a market-town and municipal borough of England, Suffolkshire, on the left bank of the Stour, 16 miles S. of Bury St Edmunds, and 54 N.E. of London. It is a neat, clean, and generally well-built town, connected by a bridge across the river, with a suburb, Ballington, in Essex. The principal buildings are the town-hall and corn exchange, of modern erection, and three parish churches of older date. The latter are large and handsome, chiefly in the perpendicular style of architecture. One of them, St Gregory's, contains in its chancel the grave of Archbishop Theobald, who was killed by Wat Tyler's mob in 1381. The Dominican friars had a church and priory here, erected in the thirteenth century; but of these few remains are now to be seen. There was also here anciently an establishment of the knights of St John near the bridge, and a Benedictine cell not far off. Sudbury contains places of worship for Independents, Baptists, and Quakers; a grammar school, national, British, and Church of England schools; a theatre, savings bank, hospital, and poor-house. Silk is the principal article manufactured. A considerable trade is carried on; but the navigation of the river is not good, and has been superseded to a large extent by rail- ways. Weekly markets and annual fairs are held in Sud- bury. The borough is governed by a mayor, four alder- men, and twelve councillors. It formerly returned two members to Parliament, but was disfranchised for bribery in 1844. Sudbury was one of the first towns in which Edward III. settled the Flemish woollen manufactures, in order to instruct his people in that branch of industry. This trade has now fallen off here, but has been succeeded by the manufacture of silk. Sudbury was the birthplace of the celebrated painter Gainsborough. Pop. 6042.