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St. Edmunds Place, BURY ST. EDMUNDS, IP33 1JS

Numbers 37, 38 and 39 Cannon Street are a row of three houses. The houses contain the remains of a 13th century aisled house much altered in the 17th century and later. Timber framed and stuccoed with early 19th century fronts to numbers 37 and 38 and a modern front to number 39. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1248040 North of the town centre Northgate Street and St John’s Street run towards the site of Northgate and the railway station and both streets have many older buildings. In between these two streets is a number of streets irregularly laid out (compared to the medieval grid of the town centre) containing mostly houses and buildings from the 19th century. 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.

A tiny terraced cottage in the centre of Bury St Edmunds, with the address 39 Cannon Street.

There were originally six houses in this terrace at numbers 28 to 33 Cannon Street, built in 1825 in white brick. Numbers 32 and 33 were converted into a shop, now a house again. Numbers 28 to 31 are listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1248037 North of the town centre Northgate Street and St John’s Street run towards the site of Northgate and the railway station and both streets have many older buildings. In between these two streets is a number of streets irregularly laid out (compared to the medieval grid of the town centre) containing mostly houses and buildings from the 19th century. 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.

The Old Cannon Brewery at number 86 Cannon Street is public house and micro brewery. Previously named the St Edmunds Head it opened circa 1845. Built in the mid 19th century with a white brick front and red brick sides and rear. There is an attached stable block which had room for 24 horses but has been converted to living accommodation. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1248044 North of the town centre Northgate Street and St John’s Street run towards the site of Northgate and the railway station and both streets have many older buildings. In between these two streets is a number of streets irregularly laid out (compared to the medieval grid of the town centre) containing mostly houses and buildings from the 19th century. 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.

Ghost sign on an old shop Bury St.Edmunds, Suffolk. For close up see http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2794912

Ghost sign on a former shop, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk; for overall view see http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2794905