The Farmland Museum

Website http://www.dennyfarmlandmuseum.org.uk/

Classification Museum

DescriptionDiscover farming through the ages and learn about the rural history of Cambridgeshire with objects displays and interactives for all ages.

Visit a village shop and see a magnificent 17th Century stone barn and the workshops, which include a basket maker and a blacksmith.

Explore this lovely abbey still featuring superb Norman interiors. At different times, it housed Benedictine monks, the Knights Templars and nuns of the Franciscan order, the Poor Clares.

See the Franciscan nuns' refectory of the mid 14th Century and the rooms converted for their founder, the Countess of Pembroke.

Learn how Denny has evolved through the centuries with our displays and children's activities.

Position

The AddressDenny Abbey, Ely Road, Waterbeach, Cambridge, CB5 9PQ

Phone01223 860988/489

DateAug 8, 2006

Contact NameThe Farmland Museum & Denny Abbey

CategoryEngland > Cambridgeshire

Email send email to The Farmland Museum & Denny Abbey

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