Bury St Edmunds, The Abbey Ruins 1898
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Houses had been built into the central arches of the west front by at least the 1660s. The Norman-style windows to the right date from 1863, when this wing became the Probate Registry Office. In 1957 the Borough Council purchased the ruins from the Bristol family, as part of the scheme to turn the area into a cathedral close. The monuments were removed in 1958, and the area was laid to lawn. A statue of St Edmund, by Dame Elizabeth Frink, was placed here in 1976 to commemorate the end of Bury St Edmunds and West Suffolk as independent administrative areas.
An extract from Bury St Edmunds Town and City Memories.
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