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Sandy, Bedfordshire
Sandy maps
Historic maps of Sandy and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Sandy maps
Historic map of Sandy
Illustrated Victorian map of Bedfordshire
Historic Map of any Sandy postcode
Sandy books
Displaying 3 of 5 books about Sandy and the local area. View all Sandy books
Bedfordshire Living Memories
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Bedfordshire Photographic Memories
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Bedford Photographic Memories
Paperback
£13
7 Sandy photos appear in 3 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
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My parents moved to Pottonin 1937 on the Land Resettlement Scheme from Sunderland. As I was only 18 months old at the time and we were not there long, my memories consist of photographs only and these are of members of my family working the land. Shortly before the Second World War broke out we moved to Bygrave in Hertfordshire. During... [more]
Shared on 01 November 2009
My great grandfather Henry Tingey, was born November 18, 1819, in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire. He was the son of James Tingey and Elizabeth Boniss. James and Elizabeth, and family later moved from Bigglewade, Bedfordshire, and moved Lower Caldecut near the 46th milestone from London in the perish of Northhill. The family of father and mother and two boys and four sisters were... [more]
Shared on 06 December 2007
As RAF children, all three of us were christened in the picturesque church in Cardington, which is the unofficial 'favourite' church for RAF personnel! I obviously don't remember my own christening and wasn't about when my older brother was held over the font, but I do remember my sister's christening because she's nine years younger than I, so the memory is... [more]
Shared on 16 July 2009
I grew up in Wrestlingworth between 1966 and 1978. In the late sixties and early seventies we often used to see a rather distinguished gent driving a stately car, a Riley I think. He had silver hair and always waved in a benign manner to us youngsters. I got it into my mind that he was Lord Astor who lived at... [more]
Shared on 03 October 2008
Extracts From Sandy & Bedfordshire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Sandy, inspired by Frith photos.
Sandy was originally a modest Roman settlement on the Roman road between St Albans and Godmanchester; in the 18th century the town became important for its coaching inns servicing the Great North Road. However, it is a somewhat bitty town, and the market square is a distinct disappointment. Here, a little further north up High Street, we look west along Bedford Road. The late 19th-century town hall is on the left. By 1925 it... [more]
This is an extract from Bedford Photographic Memories.
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Moving south we cross the River Ivel by the Girtford Bridge to reach the town of Sandy on the Great North Road, the A1. The bridge is built in greensand stone, which in Bedfordshire is actually dark brown owing to a high iron content in the rock. The bridge is late 18th-century, but the central date plaque seen here from the north-east bank on the... [more]
This is an extract from Bedford Photographic Memories.
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Bedfordshire Photographic Memories
The earliest mention of a church in Sandy is in the institution rolls of Bishop Hugh of Wells (c1214), and the font bowl in the south aisle is thought to date from Saxon times.
This is an extract from Bedfordshire Photographic Memories.
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