Bury’s Market Cross has a long and colourful history. From medieval cross and corn exchange to Georgian theatre, from Victorian Concert Room and Town Hall to modern Art Gallery, this illustrated talk will tell the story of the Market Cross and the personalities and events that made it the centre of social life in Bury.
Views: 135 | Enquiries: 0I 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.
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