WOODBRIDGE
Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume
V28,
Page 790
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
WOODBRIDGE
, a market town in the Woodbridge parliamentary division of Suffolk, England; 79 M
.
N.E. by E. from London by the Great Eastern railway
.
Pop. of urban district (1901) 4640
.
It is prettily situated near the head of the Deben estuary, which enters the North Sea 10 m
.
S. by E
.
The See also: - CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
of St Mary the Virgin is a beautiful Perpendicular structure, with a massive and lofty tower of flint work
.
The large estate left by See also: - THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Seekford of Sekforde (1578) endows the grammar school and hospital
.
Woodbridge Abbey, built by Seekford, occupies the site of an Augustinian foundation of the 12th century
.
There is a large agricultural trade, and general fairs and horse fairs are held
.
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