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Guthrum, The Danish King of East Anglia is rumoured to have been buried in Hadleigh, somewhere near to the Church of St Mary c890AD

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guthrum

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An interesting programme due to be screened on Channel4 in March 2009hosted by Tony Robinson [Baldrick in Black Adder] and his Time Team looking for a Medieval Abbey at Blythburgh, it has long been thought that King Anna was buried here

http://medievalnews.blogspot.com/2008/10/blythburgh-abbey.html

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Queen Anne Boleyn frequented Erwarton Hall and it is said that after her execution her heart was placed inside a casket and buried within the walls of Erwarton Church

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arwarton

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King James I introduced Horse Racing to England and his chosen venue was Newmarket

http://www.newmarketracecourses.co.uk/about/11788965902600.html

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Sutton Hoo Burial Chamber near Woodbridge

It is thought likely that The Anglo Saxon King Raedwald, who lived at nearby Rendlesham, was buried in the mound here, but all excavations have never proven it was he that was buried here

http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/article_index/w/who_was_buried_at_sutton_hoo.aspx 

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