BURY SAINT EDMUNDS, or SAINT ED' MUNDSBURY (borough in memory of Saint Edmund, the martyr). A market town and an cient borough in Sull'olkshire, England, on the Lark, 26 miles northwest of Ipswich (Map: England, G 4). It is well built and delightfully situated. The chief commercial interest of the town is in the corn and cattle markets held there. The town abounds in historical remains, the more important of which are: the ruins of the famous Benedictine abbey, consisting of a western gate, a handsome specimen of decoratedGothic. and the tower or church-gate, a fine example of massive Norman; and the Gothic churches of Saint James and Saint Mary, the latter containing the tomb of Mary Tudor, daughter of Ilenry V11. of Eng land and wife of Louis XII. of Fr,nce. The town sends one member to Parliament. It owns its water-wo•ks, and maintains public baths, mar kets, a hospital, and a school of art. Population. in 1891, 16,630; in 1901, 16,255.
Bury Saint Edmunds, originally Beodrics weorthe, received its name from Edmund, the Saxon King and martyr, who was killed here in 870 by the Danes, and whose tomb became a noted shrine of pilgrimage. Here Canute raised
s Benedictine abbey. which after Glastonbury be came the richest and most important in England. Between the abbots and the to•ngpeople frequent battles occurred. From 1020 to its dissolution by Henry VIII., it was ruled over by a line of 33 abbots. Consult Hill. "Antiquities of Bury Saint Edmund." in Arch•ologieul Journal. Vol. XXI. (London, 1865).
BUSACO, 106-sli'ke). A ridge on the north side of the River Mondego, in the Province of Beira, Portugal, about 20 miles north-rfortheast of Coimbra. Here Wellington, with about 40.000 British and Portuguese troops, repulsed tile at tack of with 65.000 French, September 27, 1810. Unable to force the position, M•ssima turned it by passing over an adjoining ridge, and Wellington retired behind the lines of Torres Vedras.