Ipswich, borough, administrative center of Suffolk, eastern England, at the head of the Orwell estuary, near the North Sea. It is an industrial center located in an agricultural area. Manufactures include farm equipment and other machinery, electronic equipment, and foodstuffs. Ipswich is a deepwater port and handles a large import trade in coal. In the town are several 16th-century Tudor structures, notably Ancient (or Sparrowe's) House and the Christchurch Mansion, now a museum and art gallery. Other points of interest include the remains of a Roman villa and Wolsey's Gate, the only remnant of a college founded in the 16th century by Thomas Cardinal Wolsey, who was born here. The site of present-day Ipswich was occupied by the Romans. It was later a Saxon trading town and, until the 12th century, a pottery-making center. During the Middle Ages, Ipswich was an important commercial and textile-manufacturing center. Population (1996 estimate) 113,642.Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2001
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