Woods, James, manufacturer of agricultural machinery and implements, Suffolk iron works
Woolby, Arthur B., bookseller, printer, and stationer, Ipswich street
Woolby, Thomas B., postmaster, Ipswich street
Worledge, Robert, tailor, Stowupland str.
Wright, Samuel, saddle and harness maker, Tavern street
Youngman, Thomas, confectioner, Ipswich street
NEEDHAM MARKET.
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.