Vestiges... & Public lettering from outside Ipswich

Continuation of Borin Van Loon's website dedicated to his collection of examples of old lettering on the walls of buildings in and around the historic town of Ipswich, Suffolk, England. This page links to galleries of faint and partial signs; also examples from outside Ipswich.

A Gallery of Vestigial Wall Lettering in Ipswich (1)
A Second Gallery of Vestigial Wall Lettering in Ipswich (2)

Here are some examples collected from places outside Ipswich, several in East Anglia. Thanks to the donors of images/information.

In (or near) Suffolk:
Aldeburgh including Maggie Hambling's sculpture lettering
Beccles
Bungay
Bury St Edmunds
Felixstowe
Freston
Halesworth
Knodishall
Leiston
Long Melford
Lowestoft
Needham Market
Saxmundham
Southwold
Sudbury
Woodbridge

Yoxford
East Bergholt & Stradbroke

Dedham

Outside Suffolk:
Brighton
Ely
Chester
Colchester
Filey/Scarborough
Harwich
Leeds

Outside the United Kingdom:
A Cognac example from our Gallic cousins.
Vancouver, Canada give us some examples.

[Our background letter 'B' is taken from the Bovril advertisement in Chester.]

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