included political writer William Godwin, who spent time as minister at the Stowmarket Independent Church; and singer / West End actress, Kerry Ellis, who was brought up in the nearby village of Haughley and attended Stowmarket's High School. Delia Smith also resides nearby in Combs. Stow has produced professional footballers, James Scowcroft who played for the local junior sides and Ipswich Town among others. Professional wrestler Neil Faith has lived in Stowmarket. As well as poet George Crabbe, who went to school in the town. The amateur astronomers A. Grace Cook and J. P. M. Prentice lived in the town. Former MP Gareth Snell is from Stowmarket. Murder victim Matthew Pyke grew up in this town. See also Stowmarket (Central) Ward Stowmarket (North) Ward Stowmarket (South) Ward Stowmarket (UK Parliament constituency) Stowmarket by-election, 1891 Stowmarket Guncotton Explosion Stowmarket High School Stowmarket railway station Stowmarket Town Council Stowmarket Town F.C. Church of St Peter and St Mary, Stowmarket Ipswich & Stowmarket Navigation References External links Stowmarket Town Council Stowmarket Area Guide Stowmarket History and Heritage Stowmarket Flyer (Local News – Printed Monthly and Online Stowmarket Sport (Grassroots coverage of sports, clubs and teams in a three-mile radius of Stowmarket) Stowmarket Church (St. Peter and St. Mary Stowmarket) Market towns in Suffolk Mid Suffolk District Towns in Suffolk Civil parishes in Suffolk