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Piddington Villa Museum. The Upper Nene Archaeological Society, known as "UNAS", originally bought the redundant, and de-consecrated, Wesleyan Chapel in 1992. The intervening period involved restoration, conversion and fund raising. This work was finally rewarded with a substantial
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owners had their names stamped on some of the villa tiles. They were
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full-sized mannequin of a possible owner of the villa called
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