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St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds, exterior from south west
Date:
after 1864
Caption:
St Mary's is one of the largest parish churches in England. The chancel and tower survive from the 14th century; naive and aisles rebuilt 1420s-40s; chancel chapels and sanctuary added in 1460s and 1470s. The church is noted for having the second longest aisle and largest west window of any English parish church; the magnificent 1440s hammer beam angel roof; John Baret's chantry chapel of 1467, with pardon grave and unique reflective glass in the roof, and the tomb of Princess Mary Tudor, Queen of France and Duchess of Suffolk. ( d.1533)
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St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds, exterior from south-west
Date:
19th cent
Caption:
The west front with the largest west window of any parish church. The cottages to the north were purchased by the church in 1864, demolished, and the ground laid open to the Great Churchyard.. The new high-pitched roof of St James' church is just visible in the centre of the photograph.
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St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds, exterior from north
Date:
pre 1897
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St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds, from the north
Date:
pre 1897
Caption:
St Mary's from the south west showing the offset tower which is aligned with the original abbey precinct wall.
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St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds, from north
Date:
post 1897
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The clock on the tower was installed in celebration of Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee in 1897.
Title
St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds, exterior from the north
Date:
nd
Caption:
Children with basket and trolley in the foreground.
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St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds, exterior from north-east
Date:
post 1924
Caption:
View from across the Great Churchyard.
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St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds, Notyngham Porch
Date:
pre 1924
Caption:
Porch founded by bequest of John Notyngham, grocer (d.1441). Inscription over the entrance asks for prayers on behalf of John and Isabel Notyngham. The porch was restored in 1924.
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St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds, Notyngham Porch
Date:
post 1924
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St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds, Notyngham Porch
Date:
post 1924
Caption:
The porch is unusually located about half way down the north side of the church, but the tower is offset and therefore in the way of a more conventional arrangement. .
Title
St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds, west door
Date:
nd
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St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds, nave from west
Date:
1867 - 1880
Caption:
Shows poppy-headed benches of 1867 and the galleries, which were removed in 1880.
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St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds, interior from west
Date:
1867-1880
Caption:
Shows small altar, galleries and central benches
Title
St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds, nave from west
Date:
1867 - 1880
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St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds, nave from west
Date:
1867 - 1880
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St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds, nave from west
Date:
1867 - 1880
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St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds, nave from west
Date:
1867 - 1880
Caption:
Taken from top of the inner porch, showing the angel roof of 1440s. There is also a text over the chancel arch, not shown in any other view, for which no closer dating evidence exists.
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St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds, east end of nave and chancel
Date:
1844 -1867
Caption:
The box pews and poppy-headed benches with doors were installed in 1844 and were replaced in 1867. The glass in the east window dates from 1847 and was removed in 1914.
Title
St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds, east end of nave and chancel
Date:
1844 - 1867
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St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds, east end of nave and chancel
Date:
post 1913
Caption:
Shows the Suffolk Regimental Boer War Memorial Rood Screen of 1913 and the Reredos of 1910.
Title
St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds, interior from the south
Date:
pre 1901
Caption:
Showing the tomb of Sir Willliam Carewe (died 1501)and his wife, Lady Margaret (died 1525)
Title
St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds, nave from west
Date:
1880 - 1901
Caption:
Shows 1844 pulpit which was moved to this position in 1880. The pulpit steps were moved to the north in 1901.
Title
St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds, nave from west
Date:
1880 - 1901
Caption:
Showing the chancel with its richly decorated roof. The panels of the chancel roof illustrate traditional medieval themes and are carved with intricate cusping and bosses. The stalls below have finely carved tracery and grotesques on the arm rests. Two large tombs are situated at the far east end.
Title
St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds, nave from west
Date:
1910 - 1913
Caption:
Shows pulpit steps which were removed to the north in 1901 and the pre 1910 Reredos.
Title
St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds, nave from west
Date:
c1910 -1913
Caption:
Shows the Reredos of 1910, but not the Rood Screen of 1913
Title
St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds, nave from west
Date:
1913 - 1935
Caption:
The Rood Screen dates from 1913 and the gas standards were replaced with electricity in 1935. The Font was subsequently moved to the south aisle.
Title
St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds, nave from west
Date:
1913 - 1935
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St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds, interior from east,
Date:
1867 -1880
Caption:
The nave benches date from 1867 and the gallery in the south aisle was removed in 1880.
Title
St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds, interior from east
Date:
1880 - 1901
Caption:
The pulpit was moved to this position in 1880, the chancel and sanctuary were re-ordered in 1901.
Title
St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds, interior from east
Date:
1880 - 1901
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St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds, interior from east
Date:
1880 - 1901
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St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds, interior from east
Date:
1880 - 1901
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St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds, interior from east
Date:
1880 - 1901
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St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds, interior from east
Date:
1880 - 1901
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St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds, interior from east
Date:
1901 - 1909
Caption:
The chancel and sanctuary were re-ordered in 1901. Screens were placed in the south bay, shown with a heater in 1909.
Title
St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds, interior from east
Date:
1909 - 1913
Caption:
Looking towards the west window, which was erected to give thanks for the abundant harvest of 1854. Shows the south bay screen of 1909, but not the Rood Screen of 1913.
Title
St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds, interior from east
Date:
post 1913
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St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds, south aisle, interior from east
Date:
pre 1880
Caption:
Shows the entrance to the south gallery, removed in 1880.
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St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds, south aisle, interior from east
Date:
pre 1880
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St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds, south chapel from west
Date:
1909 - 1935
Caption:
Shows the screen erected in 1909, and the chapel with Regimental flags. The north chapel became the Suffolk Regimental Chapel in 1935. The tomb of John Baret (d.1467 ) is on the right.
Title
St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds, south chapel from west
Date:
1909 - 1935
Caption:
Shows the sanctuary of 1909 with regimental flags.
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St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds, south chapel from west
Date:
1909 - 1935
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St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds, south aisle, tomb of John Baret
Date:
nd
Caption:
John Baret was a wealthy clothier who lived in Chequer Square. He had close links with the Abbot, the monk poet John Lydgate, and received the collar of SS. His cadaver 'pardon' tomb was part of a chantry chapel which retains its unique roof, set with circles of mirror glass.
Title
St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds, south chapel from the west
Date:
c 1891 - 1901
Caption:
The medieval font had been 'relegated ' to the south chapel by at least 1891. It was moved again when the sanctuary was created in 1909. The two central monuments and the east wall were moved in 1909.
Title
St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds, south chapel, font
Date:
c 1891 - 1909
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St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds, nave roof
Date:
Early 20th cent
Caption:
This magnificent single hammer-beam roof has eleven pairs of 'life sized' angels, which alternate with arch-braced trusses. The pairs of angels represent the procession to High Mass. The 42 wall posts are carved with figures of saints and prophets. The cornice has a double band of angels holding musical instruments and liturgical symbols. The roof was probably paid for by John Baret and constructed in the early 1440s.
Title
St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds, nave roof
Date:
nd
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St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds, chancel
Date:
pre 1887
Caption:
The arcaded Reredos dates from 1844 and was painted as part of Queen Victoria's Jubilee celebrations in 1887. The five steps were removed in the 1901 re-ordering.
Title
St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds, chancel
Date:
1887-1901
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St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds, chancel
Date:
1907-1910
Caption:
The tomb of Mary Tudor (1496-1533) sister of Henry VIII and Queen of France, is in the left corner of the Sanctuary. The marble curb dates from 1907. The high Reredos of 1910 is still to come.
Title
St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds, chancel
Date:
1907-1910
Caption:
The painted reredos dates from Queen Victoria's 1887 Jubilee, the oak chair from 1844, the flooring of the sanctuary from 1901 and the marble curb of Mary Tudor's tomb from 1907.
Title
St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds, chancel
Date:
1901-1907
Caption:
The sanctuary was re-ordered with black and white marble flooring in 1901. The 1907 curb around Mary Tudor's tomb is not there. The tomb is that of Sir William (d.1501) and Lady Margaret Carewe (d.1525)
Title
St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds, chancel
Date:
1901-1907
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St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds, chancel
Date:
1901-1907
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St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds, chancel
Date:
1910 - 1914
Caption:
Shows high Reredos of 1910 and the east window glass replaced in 1914.
Title
St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds, chancel
Date:
1910-1914
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St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds, The Cenotaph
Date:
1920
Caption:
The former St. Wolstan's Chapel became the site of the Suffolk Regiment's Cenotaph, dedicated on 15 March 1920. It was designed by William Pite and carved in alabaster by C Wiffen. There are also memorials to the Suffolk Yeomanry, a Book of Remembrance to the 360 officers and 6513 warrant officers, non-commissioned officers and men of the Suffolk Regiment and Colours of the Regiment's Battalions.
Title
St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds, The Cenotaph
Date:
1920
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St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds, The Cenotaph
Date:
1920
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St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds, Mary Tudor memorial window
Date:
nd
Caption:
This window in the south chapel was presented by Queen Victoria in 1881, in memory of Mary Tudor, Queen of France and Duchess of Suffolk ( 1476-1533 ). This panel shows the 'secret' marriage between Mary and Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk in March 1515. Mary was buried in the Abbey in 1533 and, after its closure in 1539, was re-interred in St. Mary's on the orders of Henry VIII.
Title
St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds, Miss Harrison's window
Date:
Aug 1868
Caption:
Shows former St. Wolstan's Chapel with the memorial window of 1868. The font was designed by Lewis Cottingham, as part of the 1844 restoration. The medieval font was relegated to the south chapel until 1909. The 1881 font was eventually given to Great Ashfield church.
Title
St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds, H.M.S. Birkenhead Memorial
Date:
nd
Caption:
The transport ship sank off Simon's Town in South Africa in 1852 with a large loss of life, including the 55 men of the Suffolk Regiment commemorated here.
Title
St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk Regiment , Boer War Memorial
Date:
c 1903
Caption:
Marble plaque in St Marys Church to the Officers and Men of the Suffolk Regiment who lost their lives in the Boer War. It was designed by J Whitehead and Son of Lambeth and Westminster and unveiled on the 24th of September 1903 by General William Gatacre, who had commanded the 10th Division. The place names on the border are the previous Battle Honours of the Regiment, to which would later be added 'South Africa 1899-1902' Source: Bury and Norwich Post, 22nd November 1904.
Title
St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds, choir
Date:
1906
Caption:
Taken in the angle of the tower and north aisle. Revd Francis L'Estrange Fawcett, vicar 1896-1907, with beard, centre of third row.
Title
St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds, choir
Date:
1906
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St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds, choir
Date:
1917-1926
Caption:
Reverend Dr Herbert Branston Gray, vicar 1917 - 1926, in the centre of three clergymen in the second row
