Beccles church is in the centre of the town. It has its tower
separated from the main building containing the nave. The tower is
a prominent landmark from many miles around
It was at this church in 1749 that the mother of Horatio Nelson,
Catherine Suckling, married the Reverend Edmund Nelson (a former
curate of Beccles).
The Suffolk poet George Crabbe married Sarah Elmy at Beccles
church in the 18th century
The west face of Beccles church tower is the only one of the
four faces that does not have a clock face. This face looks over
the River Waveney into Norfolk, and the story is that the Suffolk
men
'would not give the time of day' to people from
Norfolk.
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Happy Caching if you are on holiday on the broads
this one is about 20 minutes walk from the moorings in Beccles