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Church Farm is at the centre of an area steeped in history.
The name of Bradfield Combust means exactly what it suggests;
there was a great fire here during the 1320s, when the Bury
Abbey holdings here were destroyed by a mob protesting at the
power of the Abbey over the burgesses of the town.
Up the road, the market town of Bury St Edmunds is named after
the king of East Anglia, martyred in 869. Lavenham was a wealthy
wool town and retains a wealth of tudor buildings.
Several of our regulars are antique hunters from home and abroad,
scouring the multitude of shops and auctions around Long Melford
and Clare.
Within easy striking distance are the capital of horseracing
at Newmarket and the world famous University at Cambridge.
Link to "what to see": Bury
St Edmunds Tourist Information |