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The Bury St Edmunds Market Cross stands at the heart of the town. Designed in 1774 by the celebrated architect Robert Adam, this 'neat and beautiful theatre' is celebrated as a brilliant example of decorative neoclassical architecture. The Market Cross has played a vital community role, first drawing audiences for plays and musical performances, and later becoming the Town Hall and an art gallery. Beneath its feet lies an older story - one which reveals the secrets of the original medieval marketplace, and the ravages of the Great Fire of Bury in 1608. Now marking 250 years since Robert Adam revealed his design, this is the story of the iconic landmark and the people who created it. About the author: Adrian Tindall is an archaeologist and accredited Bury St Edmunds Green Badge Tour Guide. He has worked in the field for more than forty years and served as county archaeologist for three regions of the UK

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Adrian Tindall was born in London and studied archaeology at the universities of Sheffield and Bradford. He worked as a professional archaeologist for over forty years, including twenty as county archaeologist for Hereford and Worcester, Cheshire and latterly Cambridgeshire. He has carried out fieldwork in East Anglia, the Midlands, Yorkshire, the North West, Wales, Orkney, Italy and Libya, and has for many years given talks to local groups, schools and adult education classes. He is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and a Member of the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists. Although now retired from professional archaeology, he remains a Trustee of West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village Trust. He lives in Bury St Edmunds and is an accredited Green Badge Tour Guide, an Associate of the Institute of Tourist Guiding and Chair of the Bury St Edmunds Association of Registered Tour Guides.

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