Bury St Edmunds

This article is about the town. For other uses, see Bury St Edmunds (disambiguation).

Bury St Edmunds
Town and Civil parish
Clockwise from top: Bury aerial view, Abbeygate Street, St Mary's Church, Abbeygate and Cathedral
Bury St Edmunds is located in Suffolk
Bury St Edmunds
Bury St Edmunds
Location within Suffolk
Population48,000 (2011)[1]
OS grid referenceTL855645
Civil parish
  • Bury St Edmunds
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Areas of the town
List
Post townBURY ST. EDMUNDS
Postcode districtIP32, IP33
Dialling code01284
PoliceSuffolk
FireSuffolk
AmbulanceEast of England
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Suffolk
52°14′51″N 0°43′06″E / 52.2474°N 0.7183°E / 52.2474; 0.7183

Bury St Edmunds (/ˈbɛri sənt ˈɛdməndz/), commonly referred to locally as Bury, is a cathedral as well as market town and civil parish in the West Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England.[2] The town is best known for Bury St Edmunds Abbey and St Edmundsbury Cathedral. Bury is the seat of the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich of the Church of England, with the episcopal see at St Edmundsbury Cathedral. In 2011, it had a population of 45,000. The town, originally called Beodericsworth,[3] was built on a grid pattern by Abbot Baldwin around 1080.[4][5] It is known for brewing and malting (Greene King brewery)[6] and for a British Sugar processing factory, where Silver Spoon sugar is produced. The town is the cultural and retail centre for West Suffolk and tourism is a major part of the economy.

  1. ^ "Town Population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  2. ^ OS Explorer map 211: Bury St. Edmunds and Stowmarket Scale: 1:25000. Publisher:Ordnance Survey – Southampton A2 edition. Publishing Date:2008. ISBN 978 0319240519
  3. ^ "Magna Carta 800 – Bury St Edmunds". magnacarta800.org.uk. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
  4. ^ "Our Bury St. Edmunds". www.ourburystedmunds.com. Archived from the original on 23 April 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
  5. ^ "St Edmundsbury Local History - St Edmundsbury from 1066 to 1216". www.stedmundsburychronicle.co.uk. Archived from the original on 18 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Greene King – Beers & breweries – Our breweries – Greene King Brewery". www.greeneking.co.uk. Archived from the original on 11 June 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2015.