Abbey of Bury St Edmunds - Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk - Abbeys, Convents and Monasteries on Waymarking.com

"Two of the conventual churches, St James (now the Anglican cathedral) and St Mary, survive pretty well intact, along with a wall and charnel house of a third, St Margaret.

So do two of the gateways; one is still the main entrance to the park, and the other, considered one of the finest survivals in England, temporarily houses the Anglican cathedral bells.

But it is the ruins of the great Abbey church of St Edmund that astound. A vast, cruciform building, it was more than 500 feet long and 200 feet wide.

You could fit Suffolk's biggest parish church, St Peter and St Paul at Lavenham, into the nave and transepts four times, and still have room for Thornham Parva up in the sanctuary.

One is able to trace it almost in entirety, apart from the south aisle and west front, which have been swallowed up by later buildings."

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Full name of the abbey/monastery/convent: The Abbey Church of St Edmund Address: The Abbey Church of St Edmund Angel Hill Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk England IP33 1UZ Religious affiliation: Christian Web Site: [Web Link] Status of Use: Abandoned Ruin Date founded/constructed: Not listed

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