History of Bury St Edmunds
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A01=Frank Meeres
Author_Frank Meeres
Bury St Edmunds
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local history
Phillimore
Suffolk
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- ISBN 9781860772276
- Weight: 920g
- Dimensions: 219 x 276mm
- Publication Date: 07 Oct 2002
- Publisher: The History Press Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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The small Saxon settlement of Bedricesworth was transformed when the body of Edmund, martyred king of the East Saxons, was brought here in the early 10th century. Around it grew up one of the largest abbeys in England and a new, planned town, the grid-iron pattern of which still survives. After the abbey was dissolved, Bury remained the heart of West Suffolk and was county town until 1974. The second half of the 20th century brought rapid growth, with new light industry and tourism supplementing the traditional trades. This briliiant combination of archaeological evidence with meticulous documentary research is well illustrated, resulting in a book that Bury has long needed.
FRANK MEERES has worked with the archives of the county of Norfolk for over thirty years. He is the author of many local history books, ranging from A History of Norwich and A History of Bury St Edmunds to Norfolk in the First World War. He has taught a large number of day and evening classes on all aspects of local and community history in East Anglia, and has regularly contributed articles to the Eastern Daily Press.
