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Abbeygate Street, BURY ST. EDMUNDS, IP33 1LJ

Numbers 53 and 54 Abbeygate Street were formerly two separate houses and shops. The red brick front to number 53 (left) is early 18th century that to number 54 somewhat later although in matching style. The ground floor frontage is circa 1910 when converted into Midland Bank. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1141140 Abbeygate Street is the principal shopping street of the town. 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.

Number 55 Abbeygate Street is a timber framed structure of circa 1600. The white brick front is mid 19th century and the building was raised at the same time. The shop front is 20th century. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1141142 Abbeygate Street is the principal shopping street of the town. 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.

These attractive gates at the junction of Abbeygate Street with Buttermarket indicate that Abbeygate Street is traffic free. Abbeygate Street is the principal shopping street of the town. 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 view along Abbeygate Street, seen from near the Corn Market. Abbeygate Street is the principal shopping street of the town. 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.

This is a photograph taken of a local character in the street just around the corner from the Nutshell Public House in Bury St Edmunds. I checked this morning and the World has still not ended!

Number 3 Abbeygate Street also has a frontage to Buttermarket and is a late 19th or early 20th century shop with living accommodation above. In a Mock Tudor sort of style with the uppers storeys hung with decorative tiles. Abbeygate Street is the principal shopping street of the town. 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.

Pedestrianised shopping street in the town centre. www.visit-burystedmunds.co.uk

Number 56 Abbeygate Street incorporates numbers 1 and 2A Whiting Street. Timber framed and stuccoed, built in 4 stages, the oldest part being the four late 15th century southernmost bays in Whiting Street. These 4 bays formed a single-ended Wealden house with a 2-bay open hall a wide cross entry and a jettied service bay. Additions were made in the 16th and 17th centuries and the building was refronted in the 19th century. There are extensive cellars which are medieval below the Whiting Street range. Listed, grade II*, with details at; https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1141143 Abbeygate Street is the principal shopping street of the town. 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.

Postbox No. IP33 2005. See Image] and Image] for context.