Needham is a small village in
Norfolk
Norfolk ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in England, located in East Anglia and officially part of the East of England region. It borders Lincolnshire and The Wash to the north-west, the North Sea to the north and eas ...
, England. It covers an area of and had a population of 310 in 129 households at the
2001 census, falling marginally to 309 at the 2011 census.
Its church, St Peter, is one of 124 existing
round-tower church
Round-tower churches are a type of church found mainly in England, mostly in East Anglia; of about 185 surviving examples in the country, 124 are in Norfolk, 38 in Suffolk, six in Essex, three in Sussex and two each in Cambridgeshire and Berks ...
es in
Norfolk
Norfolk ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in England, located in East Anglia and officially part of the East of England region. It borders Lincolnshire and The Wash to the north-west, the North Sea to the north and eas ...
.
References in popular culture
* The television series ''
The West Wing
''The West Wing'' is an American political drama television series created by Aaron Sorkin that was originally broadcast on NBC from September 22, 1999, to May 14, 2006. The series is set primarily in the West Wing of the White House, where t ...
'' had a recurring character named, "Lord John Marbury, Earl of
Croy, Marquess of Needham and Dolby, Baronet of Brycey."
Notes
External links
Village's local newspaper websiteSt Peter's on the European Round Tower Churches websiteDiss Express
Villages in Norfolk
Civil parishes in Norfolk
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