Needham Market, St John's Church 1922
Photo ref: 71936
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Photo ref: 71936
Photo of Needham Market, St John's Church 1922

More about this scene

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 the landlord), now closed.

A Selection of Memories from Needham Market

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Needham Market

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My sister and I used to visit my three uncles each Sunday. They all were unmarried and lived in the family house in The Causeway. Not having children of their own, they doted on us girls and spoilt us rotten! We got away with murder! I can remember visiting Needham Lake when it was little more than a muddy puddle - it was man-made. Now it is a lovely, established area. There used to be a ...see more
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 our road .When it  was time for  picking strawberrys a lot of my friends were bought up in a lorry   and ...see more