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Forget the North-South divide – it s all about East versus West now
Rising evidence of an east-west divide is shaking up the property market. Could Norfolk be the new Cornwall? And Essex the new Oxfordshire?
26 June 2021 • 6:00am
Countless Londoners are clamouring for houses in the east and west of the UK, and it’s easy to see why
Credit: Olivia Whitworth
It didn’t surprise me when Karl Manning, head of residential sales at Savills Chelmsford, told me that sales in Essex in the first quarter of this year were up 167 per cent compared with last year.
Combine this with a lack of available properties, then add countless Londoners who are clamouring for houses to the mix and it’s easy to see why the roads and schools out in the east are slowly filling up.
Ipswich
“It possibly refers to the harbour or trading centre (taken from the Old English wīc ) of a man with the personal name of ‘Gip’,” explains A.D. Mills. “Alternatively, ‘Gip’ could be from the Old English ‘gipe(s)’ or ‘gype’, meaning ‘opening gap’, referring to the wide estuary of the River Orwell. In the early days, ‘Gip’ was pronounced as ‘Yip’ with a soft ‘g’. The current spelling of Ipswich is first on record in the 13th century.”
Ipswich port - it s thought the town s name refers to the harbour or trading centre, taken from the Old English wīc .
A sign welcomes drivers to Ipswich on Norwich Road.
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Suffolk has continuously been settled since the 5th century, so it’s no surprise its place names have changed countless times over the years.
But how did we get the names we know today, and why are they so important?
Monks Eleigh-based A.D. Mills is an Emeritus Reader in Medieval English at the University of London, a member of the Council of the English Place-Name Society and a member of the Society for Name Studies in Britain and Ireland.
He has spent years studying the origins and meanings of a variety of English place names, including those here in Suffolk.
“It’s habit and tradition – when everything changes in the world, the one thing you can rely on is how comforting fish and chips are. They’re heartwarming – you can have them on a hot day or a cold day, and they bring people together.”
Dishes on its menu include all of the classic chip shop staples such as cod starting from £4.90, plaice, haddock, rock eel, cod roe, scampi, and skate. Customers can also order battered sausages, saveloy and a variety of burgers. Chips start from £2 for a medium portion.
This chip shop is open from 11.30am to 9pm Monday to Saturday, and from noon until 8pm on Sundays. Its full menu can be found on its Facebook page. To find out more, call 01394 382608.