Needham Market, Suffolk
Needham Market photos
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Needham Market maps
Historic maps of Needham Market and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Needham Market maps
Needham Market books
Displaying 3 of 10 books about Needham Market and the local area. View all Needham Market books
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Memories of Needham Market
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this is only one of many wonderful memories i went to school in needham market the junior school and lived at darmsden we were picked up and taken to school by a mini bus we lived in three places in darmsden the 2nd place was right next door to a strawberry field one of many owned by tarston farms further up... [more]
Shared on 21 January 2008
Suffolk memories
My wife and I moved to Shrubland Park in 1950 after I had secured a job working in the glasshouses and market garden of this large estate. It was a wonderful place to live and enjoy the peace of the countryside. After a couple of years the head gardener left to become self employed. I was then given the chance to... [more]
Shared on 22 October 2009
MY FATHER ARTHUR WALTER HURRELL WAS BORN IN CLAYDON IN 1898. HIS PARENTS WERE JOSEPH AND MARY ELIZABETH HURRELL. I AM TRYING TO FIND OUT WHETHER HE HAD ANY BROTHERS OR SISTERS. AND WERE HIS PARENTS ORIGINATED FROM. ANY INFORMATION WOULD BE APPRECIATED. MY EMAIL ADDRESS IS retfordrascal@hotmail.co.uk. Tony Hurrell
Shared on 12 December 2007
We visited Gipping in 2003 to try to get a sense of the place our ancestors left in 1859 to start a new life in New Zealand. The flatness of the area was a significant contrast to the rugged coastal lands they farmed on their arrival in Little Akaloa, Canterbury. William Henry Elliss and his wife Sophia Rebecca Davey were resident... [more]
Shared on 21 June 2009
Extracts From Needham Market & Suffolk books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Needham Market, inspired by Frith photos.
Needham, on the main road from Ipswich to Stowmarket, was in ancient times a hamlet of Barking, but only became a parish in 1901. In the distance is the church of St John the Baptist, once a chapel to nearby Barking. From the outside, the roof has an odd look about it, but inside, it is one of the most remarkable... [more]
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Suffolk - A Second Selection Photographic Memories
Needham, on the main road, was in ancient times a hamlet of Barking, but only became a parish in 1901. Although it looks like a Victorian chapel, the church has the most splendid hammer-beam roof in the country. Beyond is Pillar House, a timber-framed building with a Victorian brick façade. On the next corner is the 16th-century Bull (John Esling was... [more]
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The imposing brick-built Victorian Hawks Mill astride the River Gipping. In recent years, the building has been converted into living accommodation.
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