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St Edmund's Lost Body

Abbey Gardens, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

The martyred king's body vanished, and some say it lies under the tennis courts.

St Edmund, King of East Anglia, was killed by Vikings in 869, and his shrine at Bury became one of the great pilgrimage sites of England. When Henry VIII closed the abbey in 1539, the saint's body disappeared.

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When
Lost 1539
Where
52.2445, 0.7185
Group
Mysterious graves

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The Abbey Gardens are free and open daily.

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