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Needham Market Crown
Needham Market Crown
52.15326,1.05262
closed 1749
opened about 1547
36 High St
grid reference TM 089 549 (approximate location)
The inn was located adjacent to Christchurch (on the Ipswich side). In 1607 it had 3 rooms, a brew house, 3 rooms to the rear (the backhouse), a stable, a 2 bay hay-house, a garden and private lane (leading to a house). Sometime soon after Thomas and Mary Love inherited the property in 1679 the house was destroyed by fire and then substantially rebuilt.
Most of the property was destroyed by a German bomb which was dropped on the town in 1942. The site is now used as a car-park.
(information from book "Needham Market Pubs" by Desmond and Shelagh Herring)
Historical interest
Thomas Harrold was a baker and brewer here from 1547 until 1562 when Agnes Harrold took over.
1607 - Robbert Harrold
1631 - Thomas Love
1638 - William & Susan Anderson
1643 - John Inhold
1689 - John Cutting
1692 - John Carter
1700 - Thomas Cockerill
1726 - Charles Colman
By 1757 it was being used as a shop and 5 houses.
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(information from book "Needham Market Pubs" by Desmond and Shelagh Herring)
