EPW001774 ENGLAND (1920). Guildhall Street area, Bury St. Edmunds, 1920
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| Title | [EPW001774] Guildhall Street area, Bury St. Edmunds, 1920 |
| Reference | EPW001774 |
| Date | June-1920 |
| Link | |
| Place name | BURY ST. EDMUNDS |
| Parish | BURY ST. EDMUNDS |
| District | |
| Country | ENGLAND |
| Easting / Northing | 585242, 263949 |
| Longitude / Latitude | 0.71350675949759, 52.242107905785 |
| National Grid Reference | TL852639 |
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  Is this industrial area the Boby factory?
Robert Boby of Bury St Edmunds started out as an ironmonger in the 1850s. By the 1870s Robert Boby Ltd had expanded to the manufacture of agricultural implements such as winnowing and grain cleaning machinery, malting and milling equipment and machinery for processing flax.
The building was the biggest factory in Bury St Edmunds, employing nearly 200 men. A 19th century writer reported that: “There is no part of England where the implements of agriculture are more perfect than in Suffolk … This is owing in a very great measure to the very excellent manufacturers of agricultural implements who live in the county.”
In 1972, the factory was closed, resulting in the loss of 270 jobs.
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 MorrisDancer |
Saturday 30th of August 2014 10:43:58 PM |
Yes, this is the Robert Boby works. One of the buildings survives, having been moved to the Museum of East Anglian Life at Stowmarket. The site now houses Waitrose, PC World, TK Max and Halfords. At some point the works were also known as Vickers and made armaments. Not sure if that was 1WW or 2WW or both. |
JayGee |
Wednesday 26th of August 2015 08:15:58 PM |
| College Street workhouses |
MorrisDancer |
Thursday 5th of September 2013 10:26:32 PM |
| Feoffment almshouses |
MorrisDancer |
Thursday 5th of September 2013 10:25:39 PM |
| Unitarian Meeting House |
MorrisDancer |
Thursday 5th of September 2013 10:18:45 PM |
| Guildhall |
MorrisDancer |
Thursday 5th of September 2013 10:17:38 PM |
| St John's church |
MorrisDancer |
Monday 2nd of September 2013 10:33:11 PM |
| Prospect Row, Bury St leading to the Cattle market |
elanbretta |
Wednesday 4th of July 2012 05:15:55 PM |
| Cupola House, sadly destroyed by fire June 2012 |
Debz |
Wednesday 27th of June 2012 08:43:31 PM |
Not destroyed. It was badly damaged but most of the exterior was left standing. Currently (Aug 2015) under reconstruction and planned to re-open this Autumn. |
JayGee |
Wednesday 26th of August 2015 08:18:26 PM |
| The Corn Exchange |
Debz |
Wednesday 27th of June 2012 08:42:42 PM |
| Moyses Hall, now a museum |
Debz |
Wednesday 27th of June 2012 08:42:06 PM |
User Comment Contributions
 Closer view of St John's Church in 2013, from Orchard Street |
MorrisDancer |
Saturday 14th of December 2013 09:56:32 PM |
 St John's Church(flagged at the top of this image)in 2013, looking down Orchard Street from Well Street. |
MorrisDancer |
Saturday 14th of December 2013 09:55:17 PM |
 Guildhall Feoffment Almshouses, April 2009 |
MorrisDancer |
Saturday 14th of December 2013 09:30:56 PM |