IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Playford Road, IPSWICH, IP4 5QZ
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Playford Road, IP4 5QZ by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
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Image Map
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Notes
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- The higher the marker number, the further away the image location is from the centre of the postcode.
Image Listing (26 Images Found)
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Distance
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Sweet Shade
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."
Image: © Tim Marchant
Taken: 12 Jun 2014
0.01 miles
2
Humber Doucy Lane, Rushmere St.Andrew
At the junction with Playford Road
Image: © Geographer
Taken: 19 Apr 2012
0.01 miles
6
Playford Road
At the junction with the A1214 Woodbridge Road East
Image: © Geographer
Taken: 28 Nov 2011
0.06 miles
8
A 1214 into Ipswich
The sign now proudly proclaims that Ipswich is a "University Town"
Image: © Chris Holifield
Taken: 26 Jun 2011
0.08 miles
9
Playford Road George V Postbox
Off the A1214 Woodbridge Road East
Postbox No.IP4 1272
Image: © Geographer
Taken: 28 Nov 2011
0.08 miles
10
Playford Road George V Postbox
Off the A1214 Woodbridge Road East
Postbox No.IP4 1272
Image: © Geographer
Taken: 28 Nov 2011
0.09 miles