Cathedrals · East of England
Bury St Edmunds Abbey
Bury St Edmunds Abbey is a cathedral in the United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round
- Family-friendly
- Wheelchair accessible
About
Bury St Edmunds Abbey is a cathedral in england east, United Kingdom — the principal church of its diocese, dating from 1020. Cathedrals are seats of bishops in the Church of England, the Roman Catholic Church, and other Christian denominations across Britain.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Abbey of Bury St Edmunds was once among the richest Benedictine monasteries in England, until its dissolution in 1539. 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. The ruins of the abbey church and most other buildings are merely rubble cores, but two very large medieval gatehouses survive, as well as two secondary medieval churches built within the abbey complex.
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Background
History
In the early 10th century the allegedly incorrupt (i.e. not decomposed) body of the martyred king, St Edmund, was translated from Hægelisdun to Beodricsworth, afterwards known as St Edmundsbury, a site that had probably had a monastery founded by St Sigeberht some three centuries earlier. At this time the early shrine was guarded by a group of secular priests, but in c. 1020, under the auspices of King Cnut and Ælfwine, the then Bishop of Elmham, they were replaced by monks from St Benet's Abbey and a Benedictine Abbey of St Edmundsbury was founded. Two of the monks from St Benet's Abbey became Bury's first two abbots: Ufi, prior of Holme, (d. 1044), who was consecrated abbot by the Bishop…
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- Coordinates
- 52.2441, 0.7192
- County
- Suffolk
- District
- West Suffolk
- Parish
- Bury St Edmunds
- Postcode
- IP33 1RS
- Parliamentary constituency
- Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket
- Established
- 1020
Sources
- wikidata: Q334286 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Bury St Edmunds Abbey (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Bury St Edmunds Abbey?
- Bury St Edmunds Abbey is in Suffolk, East of England, United Kingdom (postcode IP33 1RS), in the parish of Bury St Edmunds.
- When was Bury St Edmunds Abbey built?
- Built or established in 1020.
- How do I get to Bury St Edmunds Abbey?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode IP33 1RS. It sits within the Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket parliamentary constituency.