Retirement Properties Spotlight in Ipswich

Ipswich is the county town of Suffolk and its name is believed to derive from 'the harbour or trading centre of a man called Gip'. It is set at the point where the River Gipping meets the Orwell Estuary. Its trading ambitions continued into the 16th century when the town already had a population of more than 5000 testifying to its commercial strength through its inland areas having good soil. The town's hinterland was dominated by cereal cultivation and the pasturage of sheep and cattle. One of its most famous sons was Cardinal Wolsey, the son of a butcher.