a market-town and borough, county of Suffolk, hundred of Wangford, on the right bank of the river Waveney, 32 miles N.N.E. of Ipswich. It consists of several streets, is well built, and contains a fine old parish church, several dissenting places of worship, a free school founded in the reign of James I., a free grammar-school with ten exhibitions at Emanuel College, Cambridge; a handsome townhouse, custom-house, &c. By means of the river, which is navigable to Yarmouth, a considerable trade in coals and groceries is carried on. Market-day Saturday. Pop. 1851, 4389.