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St Neots Museum is a
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located in
St Neots St NeotsPronunciation of the town name: Most commonly, but variations that ''saint'' is said as in most English non-georeferencing speech, the ''t'' is by a small minority of the British pronounced and higher traces of in the final syllable ...
, within the
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District of
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,
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.St. Neots Museum
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, UK. The museum is housed in the Old Court, a former
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and
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building on New Street. It presents the history of the
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of St Neots on the
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from prehistoric times onwards. The museum includes the original 1907
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block where
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ers were detained, which is now the location for 'Jailbreak', a highly successful Escape Room which opened in April 2018, and is due to start its third season in May 2019.


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St Neots Museum website
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