Martyrs Memorial Bury St. Edmunds, England
Listed Building Data
Martyrs Memorial has been designated a Grade II listed building in England with the following information, which has been imported from the National Heritage List for England. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.
- List Entry ID
- 1375565
- Listing Type
- listed building
- Grade
- II
- Date Listed
- 30 October 1997
- Name
- MARTYRS MEMORIAL
- Location
- MARTYRS MEMORIAL, ABBEY PRECINCTS
- Parish
- Bury St. Edmunds
- District
- St. Edmundsbury
- County
- Suffolk
- Grid Reference
- TL 85603 64064
- Easting
- 585603.0000
- Northing
- 264064.0000
Listed Building Description
Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
BURY ST EDMUNDS
TL8564SE ABBEY PRECINCTS 639-1/8/103 Martyrs Memorial
GV II
Memorial immediately to the south-east of the Norman Tower (qv), in memory of 17 Protestant martyrs. Erected by public subscription, 1903. Stone, in the form of an obelisk surmounted by a ball finial. Each face of the rectangular base has an inscribed panel, 3 giving the names and known details of those commemorated, most of whom were burnt at the stake, the 4th inscribed: 'WHO, FOR THEIR FAITHFUL TESTIMONY TO GOD'S TRUTH DURING THE REIGN OF QUEEN MARY SUFFERED DEATH IN THIS TOWN 1555-1558.'
Listing NGR: TL8560364064
