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Captions for Bury St Edmunds Cornhill
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Cornhill, Bury St Edmunds, Post Office and Bell Buildings
Date:
c1896
Caption:
The Post Office taken shortly after it was opened on 27 May 1896. The architect was Sir Henry Turner [1848-1935] of the Office of Works, and the contractor was Everett & Sons, Colchester. The Bell Buildings were built in 1886 for David Thomas, ironmonger, on the site of the Bell Hotel. The architect was John Codd [1834-1911] and the contractor was Everett & Sons, Colchester. By 1896 the Cornhill frontage had been leased to Stead and Simpsons and Liptons. It was demolished in the 1960s. The passage-way called Market Thoroughfare is still referred to as the Bell Arcade.
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Cornhill, Bury St Edmunds, Old Curiosity Shop
Date:
c 1865
Caption:
This business was first listed in 1830 when it was run by Thomas Fenton, furniture broker and dealer in curiosities at 9 Great Market, until his death in 1846. His son George took over until 1868, followed by his nephew Rueben until c1890. George's address was 5-6 Market Hill, and Rueben's 13 Cornhill. This photograph is traditionally dated to c1865, the objects being arranged by the artist E.R.Smythe, possibly inspired by the illustrations of 'Phiz' for Charles Dickens's novel [1841]. Later, 5-6 Cornhill was Ransoms Sims and Jefferies. The building was demolished for a Sainsbury's supermarket in 1960, became a shopping precinct in 1987 and is now Iceland food store.
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15 Cornhill, Bury St Edmunds, Boots' shop
Date:
c 1910
Caption:
Boots' Shop under construction. Built on the site of Floyds chemist shop, it was opened in 1910. Designed by Sir Michael Treleaven [b 1850] the company's architect and built by Hinnel & Son of Bury St Edmunds. The figures at the first floor level are said to represent Agricola, St Edmund, Edward I and Edward VI. When Boots new store was opened in 1977 the old shop became Martins, newsagents, then Menzies and then W H Smith. On the far left of the picture is part of the Three Kings Hotel which was later replaced by Burtons.
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Cornhill, Bury St Edmunds, market and Moyses Hall
Date:
c1914
Caption:
Ahead is the shop of Charles Bullen, cabinet maker; the three story building is Simpson and Son, auctioneers , and to the right, the International Stores [opened in 1896]. Moyses Hall is now a museum. The South African War Memorial had been dedicated in 1904, and on the left the Castle Hotel with a row of carriers' carts outside.
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Cornhill, Bury St Edmunds, War Memorial
Date:
c1910
Caption:
View looking west from the Buttermarket. In the centre is the South African War Memorial, dedicated on 11 November 1904. On the left is the Market Cross/Town Hall. At the back, L to R: part of the Three King's Hotel, later replaced by Burtons; Floyds the chemist, replaced by Boots in 1910; and part of the Post Office opened in 1895.
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Cornhill, Bury St Edmunds, the Town Hall
Date:
c1890
Caption:
The Town Hall, formerly the Market Cross, from the north in the early 1890s. The first Market Cross building was destroyed in the 1606 fire and its replacement built in 1620. In 1734 the first floor was converted into a theatre and in the 1770s the building was rebuilt to the design of Robert Adam. Later the theatre became too small and a new theatre opened in Westgate Street in 1819. On the extreme left is a gap in the buildings which was presumably the site of the new Post Office of 1895.
Title
Cornhill, Bury St Edmunds, the Town Hall
Date:
Late 19th cent
Caption:
The Town hall from the south. Alterations to the building took place 1839 - 40 when the ground floor was completely enclosed and the panels either side of the door replaced the windows. Following a fire in 1908 more alterations took place and the panels were replaced. In 1972 after further work the building reopened as the Market Cross Art Gallery.
Title
Cornhill, Bury St Edmunds, Town Hall
Date:
1919
Caption:
Alderman A Mitchell, Deputy Mayor, giving details of the Peace Celebrations to be held on Saturday 19 July at a public meeting held in the Town Hall (now Market Cross)on Monday 7 July 1919.
Title
Cornhill, Bury St Edmunds, Town Hall
Date:
1919
Caption:
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Cornhill, Bury St Edmunds, corner of Skinner Street
Date:
nd [1890s?]
Caption:
This image was taken for the 1906 Guide to Bury. The firm of Gibbs, Confectioners, traded here from the early 1860s. Joseph William Gibbs took over from his father in 1892 and the business continued until c1910. The adjoining building is Chapman, Merchant Taylors.
