Fore Street, Ipswich
Fore Street, Ipswich has been a prominent street in Ipswich, Suffolk since the fifteenth century. History In the fifteenth century Fore street was at the centre of the wool trade handling the exports from the wool towns of Hadleigh, Suffolk, Hadleigh, Kersey, Suffolk, 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. Historic images Thomas Smythe Angel Corner, Ipswich.png, Angel Corner, Fore Street c. 1850 by Thomas Smythe (artist), Thomas Smythe Ye Olde Neptune Inne, Ipswich. Wellcome M0005715.jpg, Neptune Inn, Ipswich, Neptune Inn 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. * Robo Zombie Thunders, was a local tattoo artist, skater, hero. References

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