Caption For Westoning, The Church C1960
Dedicated to St Mary Magdalene, Westoning's parish church closely follows other church architecture in Bedfordshire villages, being in the Early English style with battlements and buttresses and a tower
Caption For Kempston, The War Memorial C1955
Commemorating those serving members of the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment who gave their lives during the First and Second World Wars, and from 1945 to 1958, the Memorial consists of a small rotunda
Caption For Kempston, The Barracks C1955
The Regimental Depot of the 16th Foot, the Bedfordshire Regiment, Kempston Barracks was opened in 1876 and the first members of the Regiment arrived in May 1877.
Caption For Bozeat, Red Lion C1950
Close to the county boundary with Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire, the unusually-named village of Bozeat was at the heart of a thriving weaving industry 600 years ago; the Weavers' Guild donated a rich
Caption For Dunstable, High Street C1955
The prominent clock tower is Dunstable's old Town Hall, superseded in 1974 when the Borough of Dunstable was incorporated into the South Bedfordshire District Council.
Caption For Potton, Royal Oak C1955
If we remember that Bedfordshire was solidly on the side of the Parliamentarians during the English Civil War, it is surprising to find a number of references to King Charles's ability to hide himself
Caption For Blunham, The Hill And Square 1968
Firmly back in Bedfordshire and heading south, our route passes through Blunham,
a most attractive village, where the poet John Donne was rector from 1622 until his
death in 1632, although he was also
Caption For Great Barford, The Cross C1955
Whether the Golden Cross refers to the pub's position or to its proximity to All Saints Church is unrecorded, but in 1955 it was unusual to find a St Neots brewery supplying this far into Bedfordshire.