Reference
RDBPub1/2
Title
Bedford Rural District Official Guide (Commemorative Edition)
Date free text
no date [1972-1973]
Production date
From: 1972 To: 1973
Scope and Content
Foreword by C B Townsend, Chairman of the Bedford Rural District Council and of the North Bedfordshire District Joint Committee, describing the setting up of the Rural District council in 1894/5, some of its history and achievements e.g. in the provision of council housing and the Water Supply Scheme, and its planned abolition on the 1st April 1974. Gives brief details of each of the 43 parishes as well as general information on local services. Includes photographs of Melchbourne House, Oakley House and Stevington Cross.
Level of description
item