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Bury St Edmunds Abbey

Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

Where the barons swore the oath that led to Magna Carta.

This was the shrine of St Edmund, the East Anglian king killed by Vikings in 869. In 1214, the story goes, rebel barons met at the abbey altar and swore to force King John to accept their demands, which became Magna Carta.

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When
Sacked 1327, closed 1539
Where
52.2440, 0.7170
Group
Castles & abbeys

Visiting

Free to visit in the Abbey Gardens, in the town centre.

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