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Sutton Hoo
Somehow missed by plundering grave robbers and left undisturbed for 1300 years, the hull of an enormous Anglo-Saxon ship was discovered here in 1939, buried under a mound of earth. The ship was the final resting place of Raedwald, King of East Anglia until AD 625, and was stuffed with a fabulous wealth of Saxon riches. The massive effort that went into his burial gives some idea of just how important an individual he must have been.
Many of the original finds and a full-scale reconstruction of his ship and burial chamber can be seen in the visitors centre. The finest treasures, including the king's exquisitely crafted helmet, shields, gold ornaments and Byzantine silver,…
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Doddington Hall
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Market Square
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Treasury
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The Stained Glass Museum
Near the entrance of Ely Cathedral there's a small but gleaming stained-glass museum that lets you get eye to eye with saints, up misshapen monsters and all manner of domestic barbarity through vivid glasswork from the 14th century onwards.
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Stamford Museum
The Stamford Museum has a muddle of displays on the town's history, including models of circus-performing midget Charles Stretton (aka Tom Thumb) and local heavyweight Daniel Lambert.
Stamford guides are fond of telling the story of the unfortunate Daniel Lambert, who was born a healthy baby in 1770, but who soon began to tip the scales at ever more alarming totals. Despite just eating one meal per day, he ballooned to an astounding 336kg and was hailed by contemporaries as 'the most corpulent man of whom authentic record exists'. When the reluctant celebrity died here in 1809 a wall of his house had to be taken down for the coffin to exit, and 20 pallbearers were needed…
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Elm Hill
Elm Hill is an utterly charming medieval cobbled street of crooked timber beams and doors, intriguing shops and snug cafés, this street is also the centre of the local antique business. From here walk down Wensum St to Tombland, where the market was originally located. Despite its ominous overtones, 'tomb' is an old Norse word for empty, hence space for a market.
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