Is St Edmund buried in Bury St Edmunds?

Archaeologists believe remains of Saxon king could lie under tennis courts in the Suffolk town

Bury St Edmunds
Abbey Gardens in Bury St Edmunds

Archaeologists are hoping to dig up tennis courts in Bury St Edmunds to see if the remains of Saxon king St Edmund are hidden underneath.

After the bones of Richard III were found buried under a Leicester car park in 2012, historians believe they might have located the final resting place of another monarch.

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