Woodbury, New Jersey

Woodbury is a city established 1854 and located in Gloucester County, New Jersey. 10,307 residents were counted during the 2000 census. Woodbury is the county seat of Gloucester County{{GR|6}}.

History

Woodbury was founded by Henry Wood, a quaker from the North-West of England, who had left Britain due to religious persecution. Wood was incarceated in Lancaster gaol for practising as a Quaker and left his home in the village of Tottington, near Bury, Greater Manchester, in a boat to set up a community in the new world where he and his family could practice his religion freely. His surname and his home town went to make up the name of the City he founded - Woodbury.

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In 2000 the Borough of Bury, England, and the City of Woodbury were twinned as part of millennium celebrations in both countries. The twinning ceremony was the culumnation of a week where more than 300 school children and college students, local dignitaries and local residents from Bury took part in sporting and cultural events held in and around Woodbury with local people.

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During the week there was a symbolic meeting and reconciliation of the Vicar of Henry Wood's former church in Tottington and the Quaker's meeting house in Woodbury and an ecumenical service attended by many of the residents and visitors.

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