The hunt is on for the remains of the Anglo Saxon king Saint Edmund.

According to the Daily Mirror, the 9th century ruler was believed to have been killed by Viking raiders after refusing to denounce his Christianity, and his remains were kept in a shrine, but were later lost during Henry VIII's reign and the desecration of the Benedictine Abbey.

There was some mystery over where his body was buried but now historians believe that his remains are in a small graveyard for monks - now covered by two tennis courts.