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12th October 2020From Rise to Ruins: four streamed talks plannedFour online talks streamed free from St Edmundsbury Cathedral to celebrate the 1000th anniversary of the founding of the Abbey in 1020. 28 November 2020…
18th August 2020St Edmund honour ahead of pilgrimage to mark 1000 years of the AbbeyBury St Edmunds was once a centre of international pilgrimage with people travelling thousands of miles to visit the shrine of St Edmund. Now, to…
18th June 2020The Abbey tennis courts serves up an aceNew public tennis courts are to open in the Abbey Gardens from 1 July marking the completion of the first physical project by the Abbey…
15th May 2020End of tennis courts is new beginningThe removal of the old tennis courts at the east end of the ruins of the Abbey Church opens up some exciting possibilities for the…
21st January 2020Old tennis courts removalThe removal of the old tennis courts starts this week ahead of scan that could solve St Edmund mystery Work to remove the old tennis…
30th May 2019President of RTPI praises work of Heritage Partnership    Work to help develop a better understanding of the heritage significance of the Abbey of St Edmund and to protect it for future generations…
29th May 2019Community unearth medieval finds at Abbey digA community archaeological dig in part of the former Abbey of St Edmund has unearthed a medieval ring and pottery. The dig which took place…
8th December 2018The Abbey of St Edmund Past, Present and FutureWith the countdown on to 1000 years since the foundation of The Abbey of St Edmund in 2020, residents have the chance to discover more…
9th July 2018Abbey study finds everything from wolf skulls to air raid shelterThe first of two studies that will shape the future understanding and conservation of the 1000 year old Abbey in Bury St Edmunds has uncovered…

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30th May 2019

President of RTPI praises work of Heritage Partnership  

  Work to help develop a better understanding of the heritage significance…

8th December 2018

The Abbey of St Edmund Past, Present and Future

With the countdown on to 1000 years since the foundation of The…

12th October 2020

From Rise to Ruins: four streamed talks planned

Four online talks streamed free from St Edmundsbury Cathedral to celebrate the…