P88/28/6

File of material on 15th Beds (St.Mary's) Scout Troop’s activities and town planning research including both historical summaries and contemporary reports by various people, presumably scoutmasters

1925-1965

From: 1925 To: 1965

also including the following: - sketch map showing Cardington Road, Rope Walk, St.John's Street, Turners’ Sack & Bag Works, National Omnibus Company Depot, LNWR railway line and ornamental gardens in 1913; - narrative of the period 1925-1935 including crayon and paint picture of St.Mary's Schoolroom and outline plan of St.Mary's church; - crayon and paint sketch of hoardings along Station Road with sketch map showing allotments and timber yard between Cardington Road and St.John's Street and bordering Rope Walk; - sketch map showing Ellis & Everard’s Field and Ray’s Meadow between Cardington Road and the river; sketch map of Cauldwell recreation ground [site of current Bedfordshire & Luton Archives & Records Service building]; - newspaper cutting photograph of American Villas in Great Butts Street and newspaper cutting drawing of St.Mary's church; - newspaper cutting photograph of exterior of St.Mary's Abbey Hotel; newspaper article on St.Mary's Abbey; newspaper cutting drawing of St.John's Street c.1818; sketch plan of Bedesmans Lane/Duckmill Lane area; - sketch map of area between St.John's station in 1936; - sketch man of area between Cardington Road and St.John's Street and bordering Rope Walk on 1943; - sketch plan of area surrounding Fred Ray’s Field bordered by Cauldwell Street, St.John's Street and Pilcroft Street, 1943; - newspaper cutting photograph of cottage in Bridewell Court, off Cauldwell Street; - sketch plan of south of Bedford in 1610; - sketch plan of the area surrounded by St.John's Street, Cardington Road and Rope Walk 1943; - sketch maps of the area bounded by Cardington Road, Mile Road and Elstow Road with a history of use 1914-1943; - newspaper photograph of river mooring basin on site of old Prebend Street bathing station; - notes on activities on church pathfinders youth group, Sunday School, Men’s Circle, Girl Guides 1961-1966

file

Turners Sack & Bag Works,
National Omnibus Company,
London North Western Railway,
Ellis & Everard

St. John Bedford, parish youth work, Boy Scouts, town planning, plans, Bedford Cardington Road, Bedford Rope Walk, Bedford St.John's Street, Turner's Sack Works, London North Western Railway, St. Mary Bedford, Bedford Station Road, Ellis & Everard, Bedford Great Butt Street, newspapers, Bedford St.Mary's Abbey Hotel, drawings, Bedford Bedesmans Lane, Bedford Duckmill Lane, St.John's station Bedford, Bedford Pilcroft Street, Bedford Mile Road, Bedford Elstow Road, Bedford Prebend Street, Sunday Schools, Girl Guides