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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 [[ruins|ruined]] [[abbey]] near the town centre. The town linked to the [[Magna Carta]]; in 1214 the [[baron]]s 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 the Magna Carta. It was also the setting for two [[witch]] [[trial]]s.<ref name="W.M.">{{cite book | last =Notestein | first =Wallace | title =A History of Witchcraft In England from 1558 to 1718 | url =https://archive.org/details/ahistorywitchcr00notegoog |publisher= American Historical Association 1911 (reissued 1965) New York Russell & Russell |date=1911 |location=New York |id= L.C. Catalogue Card No: 65-18824 }}</ref><ref name="G.G.">{{cite book |last=Geis |first= Gilbert |author2= Bunn Ivan | display-authors = etal |title=A Trial of Witches: A Seventeenth-century Witchcraft Prosecution |url=https://archive.org/details/trialofwitchesse0000geis |publisher= Routledge |date=1997 |location=New York |isbn=0-415-17109-1 }}</ref> one of which was used as a reference in the [[Salem Witch Trials]].<ref name="G.G."/><ref name="G.J.">{{cite book | last =Jensen | first =Gary F. | title =''The Path of the Devil: Early Modern Witch Hunts.'' | publisher =Rowman & Littlefield | date =2006 |location=Lanham |isbn=0-7425-4697-7 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last =  Bunn | first = Ivan | title = The Lowestoft Witches | url= http://www.lowestoftwitches.com/index.htm |access-date= 2007-12-15 }}</ref>  During the [[World War II|Second World War]], the [[United States Army Air Force|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.<ref>{{cite web

'''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 [[ruins|ruined]] [[abbey]] near the town centre. The town linked to [[Magna Carta]]; in 1214 the [[baron]]s 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]] [[trial]]s.<ref name="W.M.">{{cite book | last =Notestein | first =Wallace | title =A History of Witchcraft In England from 1558 to 1718 | url =https://archive.org/details/ahistorywitchcr00notegoog |publisher= American Historical Association 1911 (reissued 1965) New York Russell & Russell |date=1911 |location=New York |id= L.C. Catalogue Card No: 65-18824 }}</ref><ref name="G.G.">{{cite book |last=Geis |first= Gilbert |author2= Bunn Ivan | display-authors = etal |title=A Trial of Witches: A Seventeenth-century Witchcraft Prosecution |url=https://archive.org/details/trialofwitchesse0000geis |publisher= Routledge |date=1997 |location=New York |isbn=0-415-17109-1 }}</ref> one of which was used as a reference in the [[Salem Witch Trials]].<ref name="G.G."/><ref name="G.J.">{{cite book | last =Jensen | first =Gary F. | title =''The Path of the Devil: Early Modern Witch Hunts.'' | publisher =Rowman & Littlefield | date =2006 |location=Lanham |isbn=0-7425-4697-7 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last =  Bunn | first = Ivan | title = The Lowestoft Witches | url= http://www.lowestoftwitches.com/index.htm |access-date= 2007-12-15 }}</ref>  During the [[World War II|Second World War]], the [[United States Army Air Force|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.<ref>{{cite web

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The town holds a festival in May. This including concerts, plays, dance, and lecturers  culminating in fireworks. Bury St Edmunds is home to England's oldest Scout group, [[Scouting in Suffolk#Scout Groups|1st Bury St Edmunds (Mayors Own)]].

The town holds a festival in May. This including concerts, plays, dance, and lecturers  culminating in fireworks. Bury St Edmunds is home to England's oldest Scout group, [[Scouting in Suffolk#Scout Groups|1st Bury St Edmunds (Mayors Own)]].

The town's [[association football|football]] club, [[Bury Town F.C.|Bury Town]], are the fourth oldest [[non-league]] team in England.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.burytownfc.co.uk/col.asp?cid=38|title=History of Bury Town Football Club - Members of the Ryman League|publisher=www.burytownfc.co.uk|access-date=2008-03-17}}</ref> They are members of the [[Isthmian League Division One North]].

The town's [[association football|football]] club, [[Bury Town F.C.|Bury Town]], are the fourth oldest [[non-league]] team in England.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.burytownfc.co.uk/col.asp?cid=38|title=History of Bury Town Football Club - Members of the Ryman League|publisher=www.burytownfc.co.uk|access-date=2008-03-17|archive-date=2008-03-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080320031942/http://burytownfc.co.uk/col.asp?cid=38|url-status=dead}}</ref> They are members of the [[Isthmian League Division One North]].

== Local economy ==

== Local economy ==

File:Arms of Bury.jpg|Illumination of the [[Coat of arms|arms]] of Bury St Edmunds ([[British Library]])

File:Arms of Bury.jpg|Illumination of the [[Coat of arms|arms]] of Bury St Edmunds ([[British Library]])

File:Moyses Hall Bury St Edmunds early view.jpg|Early view of [[Moyse's Hall|Moyses Hall]], today Moyses Hall Museum

File:Moyses Hall Bury St Edmunds early view.jpg|Early view of [[Moyse's Hall]], today Moyse's Hall Museum

File:Warren's map of Bury St Edmunds Suffolk.jpg|[[Thomas Warren]]'s map of Bury St Edmunds, 1776

File:Warren's map of Bury St Edmunds Suffolk.jpg|[[Thomas Warren]]'s map of Bury St Edmunds, 1776

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