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Long Melford, or just walked around the grounds of the great abbey Bury St. Edmunds.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 6, 2015
In the historic town of Bury St. Edmunds, about 60 miles northeast of London, there is a small garden that is forever a piece of America.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 6, 2015
Edwards purchased the shawl for an undisclosed price at auction in Bury St. Edmunds in Suffolk.
From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2014
When Hall was born in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, on Nov. 22,1930, his father was a railway employee and his grandfather had been the village ratcatcher.
From Time Magazine Archive
Yet, interesting as Bury St. Edmunds is, it is not as a pilgrimage to St. Edmund's shrine that a visit to Bury and a fairly long halt there are recommended.
From Through East Anglia in a Motor Car by Vincent, J. E. (James Edmund)
Ann Harvey contacted BBC Your Voice last month after her teenage son had failed to get a test in Reading and finally sat his driving test in Bury St Edmunds, more than 130 miles away.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026
Mark Cordell, CEO of Our Bury St Edmunds BID, hoped so, but said it did not necessarily work out that way the last time the club went up.
From BBC ● May 6, 2026
"They have been taken to Bury St Edmunds Police Investigation Centre for questioning", they added.
From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2026
Moreton Men Sports Group, based in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, was initially formed in 2024 with 15 members as a six-a-side football team, but has grown to include more than 200 people.
From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2026
The crisis came in the parliament of Bury St Edmunds in February 1447.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various
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