Sweet Shade
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Sweet Shade
Image: © Tim Marchant Taken: 12 Jun 2014
The end of the wonderfully named Humber Doucy Lane at Playford Road on the edge of Ipswich. The origin of the name I got from http://ipswich-lettering.org/streetnames.html "...Someone told me that it comes from the French for sweet shade, which would be “ombre doucer” or something.' Thanks to Norma for the suggestion. The Anglo-Saxon 'Humbre' and the Latin verb 'umbro' suggest "to cover with shadows". The name ‘Humber Doucy’ came about in the same way that Ypres became ‘Wipers’ during World War I. And this goes back to the Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) when Ipswich had a number of militia barracks and also played host to a number of French prisoners of war. On their hot march to and from whatever labour they were required to due during incarceration (working in the fields, perhaps?) they were grateful for the cool shade of the trees along this path/lane, so called it “ombre doucer” or possibly more correctly "ombre douce”. Sweet shade it is."
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Image Location
Latitude
52.062895
Longitude
1.205118