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Edward the Martyr was buried at the abbey and King Canute died whilst staying there.

He is buried in the crypt of the parish church of St Peter and St Leonard, which he designed and built himself.

Dating from the mid 15th century it was extensively restored in 1866 at a cost of £1,200, mostly paid thanks to the benefaction of Mr Robert Copeman, many of whose ancestors are buried within

The bastard son of Richard III is buried at the ancient village church.

Nearby is the church of St John Evangelist; in 1963 Guy Burgess, a secret agent for the USSR, who died in Russia, was to be buried in its churchyard.

The Poet Laureate Robert Southey married Caroline Bowles here, while the naturalist William Gilpin lies buried in the churchyard.

Sir Alliott Verdon-Roe, one of Britain's first aviators, is buried in this partly Norman church.

Since 1968, this village has been officially known as Hoo St Werburgh; it is named after a Saxon princess who became a nun, and who was buried on the site of the present church.

Captain Bligh of mutiny on the Bounty fame is buried in the churchyard.

Market days in Bury are Wednesday and Saturday.

Sidney and his wife, Ellen, are buried in Stroud Cemetery.

Joseph Conrad, author of 'Heart of Darkness' and 'The Secret Agent', spent his final years in Bishopsbourne, and was buried in Canterbury.

In Bury Road is the Memorial Garden, formerly part of the Severalls.

In 1725 the Quakers opened their burial ground in Lower Lane, planting a tree wherever one of their number was buried.

The first round-the-world solo yachtsman Sir Francis Chichester was part of the family, and he is buried in North Devon.

Many of the eminent former residents of Stockton and Norton are buried here, and Thomas Sheraton, the world-famous furniture designer, was married in the church in 1779 – he was born in Stockton in 1751

His choice of site was deliberate: here was the royal hall of Llywelyn the Great and the Cistercian Abbey of St Mary where he lay buried.

Edward the Martyr was buried at the abbey and King Canute died whilst staying there.

Captain Bligh (of mutiny on the 'Bounty' fame) is buried in the churchyard.

Imposing 19th-century buildings line one of Bury's main streets, which leads from the town's parish church, St Mary's.

Romantically titled King's Parade, it is sited at the southern end of Edgwarebury Lane as it strikes north to cross open farmland at Edgware Bury, and on to Elstree.

James Lomax was buried in the family tomb under the altar of the Lady Chapel.

Cuckfield Park was built by Henry Bower, a wealthy ironmaster, who died in 1588 and was buried in Holy Trinity church.

The occupants jumped to safety, but the Landrover buried itself in the roof of a house below; from there it had to be removed piecemeal, as the site was too inaccessible to use a crane.