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St Neots Museum was once a police station
Visit the original Edwardian prison cells and find out what life was life for the criminals who spent the night there.
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Discover what Victorian life was like for our ancestors in the village hall gallery.
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The story of St Neots gallery takes you from the 11th century Benedictine priory to the coming of the railway in 1851.
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We organise a variety of specialist and family events from walks, talks, one-day festivals, temporary and touring exhibitions.

From our collection and exhibitons

Kimbolton coin hoard

A hoard of 67 Iron Age coins found with a metal detector close to the border of Bedfordshire in the village of Kimbolton. St Neots Museum purchased the items, that date from the first century AD, in 2012.

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The St Neots parish chest

The St Neots parish chest has been on display in the museum since we opened in 1998 after being restored and preserved is a long-term loan from the parish church.

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Mammoth bone

Most mammoths become extinct at the end of the last Ice Age, around 10,000 years ago, and this tooth from a full-sized male was discovered in Sandy Heath Quarry in 2003.

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The world’s oldest surviving quadruplets

In St Neots in 1935 something rather unusual happened – in the upstairs bedroom of a council house four tiny babies were born. We’ve collected together some of their belongings for you to see.

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Grinding corn and making paper in Little Paxton

There was an active mill on the site in Little Paxton since the monks of St Neots priory owned a water-powered medieval corn-grinding mill called Okestubbe.

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Paine’s Brewery and the history of brewing in St Neots

The first large-scale brewery in St Neots is thought to have been established by Samuel Emery who purchased The Bull Inn on the Market Square and the public house next door so that he could brew in larger quantities.

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James Toller, the Eynesbury Giant

James Toller was born in St Neots in 1798 and by the age of ten was already 5ft 5 inches tall. Sadly James died when he was only 20-years-old but we have some interesting stuff about his life.

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Wintringham Park archaeological survey

30 December 2017

In November the museum curator was lucky enough to be part of a group that visited the archaeological dig going on opposite Loves Farm in preparation for the Wintringham Farm housing development.

Ann Izzard – the witch of St Neots

18 November 2017

The laws against the crime of witchcraft were repealed in 1736 but, in the absence of legal redress, communities periodically took to enacting mob vengeance against suspected witches.

The Priory of St Neots

28 October 2017

The foundation of the priory of St Neots is so involved in legend that it is almost impossible to separate what is true in it from what is merely the work of imagination.

The Eaton Socon Cage

4 August 2017

Eaton Socon’s unique village Cage or lock-up is positioned just off the Great North Road in the centre of the old village near the church. Visitors to this suburb of the present town of St Neots…

The Archaeology of Love's Farm, St Neots

4 August 2017

The Love’s Farm project represents a detailed archaeological examination of the later Prehistoric and Roman agricultural landscape on a previously unprecedented scale within the region. The site, located…

Why are the Parliamentarians not wearing helmets?

5 July 2017

A visitor recently asked the museum curator, Liz Davies about the image we are using to advertise our English Civil War Murder Mystery evening – why are the Parliamentarians not wearing roundhead helmets?…

Kimbolton Coin Hoard – Treasure for the Gods exhibition

4 July 2017

Our summer exhibition will showcase the Kimbolton Coin Hoard of Iron Age coins found at Kimbolton in 2010. Buried in the ground for 2,000 years our exhibition will uncover the story of their burial.

Has a British Prime Minister ever been assassinated?

5 June 2017

The answer is yes – but only once over two hundred years ago, on the 11 May 1812 by John Bellingham who shot dead the Rt. Hon. Spencer Perceval as he entered the House of Commons.

Walter Horsford and the case of the St Neots poisoning

5 June 2017

In 1898 a 26-year-old farmer, Walter Horsford, stood trial charged with the murder by poisoning of his cousin Annie Holmes. He was found guilty and later that year hung.

Found something interesting?

Have you dug up some archaeology in the garden, found an antique in the attic or at the back of a drawer – if it’s of local historical value we might be interested. Contact Cambridgeshire finds officer on 01223 728571 or pop in to the museum for a chat.

Visit our galleries exhibitions

St Neots Museum was once a police station

Visit our galleries exhibitions

Visit our galleries exhibitions

Visit our galleries exhibitions

For the latest events

Kimbolton coin hoard

The St Neots parish chest

Mammoth bone

The world’s oldest surviving quadruplets

Grinding corn and making paper in Little Paxton

Paine’s Brewery and the history of brewing in St Neots

James Toller, the Eynesbury Giant

Wintringham Park archaeological survey

Ann Izzard – the witch of St Neots

The Priory of St Neots

The Eaton Socon Cage

The Archaeology of Love's Farm, St Neots

Why are the Parliamentarians not wearing helmets?

Kimbolton Coin Hoard – Treasure for the Gods exhibition

Has a British Prime Minister ever been assassinated?

Walter Horsford and the case of the St Neots poisoning

Found something interesting?

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