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St. Andrews Street South, BURY ST. EDMUNDS, IP33 1SD

Palmers Homestore St.Andrews Street South Bury St.Edmunds, Suffolk.

The rear of the former Woolworths Bury St.Edmunds Suffolk for view of the front before it closed see http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1065908

Bury St.Edmunds town centre on Boxing Day night 2003.

Bury Fish and Chip Shop St.Andrews Street South Bury St.Edmunds, Suffolk.

Closed Blockbuster store on the corner of Risbygate Street and St. Andrews Street Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk.

Abbots estate agents Risbygate Street Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk,

This corner building was originally three houses, numbers 1 and 2 Risbygate Street and number 65 St Andrews Street South. The two in Risbygate Street are now used as offices. Built in the late 16th or early 17th century, timber framed and refronted in white brick in the early 19th century. Number 1 has a fine entrance doorway with Tuscan columns. The shop front to the left of the doorway is 19th century, that to the right is 20th century. Number 2 has a small late 20th century shop front. Listed, grade II, with details for number 1 at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1244890 and details for number 2 at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1244895 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.

Someone or something has been making a big hole in the floor of the empty Bury St. Edmunds Woolworths store. Actually it is rumoured that the store is being divided into two shops and this digging is to check on the foundations - far from a foregone conclusion in Bury St. Edmunds, which is riddled with giant holes created by ground water dissolving away the chalk. The shop front on the left is an extraordinarily effective optical illusion - it is actually the shop opposite reflected in the window.

Originally a house, The Gym, number 3 Risbygate Street is described as a sports bar. Formerly a public house known at various times as 'The Waggon', 'Market Tavern', 'Waggon Market Tavern' and 'Number 3'. The building is 16th century, timber framed and formerly jettied to the street, with a 17th century long rear range. Refronted in brick in the 19th century. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1244897 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.