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Captions for Bury St Edmunds: other places of worship
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Cemetery Chapel, Bury St Edmunds
Date:
nd
Caption:
In 1855 the Burial Board purchased c.11 acres of land for a cemetery. Two thirds of the area was for Anglican burials, and the remaining third for Non- Conformists. Two identical chapels and a lodge were designed by Cooper and Peck of London. The cemetery opened 10 October and the Anglican chapel was consecrated 23 October 1855.
Title
St Edmunds Roman Catholic Church, Bury St Edmunds
Date:
nd
Caption:
Title
St Edmunds Roman Catholic Church, Bury St Edmunds, High Altar
Date:
nd
Caption:
The semi-circular apse behind the altar of the Roman Catholic Church on Westgate Street is decorated with a painting of the Ascension.
Title
St Edmunds Roman Catholic Church, Bury St Edmunds, interior
Date:
Early 20th cent
Caption:
The interior of the St Edmunds Catholic Church designed by Charles Day in a Jesuit style and built in 1838.
Title
St Edmunds Roman Catholic Church, Bury St Edmunds, Shrine
Date:
Early 20th cent
Caption:
The shrine with statue of St Edmund. At the west end of the church is an alms box made, it is said, with the wood of the tree to which King Edmund was bound at his martyrdom (at Hoxne).
Title
Roman Catholic Church, interior from north
Date:
nd
Caption:
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St John's Church, Bury St Edmunds
Date:
1872-76
Caption:
The church was built 1840-1, to designs by William Ranger, who had earlier designed Westley Church in 1835. Ranger here designed an aisled church in the 13th century Early English style with a two-storey tower and a spire with flying-buttresses, in all 160 feet tall. The entire church, in urban-style, was built with red and white bricks. This image shows the interior before the rebenching of 1876..
Title
St John's Church, Bury St Edmunds
Date:
after 1889
Caption:
Interior from the west
Title
St John's Church, Bury St Edmunds
Date:
after 1880
Caption:
This image shows the rebenching of 1876, the new reredos and altar of 1878 and the pulpit of 1880.
Title
St John's Church, Bury St Edmunds
Date:
post 1880
Caption:
This image shows the re-benching of 1876, the new reredos and altar of 1878 and the pulpit of 1880.
