Bedfordshire Collection

Bunyans Cottage, Elstow, Bedford, 1943. Creator: Henry Stannard
Bunyans Cottage, Elstow, Bedford, 1943. House lived in by John Bunyan (1628-1688), an English nonconformist preacher and writer

Bridge Over the Ouse, Bedford, 1898. Creator: Unknown
Bridge Over the Ouse, Bedford, 1898. Bedfords Medieval Bridge was demolished in 1811 and replaced by a bridge designed by John Wing and opened in 1835, restored in Portland stone

The Mortuary Chapel and New Church, Woburn, 1898. Creator: Unknown
The Mortuary Chapel and New Church, Woburn, 1898. From " Our Own Country, Volume I.". [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris & Melbourne, 1898]

Woburn Abbey - The West Front, 1898. Creator: Unknown
Woburn Abbey - The West Front, 1898. From " Our Own Country, Volume I.". [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris & Melbourne, 1898]

Straw hats return to favour, 1930, (1933). Creator: Unknown
Straw hats return to favour, 1930, (1933). Workers at a milliners with piles of straw boaters. Luton, the centre of the straw hat industry

Bedford: St. Peters Church and the Bunyan Statue, c1896. Artist: Poulton & Co
Bedford: St. Peters Church and the Bunyan Statue, c1896. From Pictorial England and Wales. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris & Melbourne, c1896]

Poised in the Vast Hall of Her Birthplace, Ready To Take Wing, c1935. R 101 airship in her hanger. Royal Airship Works, Cardington, Bedfordshire. From Our Wonderful World, Volume IV, edited by J.A

Floating at the Mast Head, A Mighty Envelope of Invisible Power, c1935. R 101 airship at its mooring. Royal Airship Works, Cardington, Bedfordshire

Two vignettes relating to the 18th century philanthopist and prison reformer John Howard, 1836. The upper one shows Howards birthplace in Clapton, Hackney

Straw hat factory, Luton, Bedfordshire, 1930. Artist: Fox Photos
Straw hat factory, Luton, Bedfordshire, 1930. Luton was the centre of the straw hat industry. The hats became fashionable again in 1930 after the Prince of Wales wore one

The Swan, Elstow, Bedfordshire, 1939. From Old Inns - Second Series of 40. [W. D. & H. O. Wills, 1939]

The White Horse, Eaton Socon, Bedfordshire, 1939. From Old Inns - Second Series of 40. [W. D. & H. O. Wills, 1939]

Bunyans Cottage, Elstow, Bedford, 1947. Artist: Henry Stannard
Bunyans Cottage, Elstow, Bedford, 1947. John Bunyan was an English nonconformist preacher and writer, Bunyan (1628-1688) was the author of the famous allegory The Pilgrims Progress

British rigid airship R101 riding at her mooring mast at Cardington, Bedfordshire, c1929 (c1937). The R101 was one of a pair of British rigid airships completed in 1929 as part of a government

Prices Candle Works, c1875, (1904). Artist: James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Prices Candle Works, c1875, (1904). From Whistler As I Knew Him, by Mortimer Menpes. [Adam and Charles Black, London, 1904]

John Bunyan, c1916. Artist: William Strang
John Bunyan, c1916. An English nonconformist preacher and writer, Bunyan (1628-1688) was the author of the famous allegory The Pilgrims Progress

Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire, home of the Duke of Bedford, c1880. The seat of the Russell family, Earls and later Dukes of Bedford, since 1547

Wrest Park from the south-west, Silsoe, Bedfordshire, 1924-1926. Artist: HN King
Wrest Park from the south-west, Silsoe, Bedfordshire, 1924-1926. Wrest Park was built in 1834-1839, inspired by 18th-century French chateaux, and is set in over 90 acres of gardens

The Ouse at Bedford, 1926. Artist: Cavenders Ltd
The Ouse at Bedford, 1926. From the River Valleys set of hand-coloured cigarette cards issued with Army Club Cigarettes, Cavanders Ltd, 1926

Pillow lace maker, late 18th-early 19th century. Artist: WN Gardner
Pillow lace maker, late 18th-early 19th century. An idealised picture of a Bedfordshire lacemaker working at her cottage door. The pattern to be worked would be pricked out on strip of parchment

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