The Sign
Bury St Edmund's does not have a town sign, however, Eastgate lies within the boundary of the town. The sign shows three open crowns, each pierced by two arrows in saltire argent, the crest of the great abbey which grew up around Saint Edmund’s shrine. 

Other Points of Interest
King Edmund of East Anglia, otherwise known as Edmund the Martyr was King from 855 until he was killed at an unidentified place known as Haegelisdun, after he refused the Danes' demand that he renounce Christ: the Danes beat him, shot him with arrows and then beheaded him just to be on the safe side. His body was taken to what is now Bury St Edmunds and a shrine was created. I don’t think anyone knows what Bury St Edmunds was called before it was re-named Bury St. Edmunds; Haegelisdun perhaps.

Eastgate was also the location of the Bury St Edmund's great fire in 1608 which certainly destroyed many of the medieval buildings and spread to the north and west affecting other locations. In addition to this the Great Eastern Railway line to Sudbury and Eastgate Street Station were located here. The railway bridge which spanned the road has now been replaced by the structure which carries the A14. The station was demolished in the mid-1920s although the railway line remained in operation until 1965.