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Local government boundary changes brought Leighton Buzzard and Linslade together into the town of Leighton- Linslade and placed them both in Bedfordshire.

The Church Square at Ampthill, including the almshouses, is part of the second largest Conservation Area in Bedfordshire.

The parish church is a remarkable one, funded reputedly in the mid 15th century by two wealthy unmarried sisters from Toddington in Bedfordshire - the Peover sisters' generosity is commemorated in the

In the mid-1960s the Bedfordshire branch of the Sporting Owner Drivers Club (SODC - known as The Sods) used a steep hill not too far from the location of this picture as the regular venue

The shop on the right was replaced in the 1930s by the neo-Georgian offices, Royal Chambers, and beyond the gabled building, now the Bedfordshire Probation Service, several buildings made way for the Granada

Easton Socon was originally in Bedfordshire, `on the borders of Huntingdonshire`; the early 20th-century directories tell us that the parish covered over 7000 acres, but only had a population of 2000

Woburn Sands, right on the Bedfordshire border and bleeding across it, grew up when the railway arrived in 1846; its delightful station in Tudor cottage style is on the Bedford to Bletchley junction

It looks out from the escarpment of the Greensand Ridge across the plain of central Bedfordshire through which the Great Ouse meanders.

The bell that sounds the hours weighs two tonnes, and is the heaviest bell in Bedfordshire.

The arrival of BBC Three Counties Radio in Luton meant that a daily paper was no longer feasible; covering Bedfordshire, Berkshire and Hertfordshire, it makes Luton a reference point for a wide area

This 75-mile-long footpath winds through the Bedfordshire countryside linking elements of Pilgrim's journeys and the more factual aspects of Bunyan's life.

Historical theory has it that it is possible to link Pilgrim's journeying to various locations within Bedfordshire, and the recent establishment of the John Bunyan Trail attempts to add substance to the

The sacristy was originally the chapel of St George - the first chapel to be built in Bedfordshire after the Reformation.

Ampthill Park was for many years the venue for large bi-annual camps organised by the Scout Movement in Bedfordshire.

Typical of many older cottages in central Bedfordshire, the mixture of timber cladding, wattle and daub, tile and thatch gives The Barn a picture postcard look to be envied.

Bedfordshire County Council took over education in 1902, and it was hoped that the Higher Grade School would serve Luton's growing needs.

This statue of one of Bedforshire's famous sons was made by the noted sculptor, Boehm, in 1873, and presented to the town by the then Duke of Bedford in June 1874.