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Excerpt from History Of, and Guide To, Bury St. Edmund's It has been brought up to the present date, and among the more recent improvements and additions to the town, mentioned in its pages, may be noticed the series of stained-glass windows in St. Mary's Church (especially the Queen's window), the new Grammar School, Barracks. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from A Guide to the Town, Abbey, and Antiquities of Bury St. Edmunds: With a List of the Numerous Benefactors, and Other General and Useful Information Edmund, St; life of, 5. Death of, 16. Discovery of the head of, by a wolf, 17. Miracles, performed by the body of, 18. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1885 edition. Excerpt: ... part vi. guide to buhy st. edmund'S. "There is a temple in ruin stands, Fashion'd by long forgotten hands; Two or three columns, and many a stone, Marble and granite, with grass o'ergrown! Out upon Time! it will leave no more Of the things to come than the things before! Out upon Time! who for ever will leave But enough of the past for the future to grieve O'er that which hath been, and o'er that which must be: What we have seen, our sons shall see; Remnants of things that have passed away, Fragments of stone, reared by creatures of clay!" he visitor to Bury St. Edmund's on alighting from the train, and passing through the large gates to the East of the station (which was opened in 1847), finds himself on the Northgate Road, leading to Fornham. Passing under the railway arch which spans the road, he will see a few yards further on the right-hand side, the ruined gateway of St. Saviour's Hospital. This Hospital was begun by Abbot Sampson about the year 1184, but not finished till the time of King John. It was of such magnitude that, in 1446, a Parliament was assembled there. Here also, Humphrey, the good Duke of Gloucester, was, in 1446, found dead, and supposed to have been murdered. At the Dissolution, this Hospital was granted, 34 Henry viii., to Anthony Stringer and John Williams. The ruins (consisting at the present time chiefly of the remains of the gateway) were a short time ago purchased by the Corporation, in order to prevent such a relic of antiquity being totally destroyed. Retracing his steps, the visitor passes into Northgate Street, and some distance further, sees on the right-hand side the old Grammar School. This School was originally in Eastgate Street, but was removed to Northgate Street in 1665, when "The governors, t

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