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The Ipswich Docks, Ipswich wet dock and the wet dock, are a series of docks in Port of Ipswich located at a bend of the River Orwell which has been used for trade since at least the 8th Century. A wet dock was constructed in 1842 which was 'the biggest enclosed dock in the United Kingdom ' at the time.
The Port of Ipswich can be dated to c.625. The name Ipswich was originally Gippeswyc, [ 1 ] referring to the River Gyppes with a suffix derived from the Scandinavian term vik, which had evolved from meaning bay or inlet to mean landing-place, following the proliferation of merchants requiring places to unload their goods and conduct trade. [ 2 ]
Bank of the River Orwell. The River Orwell flows through the county of Suffolk in England from Ipswich to Felixstowe.Above Ipswich, the river is known as the River Gipping, but its name changes to the Orwell at Stoke Bridge, about half a mile below where the river becomes tidal by Bobby Robson Bridge on West End Road. [1]
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The 178-tonne electrical will be transported from Ipswich to Bramford, say council bosses. ... Next Sunday a 178-tonne electrical transformer will embark on a seven-hour journey from Ipswich Docks ...
As part of the Redcliffe-Maud Report of the 1960s, it was proposed that the Haven ports be placed in a single unitary authority, known as "Ipswich, Suffolk & North East Essex". When Labour lost power in the 1970 election the Redcliffe-Maude plans were scrapped, but the new Conservative government had its own plans for local government reform ...
During the 1830s, the Ipswich Wet Dock was being constructed. This caused the closure of Ipswich's three swimming venues (one was near St Cement's, the second was next to St Mary-At-The Quay and the third not far from Stoke Bridge). [1] [2] The replacement was Stoke Bathing Place, which was an enclosed area within the West Bank of the River ...
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