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Nightingale Close, BURY ST. EDMUNDS, IP33 3SY

Postbox No. IP33 2097. See Image] for close up. See Image] for context.

Postbox No. IP33 2097. See Image] for postbox.

Looking east showing position of Postbox No. IP33 2097. See Image] for postbox.

After most of the estate fell into giant chalk holes the site was sealed off. Several plans of how to re-use the land have fallen through (no pun intended). See also photo of last 2 houses still in use.

Large tomb stone in the cemetery at Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk taken at around midday Christmas day 2010.

The small private estate, Jacqueline Close, was built in the early 1970s. The design was unusual. It was only when most of the houses started to fall into giant holes that people seemed to remember the chalk mines under the site.

Within Bury St Edmunds Cemetery is this churchyard monument to Francis King Eagle, lawyer and County Court Judge, who was the first Mayor of Bury St Edmunds. The monument was erected by public subscription. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1022586 Much of the centre of the town has suffered from redevelopment and most buildings are later than the mid 19th century. There are some uninspiring modern buildings along Parkway and the Arc shopping centre is particularly ugly, especially the building occupied by Debenhams. 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 general view of Bury St Edmunds Cemetery, seen from near the chapel Image Much of the centre of the town has suffered from redevelopment and most buildings are later than the mid 19th century. There are some uninspiring modern buildings along Parkway and the Arc shopping centre is particularly ugly, especially the building occupied by Debenhams. 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 war memorial in Bury St Edmunds Cemetery. Constructed in Portland Stone and bearing the Cross of Sacrifice. Much of the centre of the town has suffered from redevelopment and most buildings are later than the mid 19th century. There are some uninspiring modern buildings along Parkway and the Arc shopping centre is particularly ugly, especially the building occupied by Debenhams. 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.