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Sutton, Bedfordshire
Sutton maps
Historic maps of Sutton and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Sutton maps
Historic map of Sutton
Illustrated Victorian map of Bedfordshire
Historic Map of any Sutton postcode
Sutton books
Displaying 3 of 5 books about Sutton and the local area. View all Sutton books
Bedfordshire Living Memories
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Bedfordshire Photographic Memories
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Bedford Photographic Memories
Paperback
£13
2 Sutton photos appear in 2 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
Memories of Sutton
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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
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
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
Extracts From Sutton & Bedfordshire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Sutton, inspired by Frith photos.
Bedfordshire Photographic Memories
Sutton is 4 miles north east of Biggleswade. This Ford is spanned by a 14th-century packhorse bridge classified as an ancient monument.
This is an extract from Bedfordshire Photographic Memories.
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East of Sandy, the small village of Sutton is distinguished by its narrow medieval pack-horse bridge which took pedlars and carriers' pack ponies dry-shod past the ford, which is still in use today. There are cutwaters on the other side of the bridge with refuges; the cutwaters, like the bows of ships in shape, always face upstream. The stream eventually feeds into the Ivel.... [more]
This is an extract from Bedford Photographic Memories.
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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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