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Captions for Bury St Edmunds Prints
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Churchyard, Bury St Edmunds, Norman Tower
Date:
1786
Caption:
Published by Jacob Kendall, local print maker and seller [April] 1786 to celebrate the removal of the property built into the ruins of the Charnel House, pictured left. The Norman Tower with its 17th century cupola provided the main entrance to the Churchyard. The Widow's Coffee House, between the Norman Tower and St James's Church was not removed until early 1840's. The thatched Sampsons Tower was used as stables.
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Abbey of St Edmund before the Restoration, drawn by W.K. Hardy, photographed by W.S. Spanton (copy)
Date:
nd
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Churchyard, Bury St Edmunds, Magpie Inn
Date:
1868
Caption:
[Copy of a painting.] The Magpie Inn stood adjacent to the Shire Hall, the skylight of which can be seen to the left of centre. The proprietor of the Inn in 1868 was G.W.Baldry. The building was demolished , the area enclosed with rails and planted with shrubs in 1871. More recently it has become a car park, between the churchyard and Honey Hill.
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Abbey, Bury St Edmunds, conjectural drawing, Revd W Kimber Hardy
Date:
1883
Caption:
W.S. Spanton, whose sister, Sarah, married Revd 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 Gate, Bury St Edmunds
Date:
Late 18th cent
Caption:
Copy of a print of the Abbey Gate on Angel Hill
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Abbey, Bury St Edmunds, reconstruction by Revd. W Kimber Hardy
Date:
1883
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Abbey, Bury St Edmunds, reconstruction by Arthur Lancaster
Date:
1898
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.
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Abbey Gate, Bury St Edmunds
Date:
nd
Caption:
Copy of Davy's print
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Angel Hill, Bury St Edmunds, 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.
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Abbey Ruins, Bury St Edmunds
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.
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Churchyard, Bury St Edmunds, 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.
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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
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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.
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Angel Hill, Bury St Edmunds, 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.
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Chequer Square, Bury St Edmunds, 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 to its original level at the 1845 restoration, but the battlements were not replaced.
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Norman Tower, Bury St Edmunds
Date:
1820
Caption:
Engraving by Henry Davy of the west front of the Norman Tower from Chequer Square. The ground is built up below the tower. Houses in the west front of the Abbey can be seen, and there are carvings either side of the entrance.
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Eastgate Street, Bury St Edmunds
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.
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Eastgate Street, Bury St Edmunds, St Nicholas Hospital
Date:
c 1900
Caption:
This hospital was founded to care for lepers c1220. 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.
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Cornhill, Bury St Edmunds, 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 1770s.
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Cornhill, Bury St Edmunds, Market Cross 1740
Date:
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A copy of Alexander Downing's illustration from his map of Bury St Edmunds in 1840, made by Mary Hedley in 1885.
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Moyses Hall, Bury St Edmunds
Date:
1748
Caption:
A drawing of the east wall before it collapsed in 1804/5.
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Moyses Hall, Bury St Edmunds
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
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The Traverse, Bury St Edmunds, Etching of Cupola House
Date:
c 1863
Caption:
Built by wealthy apothecary Thomas Macro jr and his wife Susan, the cupola is surmounted by a weathervane with their initials and the date 1693. The name 'Cupola House' dates only from the Victorian period. The doorway is flanked by late Georgian bow windows. To the left is a 'Chemist and Druggist' with late Georgian shop windows. To the right is the former 'Three Bulls' Inn'.
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Hardwick House, Bury St Edmunds, print of unknown man
Date:
nd
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Hardwick House, Bury St Edmunds, Print
Date:
1796
Caption:
A print of Sir Thomas Middleton
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St James' Church, Bury St Edmunds
Date:
1820
Caption:
Print of west front
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St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds, 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.
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St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds, 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.
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Southgate Street, Bury St Edmunds, Hospital of St Petronilla
Date:
1781
Caption:
Copy of a print, before the large 14th century window was moved to St Nicholas Hospital, where it stood at the junction of Hollow and Barton Roads.
