Sudbury (Suffolk)

Sudbury is a town and civil parish in the Babergh District in the county of Suffolk, England. In 2001 it had a population of 11,933.

Twinning

Sudbury maintains partnerships with

  • Clermont (Oise ) in France, since 1985
  • Fredensborg Denmark, since 2007
  • Hoexter in Germany, since 1980

Personalities

  • Simon Sudbury († 1381 in London), Archbishop of Canterbury, was murdered during the Peasants ' Revolt.
  • Thomas Gainsborough (* 1727 in Sudbury, † 1788 in London), painter, particularly the devoted portrait and landscape painting.
  • John Constable (1776-1837), representative of Romantic painting ( landscape painting), painted in the area of Sudbury.
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