The Brewery, Church Street, Needingworth

History of the brewery

Needingworth OS 1900

1861 Church Lane

Robert Sandifer, 36, farmer maltster and brewer 60 acres 4 men 2 boys, b Holywell

Mary, 33, b Needingworth

Alfred, 4, b Needingworth

Ann Eliza, 2, b Needingworth

William, 1, b Needingworth

Ann Bright, wife’s sister, 27, b Needingworth

1871 Church Street

Robert Sandifer, 46, brewer and maltster, b Needingworth

Mary, 41, b St Ives

Sophia, 16, b Needingworth

Alfred, 14, clerk, b Needingworth

William, 11, b Needingworth

Charles Arthur, 9, b Needingworth

Herbert John, 5, b Needingworth

Frances Ann, 3, b Needingworth

Robert Howard, 24, maltster, b ?

Frederic Howard, 33, maltster, b ?

1901

William Sandifer, 31, maltster brewer, b Needingworth

Robert, brother, 27, farmer, b Needingworth

Charles, brother, 29, commercial traveller, b Needingworth

Frances, sister, 23, housekeeper, b Needingworth

Rhoda, niece, 12, b Needingworth

Ethel, niece, 9, b Needingworth

Mary Mansfield, servant, 22, b Needingworth

‘Looking Back on a Village 1875-1975’, contains several reminiscences about the Sandifer family.

“Mr Sandifer served in the Duke of Manchester’s Light Horse. He was a keen and fearless horseman and a very successful breeder of hackney horses.”

“He was the maker of the “Royal Victoria” Cream Cheese which was named after he late Majesty Queen Victoria, to whom this cheese was supplied.”