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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 ]
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 Ipswich Dock Commission was reconstituted as the Ipswich Port Authority in 1973 [23] when the first stage of the development was completed, further work was carried out in 1977 and 1979 and then again in 1998. [24] In 1997 the port was sold by Ipswich Ports Ltd to Associated British Ports. [24]
Port of Ipswich; L. Lake Lothing; P. Port of Lowestoft; S. Southwold This page was last edited on 5 March 2021, at 20:17 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
Traditionally, only the three deep-water ports of Ipswich, Harwich and Felixstowe, on the confluence of the River Orwell and River Stour, were included. The name has since changed to mean the following five ports: Port of Felixstowe in Suffolk; Port of Ipswich in Suffolk; Harwich International in Essex [1] Harwich Navyard in Essex; Mistley in Essex
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Port of Ipswich; I. Ipswich Docks This page was last edited on 17 May 2024, at 01:18 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 ...
Port of Garston; Goole; Port of Grimsby; Hams Hall; Port of Hull; Port of Immingham; Port of Ipswich; King's Lynn; Port of Lowestoft; Newport Docks; Plymouth; Port of Port Talbot; Silloth; Port of Southampton; Port of Swansea; Teignmouth; Troon; Other port operators in the UK include: Peel Ports (operate Mersey Docks and Harbour Company and ...