The Cowper and Newton Museum
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The Cowper and Newton Museum is a museum in Olney, Buckinghamshire, England, in the Borough of Milton Keynes.
The museum first opened in 1900.[1] It is housed in a large red-brick Georgian house, called Orchard Side,[2] on the corner of Market Place in Olney, with attached gardens.
The poet William Cowper (1731–1800) lived here from 1768 to 1786.[3] The history of Olney is presented in the Olney Rooms within the museum. Close by are the vicarage where the clergyman John Newton (1725–1807), a friend of Cowper, wrote the hymn Amazing Grace, the church at which he preached, and his grave (together with that of his wife).
See also
- List of museums in Buckinghamshire
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Coordinates: 52°09′09″N 0°42′03″W / 52.15257°N 0.70088°W / 52.15257; -0.70088
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- Buckinghamshire building and structure stubs
- United Kingdom museum stubs
- Museums established in 1900
- Biographical museums in the United Kingdom
- Local museums in Buckinghamshire
- Buildings and structures in Milton Keynes
- 1900 establishments in England
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