BECKLES, (Suffolk) 90 cm. and 107 mm. from London, stands on the r. Waveney, which is navigable hither from Yarmouth by
barges, and from hence to Bungay. 'Tis a large populous T. and the streets are well paved, and kept clean, though the
buildings are but mean, many of them being thatched. It had once a chantry, and has now a noble Ch. and 2 fr. scs. well
endowed, one a grammar sc. with ten fellowships for Emanual-college in Cambridge, appropriated to it by Sir John Leman,
Kt. in the R. of James I. There are still to be seen the ruins of another Ch. here, called Ingate. The quarter-sessions
for the liberty of Blithing, are usually held here; and a common bel. to the T. of no less than 1000 acres. The Mt. is S.