NEEDHAM MARKET. A railway station and well-built town, lighted with gas;
is a hamlet of the parish of Barking. It is situated on the Eastern
Union Railway, 76¾ miles from London, 8¾ from Ipswich, 3½ from
Stowmarket, and is bounded on the east by the navigable river Gipping.
This town is in Bosmere and Claydon hundred and union, Norwich bishopric
East Suffolk.
The living is a perpetual curacy, of the annual value of £91, in the gift
of the rector for the time being of the parish of Barking. The Rev. G.
A. Paske, is the incumbent. The church is dedicated to St. John the
Baptist. It is a humble structure, with wooden belfry. There is a Free
Grammar School for the education of 21 youths, connected with the church.
There is an Independent chapel, of which the Rev. Joseph Perkins is
minister, and connected therewith is a British School. The Society of
Friends also have a small meeting, and a Girls’ Free School attached.
The almshouses are for 8 poor persons, and the occupiers have a small
weekly allowance, with coals and candles. The population in 1851 was
1,367, and it occupies nearly 1000 acres. The Rt. Hon. the Earl of
Ashburnham is lord of the manor. A fair is held on October 28th. There
is a manufactory for crown glue in this town. In 1850, a public library
and reading room was established here.
CLERGY, GENTRY, &c.
Bedingfield, Miss Caroline, High street
Bedingfield, Miss Harriet, High street
Burlingham, Mr. Thomas, High street
Catchpole, Mrs., High street
Clarke, Mr. William, High street
Maw, Mrs. Lucy, High street
Maw, Samuel Alexander, agent for Alexander and Co’s bank, High street
Paske, Rev. George Alexander, perpetual curate of Needham Market
Sammons, Rev. John Coulson, M.A., head master of the grammar school,
Needham Market, and curate of Gipping
Squires, Mrs. Rachel, High street
Ward, Mrs., High street
Wilkinson, Mr. B., High street
TRADES, PROFESSIONS, &c.
Abbott, Mr. Jonathan, farmer; h High street
Bayley, James T., grocer and draper, High street
Baker, John, superintendent, police station, High street
Baskett, James, shopkeeper, High street
Baskett, Robert, boot and shoe maker, and leather seller, High street
Beard, Philip, watch and clock maker, High street
Beck, Thomas B., surgeon, Valley House, Creeting St. Mary
Beck, Henry, surgeon, High street
Bedingfield, James, M. D., Longville House, Needham Market
Blomfield, Thomas, painter, plumber and glazier, High street
Bowell, Robert, pork shop, High street
Brill, John, station-master, Needham station
Brook, Mr. James B., solicitor, High street
Brooke, Richard C., boot and shoe maker and fancy repository, High street
Brown, Edward, blacksmith, High street
Burrell, Henry R., watch and clock maker, High street
Button, Robert, Victoria Arms, High str.
Chapman, William, cabinet-maker, &c., Hawk Mill street
Childrick, John, millwright, Hawk Mill street
Childrick, William, miller, Hawk Mill st.
Clabon, William, wheelwright, High str.
Claxton, Edward, blacksmith, High street
Clover, John, butcher, High street
Cookson, Rev. Frederic, curate of Combs; h High street
Cooper, Mrs. Mary, painter, plumber, and glazier, China shop, High street
Dearing, John, saddle and harness maker, High street
Fairweather, Lionel, pork shop, High str.
Fairweather, Samuel, Queen’s Head inn, Hawk Mill street
Fox, John, grocer, High street
Garnham, Mrs. Susan, shopkeeper, High street
Garrod, Frederic John, watch and clock maker, jeweller and silversmith,
High street
Garrard and Paddle, grocers and drapers, High street
Godfrey, Henry, carpenter and joiner, High street
Green, John, tailor, &c., High street
Groom, Robert, boot and shoe maker, High street
Haggar, Joseph, rakemaker, Coddenham road
Haggar, Samuel, the Swan inn commercial posting house, High street
Hall, Robert, gardener, Bridge street
Harrington, Allen, chemist and druggist, High street
Hayward, John, butcher, High street
Hayward, Frederic, solicitor, clerk to the magistrates for Bosmere and
Claydon Hundred, superintendent registrar
Hazell, James, shopkeeper, High street
Jeckell, Robert, accountant, High street
Kerridge, Miss Celia, school governess, High street
Lockwood, Luke, baker, High street
Lockwood, William, baker, High street
Lovick, Mary Ann, beer retailer, High street
Lucas, Thomas, baker, Bridge street
Martin, Enoch, George commercial inn, High street
Mount, Mary Ann, Rampant Horse inn, Coddenham road
Mount, William, wireworker, High street
Mulley, Edward, broker, Chapel street
Page, Thomas, tailor and confectioner, High street
Pennington, James, surgeon, Chapel str.
Potter, Thomas, basket-maker, High str.
Quinton, John, druggist, bookseller, and stationer, stamp office, High
street
Rabitt, Susan, milliner and dressmaker, High street
Rainbird, John, shopkeeper and fishmonger, High street
Read, Thomas, boot and shoe maker, High street
Read, William, boot and shoe maker, High street
Ruffell, Francis, beer retailer, High street
Sage, Susan, King’s Head inn, High str.
Sage, William, carrier to Ipswich every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday,
High street
Scopes, Henry, the Bull, Bridge street
Scopes, Richard, bricklayer, &c., Stowmarket road
Scopes, Susan, whitening maker, Stowmarket road
Simpson and Son, coopers and timber dealers, manufacturers of all kinds
of bent timber, High street
Snell, Samuel, farmer, High street
Soughgate, Abraham, miller, High street
Soughgate, Mrs. John, flour seller, High street
Steward, George, maltster, High street
Steward, John, blacksmith, High street
Stewart, William James, solicitor, High street
Studd, George, hairdresser, High street
Studd, John, tailor, &c., High street
Taylor, Miss Ann, day school for young ladies, High street
Taylor, Thomas, librarian to the lecture room, High street
Taylor, William, grocer, draper, and baker, Bull lane
Tydeman, Mrs. Harriet, Three Tuns inn, Hawk Mill street
Tydeman, John, post-master, post-office, High street
Vincent, Jonathan, veterinary surgeon, High street
Ward, Mrs. Sophia, brick and lime works, High street
Webb, Frederic, beer retailer, High street
Wells, Mrs. Maria, straw bonnet maker, High street
Woodward, John, grocer and draper, High street
Woollard, George, whitesmith and bell-hanger, High street
Woollard, Jane, straw bonnet maker, High street
Wright, Freeman, crown glue manufacturer
Wright, Henry, beer retailer, High street