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Title
Abbeygate Street, Bury St Edmunds
Date:
First half of 20th century
Caption:
View from a roof in Abbeygate Street, looking towards the Abbey Gate. The building on the west corner of Angel Lane, and those from Angel Lane to Angel Hill can be seen.
Title
Abbeygate Street, Bury St Edmunds
Date:
1887
Caption:
Abbeygate Street decorated with flags for the celebration of Queen Victoria's Jubilee.
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1 Abbeygate Street, Bury St Edmunds, Walkers Stores
Date:
post 1922
Caption:
This shop display of tinned goods may have been taken for an advertisement. Walkers Stores were part of World Stores Ltd, which had six branches in Suffolk in 1925, but none in 1922.
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2 Abbeygate Street, Bury St Edmunds
Date:
1906
Caption:
Thomas Cross established his Florist, Seed merchant and Nurseryman's shop opposite, at number 58 in 1892. The same year he moved to no 24 and between 1896 and 1900 to this building where the business continued until 1969. The Nursery garden was at Chapel House, Barton Road, beyond Eastgate Street. The niche may have some antiquity and is shown in 1887. The image was taken for a guide to Bury in 1906.
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11 Abbeygate Street, Bury St Edmunds, Olivers and Sons, Grocers
Date:
post 1900
Caption:
The three-gabled roof is Olivers, beyond at nos 11-13 is Nunn Hinnell and Clark, chemists, with a mortar and pestle over the door. The clock , of 1900, hangs outside no 14 Thurlow Champness, watchmaker and jeweller.
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11 & 12 Abbeygate Street, Bury St Edmunds, Oliver's Shop
Date:
Pre 1900
Caption:
Shows Oliver & Son, grocers, tea-dealers and coffee roasters. Beyond, is Nunn Hinnell and Summers, family and dispensing chemists. Further on, is the Thurlow Champness building with no clock, which dates the image to before 1900.
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Abbeygate Street, Bury St Edmunds, Thurlow Champness' shop
Date:
early 20th cent
Caption:
Although the clock, which dates from 1900, remains, the shop front has now been thoroughly modernised, hiding the fact that there has been a silversmith's shop on this site for very many years.
Title
16 Abbeygate Street, Bury St Edmunds, H I Jarman, Photographer and Art Stockist
Date:
c1900
Caption:
The central building [no.16] was designed by William Spanton for his home and his..' Repository of Arts and West Suffolk Photographic Establishment.'. He hoped the four -storey building would set a trend, which would transform Abbeygate Street into the Regent Street of Bury St Edmunds. To the left is Dunn's Restaurant and to the right is Grooms' bookseller and stationers.
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17 Abbeygate Street, Bury St Edmunds, FW Groom
Date:
c1900
Caption:
F W Groom, Bookseller and Stationer, traded from this shop from c 1880 when he succeeded Arthur Lancaster. The business continued into the 1980s. To the left is H I Jarman, photographer.
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25 Abbeygate Street, Bury St Edmunds, Taylor's Music Warehouse
Date:
1885-86
Caption:
The music business was founded in 1849 by James Last, who was succeeded by his nephew Alfred in 1866. By 1883 it was owned by John Cookman Roberts ' .... pianoforte and music dealer and tuner to Her Majesty ....' He was also manager of the Theatre Royal. William Taylor ran his Music Warehouse and Pianoforte Saloon and agency for the 'Daily Journal' from No 25 from mid-1885 to mid-1888. In October 1886 he founded the 'Bury and West Suffolk Journal', which is not advertised here. Between June and September 1888, he moved down the street to No 27 and Jonathan Bulling became the owner of No 25. To the right at No 26 is Emma Afford's baby-linen warehouse.
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35-36 Abbeygate Street, Bury St Edmunds, Ridleys Grocers
Date:
c1910
Caption:
The buildings date from 1700-4 and was a grocers shop from at least 1758 when Edward Ely was recorded as a grocer. The firm of Ridley succeeded Ely in 1801 and traded here until October 1996. Images of the shop were taken for advertisement in the 20th century guide to Bury St Edmunds.
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35-36 Abbeygate Street, Bury St Edmunds, Ridleys Grocers
Date:
1906
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35-36, Abbeygate Street, Bury St Edmunds, Ridleys Grocers
Date:
Aug-60
Caption:
For earlier views see 0648 and 2273. The shop closed in 1996 and became a restaurant.
Title
39 Abbeygate Street, Bury St Edmunds, Barwells Butchers Shop
Date:
c1910
Caption:
The firm of Barwells traded from no 39 following the fire of 1882. Robert Newman Barwell founded the butcher and poulterers shop, which continues today [2010]. The image was probably taken for an early 20th century directory or guide to Bury St Edmunds.
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57 Abbeygate Street, Bury St Edmunds, Thomas London's Chinese Tea Market
Date:
c1880
Caption:
Thomas London traded from this corner site from late 1876 until autumn 1888. He was preceded in his business by John Denoven [ here at least from 1844-1876] and succeeded by Collen & Co from 1888 until the early 20th century. The three-gabled building to the right is Robert Kitson, tailor. The right gable was demolished in 1891-2 and the site incorporated into the Alliance Assurance office.
Title
49-52 Abbeygate Street, Bury St Edmunds
Date:
1870 - 80
Caption:
To the left, at no 49, is Henry Quant, shoemaker, trading here since 1858. No 50 is Gurneys Bank, designed by H F Bacon of Bury St Edmunds in 1856. J F Paul, printer and stationer, moved into no 52 in 1870 and left in 1880. The latter building was demolished and a new bank designed to match 50 -51, by J B Pearce of Norwich. No 50 then became the Post Office from 1881 until 1895. On the left corner is Plumptons and Sons, linen and woollen drapers.
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56-59 Abbeygate Street, Bury St Edmunds
Date:
1891
Caption:
On the far corner of Whiting Street, at no 56 is William Skoulding, chemist. On the nearer corner at no 57 is Collens Cash Stores. The three-gabled building is Robert Kidson, tailor and habit maker at no 58. The furthest gable block has been let to Thomas Cross, seedsman. The posters inform the public that the Alliance Assurance Office has purchased nos 58 and 59 and that Cross and Kidson have moved. The Alliance building was designed by J S Corder of Ipswich and illustrated in 'The Builder' on 27 August 1892. The new building occupies the area of no 59 and the nearest gable of no 58, which was reduced to a two-gable width.
Title
58-59 Abbeygate Street, Bury St Edmunds
Date:
1891
Caption:
The premises of R Kidson, tailor, and T Cross, seed merchant, on Abbeygate Street. The photograph was taken at the time when the Sun Alliance Insurance Company were about to build new offices on the site, demolishing some of the existing building.
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58 Abbeygate Street, Bury St Edmunds, Mr Kidson's shop
Date:
c1891
Caption:
Robert Kidson moved out of these premises in 1891, when they were acquired by the Alliance Assurance Office. This series of images were probably taken to record the historic features of the building, many of which survive to this day. This image shows detail of the corner post of the south-east corner of the rear range of the building.
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58 Abbeygate Street, Bury St Edmunds, Mr Kidson's shop
Date:
c1891
Caption:
Title
58 Abbeygate Street, Bury St Edmunds, Mr Kidson's shop
Date:
1891
Caption:
Interior view of upper floor.
Title
58 Abbeygate Street, Bury St Edmunds, Mr Kidson's shop
Date:
c1891
Caption:
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58 Abbeygate Street, Bury St Edmunds, Mr Kidson's shop
Date:
c1891
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60 Abbeygate Street, Bury St Edmunds, National Provincial Bank
Date:
c1868
Caption:
The Bank was designed in 1868 by John Gibson of London, architect to the National Provincial Bank, 1864-81. The image was probably taken at the opening of the bank.
Title
59-61 Abbeygate Street, Bury St Edmunds, National Provincial Bank
Date:
Feb-63
Caption:
The Bank opened in 1868. By 1963 the Alliance Assurance was still at no 59 and Bankes Ashton, solicitors at no 61.
Title
59-61 Abbeygate Street, Bury St Edmunds, National Provincial Bank
Date:
Feb-63
Caption:
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60 Abbeygate Street, Bury St Edmunds, National Provincial Bank
Date:
Feb-63
Caption:
Interior image of counters.
Title
Abbeygate Street, Bury St Edmunds
Date:
c1880
Caption:
Mr Thompson's shop on the corner of Abbeygate Street and Hatter Street before the devastating fire which destroyed several buildings on 15 June 1882. See K505/0554 for details of the events.
Title
Abbeygate Street, Bury St Edmunds, fire
Date:
1882
Caption:
This image shows the area devastated by fire which began just before midnight on Thursday 15 June 1882 in the premises of Simon Norbert Last's tobacconist shop and spread rapidly through all the buildings, mainly timber framed, from the corner of Abbeygate Street and Hatters Street to the premises which are now Barwell's the butchers. At an emergency meeting of the Town Council concerns were expressed about the cause of the fire and delays in attacking it. The fire engine used on this occasion belonged to the Suffolk Alliance Insurance Company, and it seems likely that the establishment of the town fire brigade in 1885 may have been one result of this event.
Title
Abbeygate Street, Bury St Edmunds, fire
Date:
1882
Caption:
Four days after the fire Mr Last was arrested and charged with wilfully and maliciously setting fire to the premises in Abbeygate Street. Evidence was given to show that he had been in serious financial difficulties for some time. The fire had not ceased burning when he wrote to the insurance company claiming the whole sum insured, which he had recently increased. Mr Last appeared before the magistrates and was committed to trial at the next Suffolk Assizes, where the jury failed to agree. He was finally sent for trial in Norwich in November, where he was sentenced to five years hard labour.
Title
Abbeygate Street, Bury St Edmunds, fire
Date:
1882
Caption:
Looking west up Abbeygate Street, showing the extent of the fire, to the premises which are now [2010] Javelin's clothing store at the left of the picture and the premises which are now Barwell's the butchers, still standing but badly damaged. Photo: W.S.Spanton June 1882.
Title
Abbeygate Street, Bury St Edmunds, fire
Date:
1882
Caption:
The north side of Abbeygate Street from the site of the fire. The very tall building was the premises of W S Spanton who took these photographs.
Title
Abbeygate Street, Bury St Edmunds, fire
Date:
1882
Caption:
Local people gather at the junction of Hatters Street and Abbeygate Street at the scene to view the considerable damage to the buildings.
Title
Abbeygate Street, Bury St Edmunds, fire
Date:
1882
Caption:
This view of the damage on the corner of Hatter Street was probably taken the morning after the fire. Men had been stationed across Abbeygate Street to prevent sightseers from walking beside the destroyed or damaged buildings. For further details of the fire see K505/554
Title
Abbeygate Street, Bury St Edmunds, fire
Date:
1882
Caption:
The devastation on the east of Hatter Street contrasts with the unharmed buildings on the west side. For further details of the fire see K505/554
Title
Abbeygate Street, Bury St Edmunds, fire
Date:
1882
Caption:
Abbeygate street closed to allow the authorities to deal with the fire damage. This view is almost certainly taken from the window in Spanton's shop, no 16. The Bury and Norwich Post reported on 20 June that Mr W S Spanton had taken several very successful views of the ruins, and, in reporting Last's trial in Norwich, the Bury Free Press of 4 November noted that Mr Spanton spoke to the correctness of photographs of the premises taken by him. For further details of the fire see K505/554
Title
Abbeygate Street, Bury St Edmunds, fire
Date:
1882
Caption:
The undamaged buildings on the north side of the street, including the tall one which was Mr Spanton's house and studio, from the area destroyed by fire. Photo: W.S. Spanton June 1882.
Title
Abbeygate Street, Bury St Edmunds, fire
Date:
1882
Caption:
The people in Abbeygate Street appear to be onlookers, but the four men standing at the top of Hatter Street could have been placed there to prevent people from entering that street. Photo: W S Spanton, June 1882.
Title
Abbeygate Street, Bury St Edmunds, fire
Date:
c 1882
Caption:
The newspaper accounts make it clear that the site of the fire was a great attraction to the people who came from quite a distance to see the devastation. On 15 July 1882 the Bury Free Press reported that the Town Council had proposed to set back the frontage on rebuilding. The front wall of Ridley's premises (without the shop windows) was taken as the line and it was anticipated that the two undamaged buildings at the corner of Angel Lane could also be altered to correspond with this line. The Bury and Norwich Post reported on the 20 June that several very successful photographs of the ruins were taken by Mr W S Spanton of Abbeygate Street and, in reporting Last's trial in Norwich, the Bury Free Press on 4 November noted that Mr Spanton spoke to the correctness of photographs of the premises taken by him.
