The Chausée Brunehaut, which passed within two miles (3.2 km) of the town, is the Roman road from Paris and Amiens to Boulogne, and is still visible and walkable today.

During the Battle of France, the plan seems to have been to deploy RAF squadrons of Bristol Blenheim light bombers there, but it is not clear how intensively the airfield was used.

In the confused days of mid-May 1940 one squadron that was ordered to deploy there did not due to the absence of any military protection.

The collection includes information about the battle of Crecy as well as various items from the Second World War, pre-historic material and geological specimens.

There was a station (Crécy-Estrées) on a branch of the Réseau des Bains de Mer which ran between Abbeville and Dompierre-sur-Authie.