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Radio Cambridgeshire,3 mins
Cromwell鈥檚 head is in a biscuit tin in Cambridge
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Oliver Cromwell, one of the most influential and divisive figures in British history, was born in Huntingdon and his decapitated head is buried under Sidney Sussex College in Cambridge. But how did it get there? Stuart Orme, curator at the Cromwell Museum in Huntingdon, explains the extraordinary journey that saw that head end up being stored in an industrial biscuit tin. (Photo credit: Fine Art/Getty)
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