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

Blue LEDs seem to be compulsory in 2008 Christmas decorations. Here Marks and Spencer is one of the businesses to use dull rectangular nets of them. But Starbucks and Thomas Cook do not seem to have made any effort at all.

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.

The tombstones have obviously been moved into this position at the back of a car park in the historic core of Bury St. Edmunds, surrounding an old tree.

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.

Located on Brentgovel Street http://www.trinitymethodistchurch.org.uk/

On Brentgovel Street.

The Kings Arms public house at number 23 Brentgovel Street is 17th century incorporating an earlier structure, timber framed, encased in brick in the 19th century. There is a long rear range built in two phases. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1377010 Brentgovel Street and Risbygate Street was a prosperous area in the fifteenth century but it became neglected and decay had set in. In the 1990s, a Conservation Area Partnership Schemes was introduced to give a new lease of life into the area by repairing and reusing historic buildings. Forty five new residential units and ten new retail units have resulted in the area thriving again. 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.