Biggleswade
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Biggleswade memories
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Henry Tingey - Ancester
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 in the business of raising wholesale vegatable and garden seeds and were very successful.
In 1849 the missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, (Mormons) told their gospel message to Henry and his wife Ann Young, (daughter of James and Lucy Young). Henry and Ann joined the Latter-Day-Saint church and migrated to America in 1849. They ...read more here
Contributed by Norton Cook
Bedfordshire memories
Henry Tingey - Ancester
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 in the business of raising wholesale vegatable and garden seeds and were very successful.
In 1849 the missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, (Mormons) told their gospel message to Henry and his wife Ann Young, (daughter of James and Lucy Young). Henry and Ann joined the Latter-Day-Saint church and migrated to America in 1849. They ...read more here
A memory of Biggleswade contributed by Norton Cook
39 Mill Lane
The gable end of the house on the left is 39 Mill Lane and Back St starts at the junction over the hill and not visible here. My father built the house about 1935 when he was about 21 years old. I grew up there until 1955 when it was sold and we moved from Clophill for a short time. We returned in 1957 and lived in the Old Police House in The Slade until I married in 1966 and brought my first home in Back St. I have traced my family's time in Clophill from about 1750 until 1980 in a new book which will shortly be available.
A memory of Clophill contributed by paul nichols
My House
This is where I live, it is no longer a village post office. It was built in 1680, and we are returning it to a residential property.
A memory of Clophill contributed by stephanie howson
Extracts From Biggleswade & Bedfordshire books
Three miles south of Sandy we reach Biggleswade, now by- passed by the A1. It is a town of considerable antiquity with a large triangular market place, partly encroached by later buildings. In the distance is the Town Hall, which was designed by John Wing of Bedford and built in 1844. The building with the parapet and tall chimney on the left is the 1565 Market Hall, refaced in 19th- century render.
An extract from from"Bedford Photographic Memories".
The photographer is looking east from the top of High Street, where there is now a roundabout, with the churchyard walls and lime trees on the left. The wall and railings have now gone. Apart from the White Horse, little on the right side of Shortmead Street survives. The corner of the building on the far left is a good timber-framed house with a jettied east front facing the church; both it and the church escaped the 1786 Great Fire.
An extract from from"Bedford Photographic Memories".
An interesting picture revealing the extent of the differences in working practices that have occurred over 75 years. Tucked into the entrance on the left, the trader’s cart that suggests a mobile ice-cream seller would be a motorised parlour and probably banned under a ton of directives nowadays. The Health and Safety Executive would take a very dim view of the decorator’s ladder without any assistance at ground level and not a traffic cone in sight. Bicycles piled against the lamp post on the right constitute a thief’s delight with not a padlock and chain between them. And the piled tins in the shop window? Just imagine what a 21st-century toddler could do with those.
An extract from from"Bedfordshire Photographic Memories".
Much of the life of the town revolves around the Saturday influx to the weekly market. To cater for both thirst and the sometime necessity to sit down to do business, Market Square is surrounded by pubs and cafes. The roof of the Market House, to the left of the picture, dates back to the 16th century and was preserved when road-widening operations took place in 1937.
An extract from from"Bedfordshire Photographic Memories".
Café, jeweller, dry cleaners and the regional newspaper office make strange bedfellows under the roof of the old Market House. A baby fashion note is the coach-built pram in the foreground, a pre-requisite when cars were still luxury items.
An extract from from"Bedfordshire Photographic Memories".