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Ipswich History PodcastEpisode 8 - Dickensian IpswichIn this episode I go on a history tour with Mike Garland from the Ipswich Tour Guides Association to look at locations in the town that feature in the works of Charles Dickens. We also talk about some other notable places in Ipswich that Dickens visited during his trips to the town.Podcast Artwork:Kelly WadsworthMusic:Caleb HowgegoIpswich Tour Guides Association website www.ipswichtourguides.org.ukFor more local history visit www.ipswichhistory...
2025-05-1929 minIpswich History PodcastEpisode 7 - Cardinal WolseyIn this episode I speak to Phil Roberts the author of a book called Cardinal Wolsey: For King and Country that was published in 2022.
Phil talks about the Ipswich Wolsey would have known as a child, explains how Wolsey managed to rise to such power, and what his achievements were. Phil also explains how Wolsey fell from power and how he died.
Interviewee:
Phil Roberts
Podcast Artwork:
Kelly Wadsworth
Music:
Caleb Howgego
2023-10-231h 08Ipswich History PodcastEpisode 6 - Ipswich and the Hanseatic LeagueIn this episode I speak to Pat Grimwade from the Ipswich Maritime Trust about her new publication about Ipswich's little-known connections to the Hanseatic League.
The Hanseatic League was a confederation of merchant gilds that once dominated much of the Late Medieval Period European trade, connecting ports from Germany, the Netherlands, Scandinavia, the Baltic as well as a few in Britain, including Ipswich. At its peak the Hanseatic League even put together a military force that won a war against Denmark.
Pat tells us about how Ipswich came to become a Hanseatic port, what kind...
2020-07-2028 minIpswich History PodcastEpisode 5 - Early Prehistoric IpswichThis episode features a conversation with Hannah Cutler from the Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service about early prehistoric Ipswich.
Hannah talks about what the area that would one day become Ipswich was like during the Palaeolithic (Old Stone Age) and Mesolithic (Middle Stone Age). Hannah also tells us about the work she is currently doing to update the Historic Environment Record for this area, which involves improving the information held online that members of the public can explore for themselves by visiting https://heritage.suffolk.gov.uk/
We also...
2020-07-1323 minIpswich History PodcastEpisode 4 - The Rights of the RiverIn this episode I speak to Andy Parker about how the River Orwell came to be gifted to Ipswich by King Henry VIII in 1519 and why it is that Ipswich appears to be the only town in the country to own a river.
Andy volunteers for the Ipswich Maritime Trust, which seeks to protect and promote the astonishing maritime history and heritage of the River Orwell and Ipswich. Andy wrote an article for the Ipswich Star explaining how Ipswich came to be gifted the River Orwell that you can read by following this link...
2020-07-0630 minIpswich History PodcastEpisode 3 - Smugglers PondThis mini episode of the podcasts looks at the history of Chestnut Pond, located on the eastern outskirts of Ipswich in Rushmere St. Andrew, and its past connections to smuggling.
It also retells another local story about how a place called Cat House once played a part in smuggling on the River Orwell.
You can view some photographs of Chestnut Pond in a blog post for this episode as well as a map of its location by visiting www.ipswichhistory.com
You can read some notes about...
2020-06-2907 minIpswich History PodcastEpisode 2 - 17th Century Ipswich and the East Anglian Witch-HuntsIn the year 1645 the biggest witch-hunt in English history got underway and East Anglia was at its grim centre. Hundreds of people were hanged in East Anglia during the following few years after being put on trial for alleged crimes of witchcraft. However, one woman named Mary Lackland who lived in Ipswich was sentenced to the especially extreme sentence of being burned for her purported crimes.
In this episode of the podcast I speak to David Jones about his book The Ipswich Witch, Mary Lackland and the Suffolk Witch Hunts.
We talk about what life...
2019-11-0536 minIpswich History PodcastEpisode 1 - Basil BrownThis first episode of the Ipswich History Podcast explores the life and work of Basil Brown, who is best known for his excavation of the Sutton Hoo ship burial in the summer of 1939. But, as we will discover, there was much more of interest to the man than that.
Interviewees
Gilbert Burroughes
Jude Plouviez
Philip Wise
Podcast artwork
Kelly Wadsworth
Podcast script and music
Caleb Howgego
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