Bury St Edmunds Walk: Town Centre【4K】

Located in the East Anglian county of Suffolk is the town of Bury St Edmunds.

In the 9th century it went by the Saxon name: 'Beodericsworth', meaning 'house of Beoderic' to whom the manor belonged. The town was later renamed after Edmund, King of East Anglia, who was captured and killed by the Danes during the Viking raids.

In 1020 King Cnut rebuilt the town and abbey, and in 1080 Abbot Baldwin designed a grid pattern to which the town was, and still is, designed. In other words, Bury St Edmunds is one of the world's oldest grid towns. It predates Milton Keynes by around 900 years!

In Medieval times, the Abbey of St Edmund was one of the richest, largest and most powerful Benedictine monasteries in England. People from all over Europe came to visit the shrine of St Edmund located within. But in 1539 it was mostly destroyed in accordance with Henry VIII's dissolution of the monasteries. However the Abbey Gate still stands as an iconic landmark of Bury St Edmunds, dating back to the 14th century.

In 1799 Benjamin Greene founded a brewery in Bury St Edmunds. In 1887 it merged with another brewery owned by Frederick William King, thus Greene King was born. To this day it is the UK's largest pub retailer and brewer. On the other side of the palate, British Sugar, whose retail arm is Silver Spoon, owns a beet processing factory in Bury St Edmunds - one of only four remaining in the country.

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Filmed: 12th April 2021

Filmed on a Sony FDR-AX700 with a Zhiyun Crane 2 and a Sony ECM-XYST1M Stereo Microphone.

TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 Churchgate Street
1:40 St Edmundsbury Cathedral
1:50 Angel Hill
3:35 Abbeygate Street
6:11 Butter Market
7:50 Cornhill
10:08 Guildhall Street
11:52 Churchgate Street
12:32 Whiting Street
14:17 Abbeygate Street
14:30 The Traverse
16:07 Cornhill
17:14 St John's Street

[NonameTime]

Omg your walking up my street I lived I. chequer square and Bridewell Lane. I miss it so much I wish my job had hot moved.

[土浦乗り鉄]

Thank you for sharing the wonderful walking footage of the cityscape. from Japan.

[AmbientWalking]

Such a pleasure to travel with you. Always an important time in my day when I am watching your video. : )

[lukemitchell]

nice bright peaceful morning in bury, always wanted to live here

[shirleyellis]

Enjoyed the walk. It looks like a lovely fine day.

[ShakeelAhmed-prgn]

Thank you for the beautiful town walk. Its so relaxing.

[ThisGuyWalks]

Enjoyed walk with you!
Thanks for sharing ^^

[Nataly]

Interesting views and a pleasant walk. Thank you!)

[OldHammerMiniPainter]

I usually go abroad for holidays, last summer we were to visit Geneva, but that never happened for obvious reasons.

I live near Kings Lynn, and decided to stay close to home for short breaks, and so far we have stayed in Boston, Holt, Hemsby, Ely and Southwold, not places i am that familiar with, but absolutely lovely, quintessentially british towns, and for our next break, we will stay at Bury in january, and i cannot wait =)

[iantyers]

Looks a good walk, but does the town not have seats ?