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Shefford, Bedfordshire
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Historic maps of Shefford and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Shefford maps
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Shefford books
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Bedfordshire Living Memories
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Bedfordshire Photographic Memories
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Bedford Photographic Memories
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£13
1 Shefford photos appear in 2 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
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Hello. My dad was born in Arlesey 1926 at 77 High Street, his name is Dennis James Saunderson. His mother was Ada Lillian Saunderson and his father was Arthur Taleyson Jones, they married in Biggleswade registry office December 24th 1924. My grandfather disappered after 1926, and his mother went back to her maiden name. I would be grateful if anyone out... [more]
Shared on 17 September 2009
When my dad was demobbed after the war in 1946, we had to move back to London because of his job. We had all our funiture put on a lorry, and the local publican, a Ted Bland, delivered us to a requestioned place over a shop in Hornsey Road, Holloway, Islington, London. This became the second phase in my wonderful childhood,... [more]
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WONDERFUL CHILDHOOD IN ARLESEY HOUSE 19401946
I was born in Arlesey in 1940 in the large house next to St Peter's church, it was a lovely old place. My mother took my brother Ted and sister Marion to Arlesey when things started to get bad in Islington, London. I was born November 14th 1940, the night the Germans bombed Coventry. They said the bombers were flying over... [more]
Shared on 11 August 2009
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 21 years old. I grew up there until 1955 when it was sold and we moved from Clophill for a short time. We returned... [more]
Shared on 20 December 2007
Extracts From Shefford & Bedfordshire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Shefford, inspired by Frith photos.
Bedfordshire Photographic Memories
Shefford's title derives from the name 'Sheepford', an indication of its origins. Sheep on the High Street are a distant memory, but the town has managed to preserve a number of older buildings - including the 16th-century porch on the left. Despite its moderately tumble-down appearance, The Porch is now a bank.
This is an extract from Bedfordshire Photographic Memories.
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Once an important market town, Shefford was blighted this century by through traffic; its central T-junction was a bottleneck until the town was recently by-passed. Here we look south down North Bridge Street towards that junction with High Street. On the left is Porch House, a heavily-restored 16th-century house, now a bank, with the pavement passing through its ground floor. To the right is... [more]
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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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