One thousand people a day are flocking to see the world-famous Staffordshire Hoard at Stafford’s Shire Hall Gallery – with bosses expecting to shatter the 10,000 barrier this weekend.

Top historians say the Staffordshire Hoard could help rewrite the history of Anglo-Saxon England.

Treasures from the Staffordshire Hoard go on display in Stafford for the first time tomorrow as the relics, valued at £3.3 million, go on tour. 

A special range of merchandise has been produced to tie in with the new touring exhibition for the Staffordshire Hoard – and the souvenirs will cost up to almost £400.

Anglo Saxon treasures have been put in place in their new permanent display cabinet at Lichfield Cathedral. The Cathedral’s St Chad Gospels and the Lichfield Angel stone sculpture can now be seen in the Chapter House.

Members of the public are being encouraged to snap up tickets for the Staffordshire Hoard on Tour at Shire Hall gallery in Stafford next month.

More than 4,000 people have snapped up tickets to see the Staffordshire Hoard when it arrives at Lichfield Cathedral this summer — just three weeks after tickets were released.

Items from the largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold ever found will go on show in Stafford in the summer.

Items from the Staffordshire Hoard are to be sent to the Louvre in Paris.

A leading historian believes the fabulous Staffordshire Hoard may have been a ransom paid to the legendary Mercian pagan king Penda.