Set in rural North Suffolk, the pretty village of Hoxne is steeped in history.

          

Legend has it that King Edmund was betrayed to the Danes by a newlywed couple who were crossing the Goldbrook Bridge and spotted his golden spurs reflected from his hiding place below the bridge.

Edmund is said to have put a curse on all newlyweds crossing the bridge, and to this day local brides take care to avoid it.

Edmund was tied to an oak tree and shot with arrows until dead. The tree mysteriously fell down in 1848 while apparently in good health and a monument was erected. The bridge and monument, both only a short walk from The Swan, are popular tourist attractions.

In the Church of St Peter and St Paul, again only a short walk away, an oak screen depicts scenes from the martyr's life.

In 1992 a local man, helping to look for a friends hammer in a nearby field, found a hoard of more than 15,000 silver coins (mainly siliquae), over 500 gold solid, and a spectacular selection of silver and gold jewellery and tableware.

Buried some time in the first half of the 5th century AD, the find is one of the largest hoards of Roman treasure ever found and is arguably the most important coin hoard ever acquired by the British Museum.