Bedford, St John's Street 1921
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Our tour starts south of the River Ouse in the area developed by King Edward the Elder in AD919; it was defended by the King's Ditch, some of which still remains after all these centuries. The foreground buildings were demolished to make a large roundabout roughly where the photographer's camera is located. The church tower on the right is St John's, originally the chapel to St John's Hospital, whose 13th-century core survives nearby. In the 17th century it became the rectory, St John's House, where John Bunyan 'sought spiritual help' from John Gifford, the vicar, in the 1650s.
An extract from Bedford Photographic Memories.
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