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It is in the town that grew up around it, Bury St Edmunds in the county of Suffolk, England. It was a centre of pilgrimage as the burial place of the Anglo-Saxon martyr -king Saint Edmund , killed by the Great Heathen Army of Danes in 869.
Located in the heart of Bury St Edmunds, the abbey was once one of the richest and most powerful Benedictine monasteries in England. Its remains are extensive and include the complete 14th-century Great Gate and Norman Tower, as well as the impressive ruins and altered west front of the immense church.
The remains of Bury St Edmunds Abbey today are extensive, but even so they do little justice to what was once one of the largest and grandest monasteries in England. Its name derives from the martyred King Edmund, who was killed by the Danes and who came to be venerated as a saint soon afterwards.
Bury St Edmunds (/ ˈ b ɛr i s ə n t ˈ ɛ d m ən d z /), commonly referred to locally as Bury, is a historic market and cathedral town and civil parish in the West Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England. The town is best known for Bury St Edmunds Abbey and St Edmundsbury Cathedral.
History. Visit the extensive remains of the abbey, which include the magnificent 14th-century Great Gate and Norman Tower, as well as the altered west front of the immense church. Learn about England’s medieval monasteries and uncover the stories of those who lived, worked and prayed in them.
Take in the Abbey Gate, the award-winning Abbey Gardens and the ruins of the Abbey of St Edmund, the statue of St Edmund, the Norman Tower, the magnificent St Edmundsbury Cathedral, St Mary’s Churchyard, and more!
8 de may. de 2024 · Canute the Great, king of England and Denmark, founded a Benedictine abbey at St. Edmund’s shrine in 1020. The shrine became a place of pilgrimage, and from it the town took its name in the 11th century. Bury St. Edmunds received a royal charter of incorporation in 1606.
