Excerpt from The Gentleman's Magazine Library, Vol. 23: Being a Classified Collection of the Chief Contents of the Gentleman's Magazine From 1731 to 1868; English Topography, Part XI (Staffordshire-Suffolk) In Suffolk the bronze sword found at Bury St. Edmunds is worth attention (p. At Bury St. Edmunds a writer in 1844 applauds the apparently ruthless restoration of St. Mary's Church. The very acceptable account of the church plate at Long Melford (pp. 253-259) will be welcome to many antiquaries. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.