Bury St Edmunds
Coordinates: 52.2474° N 0.7183° E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...
Population	35,015 (2001 Census)
OS grid reference	TL855645
District	St Edmundsbury
Shire county	Suffolk
Region	East
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BURY ST EDMUNDS
Postcode district	IP33
Dial code	01284
Police	Suffolk
Fire	Suffolk
Ambulance	East of England
UK Parliament	Bury St Edmunds
European Parliament	East of England

Bury St Edmunds is a town in the county of Suffolk, England. It is the main town in the borough of St Edmundsbury and is probably most famous for the ruined abbey that stands near the town centre. The abbey is a shrine to Saint Edmund, the Saxon King of the East Angles, who was killed by the Danes in 869 AD. The town initially grew around Bury St Edmunds Abbey, a site of pilgrimage, and developed into a flourishing cloth making town by the 14th century. The town is closely associated with Magna Carta, in 1214 the barons of England met in the Abbey Church and swore that they would force King John to accept the Charter of Liberties, later known as Magna Carta. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (600x800, 11 KB) Summary Description: A blank map of the United Kingdom, with country outline and coastline; contact the author for help with modifications or add-ons Source: Reference map provided by Demis Mapper 6 Date: 2006-21-06 Author: User... 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The abbey was largely destroyed during the 16th century with the dissolution of the monasteries but Bury remained a prosperous town throughout the 17th and 18th centuries. As would be expected of a town in such a rural area, Bury fell into relative decline with the onset of the industrial revolution and accordingly remains an attractive market town. (15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. ... The Dissolution of the Monasteries, referred to by Roman Catholic writers as the Suppression of the Monasteries, was the formal process during the English Reformation by which King Henry VIII confiscated the property of the monastic institutions in England between 1538 and 1541. ... A Watt steam engine. ...

The Cathedral

St Edmundsbury Cathedral from the east.

Next to the abbey is Bury St Edmunds Cathedral, created when the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich was formed in 1914. The cathedral was extended with a new eastern end in the 1960s, and a completely new Gothic revival cathedral tower was built as part of a major millennium project running from 2000 to 2005. The opening celebration for the new tower took place in July 2005, and included a brass band concert and fireworks display. Despite all this work, there are still parts of the cathedral that need completing. The cloisters remain unfinished, and there are still many areas of the cathedral that are inaccessible to the general public due to ever ongoing building work. The tower makes St Edmundsbury the only recently completed cathedral in the UK; only a handful of Gothic revival cathedrals are still being built worldwide. The tower was constructed using original fabrication techniques. Six highly skilled masons cut and placed every stone individually. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1280x960, 356 KB) Summary I took this picture myself. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1280x960, 356 KB) Summary I took this picture myself. ... Bury St Edmunds Cathedral or St Edmunsbury Cathedral is the cathedral for the Church of Englands Diocese of Saint Edmundsbury and Ipswich and is the seat of the Bishop of Saint Edmundsbury and Ipswich and is in Bury St Edmunds. ... The Diocese of Saint Edmundsbury and Ipswich is a Church of England diocese based in St Edmundsbury, covering Suffolk (including Ipswich). ... 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1969, inclusive. ... Victoria Tower at the Palace of Westminster, London: Gothic details provided by A.W.N. Pugin The Gothic revival was a European architectural movement with origins in mid-18th century England. ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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The Theatre Royal

The town has the small but enormously significant Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds built by National Gallery architect William Wilkins in 1819. It is the sole surviving Regency Theatre left in the country and even after nearly 200 years remains a vital part of the town's cultural identity. The theatre began a major restoration in late 2005 which is due for completion in early 2007. Appeal Patron Dame Judi Dench: "The Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds holds a unique place in the history of theatre in this country as well as a special place in my heart. The restoration of one of the last Georgian theatres in the country will ensure a vital part of our theatrical heritage will survive for future generations" The Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds was opened by its proprietor and architect William Wilkins (1778–1839) on the 11 October 1819, and was one of the most elegant, sophisticated and up-to-date playhouses of its age. ... The National Gallery from Trafalgar Square The National Gallery is an art gallery in London, located on the north side of Trafalgar Square. ... William Wilkins (31 August 1778 — 31 August 1839) was an English architect, classicist and archaeologist. ... 1819 common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... The English Regency, or simply the Regency, is a name given to the period from 1811 to 1820 in the history of England. ... Dame Judith Olivia Dench, CH, DBE (born 9 December 1934), usually known as Dame Judi Dench, is an Oscar, Golden Globe, Tony, three-time BAFTA, and six-time Laurence Olivier Award-winning English actress. ...

Brewing and beer

The Nutshell pub

The Greene King brewery is to be found in Bury. Greene King produce the award-winning IPA India pale ale. It is a light hoppy ale intended for expatriates in India, the large quantity of hops used being intended to keep the beer from spoiling on the long sea voyage. First brewed in the late 1800s, according to local legend a boat transporting it spilled its load on the Suffolk coast and the locals found it so delicious that they demanded it be made available at home. Greene King's advertising campaign shows Indian people complaining that the beer never reached them. A photo of The Nutshell pub in Bury St Edmunds on the 17th May 2005. ... A photo of The Nutshell pub in Bury St Edmunds on the 17th May 2005. ... Greene King is a brewery in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, UK. There is a visitor centre next door to the brewery. ... The entrance of a brewery. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Hop umbel in a Hallertau hopgarden Hops are a flower used primarily as a flavouring and stability agent in beer, as well as in herbal medicine. ...

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The other brewery in Bury St Edmunds is The Old Cannon Brewery and public house on Cannon Street near the railway station. The brewing vessels, which were made for an exhibition in Japan in 1997, can be seen in the front room. The Old Cannon Brewery is an independent brewery based in Bury St. ... The station entrance Bury St Edmunds railway station serves the town of Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk. ...

Another is Suffolks award winning micro brewery.Bartrums is based on Roughham airfied originally started in the village of Thurston. They have been brewing since 1999 and in their first year of production 'The Bees Knees' gained a comendation at the Cambridge Winter Beer Festival.

The Sugar Beet factory

Bury's largest landmark is the British Sugar factory near the A14, which processes sugar beet into refined crystal sugar. It was built in 1925 and processes beet from around 1,300 local growers. 660 lorry loads of beet can be accepted each day during a processing "campaign", when beet is being harvested. Not all the beet can be crystallised immediately, and some is kept in solution in holding tanks until late spring and early summer, when the plant has spare crystallising capacity. The sugar is sold under the Silver Spoon brand name (the other major British sugar brand, Tate & Lyle, is made from imported sugar cane). By-products include molassed sugar beet feed for cattle and LimeX70, a soil improver. When the wind is in a certain direction a smell of burnt starch from the plant is very noticeable. The A14 is a major road in England, running from the Port of Felixstowe to the junction of the M1 and M6 motorways near Rugby. ... Two sugar beets - the one on the left has been cultivated to be smoother than the traditional beet, so that it traps less soil. ... A tin of Lyles Golden Syrup Tate & Lyle PLC is a UK based multinational food manufacturer and is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the symbol TATE. It is a major producer of refined sugar, starches, animal feed and other food ingredients with global operations. ... Species Ref: ITIS 42058 as of 2004-05-05 Sugarcane is one of six species of a tall tropical southeast Asian grass (Family Poaceae) having stout fibrous jointed stalks whose sap at one time was the primary source of sugar. ...

Miscellany

The Abbeygate, a local symbol of the town

• The Abbey Gardens had an Internet bench installed in the late 1990s, which allowed anyone to plug in a portable computing device and connect to the Internet. It was the first bench of its kind, though within the first week of it being there, two teenagers discovered a flaw: that one could also make free telephone calls from the bench. They contacted Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft, in person to tell him about this problem.
• Every May, Bury St Edmunds holds its annual festival including concerts, plays, dance and culminating in fireworks.
• Bury St Edmunds boasts Britain's first internally illuminated street sign, the pillar of salt. When built, it had to be granted special permission because it did not conform to regulations.
• Notable bands from Bury St Edmunds include:
  • Jacob's Mouse
  • Sad But True (Metallica Tribute)
  • Faceache
  • Miss Black America
  • The Dawn Parade
  • The Exiles
  • The Khe Sanh Approach
• Notable people from Bury St Edmunds include:
  • Guy Simonds, World War II Canadian general, born in Bury and migrated to Canada
  • Actor Bob Hoskins.
  • Although not from Bury St Edmunds, the BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel lived nearby in Stowmarket and on 12 November 2004, his funeral took place at the Cathedral. It was attended by over a thousand people including many of the artists he had championed throughout his career. During a peak of local musical activity in Bury St Edmunds in 2002, he referred to the town as 'The New Seattle'.
• The name Bury is a form of borough, which has cognates in other Germanic languages such as the Old Norse "borg" meaning "wall, castle"; and Gothic "baurgs" meaning "city". They all derive from Proto-Germanic *burgs meaning "fortress". This in turn derives from the Proto-Indo-European root *bhrgh meaning "fortified elevation", with cognates including Welsh "bera", "stack" and Sanskrit bhrant- "high, elevated building".
• Bury St Edmunds is also the seat of the East of England Regional Assembly
• On 3 March 1974 a Turkish Airlines DC10 jet crashed near Paris killing all 346 people on board. Among the victims were 17 members of the Bury St Edmunds rugby club, returning from a trip to Paris.
• Tudor king Henry VIII's sister, Mary, was buried in Bury's St Mary's Church.
• Moyse's Hall Museum has a vast collection of archaeological findings that were made in the region between Devil's Dyke and the line between Littleport and Shippea Hill (i.e. along the borderline of East Cambridgeshire and Suffolk) from the Stone Age, the Bronze Age and the Iron Age.^[1] Findings include a hoard of more than 6500 pieces of bronze, in particular swords, spear-heads, arrows, axes, knives, daggers,armour, decorative equipment (in particular for horses) and many fragments of sheet bronze, all dating from the late Bronze Age. The swords show holes where rivets or studs held the wooden hilt in place (studs were usually made of bronze except for commanders who had silver-studded swords or for a commander-in-chief who had a gold-studded sword).^[2]
• Bury St Edmunds is the terminus of the A1101, Great Britain's lowest road.
• Bury St Edmunds has an extensive network of tunnels under the centre. These tunnels were used for many historical purposes, and it is unsure what they were originally intended for. Entrances to the tunnels are to be found in some of the older buildings, such as Moyses Hall and Cupola House as well as the ruins of the Abbey. Due to their unsafe nature the tunnels are not open to the public, although special viewing has been granted to individuals in the past.
• Bury St Edmunds is home to Englands oldest Scout Group, 1st Bury St Edmunds (Mayors Own)

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Twin Towns

• Compiegne, Oise, Picardie, France
• Kevelaer, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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Possible twinnings

• Huy, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
• Gödöllő, Pest county, Hungary

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References

1. ^ Hall, David [1994]. Fenland survey : an essay in landscape and persistence / David Hall and John Coles. London; English Heritage. ISBN 1-85074-477-7. , p. 81-88
2. ^ Where Troy Once Stood, I. Wilkens, 2005, p. 90

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External links

Wikisource has an original article from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica about:

Bury St Edmunds

• Bury St Edmunds cathedral website
• Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds
• Bury Town Football Club, Bury St Edmunds
• Bury St Edmunds Go Local
• Bury St Edmunds Art Gallery
• Article on completing Bury St Edmund's cathedral
• Bury St Edmunds official development site
• Turkish Airlines crash on BBC