Fore Street, Ipswich
Street in Ipswich, Suffolk, England
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History
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In the fifteenth century Fore street was at the centre of the wool trade handling the exports from the wool towns of Hadleigh, Kersey and Lavenham. There were a number of extensive complexes of buildings between the street and the quay. However that of Isaac Lord is the only surviving complete example of such architecture.[1]
Historic images
Angel Corner, Fore Street c. 1850 by Thomas Smythe
Notable people
- Thomas Eldred (1561–1624), mariner, lived at 97 Fore Street
- Edith Maud Cook, aviator born in 90 Fore Street, 1878.
- Cor Visser ran the Fore Street Gallery at 44 Fore Street from 1962 to 1982.[2]
- Robo Zombie Thunders, was a local tattoo artist, skater, hero.[2]
