EAW032061 ENGLAND (1950). The Britannia Iron and Steel Works off Kempston Road and the town, Bedford, from the south-west, 1950. This image was marked by Aerofilms Ltd for photo editing.
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| Title | [EAW032061] The Britannia Iron and Steel Works off Kempston Road and the town, Bedford, from the south-west, 1950. This image was marked by Aerofilms Ltd for photo editing. |
| Reference | EAW032061 |
| Date | 23-August-1950 |
| Link | |
| Place name | BEDFORD |
| Parish | |
| District | |
| Country | ENGLAND |
| Easting / Northing | 504446, 248770 |
| Longitude / Latitude | -0.47407405718662, 52.126946489055 |
| National Grid Reference | TL044488 |
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 britannia iron works gate the only remnants of the old foundry and workshops pulled down in the early 2000s to be redeveloped for housing |
 K9-Q |
Tuesday 3rd of November 2015 03:05:46 AM |
| Cauldwell Street. |
 melgibbs |
Tuesday 10th of June 2014 04:45:54 PM |
 London Midland Region Railway Coal Wharf. The attached photo was taken on 7th December 2013 from the railway bridge and shows that the area is in need of some tidying-up. |
melgibbs |
Tuesday 10th of June 2014 04:45:23 PM |
| All of this area was demolished to make way for the County Hall, now named Borough Hall. |
melgibbs |
Tuesday 10th of June 2014 11:33:55 AM |
| The Black Diamond public house on the corner of Prebend Street and Cauldwell Street. |
melgibbs |
Tuesday 10th of June 2014 11:33:09 AM |
| The Crown public house on the corner of Britannia Road. |
melgibbs |
Tuesday 10th of June 2014 11:32:20 AM |
| Kempston Road, Bedford. |
melgibbs |
Tuesday 10th of June 2014 11:31:31 AM |
| Ford End Road railway bridge. |
melgibbs |
Tuesday 10th of June 2014 11:30:51 AM |
| Steam engine on the Bedford to London railway line. |
melgibbs |
Tuesday 10th of June 2014 11:29:37 AM |
There are actually two of them, probably waiting to set back into the loco depot or maybe they have just left it . |
John Wass |
Wednesday 14th of January 2015 02:42:35 PM |
| St Paul's Church. |
melgibbs |
Tuesday 10th of June 2014 11:28:51 AM |
| Electricity Power Station in Prebend Street, now a housing development. |
melgibbs |
Tuesday 10th of June 2014 11:28:03 AM |
 The Royal County Theatre & Opera House, now The Apostolic Pentecostal Church. The attached photo is a scan of half of the front page of the Bedford Record & Circular from 1940. |
melgibbs |
Tuesday 10th of June 2014 11:26:42 AM |
| Allotments. |
melgibbs |
Tuesday 10th of June 2014 11:21:16 AM |
| River Great Ouse. |
melgibbs |
Tuesday 10th of June 2014 11:20:30 AM |
| St Leonard's Church Hall. |
melgibbs |
Tuesday 10th of June 2014 11:19:29 AM |
| St Leonard's Church in Victoria Road. |
melgibbs |
Tuesday 10th of June 2014 11:19:04 AM |
| Edward Road. |
melgibbs |
Tuesday 10th of June 2014 11:18:28 AM |
| This was Britannia Works Social Club. |
melgibbs |
Tuesday 10th of June 2014 11:17:55 AM |
| Cauldwell Walk. |
melgibbs |
Tuesday 10th of June 2014 11:17:08 AM |
| The Queen's Head public house |
BrickDust |
Friday 2nd of May 2014 07:53:57 PM |