Spanton-Jarman Collection of Photographs of Bury St Edmunds

The Bury Past and Present Society

The Society is the only local history society for Bury St Edmunds and you can find out more about us here

This website has two functions. Firstly it is a resource for our members so that they can check forthcoming meetings, news and other items of importance, and secondly it is a public place where anyone can review the amazing collection of photographs of Bury St Edmunds taken from the birth of photography to the mid 20^th century by Messrs Spanton and Jarman.

This new version of the website shows the Spanton Jarman images of Bury St Edmunds to their full advantage, and we hope it is considerably more rewarding to use than the previous version.

The captions have all been thoroughly researched by a team of enthusiastic volunteers, with help and guidance from the noted local historians Clive Paine and Margaret Statham. We would like to think that the captions are authoritative, but mistakes do happen so if you have any comments please will you contact us?

We are always looking for interested volunteers to help us with the task of adding captions to the many images that still remain to be published. Please will you at this special address?