Bury St Edmunds Abbey
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The Abbey of Bury St Edmunds was once among the richest Benedictine monasteries in England, until its dissolution in 1539. It is in the town that grew up around it, Bury St Edmunds in the county of Su
The Norman Tower, a gateway and bell tower in front of the new cathedral tower
The Abbey ruins, Bury St Edmunds
View of churchyard and (L-R) Norman Tower, St James Church and SW Tower of Abbey, c. 1920
North transept of the Abbey
John de Taxster
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John de Taxster, Taxter, or Tayster, sometimes erroneously called Taxston, was a 13th-century English chronicler and monk at Bury St Edmunds Abbey. Nothing is known of his life apart from what is repo
The ruins of Bury St Edmunds Abbey.