New Bedford and Luton Archives Pages

Vicarage| & Adult Pleasure garden, Luton c.1900

The Community Archives| section of our website continues to expand. It is our intention to use our sources to put together a local history resource for every community in the county - a task which has already taken three years and which, it is envisaged, will take another fourteen to complete! For each community we write pages on: the name; geography; population, prehistory and history before the Conquest; the manors; the church; the chapels; education; interesting buildings and inns, beerhouses, hotels and public houses. We also have maps, accounts of murders and anything else which might be of interest!

The Black Diamond| pub c,1900

So far this year we have added 75 pages for Bedford and a similar number for Luton and by 1st April 2010 we hope to have added sections for Billington, Bletsoe, Blunham, Chalton (in Mogerhanger), Clifton, Colmworth, Mogerhanger, Stevington, Studham, Totternhoe and Westoning . We already have a full range of pages for: Aspley Guise; Aspley Heath; Battlesden; Broom; Cople; Harrold; Heath and Reach; Ireland and Rowney; Leighton Buzzard; Linslade; Odell; Old Warden; Shefford; Southill; Stagsden; Stanbridge; Stanford; Swineshead and Tilsworth. We have partially completed pages for: Aley Green; Bromham; Brook End; Budna; Caddington; Cardington; Chaul End; Chawston; Clophill; Colesden; Elstow; Hatch; Hulcote; Husborne Crawley; Ickwell; Kempston; Kempston Hardwick; Kempston Rural; Lower Caldecote; Milton Bryan; Northill; Pepperstock; Potsgrove; Potton; Ridgmont; Roxton; Salford; Slip End; Stewartby; Thorncote Green; Upper Caldecote; Willington; Woburn; Woodside; Wootton and Wyboston.