Holywell-cum-Needingworth

The Ancient and Modern villages of Holywell and Needingworth

The Civic History of Holywell-cum-Needingworth

Listed below you will find listed in chronological order the major historical civic events of the town of Holywell-cum-Needingworth;

Year Civic Event
   

1086

Church of St John the Baptist mentioned in the Domesday Survey

1279

First mention of the Manorial Windmill in Mill Way

1547

Tower added to the Church of St John the Baptist

1570-1579

William Chaderton, was Rector of Holywell, later to become Bishop of London

1576

Sir Ambrose Nicholas, born in Needingworth, becomes Lord Mayor of London

1628

Manorial rights purchased by Henry, Earl of Manchester

1800

Parish Enclosure Act passed

1845

Well repaired by Rev. S. B. Beckwith

16th Sept 1847

Large fire in the village of Needingworth

1851

Census population 915 (2,792 acres)

12th April 1855

Another large fire in Needingworth causes £600 worth of damage and is thought to have been Arson

1861

Baptist Chapel built

1888

Methodist Chapel built

2003

Parish Council achieves "Quality Council" Status