The Pillar of Salt road sign in Angel Hill

According to the plaque set at the foot of the sign, it is thought to be the first internally illuminated road sign in the country. Designed by Basil Oliver, architect to Bury St. Edmunds Town Council in 1935, it had to be granted special permission because the height of the letters and numbers did not conform to regulations.

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Bury St Edmunds, Village Signs and Sign Posts

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Angel Hill, The Angel

This building has been here since 1778. Charles Dickens stayed at this Suffolk coaching inn twice in the mid-19th century and on both occasions, he resided in room 215 (the compact four-poster bed he slept on remains in use today). The writer immortalised his affection for The Angel by mentioning it, albeit briefly, in 'Pickwick Papers': 'The coach rattled through the streets of a handsome town of thriving and cleanly appearance and stopped before a large Inn situated in a wide open street facing the old abbey. "This must be Bury St Edmunds, and this" said Mr Pickwick, looking up, "is the Angel".'

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Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, Buildings and Structures, East Anglia

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