Woodbridge

Market town in Suffolk, England, at the head of the Deben estuary, 11 km/7 mi northeast of Ipswich; population (2001) 7,400. Industries include boatbuilding, light industry, and horticulture. The town was once a centre for making ropes and sail cloth, and shipbuilding

Features include the Shire Hall, erected in 1570, windmills, a tide mill, and the Perpendicular Gothic church of St Mary.

Nearby is Sutton Hoo, where the burial ship of an Anglo-Saxon ruler was excavated in 1939

Woodbridge

Town in New Haven County, south-central Connecticut; population (1990) 7,900. It is situated to the northwest of New Haven, in an agricultural region. It is an affluent New Haven suburb. West Rock Ridge State Park lies to the east.

Woodbridge

Town in Middlesex County, northeast New Jersey; population (1990) 93,100. It is situated to the north of Perth Amboy. It is a residential and business centre, with many corporate headquarters, and a major retail mall. Products manufactured here include ceramics from local clay deposits, electronic equipment, chemicals, and soft drinks.

Settled in 1665 by colonists from Massachusetts, it was an early industrial centre, with a sawmill by 1682 and a printing press by 1751; the latter was the first in the state.

Woodbridge

Town in Prince William County, northeast Virginia; population (1990) 26,400. It is located 16 km/10 mi southwest of Alexandria, on the Occoquan and Potomac rivers. It is a suburb of Washington, DC. The Harry Diamond Laboratories, a military installation, is on the river.