Woodbridge (Suffolk)

52.0941666666671.3133333333333Koordinaten: 52 ° 6 ' N, 1 ° 19 ' E

Woodbridge is a town in Suffolk (East Anglia) in England, with a population of 10,956 (as of 2001), situated on the River Deben, was first mentioned in the year 970

The administrative headquarters of the district of Suffolk Coastal was once a port city and known since the Middle Ages as a center for boat building, rope making and sail making. King Edward III. and Sir Francis Drake chose to build in Woodbridge warships.

Attractions

• The city has a 2004 restored tidal mill. This is one of only four of its kind in the UK, to one of the oldest, because it is there first documented in 1170. At that time it was run by Augustinian monks. In 1536 it passed to King Henry VIII, and in 1564 Queen Elizabeth I gave it to Thomas Hintlesham. This founded in 1577 the still existing Woodbridge School.
• East of Woodbridge is Sutton Hoo, a number grassy grave mounds, in which a ship grave from the year 625 was with rich offerings found in 1939. Maybe it is the grave of the Anglo- Saxon king Raedwald of East Anglia.

Sons and daughters of the town

• Brian Eno, British musician
• Roger Eno, British musician
• Barry Purves, British animator
• Charlie Simpson, British musician
• Norman Heatley, British chemist