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Definition: Ipswich from Philip's Encyclopedia

City and port in E England; the county town of Suffolk. The wool trade brought it prosperity in the Middle Ages. Its fortunes revived in the 19th century with the introduction of light industry. Industries: milling, brewing, printing, agricultural machinery. Pop. (2001) 117,074.


Ipswich

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
River port and administrative headquarters of Suffolk , eastern England, on the Orwell estuary, 111 km/69 mi northeast of London; population (2001) 138,700. An important wool port in the 16th century, it now provides financial and distribution services, and is the location of British Telecom's laboratories. Other industries include engineering, and the manufacture of computer software, machinery, beer, flour, fibre optics, videotape and multi-media products, building materials, plastics, and electrical goods. Shipping services encompass port support, freight forwarding, and other distribution. Engineering products include grass cutting machinery for golf courses, water control equipment for large-scale irrigation schemes, roller mills, grain driers, air compressors, refrigerating plant, and central heating equipment. Automotive components, audio speakers, plywood, wall boards, garden furniture, yeast, and fertilizers are also manufactured. Part of the University of East Anglia is sited…
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From Brewer's Britain and Ireland
‘Gip's harbour or trading centre’, OE Gipes possessive form of male personal name Gip ( see also GIPPING 1 ) + wic ‘harbour, trading centre’ ( see WICK ). The county town of Suffolk, situated at the point where the River GIPPING 2 meets the ORWELL 1 estuary, about 72 km (45 miles) southeast of…
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Full text Article Ipswich

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
River port and administrative headquarters of Suffolk , eastern England, on the Orwell estuary, 111 km/69 mi northeast of London; population (2001) 138,700. An important wool port in the 16th century, it now provides financial and distribution services, and is the location of British Telecom's…
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Full text Article Ipswich

From The Macquarie Dictionary
a city in south-eastern Qld, now within the western part of the metropolitan area of Brisbane; commercial and industrial centre. The Ipswich region is in territory traditionally inhabited by the Yagara people. European settlement dates from 1827, when limestone was quarried there for use in the…
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Full text Article Ipswich

From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
Town and borough (pop., 2001: 117,074), administrative and historic county seat of Suffolk , England. Located northeast of London , it was chartered in 1200. It prospered as a port for the export of East Anglian textiles from medieval times to the 17th century. It is now an agricultural market and…
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Full text Article Ipswich, city, England

From The Columbia Encyclopedia
city (1991 pop. 129,661) and district, Suffolk, E England, on the Orwell estuary 12 mi (19 km) from its entry into the North Sea. Ipswich is the county seat of Suffolk. A market and port, it exports barley, malt, and fertilizers and imports coal, petroleum, phosphates, grain, and timber. …
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Full text Article Ipswich Town FC

From Brewer's Britain and Ireland
is closely associated with the two most famous (and successful) England football managers in history. (Sir) Alf Ramsey managed Ipswich Town from 1955 to 1963, taking them from the old Third Division to the First Division (and winning the League title in 1962) before becoming England manager. Bobby…
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Full text Article Ipswich.

From The Oxford Companion to British History
Suffolk town, on the Orwell estuary. It was one of the earliest post-Roman towns in Britain, originating in the 7th cent. as a trading port (wic) and industrial town. Large and wealthy from c. 650 to 850, it was less important in the high and later Middle Ages. Thomas *Wolsey , a…
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Full text Article Ipswich

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Full text Article Bury St Edmunds and Ipswich, diocese of.

From The Oxford Companion to British History
The see, roughly conterminous with Suffolk, was created in 1914 out of the *Norwich diocese . Suffolk then had its own see for the first time since the *Dunwich bishopric collapsed under the weight of the Danish invasions, though Hoxne and Bury St Edmunds are reported to have been sees in the 11th…
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The Annisquam River Looking Toward Ipswich Bay, 1848 (oil on canvas)
Artist: Lane, Fitz Henry (1804-65) Location: Private Collection Credit: The Annisquam River Looking Toward Ipswich Bay, 1848 (oil on canvas), Lane, Fitz Henry (1804-65) / Private Collection / Photo © Christie's Images / The Bridgeman Art Library Dimensions: 47x68 Date: 1848 Medium: oil on canvas…
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