud to wear next his heart. He suffered hardships and privations which
brought on an internal disease, causing him to be discharged in 1864, before becoming entitled to a

full pension, he only being allowed 11d per day -- a miserable allowance for one whose discharge
document mentions the fact of his conduct: good, four good conduct badges, and medals with clasps,

together with Turkish war medal for his services. Now I appeal to the public to rally round this old
Crimean hero, and show that his services have been appreciated by his fellow townsmen.. -- Signed:

JE Roff, Sergeant.
[Baptism: Joseph Nunn, son of James Nunn, labourer & Ann (nee Copeman) his wife, twin brother of

Benjamin; born 10 February 1825, baptised 18 March 1829]
TO LET: Ballygate; the House & Shop now occupied by Mrs Artis [probably 11 Ballygate]
BECCLES MIDDLE CLASS SCHOOL: Since our last annual report of the school, owing to the very

rapid increase of pupils, the school has moved from the old premises in Northgate to new, more
healthy an commodious premises in Ballygate, which being the freehold property of the principal, Mr
AK Hockey, no expense has been spared to make them adapted in every way to the requirements of a

school. A new schoolroom, dining hall, and dormitories have been added, replete with the most recent
appliances. The schoolroom, which is 72ft x 21ft x 16ft, is well warmed, ventilated, and with plenty of
light, is really most comfortable. The dining hall which is 42ft x 21ft x 16ft, is a capital room, and in

every way adapted for what is required. The dormitories above the dining hall and school room are
well lighted, ventilated and very lofty. Also every convenience is provided for cricket, football,
bathing and all other outdoor sports. Large percentage of pupils between 12 and 14.

Inspector Cole highly praised at Magistrate’s Court by Major Allez. New Inspector: Bardwell, who
was a constable at Beccles at one time.

Gaol Lane (Police Station), Beccles, Suffolk, England
James BARDWELL

Wangford, Suffolk, England
Iken, Suffolk, England

Inspector Of Police
Wife

Hannah BARDWELLM
Jessie BARDWELL

Marian BARDWELL
Frederic BARDWELL
Florence BARDWELL

Bures Saint Mary, Suffolk
Boxford, Suffolk, England
Ipswich, Suffolk, England

Edith BARDWELL
Annie BARDWELL
Alice M. BUTTON

Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Beccles, Suffolk, England
Wangford, Suffolk

WEATHER: Partial thaws in the day, many degrees of frost at night. Crowds of skaters & sliders on
the river. A large number of workmen have been thrown out of work. Trade is at present very slow on

account of the reduced earnings of the working-class. Large quantities of wild fowl have been seen in
the district; and a large number have been shot, including mallards, duck, teal and snipe. A bittern was

shot on Bungay Common and is to be preserved. At present the roads are in a wretched condition.
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS Letter from Shop Assistants asking for a holiday between Wednesday

night 24 December until Monday 29 December, giving four days holidays. [uncertain if they got it.
All but one agreed.]

POLICE COURT: Frederick Copeman, hay dealer, summoned as owner of nine cottages in Fair
Close, the privies of which had been a constant source of complaint since 1875. Notices served on him

numerous times. Always in a very bad state. James Money, night soil man, said privies too near
houses. Could not say when he last emptied them.. Defendant said he hoped he should not be put to
the expense of providing water closets. The Bench ordered him to put in water closets within six

weeks.
WORKHOUSE: Christmas Day. The inmates, numbering 135 had their usual treat on Thursday.
Service was held in the beautiful little chapel connected with the house. The Chaplain in his sermon

praised the congregation for their singing “ Many of you,” said the reverend gentleman, “ from your
great age and infirmities can hardly expect to spend another such day on earth.”... The service ended
and will not soon be forgotten by those who attended it.”