Stiffleaf's photos with the keyword: bury st edmunds

memento mori gravestone of sarah worton, 1698

one of the gravestones affixed to the charnel house built c.1280 is to 9 year old catholic mary haselton, struck down by lightning whilst saying her prayers in 1785. the poem seems sure that some moral can be drawn from this, but somewhat confused as to detail.

odd epitaph on 1785 gravestone to mary haselton. affixed to the old charnel chapel between the ruined abbey and st.mary's church. A young maiden of this town, Born of Roman Catholic parents, And virtuously brought up, Who, being in the act of prayer Repeating her vespers, Was instantaneously killed by a flash of Lightning, August 16th, 1785. Aged 9 years. Not Siloam's ruinous tower the victims slew, Because above the many sinn'd the few, Nor here the fated lightning wreaked its rage By vengeance sent for crimes matur'd by age. For whilst the thunder's awful voice was heard, The little suppliant with its hands uprear'd. Addressed her God in prayers the priest had taught, His mercy craved, and His protection sought ; Learn reader hence that wisdom to adore.

entrance portico on abbeygate street 1861-2 by ellis and woodard of london, the interior altered around 1970 from its original full height hall to become shops downstairs, with a weatherspoons pub taking over the glass roofed upstairs in 2011

south pediment on exchange built 1861-2 by ellis and woodard. victoria appears between symbols of agricultural plenty.

agriculture sits with his plough and team of oxen, the beehive symbolic of successful financial husbandry, carved on the pediment over the entrance. built 1861-2 by ellis and woodard

victoria's bust showing her as twenty years younger than she was when the exchange was built in 1861-2 by ellis and woodard. she appears between personifications of agriculture on the south pediment over the portico.

ceres holds a massive cornucopia amongst the fruits of the harvest on the building of 1861-2 by ellis and woodard

julius ceasar , one of the statues on the facade of the jacobethan fantasy on cornhill built for boots the chemist in 1910 by m.v. treleavan .

jacobethan fantasy on cornhill built for boots in 1910 by m.v. treleavan with julius ceasar, st.edmund, and edward I and edward VI in niches on the first floor. the shop is currently a smiths.

built as a market hall and theatre by robert adam between 1774-80, it sits like a jewel box in the middle of the market place. the inside has been gutted, and now shamefully houses a ladbrokes bookmaker, like a bloated parasite on a pretty face.

musical trophy on the theatre/market hall built by robert adam between 1774-80

cruciform palladian market hall and theatre by robert adam, built between 1774-80

musical trophy on the theatre/market hall built by robert adam between 1774-80

cruciform market hall and theatre by robert adam of 1774-80

built as a market hall and theatre by robert adam between 1774-80, it sits like a jewel box in the middle of the market place. the inside has been gutted, and now shamefully houses a ladbrokes bookmaker, like a bloated parasite on a pretty face.

detail of the west end of the abbey church built c.1140, the ruins full of c18 and c19 houses. the three big blocked arches were the facade of the westwork, with a big tower over the middle one, its n.w. stair turret sticking above the roofline. to north and south are the remains of two storeyed apsed chapels, with big octagonal corner towers completing the front of the church just out of shot.

detail of the west end of the abbey church built c.1140, the ruins full of c18 and c19 houses