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John Cobbold (1774–1860)
John Wilkinson Cobbold (1774–1860) was an English businessman, banker and brewer active in Ipswich. He was the first son of John Cobbold and Elizabeth Wilkinson, who together had 15 children before Elizabeth's death in 1790. His father remarried Elizabeth Knipe better known as the writer Elizabeth Cobbold. As a young man John Cobbold was given responsibility for the family brewery at Eye, Suffolk Eye () is a market town and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district, in the north of the English county of Suffolk, about south of Diss, Norfolk, Diss, north of Ipswich and south-west of Norwich. The population in the 2011 census of 2,154 .... Here he became involved in local politics. After the death of his father in 1835, he took over running the business in Ipswich. He joined the banking firm of Bacon, Cobbold & Co. He became the largest merchant and ship-owner in the area, trading in the Corn, Coal and Malt. At the time, the Cliff Brewery he ran was one of the largest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English People
The English people are an ethnic group and nation native to England, who speak the English language in England, English language, a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language, and share a common ancestry, history, and culture. The English identity began with the History of Anglo-Saxon England, Anglo-Saxons, when they were known as the , meaning "Angle kin" or "English people". Their ethnonym is derived from the Angles (tribe), Angles, one of the Germanic peoples who invaded Great Britain, Britain around the 5th century AD. The English largely descend from two main historical population groups: the West Germanic tribes, including the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes who settled in England and Wales, Southern Britain following the withdrawal of the Ancient Rome, Romans, and the Romano-British culture, partially Romanised Celtic Britons who already lived there.Martiniano, R., Caffell, A., Holst, M. et al. "Genomic signals of migration and continuity in Britain before the Anglo-Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ipswich
Ipswich () is a port town and Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough in Suffolk, England. It is the county town, and largest in Suffolk, followed by Lowestoft and Bury St Edmunds, and the third-largest population centre in East Anglia, after Peterborough and Norwich. It is northeast of London and in 2011 had a population of 144,957. The Ipswich built-up area is the fourth-largest in the East of England and the 42nd-largest in England and Wales. It includes the towns and villages of Kesgrave, Woodbridge, Suffolk, Woodbridge, Bramford and Martlesham Heath. Ipswich was first recorded during the medieval period as ''Gippeswic'', the town has also been recorded as ''Gyppewicus'' and ''Yppswyche''. It has been continuously inhabited since the Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, Saxon period, and is believed to be one of the Oldest town in Britain, oldest towns in the United Kingdom.Hills, Catherine"England's Oldest Town" Retrieved 2 August 2015. The settlement was of great eco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Cobbold (1746–1835)
John Cobbold (1746–1835) was an English businessman in Ipswich. At the age of 22 he started running Cliff Brewery, part of the family brewing business established by his grandfather, Thomas Cobbold (1680–1752), Thomas Cobbold. More than thirty men of the Cobbold family have been named John, but he was known as "Big John". He greatly expanded the family business and had 22 children. His father Thomas Cobbold (1708–1767), Thomas Cobbold left money to his sons and daughters, in trust to his wife, Sarah Cobbold. She leased the family brewery in Harwich to John and his partner Charles Cox (businessman, died 1808), Charles Cox. In 1773 he married Elizabeth Wilkinson, with whom he had 15 children before her death in 1790. They moved into the Manor House, St Margaret's Green, located by St Margaret's Church, Ipswich. In 1791 he married Elizabeth Cobbold, Elizabeth Knipe in St Clement's Church, Ipswich, with whom he had another 7 children. References 1746 births 1835 deat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Cobbold
Elizabeth Cobbold or Carolina Petty Pasty born Elizabeth Knipe (1767 – 17 October, 1824) was an English writer and poet. Life Cobbold was born Elizabeth Knipe in Watling Street, London in 1767 to Robert Knipe. Her mother's maiden name was Waller. She was baptised in the now lost church of St Olave Silver Street.d. Laetitia Jermyn 1825. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Cobbold, Elizabeth 1767 births 1824 deaths 18th-century British geologists 18th-century English novelists 18th-century English poets 18th-century English women writers 19th-century English geologists 19th-century English novelists 19th-century English poets 19th-century English women writers English women geologists English women poets English women novelists Writers from Ipswich Writers from London Elizabeth Elizabeth or Elisabeth may refer to: People * Elizabeth (given name), a female given name (including people with that name) * Empress Elisabeth (other), lists various empresses named ''Eli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eye, Suffolk
Eye () is a market town and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district, in the north of the English county of Suffolk, about south of Diss, Norfolk, Diss, north of Ipswich and south-west of Norwich. The population in the 2011 census of 2,154 was estimated to be 2,361 in 2019 and updated to 2,210 following the United Kingdom Census 2021, 2021 census. It lies close to the River Waveney, which forms the border with Norfolk, and on the River Dove, Suffolk, River Dove. Eye is twinned with the town of Pouzauges in the Vendée Departments of France, department of France. Etymology The town of Eye derives its name from the Old English word for "island, land by water". It is thought that the first settlement on the site was almost surrounded by water and marshland formed by the Dove and its tributaries. The area remains prone to flooding close to the river. History There have been Palaeolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic and Bronze Age finds in and around Eye, but the earliest evidence of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cliff Brewery
The Cliff Brewery is a Grade II listed former brewery in Ipswich, England. The building dates to 1896 and was designed by William Bradford. Location The building is located on Cliff Lane, near the Ipswich wet dock. History The business that became Cliff Brewery was started in 1723 (in Kings Quay Street, Harwich) by Thomas Cobbold and is believed to be the second oldest independent brewery in England. Thomas senior started to transport fresh water from Holywells by barge to Harwich as the spring water was better than the brackish water available in Harwich. His son Thomas Cobbold (1708–1767) then relocated the brewery to Ipswich where the original building stood above the quays of the River Orwell since 1746. The current building of 1896 is a tower brewery by William Bradford. It became a Grade II listed building in 1989; the listing includes the interior fixtures and fittings. Nearby Cliff House was the home of John Cobbold and Elizabeth Cobbold before they moved to l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Businesspeople
English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Culture, language and peoples * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England * ''English'', an Amish term for non-Amish, regardless of ethnicity * English studies, the study of English language and literature Media * ''English'' (2013 film), a Malayalam-language film * ''English'' (novel), a Chinese book by Wang Gang ** ''English'' (2018 film), a Chinese adaptation * ''The English'' (TV series), a 2022 Western-genre miniseries * ''English'' (play), a 2022 play by Sanaz Toossi People and fictional characters * English (surname), a list of people and fictional characters * English Fisher (1928–2011), American boxing coach * English Gardner (born 1992), American track and field sprinter * English McConnell (1882–1928), Irish footballer * Aiden English, a ring name of Matthew Rehwoldt (born 1987), American former professional wrestle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1774 Births
Events January–March * January 21 – Mustafa III, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, dies and is succeeded by his brother Abdul Hamid I. * January 27 ** An angry crowd in Boston, Massachusetts seizes, tars, and feathers British customs collector and Loyalist John Malcolm, for striking a boy and a shoemaker, George Hewes, with his cane. ** British industrialist John Wilkinson patents a method for boring cannon from the solid, subsequently utilised for accurate boring of steam engine cylinders. * February 3 – The Privy Council of Great Britain, as advisors to King George III, votes for the King's abolition of free land grants of North American lands. Henceforward, land is to be sold at auction to the highest bidder. * February 6 – The Parlement of Paris votes a sentence of civil degradation, depriving Pierre Beaumarchais of all rights and duties of citizenship. * February 7 – The volunteer fire company of Trenton, New Jersey, predecessor to the paid Trenton Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
