The Ancient Library

The Ancient Library was founded by Dr Miles Mosse in 1595 as a resource for clergy training. There are over 550 books, mainly printed in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.  The library, in a room over the north-west porch designed by Stephen Dykes Bower in 1960, has bookcases made by Leonard Goff in 2004. Click here to see a list of the books in the library.

More information about the editions held can be found by:

- searching for 'Bury St Edmunds CL' in the Incunabula Short Title Catalogue
- selecting 'search by' 'library name' and entering 'Bury St Edmunds Cathedral' in the English Short Title Catalogue
- searching for keyword 'Bury St Edmunds' in library 'Cathedral Libraries' in COPAC.

If you would like information about donors, pastedowns or marginalia, or would like to visit the library, please contact the librarian through the Cathedral Visitor Officer.

Contact: The Cathedral Visitor Officer

Telephone 01284 748721

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