Transcribed from the 1849 T. Crowe edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org [Picture: Lowestoft Marine Esplanade, Lucas & Son Builders] THE NEW HAND-BOOK TO LOWESTOFT And its Environs; COMPILED FROM GILLINGWATER’S HISTORY, SUCKLING’S ANTIQUITIES OF SUFFOLK, AND OTHER SOURCES. * * * * * ILLUSTRATED WITH STEEL ENGRAVINGS. * * * * * LOWESTOFT: PRINTED BY T. CROWE, HIGH STREET. MAY BE HAD ALSO OF WHITTAKER AND CO., LONDON; JARROLD OR FLETCHER, NORWICH; BARBER, SLOMAN, OR ALEXANDER, YARMOUTH; LOYNS, BECCLES; BURTON, IPSWICH; OR ANY BOOKSELLER. * * * * * MDCCCXLIX. * * * * * THOMAS CROWE, PRINTER, HIGH STREET, LOWESTOFT. PREFACE. LOWESTOFT is not only considered a very healthy and pleasant watering place, but, from various causes, is assuming a position of such importance, as to render it more than probable that visiters will arrive in numbers augmented every season: this work is intended primarily for their use; at the same time, it is hoped it will he found interesting to the residents generally, being a verbal and pictorial description of the place of their abode, and a repository of facts and incidents connected with its history. The writer wishes it to be distinctly understood that the book professes to be, for the most part, a compilation; he has not therefore thought it necessary—except in a few special cases—to give authorities, or the usual indications of quotation. _Lowestoft_, _March_, 1849. HAND-BOOK TO LOWESTOFT. SITUATION OF THE TOWN AND ITS GENERAL FEATURES. Lowestoft is situated upon the most Easterly point of land in England. It stands upon a lofty eminence, and commands an extensive prospect of the German Ocean. Enthroned upon an ancient hill it rests; Calmly it lifts its time-worn head; and first Of all Old England’s busy towns, whispers Its orisons, and greets the rising morn. It stands upon a dry soil, upon the summit of a cliff, and enjoys a most salubrious air—keen, but bracing; and not being exposed to any of those unwholesome damps and vapours, which generally arise from low grounds and marshes, it is rendered not only a pleasant, but a very healthy situation.