EPW026461 ENGLAND (1929). St Paul's Church and the town centre, Bedford, 1929

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Title [EPW026461] St Paul's Church and the town centre, Bedford, 1929
Reference EPW026461
Date May-1929
Link
Place name BEDFORD
Parish
District
Country ENGLAND
Easting / Northing 505052, 249627
Longitude / Latitude -0.46495923720367, 52.134534602052
National Grid Reference TL051496

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Rutland Road. The 1924 Olympic athlete Harold Abrahams was born at 30 Rutland Road on the 15th December 1899. For more details on Harold Abrahams, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Abrahams.

melgibbs
Sunday 27th of August 2017 06:45:05 PM
This area will be the Riverside North Development, providing cinemas, hotel & residential properties due for completion by December 2017. The attached photo was taken on 28th December 2015.

melgibbs
Tuesday 29th of December 2015 03:25:00 PM
Bedford Modern School. This frontage is all that remains of the building after it was redeveloped as the Harpur Centre shops. The attached composite photo of plaques either side of the entrance were taken on the 2nd September 2015 and 28th May 2015.

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Sunday 6th of September 2015 03:54:43 PM
In this area of St Paul's Square there are now information slabs as shown in the attached composite photo take on 26th August 2015.

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Friday 28th of August 2015 04:40:07 PM
This area is now the site of the Borough Hall. The attached scan from a 1924 map shows the streets that are in this photo.

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Monday 23rd of March 2015 04:23:00 PM
Commercial Road.

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Tuesday 17th of March 2015 07:47:48 PM
In the pavement on this corner of Silver Street is a slab showing where John Bunyan was imprisoned in Bedford County Gaol from 1660 to 1672. The attached photo was taken on the 10th December 2013.

melgibbs
Saturday 7th of February 2015 04:16:04 PM
John Howard's house.The attached composite photo was taken on the 6th February 2015. For more details on the prison reformer, John Howard, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Howard_(prison_reformer).

melgibbs
Friday 6th of February 2015 07:27:44 PM
On the pavement just outside the south gate of St Paul's is a slab marking where the medieval poultry market used to be. The attached photo was taken on the 20th December 2013.

melgibbs
Friday 20th of December 2013 06:45:42 PM
Statue of William Harpur. The attached photo was taken on the 20th December 2013. The Google translation of the inscription is as follows: See traveler! Corporeal Portrait of William Harpur, Knight, schools of that. What you see is an extensive and well Munisicentissimi founder, If you want sympathy and skilful painting, The Charter of the benefits you will find Deliniatam. Perhaps a Latin scholar could give a better translation of the inscription.

melgibbs
Friday 20th of December 2013 06:42:16 PM
CORRECTION - I've reread the Latin inscription and noticed I misread the f's & s's and some of the puctuation so I think the Latin is:

Ecce viator! Corporea Effigies Gulielmi harpur, Equitis Aurati, Scholce istius. Quam cernis amplam et ornatam Munificentissimi Fundatoris. Si ANIMOE Picturam fpectare velis, In Charta Beneficiorum invenias Delinia tam.



Google translates this as:

See traveler! Corporeal Portrait of William Harpur, Knight, schools of that. What you see is a wide and equipped with generous founder. If you want sympathy and skilful painting, The Charter of the benefits you will find charms as well.





melgibbs
Wednesday 25th of December 2013 09:48:04 AM
Charles Wells brewery.

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Thursday 19th of December 2013 05:56:13 PM
Chetham's boathouse.

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Thursday 19th of December 2013 05:50:12 PM
Weir. The attached photo was taken on the 7th December 2013.

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Thursday 19th of December 2013 05:05:50 PM
Picturedrome Cinema.

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Thursday 19th of December 2013 05:03:29 PM
Bandstand in St Mary's Gardens before it was moved downstream to Mill Meadows.

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Monday 9th of December 2013 10:47:30 AM
Footbridge over the railway line. This was a metal bridge with railway sleepers used for the steps but it has recently been replaced by a new bridge as shown in the attached photo taken on 7th December 2013. Judging by the size of the ironwork, I think it would survive a nuclear blast!

melgibbs
Monday 9th of December 2013 10:46:20 AM
Town Bridge. The attached photo is of the signs that are on the bridge, the top one is on the east side and the bottom one is on the west side. It was taken on the 7th December 2013.

melgibbs
Monday 9th of December 2013 10:42:08 AM
Railway line from Bedford to Hitchin.

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Wednesday 20th of November 2013 09:55:21 PM
W.H. Allen's engineering works in Queens Park.

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Wednesday 20th of November 2013 09:51:18 PM
Roman Catholic Church of the Holy Child & St Joseph in Midland Road on the corner of Brereton Road.

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Wednesday 20th of November 2013 09:50:24 PM
Longhurst & Skinner furniture shop. Now Pilgrims Progress, a J.D. Wetherspoons pub.

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Tuesday 11th of June 2013 08:00:44 PM
St Mary's Methodist Church

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Tuesday 11th of June 2013 07:59:02 PM

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Tuesday 11th of June 2013 07:56:38 PM
Now Cecil Higgins Museum

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Tuesday 11th of June 2013 07:55:26 PM
Duck Mill Lane

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Tuesday 11th of June 2013 07:53:47 PM
Bunyan Meeting

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Tuesday 11th of June 2013 07:24:24 PM
St Cuthbert's Church

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Tuesday 11th of June 2013 07:20:25 PM

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Tuesday 11th of June 2013 07:19:40 PM

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Tuesday 11th of June 2013 07:19:17 PM

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Tuesday 11th of June 2013 07:18:11 PM
Salvation Army Hall

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Tuesday 11th of June 2013 07:16:53 PM

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Tuesday 11th of June 2013 07:16:24 PM

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Tuesday 11th of June 2013 07:16:02 PM
Bank Buildings

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Tuesday 11th of June 2013 07:15:38 PM
Commercial Road open air swimming baths.

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Tuesday 11th of June 2013 07:15:16 PM
Electricity Power Station

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Tuesday 11th of June 2013 07:14:27 PM

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Tuesday 4th of June 2013 10:36:05 AM

Class31
Saturday 27th of October 2012 10:00:10 PM
Prebend Street

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Saturday 27th of October 2012 09:58:45 PM
The 1924 map of Bedford has this stretch of road named as Cauldwell Road and becomes Prebend Street after the Commercial Road junction, but the whole length of road between Cauldwell Street corner and Midland Road is now called Prebend Street.

melgibbs
Saturday 22nd of June 2013 08:06:56 PM

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Saturday 27th of October 2012 09:57:53 PM

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Saturday 27th of October 2012 09:56:29 PM

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Saturday 27th of October 2012 09:55:58 PM

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Saturday 27th of October 2012 09:54:08 PM

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Saturday 27th of October 2012 09:53:44 PM
St. Paul's Church

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Saturday 27th of October 2012 09:53:24 PM

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Saturday 27th of October 2012 09:53:03 PM
The Embankment

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Saturday 27th of October 2012 09:52:38 PM
River Great Ouse

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Saturday 27th of October 2012 09:52:19 PM

User Comment Contributions

The Holy Child & St Joseph R C Church, Bedford, 02/06/2014

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Sunday 22nd of March 2015 08:20:34 PM