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Bury St Edmunds
| Bury St Edmunds | |
|---|---|
 Guildhall, Bury St. Edmunds | |
| Population | 35,015 [1] |
| OS grid reference | TL855645 |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BURY ST. EDMUNDS |
| Postcode district | IP28–IP33 |
| Dialling code | 01284 |
| Police | Suffolk |
| Fire | Suffolk |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| UK Parliament | |
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Bury St Edmunds is a town in the county of Suffolk, England. It is the main town in the borough of St. Edmundsbury and known for the ruined abbey near the town centre. The town linked to Magna Carta; in 1214 the barons of England are believed to have met in the Abbey Church and promised to force King John to accept the Charter of Liberties, the document which influenced the creation of Magna Carta. It was also the setting for two witch trials.[2][3] one of which was used as a reference in the Salem Witch Trials.[3][4][5] During the Second World War, the USAAF operated an airfield outside the town. It is also called 'Suffolk's Floral Town' due to the abbey gardens and amounts of rural land.[6]
- ↑ United Kingdom Census 2001
- ↑ Notestein, Wallace (1911). A History of Witchcraft In England from 1558 to 1718. New York: American Historical Association 1911 (reissued 1965) New York Russell & Russell. L.C. Catalogue Card No: 65-18824.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Geis, Gilbert; Bunn Ivan; et al. (1997). A Trial of Witches: A Seventeenth-century Witchcraft Prosecution. New York: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-17109-1.
- ↑ Jensen, Gary F. (2006). The Path of the Devil: Early Modern Witch Hunts.. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 0-7425-4697-7.
- ↑ Bunn, Ivan. "The Lowestoft Witches". Retrieved 2007-12-15.
- ↑ St Edmundsbury, Borough Council. "America in Suffolk". Archived from the original on 2007-11-09. Retrieved 2007-12-30.
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