Ipswich

Ipswich, a seaport on the Orwell, 12 miles from Harwich, market town and capital of East Suffolk, a municipal, parliamentary, and county borough. The chief industries are agricultural implements, with other engineering works and manufactures. Many remains of old timber in the houses show the antiquity of the town, which contains several interesting churches and handsome public buildings, including a museum, art gallerv, mechanics' institute, public library, and the East Suffolk Hospital (founded 1835). Queen Elizabeth's school was endowed 1482; but its property was alienated with that- of the priory of St. Peter and St. Paul, by Cardinal Wolsey, in 1528, to form the College of St. Mary. Soon the endowment was seized by King Henry VIII. (1535). Elizabeth in 1565 renewed and confirmed the charter. The principal exports are agricultural implements, railway plant, artificial manures, oils, oil-cake, bricks, and agricultural produce.