Place:


Needham Market  Suffolk

 

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Needham Market like this:

NEEDHAM-MARKET, a town, a chapelry, and a sub-district, in Bosmere district, Suffolk. The town stands on the river Gipping, and on the Great Eastern railway, 8¾ miles N N W of Ipswich; was formerly of considerably more importance than now; had a weekly market, from which it took the latter part of its name, and which has been discontinued; is well built, and contains several handsome houses; is a seat of petty sessions and a polling-place; and has a head post-office.‡ a railway station with telegraph, a town hall erected in 1866, good inn, Independent and Quaker chapels, a public library and reading-room, an endowed grammar school for 21 pupils connected with the church, a British school opened in Jan. ...


1867, a national school erected by subscription, alms-houses for 8 persons, and other charities, nearly £60. The church is a fine old large edifice, with a wooden belfry. A fair is held on 28 Oct.; and there is a manufactory of famous crown glue. The town's area comprises nearly 1,000 acres. Real property, £3, 666; of which £36 are in gas-works. Pop., 1, 377. Houses, 311. The chapelry is conterminate with the town, and is in Barking parish. The manor belongs to the Earl of Ashburnham. The living is a p.curacy in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £91. Patron, the Rector of Barking.—The sub-district contains all Barking parish and eighteen other parishes. Acres, 27, 134. Pop., 7, 694. Houses, 1, 685. N E E D H A M-S T R E E T, a hamlet in Gazeley parish, Suffolk; 1½ mile N of Gazeley church.

Needham Market through time

Needham Market is now part of Mid Suffolk district. Click here for graphs and data of how Mid Suffolk has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Needham Market itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Needham Market in Mid Suffolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7538

Date accessed: 29th March 2024


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