Edmund, who was the last Saxon king of East Anglia, was killed by the marauding Danes in 870. They offered to spare him and let him rule as their vassal on the condition that he outlawed the practise of Christianity; he refused and so became a martyr. His bones were returned to the local monastery in 903 and a shrine to St. Edmund was established.
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Suburbs and towns covered by this travel guide to Bury St. Edmunds (Suffolk) include Bury St Edmonds, Bury St Edmunds, Bury St Edmunds, Bury St. Edmunds, Ipswich, Mildenhall, Suffolk, and more.
