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St. Johns Street, BURY ST. EDMUNDS, IP33 1SP

Numbers 51 and 52 St John's Street were originally one 16th century timber framed house. Divided into two properties in the early 19th century with shop fronts inserted. Number 51 has a replacement 20th century shop window, number 52 has retained its 19th century shop window. There is a timber framed rear wing to number 52, now of 3 bays but originally with at least one more. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1313422 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.

Funeral directors St.Johns street Bury St.Edmunds Suffolk.

Looking across St John Street from the entrance to the church of St John the Evangelist.

The Salvation Army church in St John's Street was built in 1889. 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 Victorian splendour, St John's - or God's Rocket - looms over the mediaeval Long Brackland, a name still used for just a short section of a lengthy street since renamed in honour of its imposing new tenant.

Numbers 53 and 53A st John's Street were one house divided into two. Early 19th century with an older core. The 19th century shop windows have been replaced with sashes. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1313423 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 rather grey painted shop on the corner of St.Johns street and St.Johns Place Bury St.Edmunds Suffolk.