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Explore Bury St Edmunds, a small market town close to Cambridge and a jewel in the crown of the rural county of Suffolk. Visitors make their way there to visit the magnificent cathedral, see the beautiful municipal gardens on the grounds of the ruined abbey, go shopping and much more.

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The Abbey of Bury St Edmunds was once among the richest Benedictine monasteries in England. The site became home to the remains of the martyred King Edmund in 903 and the acquisition of such a notable relic made the monastery a place of pilgrimage as well as the recipient of numerous royal grants. The Benedictine abbey itself was established in 1020. Edward the Confessor substantially enlarged the privileges in its charter, and at the time of the Norman Conquest, Bury ranked fourth among…

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