Westoning, Bedfordshire
Westoning photos
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Westoning maps
Historic maps of Westoning and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Westoning maps
Westoning books
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Memories of Westoning
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Bedfordshire memories
remembering my brother Paul Harris who has recentley died
My brother Paul spent many happy days here but didn't realise it at the time. He was the best brother anyone could have, for the last 16yrs he has been disabled with MS always a smile never complaining. This is my tribute to him my lovely brave brother.
Shared on 24 February 2007
This was taken the year my son Kevin was born. His brother Stephen was 2yrs old and we spent many happy days walking to the sweet and paper shop with my mum and dad, Bill and Joan Harris and also my brother Paul.
Shared on 24 October 2006
I was 9 years old when this was taken and I was friends with Susan Day who lived in the white house on the right known as Days Motors.
Shared on 24 October 2006
My abiding memory of Ampthill is when I used to go to the Saturday pictures with my cousins and the fire engine would be called out. The only problem was the siren that called them out was the old wartime air-raid siren. What a noise !!! I lived in Maulden but often visited Ampthill. ... [more]
Shared on 26 November 2007
Extracts From Westoning & Bedfordshire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Westoning, inspired by Frith photos.
These premises became a children's annexe to Luton & District General Hospital. Jane Creasey went there to have a squinting eye corrected in the 1950s. It has also enjoyed time as an Exodus collective with various escapist amusements!
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A few miles from Dunstable, through the Downs, and nowadays part of the commuter belt, Castle Hill road links the three ends of Totternhoe, Church, Middle and Lower. A pathway leads up to the castle mound which overlooks the surrounding countryside. Possibly originally a prehistoric fort, it is a motte and bailey earthwork. Totternhoe was the last Bedfordshire parish to be enclosed in 1891.
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The church is viewed from the meadows. It was built from the more resistant lower chalk or clunch stone, which is better known for its contribution to the cement industry. The priory held several estates in central Bedfordshire.
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