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Encyclopedia > River Orwell
The River Orwell from Suffolk Yacht Harbour
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The River Orwell from Suffolk Yacht Harbour

The River Orwell is a river in the county of Suffolk, England. Its source river, above the tidal limit, is known as the River Gipping. It broadens into an estuary at Ipswich and flows into the North Sea at Felixstowe after joining with the River Stour at Shotley. In the name Orwell, Or- comes from an ancient river name which is probably pre-Celtic, but -well is probably Anglo-Saxon. [1] Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1600x1200, 634 KB) River Orwell From Suffolk Yacht Harbour I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1600x1200, 634 KB) River Orwell From Suffolk Yacht Harbour I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... River upstream of an Australian trout farm A river is a large natural waterway. ... A county is generally a sub-unit of regional self-government within a sovereign jurisdiction. ... Suffolk (pronounced SUF-fk) is a large traditional and administrative county in the East Anglia region of eastern England. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2005 est. ... The River Gipping is the source river for the River Orwell in the county of Suffolk in East Anglia, England. ... Estuaries and coastal waters are among the most productive ecosystems on Earth, providing ecological, economic, cultural, and aesthetic benefits. ... For other places and usages with this name, see Ipswich (disambiguation). ... The North Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean, located between the coasts of Norway and Denmark in the east, the coast of the British Isles in the west, and the German, Dutch, Belgian and French coasts in the south. ... Statistics Population: 29,349 (2001 Census) Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: TM306345 Administration District: Suffolk Coastal Shire county: Suffolk Region: East of England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Suffolk Historic county: Suffolk Services Police force: Suffolk Constabulary Fire and rescue: {{{Fire}}} Ambulance: East of England... The River Stour is a river in East Anglia, England. ... Shotley is the parsh giving its name to the peninsula between the River Orwell and the River Stour in Suffolk. ...


The writer Eric Blair chose the pen name under which he would later become famous, George Orwell, because of his love for the river[2]. Eric Arthur Blair (June 25, 1903[1][2] – January 21, 1950), better known by the pen name George Orwell, was an English author and journalist. ...


The Orwell is a popular river for sailing. Interest originally centred on the hamlet of Pin Mill (featured in two children's novels by Arthur Ransome: We Didn't Mean to go to Sea and Secret Water) and its "hard". Since the 1970s marinas have opened at Levington (Suffolk Yacht Harbour, pictured), Woolverstone, Fox's just outside Ipswich, and two marinas in the old Ipswich Wet Dock. Sailing at sunset Wooden sailing boat Sailing is the skillful art of controlling the motion of a sailing ship or sailboat, across a body of water. ... Arthur Ransome (January 18, 1884 – June 3, 1967), was a British author and journalist, best known for writing the Swallows and Amazons series of childrens books, which tell of school-holiday adventures of children, mostly in the Lake District and the Norfolk Broads areas of England. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ... Ipswich is the county town of Suffolk and a non-metropolitan district in East Anglia, England on the estuary of the River Orwell. ...


References

  1. ^ Oxford Dictionary of British Place Names (2003)
  2. ^ George Orwell Biography. Retrieved on 9 July 2006.

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