EPW046443 ENGLAND (1934). The town, Bedford, from the south-west, 1934
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| Title | [EPW046443] The town, Bedford, from the south-west, 1934 |
| Reference | EPW046443 |
| Date | October-1934 |
| Link | |
| Place name | BEDFORD |
| Parish | |
| District | |
| Country | ENGLAND |
| Easting / Northing | 504651, 249283 |
| Longitude / Latitude | -0.47092235054183, 52.131518722356 |
| National Grid Reference | TL047493 |
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  Charles Wells water pumping station for use when the brewery was in the town. It looks as if it is still in use although the brewery is now in Queens Park. The attached photo was taken 24th November 2013. |
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Sunday 24th of November 2013 10:49:35 AM |
| Now Bedford Rugby Club Ground. |
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Monday 10th of June 2013 08:18:03 PM |
| The Embankment. |
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Monday 10th of June 2013 08:16:39 PM |
| Russell Park |
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Monday 10th of June 2013 08:16:10 PM |
 Granada Cinema. The photo is of the cinema being demolished in 1991 (thanks to Graham Gilbert for the photo). |
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Monday 10th of June 2013 08:15:03 PM |
| St Peter de Merton Church. |
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Monday 10th of June 2013 08:12:14 PM |
| W.H. & J. Rogers flour mill in St Leonard's Street. |
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Monday 10th of June 2013 08:10:30 PM |
| Railway line to Sandy. |
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Monday 10th of June 2013 08:08:34 PM |
| Golden Arrow Corner. |
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Monday 10th of June 2013 08:07:46 PM |
| Elstow Road |
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Monday 10th of June 2013 08:07:08 PM |
| Bus Depot |
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Monday 10th of June 2013 08:05:30 PM |
| St John's railway station. |
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Monday 10th of June 2013 08:04:52 PM |
| Railway line from Bedford to Bletchley. |
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Monday 10th of June 2013 08:03:31 PM |
| Ampthill Road County Primary School |
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Monday 10th of June 2013 08:02:38 PM |
| Ampthill Road |
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Monday 10th of June 2013 08:01:50 PM |
| Swan Hotel |
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Monday 10th of June 2013 07:59:49 PM |
| Kimbolton Road |
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Monday 10th of June 2013 07:52:21 PM |
| Park Avenue |
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Monday 10th of June 2013 07:46:04 PM |
| The Bedford School. |
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Monday 10th of June 2013 07:45:34 PM |
| De Parys Avenue. |
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Monday 10th of June 2013 07:45:02 PM |
| Commercial Road open air swimming baths (nice and warm when the power station was working). |
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Monday 10th of June 2013 07:43:47 PM |
| Bedford Prison. |
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Monday 10th of June 2013 07:42:37 PM |
| Bedford Girls High School. |
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Monday 10th of June 2013 07:42:01 PM |
| Holy Trinity Church, Bromham Road. |
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Monday 10th of June 2013 07:41:31 PM |
| Bromham Road railway bridge. |
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Monday 10th of June 2013 07:40:23 PM |
| Now where Charles Wells Brewery is after it moved out of the town centre. |
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Monday 10th of June 2013 07:39:39 PM |
| Bathing Huts. |
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Monday 10th of June 2013 07:38:38 PM |
| The Slipe. |
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Monday 10th of June 2013 07:38:11 PM |
| Ford End Road, Queens Park. |
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Monday 10th of June 2013 07:37:41 PM |
| Bedford Park. |
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Monday 10th of June 2013 07:37:10 PM |
| Bedford Cemetery. |
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Monday 10th of June 2013 07:36:45 PM |
| Houses in Beatrice Street. |
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Monday 10th of June 2013 07:35:49 PM |
| Houses in Marne Street. |
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Monday 10th of June 2013 07:35:20 PM |
| Allotments. My grandfather's allotment shed was blown up by a land mine dropped during the 2nd World War - obviously aimed at the Barracks. It also blew all the windows out of my father's house in Granville Street. |
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Monday 10th of June 2013 07:34:10 PM |
| Kempston Barracks. The Keep remains, but the rest has been demolished and houses built on the site. |
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Monday 10th of June 2013 07:31:47 PM |
| The B531, Bedford Road, Kempston. |
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Monday 10th of June 2013 07:30:25 PM |
| The B531, Kempston Road, Bedford. |
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Monday 10th of June 2013 07:29:47 PM |
| Houses in Victoria Road. |
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Monday 10th of June 2013 07:28:27 PM |
| Houses in Edward Road. |
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Monday 10th of June 2013 07:27:59 PM |
| St Paul's Church. |
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Monday 10th of June 2013 07:27:03 PM |
| Cattle Market in Cauldwell Street. |
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Monday 10th of June 2013 07:26:38 PM |
| Electricity Power Station in Prebend Street. |
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Monday 10th of June 2013 07:25:59 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. |
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Saturday 22nd of June 2013 08:13:21 PM |
| Britannia Iron Works |
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Monday 10th of June 2013 07:25:23 PM |
| Bedford to London St Pancras railway line. |
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Monday 10th of June 2013 07:24:47 PM |
| Bedford Railway Station |
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Monday 10th of June 2013 07:24:16 PM |
| Cauldwell House. Now demolished and houses built on the site. |
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Monday 10th of June 2013 07:21:28 PM |
| Whitbread Avenue |
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Monday 10th of June 2013 07:19:52 PM |
| Stafford Road |
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Monday 10th of June 2013 07:19:20 PM |
 Granville Street (where I was born). The image is a scan of a photo in the Bedford Records Office. The row of houses were built in 1901 and judging by the creepers on numbers 1 & 2, I guess that the photo was taken in about 1910. |
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Monday 10th of June 2013 07:16:50 PM |
| Austin Cannons. Now demolished and houses built on the site. |
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Monday 10th of June 2013 07:13:48 PM |
| River Great Ouse |
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Monday 10th of June 2013 07:06:41 PM |
| W.H. Allen Engineering Works |
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Monday 10th of June 2013 07:06:08 PM |
| Bedford Gas Works |
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Monday 10th of June 2013 07:05:36 PM |
User Comment Contributions
 Granville Street taken on 30th October 2009. |
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Monday 10th of June 2013 07:18:34 PM |