'A Handsome Little Town': a Virtual Tour of Bury St Edmunds
Adrian Tindall SpeakerNet Sponsor
- Region:
- East of England
- Notice Period:
- Regular (more than one month's notice)
- Type:
- Retired Professional
- Fee:
- Paid: £70 plus travel expenses (25p/mile, up to 50 miles from Bury St Edmunds)
- Category:
- History
- Updated:
- 12th October 2024
- Tagged:
- Saxons | Middle Ages | Tudors | Georgians
Bury St Edmunds has been settled since Anglo-Saxon times, when a young King Edmund was martyred by Viking invaders and his shrine drew pilgrims from all over Europe.
This illustrated talk will take you on a tour of 1,000 years of Bury’s history, from monks and martyrs to Saxon kings and Tudor queens, from talking wolves and Magna Carta to Georgian Chic and Mr Pickwick.
Views: 1531 | Enquiries: 16About Adrian Tindall
I am an accredited Green Badge Tour Guide, an Associate of the Institute of Tourist Guiding and Chair of the Bury St Edmunds Association of Registered Tour Guides. I am the author of ‘A Neat and Beautiful Theatre: The Story of Bury St Edmunds Market Cross' (2024).
I was a professional archaeologist for over forty years, serving as county archaeologist for Hereford and Worcester, Cheshire and Cambridgeshire. I have excavated in East Anglia, the Midlands, Yorkshire, the North West, Wales, Orkney, Italy and Libya. I am a Member of the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London.
Other Talks on SpeakerNet by Adrian Tindall
- 'The Montpellier of Suffolk': Bury St Edmunds' French Connections
- 'An Extraordinary Man': The Life and Death of Walter Guinness, Lord Moyne of Bury St Edmunds
- 'Not the Slightest Cause for Panic': Bury St Edmunds in the Great War
- 'Mr Soane Came to Breakfast': Sir John Soane and James Oakes' House
- 'The Monastery Alone a City': 1,000 Years of the Abbey of St Edmund
- ‘A Neat and Beautiful Theatre’: the Story of Bury St Edmunds Market Cross
- 'Persons of Quality': the Story of Bury St Edmunds Athenaeum
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