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Udebyge,
Wiebryge, Wodebryge, Wudebrige ... just some of the ways of spelling
this splendid old Market Town since first recorded in 970. As to
what it means, it could simple be 'wooden bridge' or 'bridge by the
wood' but the most likely and most interesting explanation is that
it is derived from Anglo-Saxon words meaning 'Woden's (or Odin's)
town'. Woodbridge is situated on the River Deben
a few miles
north of Ipswich. This is the modern looking
Bandstand with the model yacht pond in the background.
The
East Suffolk railway line runs very close to the river and although
the station has been modernised the old iron bridge is still in use.
At low tide the River Deben becomes one vast expanse of mud. |
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