Captions for Bury St Edmunds Documents and Prints

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Abbey, conjectural drawing, Revd W Kimber Hardy

Date: 

 1883

Caption:  

W.S. Spanton, whose daughter married Hardy, obtained the copyright of the drawing and sold photographic copies. This became the standard image of the Abbey, which appeared in town guides throughout the 20th century.

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Abbey, reconstruction by Arthur Lancaster

Date: 

 1875

Caption:  

Lancaster was a bookseller, binder and stationer at 17 Abbeygate Street, later taken over by Groom's. He attempted to show the Abbey in 1415. However, he included the nave of St. James', which was not started until 1503. The photographic copy was made in 1898.

Title 

Abbey, reconstruction by Revd. W Kimber Hardy

Date: 

 1883

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Title 

Abbey Gate

Date: 

 late 18th cent

Caption:  

Copy of a print of the Abbey Gate on Angel Hill

Title 

Abbey Gate

Date: 

 nd

Caption:  

Copy of Davy's print

Title 

Angel Hill, Balloon Ascent, 1785

Date: 

 nd

Caption:  

An illustration of the first balloon flight from Bury St Edmunds, taken by Captain Poole on 15 October 1785. The flight lasted 1 hr 20 minutes and covered a distance of 27 miles, eventually landing at Soham. It is believed that the buildings were drawn by Jacob Kendall, and the figures supplied by the well known artist and caricaturist, Henry William Bunbury.

Title 

Grant of Arms to Bury St Edmunds

Date: 

 [early 20th cent.]

Caption:  

Bury St Edmunds was belatedly incorporated as a Borough on 3 April 1606. On 29 November, William Camden, the historian, as Clarenceux King of Arms, issued this document which granted these arms: Azure, three ducal crowns Or each transfixed with two arrows in saltire (points down) Or.

Title 

Arms of Bury St Edmunds

Date: 

 [early 20th cent.]

Caption:  

The arms of the borough of St Edmunds as depicted on the grant of arms dated 29 November 1606. See K505/591

Title 

Abbey Ruins

Date: 

 1779

Caption:  

Copy of a print by Richard Godfrey, based on an earlier drawing of c1725. From left to right it shows the Dovecote, Abbot's Garden wall, the Abbey crossing, Chapter House, King's Hall, Abbey Gate and a granary.

Title 

Angel Hill, Balloon Ascent, 1785

Date: 

 1789

Caption:  

An illustation of the first balloon flight from Bury St Edmunds, taken by Captain Poole on 15 October 1789. The flight lasted 1hour 20 minutes and covered a distance of 27 miles, eventually landing near Soham.

Title 

Churchyard, Norman Tower

Date: 

 1820

Caption:  

Engraving by Henry Davy. The Widow's Coffee House and the low roof of St James's Church can been seen to the right.

Title 

The Borough Charter of 1606

Date: 

 nd

Caption:  

After struggling for municipal independence for centuries, King James I granted Bury St Edmunds a charter of incorporation on 3 April 1606.

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Eastgate Street

Date: 

 c 1800

Caption:  

Copy of an oil painting looking west from Eastgate Bridge with the River Lark on the left. The Abbot's Bridge is to the left, the Fox Inn and Broadway to the right. ¶

Title 

Eastgate Street, St Nicholas Hospital

Date: 

 c 1900

Caption:  

This hospital was founded to care for lepers c.1220. Following the Dissolution, part of the building was converted into a house. The window from St. Petronilla's Hospital (see 1711) in Southgate Street was moved here after 1781. The modern hospice in Bury takes its name from this medieval hospital. ¶

Title 

Eastgate Street

Date: 

 March 1780

Caption:  

Copy of a print by Richard Godfrey in 1780. This shows the Abbot's Bridge, the East Gate, the Fox, Broadway and Eastgate Bridge with an Almshouse. The East Gate, along with the other town gates, was demolished in 1761-5. The River Lark had both a bridge and a ford. ¶

Title 

Archdeacon Hodges

Date: 

 nd

Caption:  

Painting of Archdeacon Hodges by Rose Mead

Title 

Warren's Map of Bury St Edmunds

Date: 

 1747

Caption:  

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Cornhill, Market Cross 1740

Date: 

Caption:  

A copy of Alexander Downing's illustration from his map of Bury St Edmunds in 1840, made by Mary Hedley in 1885.

Title 

Cornhill, Market Cross 1740

Date: 

 nd

Caption:  

A print of Alexander Downing's map of Bury 1740, showing the Market Cross, which was built in 1620, and rebuilt in 1770's.

Title 

Moyses Hall

Date: 

 1748

Caption:  

A drawing of the east wall before it collapsed in 1804/5.

Title 

Moyses Hall

Date: 

 1748

Caption:  

View of the south east corner of Moyses Hall showing the original east wall of the building in 1748. The wall collapsed in 1804-1805 and was rebuilt the following year. The painting was presented to the Moyses Hall Museum by the Marchioness of Bristol in 1950

Title 

Chequer Square, Norman Tower

Date: 

 1780

Caption:  

Engraving by Prickett. The tower has a clock and cupola, omitted by Davy [see 1788]. The cupola was removed and the ground level excavated ito its original level at the 1845 restoration, but the battlements were not replaced.

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St James' Church

Date: 

 1820

Caption:  

Print of west front

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St Mary's Church, interior from west

Date: 

 1707-1712

Caption:  

This painting, originally in Cupola House, can be dated between 1707, when the north gallery was built, and 1917, when the window over the chancel arch was removed. Note the rood screen with two figures and the Royal arms of William and Mary; the box pews, the font with its tall cover surmounted with a dove; the pulpit with its surrounding board; the pre-reformation lectern; and the screens around St. Wolfstan's Chapel. The 17th century interior remained virtually unchanged, with the exception of a south gallery built in 1811, until the restoration of 1844.

Title 

St Mary's Church, interior from west

Date: 

 1808

Caption:  

Copy of a print dated 1808. The interior is almost unchanged from 100 years earlier ( see K505/2746 ). The differences are that the medieval rood screen has gone; the Royal arms are above the chancel arch; the pulpit has a new sounding board; the reredos has been painted with figures including Moses and Aaron.

Title 

St. Mary's Church, painting

Date: 

 c 1890s

Caption:  

This painting by Bury artist, Rose Mead, shows elderly women leaving the south chapel, probably after the Friday morning bread dole . It was executed before re-ordering of 1901. Mr Jarman took the photograph in May 1937. The picture belonged to Mrs Bullen.

Title 

St Mary's Church, south chapel

Date: 

 c 1890s

Caption:  

Shows a Christening at the medieval font located here until 1909. The painting, by Rose Mead, dates from before the 1901 re-ordering of the chancel sanctuary.

Title 

St Mary's Church, south chapel

Date: 

 c 1890s

Caption:  

Rose Mead called this painting 'Friday Morning, St. Mary's Church'. It shows the distribution of bread by the Lady Parish Visitor and the Curate.

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Southgate Street, Hospital of St Petronilla

Date: 

 1781

Caption:  

Copy of a print, before the large 14 th century window was moved to St Nicholas Hospital, where it stood at the junction of Hollow and Barton Roads.