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A Depiction of Saint Cecilia in Stained Glass, Bury St. Edmunds Cathedral.

15 Sunday Feb 2015

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A Depiction of Miriam in Stained Glass, Bury St. Edmunds Cathedral.

15 Sunday Feb 2015

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Photo Archive: Ornamental details, Bury St. Edmunds Railway Station, 2013.

15 Sunday Feb 2015

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Designed by Sancton Wood and formally opened in November 1847.

Designed by Sancton Wood and formally opened in November 1847.

Photo Archive: The Statue of Abbot Samson, Moyse’s Hall Museum, Bury St. Edmunds, 2013.

15 Sunday Feb 2015

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One of the surviving walls marking the former abbey precincts.

One of the walls marking the former abbey precincts.

To quote from English Heritage’s website, “The spectacular west front [of the Benedictine Abbey at Bury St. Edmunds] was completed around the turn of the 13th century under Abbot Samson, who added a great central tower and lower octagonal towers to either side. He also improved the accommodation including a new hall, the Black Hostry, to house the abbey’s many monastic visitors“. Abbot Samson can be seen here, in a corner of the Moyse’s Hall Museum, which sits at the heart of Bury St. Edmunds, holding a model of his creation.

To quote from the description of the former abbey site today on English Heritage’s website, “Enough remains of the abbey church to suggest it was an impressive structure. At over 150 metres long the church was one of only a few of its date to be built on such a large scale in this country” and I would agree that what ruins point to Abbot Samson’s Abbey being as grand as English Heritage and the statue in the Moyse’s Hall Museum suggest.

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