Wisbech & Fenland Museum
One of the oldest museums in the United Kingdom. The collections were initiated by the town's Literary and Museum Societies which were formed in 1781 and 1835 respectively.
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Thorney Abbey
A Benedictine Abbey that was founded by St Aethelwold in 972. Large stone buildings were constructed, similar to those at the nearby abbeys at Peterborough, Crowland, Ely and Ramsey. The large Norman church, built from 1080, contained the relics of important saints such as St Botolph (brought from Boston) and these attracted visitors and their donations.
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Denny Abbey and Farmland Museum
Founded in 1159 as a Benedictine monastery, it then became a retirement home for elderly Knights Templars. After the Templars’ suppression for alleged heresy in 1308, it became a convent of Franciscan nuns before becoming a farm from 1539 and the dissolution of the monasteries, until the 1960s.
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Moulton Windmill
Moulton Windmill is the tallest windmill in the country and stands at 100ft high to the top of the cap.​
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Crowland Abbey
Crowland (Croyland) Abbey was a monastery of the Benedictine Order in Lincolnshire, sixteen miles from Stamford and thirteen from Peterborough.
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Ely Cathedral
When the Cathedral was built Ely was only a small settlement, the town grew up around the Cathedral. The Benedictine monks only concern was to glorify God, and nothing less than a building on a majestic scale would do. The Cathedral is known locally as the 'ship of the fens' because of its prominent shape towering above the flat landscape.
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Peterborough Cathedral
Properly the Cathedral Church of St Peter, St Paul and St Andrew and also known as Saint Peter's Cathedral is the seat of the Bishop of Peterborough. Dedicated to Saint Peter, Saint Paul and Saint Andrew, whose statues look down from the three high gables of the famous West Front, the cathedral was founded in the Anglo-Saxon period.
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Ramsey Abbey
Remains of a former Benedictine abbey. Once an island in the Fens, this charming former gatehouse is all that remains of the oldest English and once great Benedictine abbey at Ramsey. An ornately carved exterior with a glorious oriel window, is all that survives of the gatehouse
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