BURY ST EDMUNDS
Bury is the heart of the Kingdom of East Anglia, just as Edmund’s shrine was the heart of medieval Bury. Beyond the town, a symbolic landscape unfurls, linking Edmund the sacral king with his East Anglian dominion.
Bury is the heart of the Kingdom of East Anglia, just as Edmund’s shrine was the heart of medieval Bury. Beyond the town, a symbolic landscape unfurls, linking Edmund the sacral king with his East Anglian dominion.
Suffolk’s atmospheric Old Minster.
East Anglia’s second Minster is nowadays a remote ruin. Shrouded by trees and surrounded by rolling fields, it has a particularly ancient air. Isolated and brooding, the …
Iken is one of the most sacred places in Suffolk. The lonely church, jutting out into the widening Alde estuary, has a strong spirit of place, yet is also remote. …
The A12’s bisection of Blythburgh could easily destroy any atmosphere this important village might retain. But walking down Church Road, a sense of expectation builds. Then the roar of traffic …
A wodewose (derived from the Old English wudu – wood or forest) is a ‘wild man’; a hairy forest-dwelling embodiment of nature, closely linked in its symbolism to the green …
The flint round-towered churches of Suffolk are some of its most enigmatic and atmospheric. Sometimes remote and isolated, often hidden from view behind a screen of trees, these towers loom out …