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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 790 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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WOODBRIDGE , a See also:

market See also:town in the Woodbridge See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Suffolk, See also:England; 79 M. N.E. by E. from See also:London by the See also:Great Eastern railway. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1901) 4640. It is prettily situated near the See also:head of the Deben See also:estuary, which enters the See also:North See also:Sea 10 m. S. by E. The See also:church of St See also:Mary the Virgin is a beautiful Perpendicular structure, with a massive and lofty See also:tower of See also:flint See also:work. The large See also:estate See also:left by See also:Thomas Seekford of Sekforde (1578) endows the See also:grammar school and See also:hospital. Woodbridge See also:Abbey, built by Seekford, occupies the site of an Augustinian See also:foundation of the 12th See also:century. There is a large agricultural See also:trade, and See also:general fairs and See also:horse fairs are held.

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