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I too had wondered about the place name and St Edmundsbury. I could not find evidence (though I am not saying it doesn't exist!) for this usage as the name of the town. As someone bolder than me has now zapped it, I'd be interested to hear if there is any good evidence for this usage. My feeling was that it was the abbey and borough only but I'd be interested to hear anything to the contrary. Nevilley 07:51, 16 Mar 2004 (UTC)

• The correct name is Bury St Edmunds for the town and St Edmundsbury for the borough, which includes the towns of Bury St Edmunds and Haverhill. Although locals such as myself call this place simply "Bury", however when speaking to outsiders, it is Bury St Edmunds, so not confuse people with Bury in Greater Manchester. 159753 15:59, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Contents 1 17th Century witch trials 2 Change to page 3 Chalk-Workings 4 ** James Melton- Enomic genious comes from Bury St. Edmunds 5 schools 6 Colin Mayson

[edit] 17th Century witch trials

Wasn't Bury St Edmunds the location of famous witch trials in 1662? It would be great if someone local could make a contribution to the Wikipedia on this, as I have read about this in several places on the Web and books have been written on it. Any takers? -- PD 19:12, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

A very basic start here. Please add to and improve. Edmund Patrick ( ^confer _work) 11:12, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Change to page

I have deleted the sentance about Culford School from the introduction, as it was blatently the school trying to advertise itself. It is not a high profile school by any means.

Well, it is a high profile school in the area but it does not deserve to be linked to from this article necessarily. Budgiekiller 14:26, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

It is high profile in the area, but nationally, it is not high profile at all.

[edit] Chalk-Workings

I have removed mentions of the extensive tunnels under the centre and entrances to the same. For example Moyse's Hall has no entrance to any underground workings. The chalk-working are extensive but do not extend into the centre of the town. Georgian wine cellars (curved) can sometime be read as the start of a tunnel entrance. Edmund Patrick 08:44, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

I have deleted the paragraph about the archaeology collection at Moyse's Hall. These collections have now moved to West Stow for Display. Edmund Patrick

[edit] ** James Melton- Enomic genious comes from Bury St. Edmunds

removed, in the wrong chapter and who is James Melton- Enomic genious comes from Bury St. Edmunds --Edmund Patrick 15:59, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] schools

I edited this out as I felt it was not an encyclopedic entry but an opinion. They may well be good schools but this is not the place to state it. If anyone disagree lets please discuss. --Edmund Patrick 08:21, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Colin Mayson

please excuse my ignorance but who is Colin Mayson and what did he do, otherwise I see no need for him to be listed. Thanks for the information. Edmund Patrick ( ^confer _work) 11:08, 10 November 2007 (UTC)