 However, also offered is Bece-laes* (Old English=Meadow by Stream), as well as a contraction of "Beata Ecclesia", the name of the Christian temple erected c. 960 by the monks of the monastery of Bury.Once a flourishing Anglian riverport, it lies in the Waveney valley and is a popular boating centre.The town was granted its Charter in 1584 by Elizabeth I.