Woodbridge, Suffolk

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Woodbridge is a town in Suffolk

Other current and historical names

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Woodbridge within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Woodbridge in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Woodbridge, market town, par., and river port with ry. sta Suffolk, on river Doben, 8 miles NE. of Ipswich and 79 miles NE. of London, 1101 ac. and 108 tidal water and foreshore, pop. 4544; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks, 1 newspaper Market-day, Thursday. Woodbridge was the seat of an Augustinian friary of the 12th century. It is a sub-port of Ipswich, and has a considerable coasting trade, exporting corn, malt, and bricks, and importing coal and timber. Brickmaking, rope-making, malting, and shipbuilding are carried on.

Woodbridge in the Domesday Book

A village in Loose hundred, in the county of Suffolk.

Ten manors recorded in Domesday.

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