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Athelstan Museum

A museum capturing the history of Malmesbury
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Malmesbury’s pretty old; archaeological digs have shown there was a Neolithic fort here around 2,500 BC so people have lived here for four and a half thousand years! So Malmesbury may be the oldest town in the country.

It claims as well to be the oldest borough as King Alfred (you know, the king that burnt the cakes) granted a charter to the town in 880 AD.

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Astley Hall

The most exhilarating house in Lancashire
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Astley Hall is a museum and art gallery housed within a Grade I listed historic house. The Hall is set within the beautiful surroundings of Astley Park which include historic woodland, a lake, a fully renovated Victorian walled garden alongside clean and modern facilities for visitors to enjoy.

The Hall is perhaps best known for its stunning Jacobean plasterwork ceilings and the house is built around an internal Elizabethan courtyard. The four wings of the house were extended by the families who lived here and most of the original features are retained to this day.

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Aston Hall

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Historic Buildings & Monuments
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Aston Hall and Park are hugely popular with family audiences and have a full programme of events, activities and trails throughout the season.

Admission charges apply to the Hall only. Gardens, grounds and visitor facilities are free to all vistors. There is free admission to the entire site on the first Sunday in every month during the open season.

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Astley Green Colliery Museum

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In the heart of the village of Astley Green stands Astley Green Colliery Museum which, but for the foresight of Lancashire County Council and several leading figures within the community, would have suffered the same fate as the other collieries in the area, total demolition. It was the uniqueness of the 3,300 hp twin tandem compound steam winding engine that brought the demolition to a halt. As the result of the intervention, the museum houses Lancashire's only surviving headgear and engine house, both of which now have listed building status.

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Astley Cheetham Art Gallery

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Astley Cheetham Art Gallery in Stalybridge was built as a gift to the town by John Frederick Cheetham and his wife Beatrice Astley in 1901. The gallery originally opened as a lecture theatre and then the space was turned into a gallery to house the Astley Cheetham Art Collection, bequeathed in 1932. This collection has grown with gifts and donations throughout the twentieth century and is one of the most interesting small regional collections.

Some comments from visitors to the gallery include:

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Ashwell Village Museum

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The Ashwell Village Museum contains all manner of wondrous curiosities relating to the village of Ashwell, Hertfordshire.

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The Ashmolean Museum

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Museums
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The Ashmolean Museum is packed full of archaeology and art works from all over the world. Families can discover mummies in ancient Egypt, find coins from ancient Greece, and travel through time to find modern paintings, statues and more.

Home to the University of Oxford’s world-class collections of art and archaeology. There is so much to discover, from paintings and statues, to ancient Egyptian mummies and samurai warriors.

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Ashford Borough Museum

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Housed in a 17th century Grade II listed building, the museum is located close to Ashford town centre and features exhibits associated with Ashford's history.  

The Museum holds its exhibits on two floors so there is plenty to see and learn about the town's past. 

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Ashby de la Zouch Museum

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Museums
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The Zouche and Hastings Gallery retells the history of Ashby de la Zouch from ancient times up to the present day.

Ashby Museum is commemorating the Fallen of the area during the Great War in a sobering exhibition in the Loudoun Gallery.

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Ashburton Museum

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Museums
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In 1285 by a Charter of Edward 1st Ashburton became a Stannary Town - one of four in Devon. 

Tin Mining has played a great part in the development of the town as has the Woollen Industry.

A lovely local museum, the only one within the Dartmoor National Park, is full of well displayed exhibitions of Dartmoor artefacts, local history and geology, posters, documents and Ashburton Worthies spread over 3 floors which help bring alive the local history and of course, the everyday townsfolk. 

Not forgetting the Paul Endacott North American Indian Collection.

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