Bedford Collection

Woburn Abbey / Ackermann
Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire: seat of the Duke of Bedford

Swan Hotel and Great Ouse River, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

R Colin Snow coal merchants wagon, Barnburgh Colliery, South Yorkshire, 1961. Artist
R Colin Snow coal merchants wagon, Barnburgh Colliery, South Yorkshire, 1961. Snows were one of the many coal merchants operating in the South Yorkshire area, selling locally mined coal

The Suspension Bridge and River Ouse, Bedford, Bedfordshire. Date: circa 1910s

NATHAN BEDFORD FORREST (1821-1877). American army officer. Photographed c1864

Georgian architecture, Bedford Square, Bloomsbury, London, England, UK

Embankment & River, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England. Date: 1900s

Men unloading bones and animal waste from a WJ Curleys lorry at Stratford, East London. 5 October 1937

Bedford Heavy Unit in the NFS (London Region)
About 1000 of the pumps were built on a Bedford chassis and most were capable of pumping water at 700 gallons per minute. Here a heavy unit and crew are undertaking hose drills at Lambeth

de Havilland DH. 112 Sea Venom F. A. W. 21 XA539
de Havilland DH.112 Sea Venom F.A.W.21 XA539, flying with the Aero Flight from RAE Bedford. First flown on 21 May 1954, delivered on 03 June 1954

Integrity retiring from Office!, 1801
Integrity retiring from Office!, Pub. 1801 (hand coloured engraving). William Pitt the Younger (1759-1806) resigns as Prime Minister in protest at Kings rejection of the bills to unite England

Conwy Castle Wales - from the landing place Date: circa 1880

Traffic congestion, Covent Garden, London WC2
Traffic congestion in the Covent Garden area, London WC2, showing a view along Henrietta Street from the corner of Bedford Street during the morning of 26 March 1959

GLC-LFB - Foam Tender at East Ham
The GLC-LFB was created on 1 April 1965. A series of photos was commissioned of each type of fire engine, either within or absorbed into the enlarged London Fire Brigade

John of Lancaster, Duke of Bedford, early 15th century
Engraved portrait of John of Lancaster, Duke of Bedford (1389-1435), fourth son of King Henry IV of England

Bedford Park / Bath Rd 4 / 9
Bedford Park, Chiswick, London, considered the prototype of later garden cities and suburbs: Bath Road, looking east (4 of 9)

CONFEDERATE GENERALS. The Generals of the Confederate Army. Jefferson Davis, with red cloak, is at center left; Robert E. Lee, standing with saber, is at center right. Contemporary American lithograph

Coal Men 1960S
Two coal men, young and old, lift heavy sacks of coal off their lorry. Date: early 1970s

Sergius Stepniak
SERGIUS STEPNIAK Russian nihilist, author of Underground Russia etc. self-exiled to England, lived in Bedford Park, London. Date: 1852 - 1895

BARRIE: PETER PAN, 1911. To die will be an awfully big adventure. Illustration by Francis D. Bedford for the 1911 edition of J.M. Barries Peter Pan

Ye Green Parrot Tea Rooms, St Peters Green, Bedford Date: 1916

Fleet of soft drinks delivery lorries, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1961. Artist
Fleet of soft drinks delivery lorries, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1961. The fleet of lorries with their newest Bedford TK at the front of the line up

Jaeger advertisement, 1956
Advertisement for quintessential British fashion brand, Jaeger showing two smart but casual looks in Bedford cord and cashmere. Date: 1956

A travelling fish and chip shop for the villages. This mammoth van, owned by H. C
A travelling fish and chip shop for the villages. This mammoth van, owned by H.C. Macroy, is now touring the villages of Kent so successfully that he has one more van in action and two more on order

Town Hall and Bedford Square, Tavistock, West Devon, England. Date: circa 1910s

Russell Square and statue of the Duke of Bedford (engraving)
585425 Russell Square and statue of the Duke of Bedford (engraving) by Shepherd, Thomas Hosmer (1792-1864); Private Collection; (add.info.: Statue of the Duke of Bedford in Russell Square)

The Britannia Works in Bedford (engraving)
1589143 The Britannia Works in Bedford (engraving) by Robinson, Charles (1840-81); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Britannia Works in Bedford)

Brewers Quay, Chester Quay and Galley Quay, Lower Thames Street, City of London, 1846. The scene includes the unloading of foreign provisions from vessels on the River Thames using winching

Catalogue cover, Horncastle & Son, General Furnishing & Builders Ironmongers, The Parade, Bedford Street, Royal Leamington Spa. circa late 19th century

Traffic congestion, Covent Garden, London WC2
Traffic congestion in the Covent Garden area, London WC2, showing a view along Henrietta Street from the corner of Bedford Street during the morning of 26 March 1959

Adeline, Duchess of Bedford (1852-1920), formerly Lady Adeline Mary Somers-Cocks, George Sackville Russell, 10th Duke of Bedford

LCC-LFB in Lord Mayors Show, City of London
London firefighters and Auxiliary firefighters with appliances taking part in the annual Lord Mayors Show through the City of London. A Bedford heavy pump unit with crew leads the LFB contingent

Bedford, Street Scene
A road in the outskirts of Bedford showing modern blocks of flats. Date: 1964

Two females handstands on beam

Howard Statue, Bedford, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Bedford Place, London - a lady and her doggie (on its hind legs!) form an interesting addition to this London street scene

Bedford Park / Church 7 / 9
Bedford Park: church and parsonage, looking south-west (7 of 9)

HUNTINGDON BRIDGE. Bedford is the county town of Bedfordshire, in the East of England. UK

Decorations on E P Rose & Son Ltd Department Store, Bedford
Decorations outside E P Rose & Son Ltd Department Store in Bedford - Coronation of Elizabeth II. Date: 1953

Old Map of Bedford 1807 by Cole and Roper
An attractive and detailed early 19th century reproduction town plan of Bedford, Bedfordshire. First published by Cole and Roper as a finely engraved series of county maps

Map of England, c.1900 (engraving)
532917 Map of England, c.1900 (engraving); (add.info.: Map of England, with Oxford, Buckingham, Hertford, Essex, Middlesex, Berkshire, Hampshire, parts of Bedford and Wiltshire, circa 1902)

John Bunyan's house in Harrowden, Bedford, England
5614331 John Bunyan's house in Harrowden, Bedford, England; (add.info.: John Bunyan's house in Harrowden, Bedford, England. John Bunyan, baptised 30 November 1628-1688)

Bedford England Skyline
Michael Tompsett

Bedford England Skyline
Michael Tompsett

County Map of Bedfordshire, c. 1777
From The Large English Atlas: or, a new set of map of all the counties of England and Wales drawn from the several surveys which have been hitherto been published

RAF Halton Ten Tors expedition 1977 - RAF Bedford coach
RAF Halton Apprentices competing in the 1977 Ten Tors cross-country team march. - The ubiquitous RAF Bedford SB3 (43AC42) with Strachans Pacesaver bodywork, used by the 1977 Ten Tors team

Photograph of Bedford Arms, Fulham, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Right face on view of the pub

Wigan WN7 2 Map
Postcode Sector Map of Wigan WN7 2

Bedford MK45 2 Map
Postcode Sector Map of Bedford MK45 2

1956 Bedford CA ice cream van. Creator: Unknown
1956 Bedford CA ice cream van

de Havilland DH-106 Comet CIIR / C2R
Rae Blind Landing Experimental Unit Dh-106 Comet Airliner Flying on Final-Approach Date: 1958

UK, London, Camden, Bloomsbury, Bedford Square. Doorway with a fanlight on an Eighteenth Century Georgian houses on Bedford square

Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR. 1 and Bedford MK
Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR.1 being pushed back into its hide by a Bedford MK 4-tonner, during a field deployment in Germany

Grant Square, Brooklyn, New York, USA - equestrian statue of Major General Ulysses S. Grant. Date: circa 1908

Plymouth - Bedford Street West

Plymouth - Bedford Street

High Street, Bedford, early 1900s

Bedford High Street early 1900s

1840s Victorian Bedfordshire Map

Lady Jane Grey becomes Queen, on 10 July 1553 Date: 1553

Torquay viewed from Rock Walks in Torbay, Devon Date: circa 1872

Advert, Rudge-Whitworth Motor Cycle Sidecars Date: 1939

L'egare II - North Atlantic expedition raft, at Falmouth
L'egare II, a raft used by a French crew in 1956 to cross the Atlantic Ocean. The expedition, led by Henri Beaudout, departed from Halifax, Nova Scotia, arriving 88 days later at Falmouth

Plaxton Consort C20F Coach
A brand new Plaxton Consort C20F UUD 12, a 20-seat Coach, (oddly placarded for 8 passengers), on a Bedford J2SZ7 chassis. UUD 12 is seen ready for delivery to G.A

Bedford Board of Guardians
Bedford Poor Law Union Board of Guardians Date: 1907

Cecil Aldin with four dogs in Bedford Park, West London
Cecil Aldin (1870-1935), British artist and illustrator, seen here as a young man with four dogs in Bedford Park, Chiswick, West London. Date: 1890s

Home from the Market, A Bedfordshire Hamlet
BON40708 Home from the Market, A Bedfordshire Hamlet by Stannard, Henry John Sylvester (1870-1951); Private Collection; Photo © Bonhams, London, UK

Scott Murray Scotland & Bedford Rugby Union 14 November 1998 Date: 14 November 1998

Simon Bedford England 30 April 1998 Date: 30 April 1998

1940 Bedford MWD experimental truck. Creator: Unknown
1940 Bedford MWD experimental truck

1941 Bedford MWD war model. Creator: Unknown
1941 Bedford MWD war model

1940 Bedford MWD war model. Creator: Unknown
1940 Bedford MWD war model

1940 Bedford MWG war model. Creator: Unknown
1940 Bedford MWG war model

1940 Bedford MWT 15cwt gun tractor. Creator: Unknown
1940 Bedford MWT 15cwt gun tractor

1940 Bedford QLC war model. Creator: Unknown
1940 Bedford QLC war model

1942 Bedford MWD war model. Creator: Unknown
1942 Bedford MWD war model

1939 Bedford MWD lorry. Creator: Unknown
1939 Bedford MWD lorry

Work Cabinet, Bedford, c. 1900. Creators: Mackay Hugh Baillie Scott, Pyghtle Works
Work Cabinet, Bedford, c. 1900

Map from Red Books, for Mogenhanger in Bedfordshire
495319 Map from Red Books, for Mogenhanger in Bedfordshire, a Seat of Godfrey Thornton Esq. 1792 (w/c on paper) (see also 495318 and 497306-7) by Repton

Bedford (engraving)
5197783 Bedford (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bedford. Illustration for The Pilgrims Progress and Other Works by John Bunyan (Virtue)

Public arms: Shoreham; Bedford; Wednesbury; West Sussex County Council; Youghall (engraving)
6008894 Public arms: Shoreham; Bedford; Wednesbury; West Sussex County Council; Youghall (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

John Bunyan (1872-1919) author of The Pilgrims Progress From This World
5615847 John Bunyan (1872-1919) author of The Pilgrims Progress From This World, To That Which Is To Come, illustration by William Strang (1859-1921) by Strang

The New Monument to John Bunyan at Bedford (engraving)
1058605 The New Monument to John Bunyan at Bedford (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The New Monument to John Bunyan at Bedford)

Statue of Frances, Duke of Bedford, in Russell Square, London (pencil on paper)
602894 Statue of Frances, Duke of Bedford, in Russell Square, London (pencil on paper) by Pugin, Augustus Charles (1762-1832); Private Collection; (add.info.: Statue of Frances, Duke of Bedford)

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"Discover the Charm and History of Bedford, England" Welcome to Bedford, a picturesque town located in the heart of Bedfordshire, England. With its rich heritage and stunning landscapes, this hidden gem offers a delightful escape for travelers seeking tranquility and cultural exploration. Immerse yourself in the timeless elegance of Swan Hotel, nestled along the banks of Great Ouse River. The hotel's breathtaking views and luxurious accommodations make it an ideal retreat for those seeking relaxation. Did you know that Bedford played a significant role during World War II? The legendary Bedford Heavy Unit in NFS (London Region) stood strong against adversity, holding up the R101 with unwavering determination. Aviation enthusiasts will be captivated by the de Havilland DH. 112 Sea Venom F. A. W. 21 XA539 aircraft on display here. This marvel of engineering showcases both innovation and history. Step back in time as you visit Woburn Abbey/Ackermann, where Georgian architecture stands proudly amidst lush surroundings. Explore this magnificent estate and delve into centuries-old tales that have shaped its legacy. Bedford Square in Bloomsbury is another architectural wonder worth exploring. Its grandeur reflects true British elegance while offering a glimpse into London's vibrant past. Witness Integrity retiring from Office. A momentous event that took place in 1801 when political change swept through these historic streets—a testament to democracy's enduring spirit. From historical landmarks to everyday scenes captured on film, such as men unloading bones at Stratford or GLC-LFB Foam Tender at East Ham—Bedford has been immortalized through various lenses throughout history. Nathan Bedford Forrest may have been an American army officer photographed around 1864 but his name echoes across continents—an emblematic figure whose story transcends borders. Experience bustling city life with traffic congestion capturing Covent Garden's essence—a reminder that even amidst chaos, beauty can still thrive within urban landscapes. As you explore each corner of Bedford, let the town's charm and rich history wash over you.