The ruined St Nicholas' hospital, Bury St Edmunds
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The ruined St Nicholas' hospital, Bury St Edmunds
Image: © Evelyn Simak Taken: 31 Aug 2010
It is adjoined by St Nicholas' House > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2044082. The south wall with a window that is believed to have come from St Petronilla's church sits in the fork formed by Hollow Road (at right) and Barton Road. Founded by an unknown abbot of Bury St Edmunds, the hospital of St. Nicholas was situated just outside the east gate. It consisted of a master, a chaplain, and several brethren. The earliest known dated reference to it is of the year 1224, when Henry III granted a fair to the master of the hospital of St. Nicholas, to be held on the feast and vigil of the Translation of St. Nicholas.
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52.250154
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