Gainsborough is an area of Ipswich, in the Ipswich district, in the county of Suffolk, England. It was named after the artist Thomas Gainsborough of Sudbury, who lived in Ipswich for several years.[1] He was noted for visiting the banks of the Orwell in this area.

Gainsborough
The Golden Hind, one of the Tolly Follies, built in the 1930s to serve the people of Gainsborough
Gainsborough Location within Suffolk
District	Ipswich
Shire county	Suffolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
List of places UK England Suffolk

Gainsborough Estate

The estate was a public housing development whose construction was started in 1926 and continued into the 1930s.[1][2] It comprises largely of two storey terraced and semi-detached dwellings.[3] The road layout is a hybrid of both grids and spoke and wheel plan.[4]

Gainsborough Lane

Gainsborough Library

In 2008-9 Suffolk County Council built a new library on the site of the previous library located in Clapgate Lane. This is a steel frame structure with decorative stainless steel circular cladding around an atrium entrance.[5] The building won the RIBA East 'Spirit of Ingenuity' award.[5]

The library under construction

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  30 December 2008
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  2 February 2009
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  19 April 2009
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  7 May 2009

Gainsborough Ward

Gainsborough Ward is one of the sixteen wards which compose Ipswich Borough. It elects three councillors.[6] The ward also includes the neighbouring area of Greenwich, Ipswich.[7]

See also

• Leighton Road Evangelical Church, Ipswich

References

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