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Discover what Victorian life was like for our ancestors in the village hall gallery.
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Find out how people lived and worked in our home life and crafts and trades galleries.
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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The story of St Neots gallery takes you from the 11th century Benedictine priory to the coming of the railway in 1851.

What’s on at St Neots Museum

We organise a variety of specialist and family events from walks, talks, one-day festivals, temporary and touring exhibitions.

Anglo-Saxon silver coins

7 February 2019

Two Anglo-Saxon silver pennies of Aethelred II who reigned 978-1016 and minted at Huntingdon by the moneyer, Aelfric. The coins were discovered by a local metal detectorist and purchased through the National Treasure Scheme.

The Bank of St Neots

7 February 2019

A regency banknote issued by the short-lived bank of St Neots in 1824. Donated by a family who owned a pawn shop in Enfield, London, where it is believed the note was given in payment for a property.

John Bellingham at the Old Bailey

7 February 2019

A print of John Bellingham, a merchant who spent part of his childhood in St Neots, and later in life murdered the British Prime Minister, Spencer Percival. The print depicts Bellingham standing in…

Mammoth bone

7 February 2019

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.

The St Neots parish chest

14 April 2018

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.

James Toller, the Eynesbury Giant

7 July 2017

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.

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

7 July 2017

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.

History of the paper mill, Little Paxton

6 July 2017

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.

The world’s oldest surviving quadruplets

5 July 2017

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.

The Battle of St Neots

28 June 2018

On Sunday, 9 July 1648, seven months prior to the execution of King Charles, the Earl and his army of approximately 400 men entered St Neots in the county of Huntingdonshire. The Earl's men were…

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

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.

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.

Visit our galleries exhibitions

Visit our galleries exhibitions

St Neots Museum was once a police station

Visit our galleries exhibitions

Visit our galleries exhibitions

What’s on at St Neots Museum

Anglo-Saxon silver coins

The Bank of St Neots

John Bellingham at the Old Bailey

Mammoth bone

The St Neots parish chest

James Toller, the Eynesbury Giant

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

History of the paper mill, Little Paxton

The world’s oldest surviving quadruplets

The Battle of St Neots

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?

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