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2 unusual facts about Ravenswood, Ipswich


Diane Maclean

She has also been had commissions for a number of pieces of public art, including Green Wind which stands as a focal feature in Ravenswood, Ipswich.

The Perfect Home

Bellway's reaction was quite positive, and they have incorporated more contemporary designs into their Ravenswood development on the former Ipswich Airport site in Suffolk.


2008 City of Ipswich 400

It will be held on the weekend of July 18 to 20 at Queensland Raceway in Ipswich, Queensland.

2009 Queensland House and Land.com 300

It contained Rounds 15 and 16 of the series and was held on the weekend of August 21 to 23 at Queensland Raceway in Ipswich, Queensland.

Agawam, Massachusetts

Ipswich, Massachusetts was also known as Agawam during much of the 17th century, after the English name for the Agawam tribe of northeastern Massachusetts.

Agnes Potten and Joan Trunchfield

After the mandate against the married clergy, Robert Samuel, the displaced minister of East Bergholt, sent his wife to live in Ipswich.

Alexander Peckover, 1st Baron Peckover

Peckover was born at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, the son of Algernon Peckover, of Bank House, Wisbech, by Priscilla Alexander, daughter of Dykes Alexander, a banker, of Ipswich, Suffolk.

Ashford Police Training Centre

Ashford PTC and the other remaining regional training centres, Aykley Heads in Durham, Bruche in Warrington, Cwmbran in Wales, Ryton in Ryton-on-Dunsmore and Shotley in Ipswich were closed.

BBC East

Local radio studios and television bureaux are also located in Chelmsford, Northampton, Ipswich, Luton and Milton Keynes.

Big Allis

Big Allis, formally known as Ravenswood No. 3, is a giant electric power generator originally commissioned by Consolidated Edison Company (ConEd) and built by the Allis-Chalmers Corporation in 1965.

Brassall, Queensland

The suburb contains three schools: Ipswich State High School, Brassall State School and Ipswich Seventh Day Adventist School.

British Institute of Technology and E-commerce

In 2011 BITE opened a residential executive campus at Shrubland Hall, a large country house 6 miles from Ipswich in Suffolk.

Cambridge Film Festival

The festival also has touring events across the Eastern region of England including Norwich, Ipswich and Ely.

Cameron Thompson

Thompson led a proposal to construct a bypass east of the city of Ipswich, known as the Goodna Bypass and connecting Dinmore to the Logan Motorway, in preference to a six-lane upgrade of the Ipswich Motorway.

Cecilia Lucy Brightwell

Brightwell was born at Thorpe, near Norwich, on 27 February 1811, the eldest child of Thomas Brightwell (Ipswich 1787 – Norwich 1868), and his first wife, Mary Snell (1788 – 1815), daughter of William Wilkin Wilkin, of Costessey, near Norwich, and Cecilia Lucy (Jacomb), a lineal descendant of Thomas Jacomb.

Claydon High School

Claydon High School is a comprehensive school in Ipswich.

Flag of New England

On 8 June 1989 the New England Governor's Conference (NEGC) adopted a flag designed by Albert Ebinger of Ipswich, Massachusetts, as the official flag of the New England Governors’ Conference.

Francis Negus

He represented Ipswich in parliament from 1717 until his death, at his seat at Dallinghoo, Suffolk, on 9 September 1732.

Frederick Bedford

He married Ethel Turner, daughter of E. R. Turner, Esq., of Ipswich, in 1880.

Gertrude Hiscox

Gertrude Blount Hiscox (1910 Hendon, Middlesex - 1966 Ipswich) was a British collaborator with Nazi Germany in World War II.

Hadleigh High School

Because of this the large majority of students that want to pursue Further Education continue to Colchester Sixth Form College, Northgate Sixth Form, Colchester Royal Grammar School, Suffolk New College or Suffolk One

Hanserd Knollys

On 17 Jan. 1649 parliament gave a commission to him and William Kiffin to preach in Suffolk, on petition from inhabitants of Ipswich.

Hawkwind videography

The British space rock group Hawkwind have been active since 1969, but their earliest video release is Night Of The Hawk from their Earth Ritual Tour recorded at Ipswich on the 9th March 1984.

Ian Cranson

He soon began a regular at Portman Road under the management of Bobby Ferguson and was ever present in 1985–86 as Ipswich suffered relegation from the First Division.

IBM 1500

Seeded by a research grant in 1964 from the U.S. Department of Education to the Institute for Mathematical Studies in the Social Sciences at Stanford University, the IBM 1500 CAI system was initially prototyped at the Brentwood Elementary School (Ravenswood City School District) in East Palo Alto, California by Dr. Patrick Suppes of Stanford University.

Ipswich Cardinals

The name comes from one of Ipswich's most famous sons, Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, who was Henry VIII's Lord chancellor (Chief advisor to the king).

Ipswich Castle

Ipswich Castle was built after the Norman conquest of England in the town of Ipswich; the exact location is uncertain, with the modern-day Ipswich arboretum or the mount near St Stephen's church being two possibilities.

Ipswich Hospital

:For the Ipswich Hospital in Australia see Ipswich Hospital, Queensland

Ipswich railway station

The Eastern Union Railway (EUR) opened its first terminus in Ipswich in 1846 on Station Road at the other end of the present-day tunnel close to the old quay for the Steamboats and the aptly named 'Steamboat Tavern'.

Ipswich River

The first written record about the Ipswich River is from 1638 when John Winthrop bought from Chief Masconomet the lands along the river and exclusive fishing rights for 20 pounds sterling.

Ipswich Transport Museum

Sundays travel to Ipswich railway station and walk into Ipswich following Princes Street, Friars Street, Falcon Street.

Ipswich, Massachusetts

True enough, in 1928 a new 59-room mansion designed by Chicago architect David Adler in the English Stuart style stood in its place, called the Great House.

James Alpin McPherson

After finishing his schooling, McPherson first started work at a stoneyard on the corner of Wharf and Queen streets in Ipswich, owned by a Mr. Petrie, before finding work on a cattle station.

John Howe, 4th Baron Chedworth

His mother was Frances, daughter of Thomas White of Tattingstone, near Ipswich, Suffolk.

Julian Harries

In February–March 2009, Harries played Guy Jones in Alan Ayckbourn's comedy A Chorus of Disapproval at the New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich, and the Colchester Mercury Theatre, alongside Harry Secombe's daughter, Katy.

Justin Bruening

In 2011, he was cast as Tyler Berrett, a recurring role on The CW series Ringer starring Sarah Michelle Gellar and in 2013, he joined Ravenswood.

Keith Holman

He was a chef with 82 Wing, 23 Squadron and was posted to bases in Ipswich, Queensland and later after the Japanese surrender, at Morakai and Balikpapan in Borneo.

Longest-lasting light bulbs

The fifth longest-lasting light bulb was in a washroom at the Martin & Newby Electrical Shop in Ipswich, England.

Malmesbury Market Cross

An even more elaborate covered market cross in a similar style is the Chichester Cross; Ipswich once had another, in a lighter Renaissance style, but this survives only in old prints.

Mesochorista proavita

The type locality belongs to the Blackstone Formation (Ipswich Coal Measures Group) and is dated to the Carnian age (228.0 - 216.5 million years ago) of the Triassic period.

North Ipswich Reserve

On occasion the venue plays host to National Rugby League trial matches, most recently when the Sydney Roosters played the Jets and Brisbane Roar playing the Ipswich Knights, Western Spirit FC, Ipswich City FC from Brisbane Premier League Division 1 combining into the ipswich invitational side in every Brisbane Roar Pre-Season since 2010.

Patrick Mermagen

Patrick Hassell Frederick Mermagen (8 May 1911, Colyton, Devon – 20 December 1984 Ipswich, Suffolk) was a public school teacher and cricketer who played eight first-class matches for Somerset in 1930.

R v Carroll

In October 1983 Carroll was interviewed by the police in relation to the murder of Deidre, a baby whose body had been found on the roof of a toilet block in Ipswich, Queensland, in April 1973.

Ravenswood, Ipswich

A number of pieces of public art have been installed: "Formation" by Rick Kirby at the entrance, designed to commemorate the areas links with aviation; "Handstanding" by Martin Heron near the school; "Green Wind 2" by Diane Maclean as a focal point beyond the end of Downham Boulevard on the Tump; and "Propeller" by Harry Gray has been placed adjacent to the green.

Ravenswood, West Virginia

1960 Presidential Candidate John F. Kennedy visits Ravenswood during the Primary Election campaign.

Sam McCrory

Sammy McCrory (1924–2011), footballer for Ipswich Town and Northern Ireland

Thomas Birch Freeman

He worked as gardener and botanist for Sir Robert Harland at Orwell Park near Ipswich until dismissed for abandoning Anglicanism for Wesleyan Methodism.

Utegate

In February 2009, Grant made an inquiry to Bernie Ripoll, the Labor MHR for Oxley which covers Ipswich, about possibly obtaining financial assistance for his car dealership under OzCar, a proposed government funding scheme for car dealerships that had lost access to financing as a result of the global financial crisis.

Wendy Albiston

Albiston had small roles in the Bollywood film Jhootha Hi Sahi directed by Abbas Tyrewala and in Five Daughters the BBCs factually-based drama telling the stories of five young women who were murdered in Ipswich in 2006.

William Pikes

William Pikes (d. Brentford, July 14, 1556) (also William Pickesse, Wyl Pyckes) was a tanner in Ipswich, Suffolk who was arrested in Islington during the Marian persecutions as a member of a group studying the Bible in English, and was burnt at the stake in Brentford.

Woolverstone

It is now home to Ipswich High School for Girls, which moved to the vacated premises of the former Woolverstone Hall School in 1992 after having been well established in Ipswich since 1878.


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