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William Colchester

Ipswich merchant, among the first to buy Suffolk coprolites commercially from the mid-1840s and to build the trade into an industry; the material was landed and processed at the Ipswich docks, where Coprolite Street still carries the name.

Mines operated

MineRegionYears
Felixstowe and Trimley Coprolite Diggings Suffolk 1845–1880

Record created: 25 August 2026 · Last researched: 25 August 2026

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