Local History


Choose from one of the areas below to find out more about the history all around us or listen to our podcast episodes here


St Leonard’s Tower, or the ‘Clock Tower’ as it is known to most locals, has become our most recognisable landmark…
Explore Newton Abbot history on our Soundcloud. Memories of floods,firemen, measles, Madge Mellors, rationing, railways and more…
History of the building and the museum…

Explore some of our favorite objects from the comfort of your home…
History of the Passmore Edwards Centre…
Our fully searchable blog features behind the scenes snippets and history articles…
This 2019 project used art to explore Newton Abbot’s rich history…
Make your suggestion for assets that should be preserved…

Your research

Newton Abbot Museum is happy to help with any enquiries about objects in the Museum collection or local history. We encourage academic research on items in the collection. Due to limited staff time, this can only be done by appointment.

If you would like to apply for access to the collections for research purposes, please contact us via the form below. Although we do not charge for this service, we appreciate any donations that are used to care for the Museum collection.