Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, East Anglia
Little is left of the abbey, at one time the richest in England before the Dissolution and now in ruins: only the west façade, some remnants of the eastern part and two gates. It is likely that up to half of the old houses in Bury St Edmunds have been built from stones that once formed the abbey. You can still gauge the size of the original complex from the surface area of nealy 140.000 m2; it is now taken up by the park and the ruins.
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St James' cathedral was built in 1438, it became a cathedral in 1914. The nave walls are the only part that date from the 15th centure. The windows and the roof were renewed in the 19th century.
St Mary's church dates from the 15th century. Among the many memorial stones is that of Mary Tudor (1496-1533), the sister of Henry VIII and queen of France.
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Abbey and Church of St Mary
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