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Lower Baxter Street, BURY ST. EDMUNDS, IP33 1ET

Number 7 Angel Hill, was built in the 1930s to house the Borough Council's offices which it did until the council moved in 2009. Now part of the building is used as commercial offices, part has been converted to residential. The style is early 18th century Palladian. Now used as a car park, Angel Hill the traditional market place was, until the 1870s, home to the famous Bury Fair. People from Europe and across the Far East came to buy and sell. Bury St Edmunds is a market town which is the cultural and retail centre for West Suffolk and is known for brewing (Greene King) and sugar (British Sugar). There is scattered evidence of earlier activity but essentially Bury St Edmunds began as one of the royal boroughs of the Saxons and a monastery was founded which became the burial place of King Edmund. A new Benedictine abbey was built in 1020 which became rich and powerful and the town was laid out on a grid pattern by Abbot Baldwin. After the dissolution the abbey became ruinous. A new church, later the cathedral, was begun in the early 16th century.

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Red telephone box and green car park ticket machine Angel Hill Bury St.Edmunds Suffolk.

Angel Hill in the snow as viewed from in front of the abbey gate Bury St.Edmunds Suffolk.

The borough offices of St.Edmundsbury borough council Angel Hill Bury St.Edmunds Suffolk.

This large house, number 8 Angel Hill, known as Angel Corner, is now used as commercial offices. Built in 1702 in red brick, the house was refronted in the mid 19th century. The house is owned by the National Trust. Some original internal features remain. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1141157 Now used as a car park, Angel Hill the traditional market place was, until the 1870s, home to the famous Bury Fair. People from Europe and across the Far East came to buy and sell. Bury St Edmunds is a market town which is the cultural and retail centre for West Suffolk and is known for brewing (Greene King) and sugar (British Sugar). There is scattered evidence of earlier activity but essentially Bury St Edmunds began as one of the royal boroughs of the Saxons and a monastery was founded which became the burial place of King Edmund. A new Benedictine abbey was built in 1020 which became rich and powerful and the town was laid out on a grid pattern by Abbot Baldwin. After the dissolution the abbey became ruinous. A new church, later the cathedral, was begun in the early 16th century.

Borough crest on the borough offices of St.Edmundsbury borough council Angel Hill Bury St.Edmunds Suffolk.

The narrowest part of the street looking south towards people crossing by on Abbeygate Street.