• Reference
    CRT130BED/35
  • Title
    Notes about various locations in Bedford St Mary's. Previously CRT130BED35-38.
  • Date free text
    1506-1901
  • Production date
    From: 1506 To: 1901
  • Creator
  • Old accession numbers 2154-2156
  • Scope and Content
    Extracts from documents relating to 32-50 Cardington Road (North Side) in possession of Harpur Trust at the time; comprises conveyances, abstracts of title and will of John Wing. Especially relevant to Wing House and St Mary's Abbey. Press cutting dated 10 February 1899 re sale of a Brussels Tapestry which had hung in St Mary's Abbey for many years. Extracts from documents relating to Duck and Priory Mills in possession of Record Office; comprises conveyances from 1773 to 1885 when Bedford Borough purchased the site from executors of Ben Harrison. Extracts from hagable rolls for Potter Street, the house where Dame Elizabeth Boyvell lived prior to 1574, sometimes know as Pyke's House. Narrative concerning St Mary's Abbey Time line summary Plan Copies of sale catalogues from 1843, 1898 with associated plans Extracts of wills
  • Language
    English
  • Level of description
    item