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John Stride Ager
John Stride Ager was the younger of the two children of Eliza and Frederick Andrew Stride Ager. His sister, Hester was born on 7th June 1891 and John was born on 5th March 1893. They...
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How it all began – James Wyatt
James Wyatt was eleventh in the lineal descent from Thomas Wyatt, who was the brother of Sir Henry Wyatt, of Arrington. Thomas Wyatt was privy councillor to Henry V11, and great-uncle of Sir Thomas Wyatt,...
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William and James Geddes Brothers in Arms
When thousands of Scottish Highlander soldiers arrived in Bedford for training in August 1914, the military authorities were concerned that an outbreak of infectious diseases such as measles could be life threatening for some of...
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Private Arthur Charker of the 4th Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders
Private Arthur Charker of the 4th Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders was the son of Isabella and the late Henry Charker. His widowed mother lived at 120 Academy Street, Inverness, Scotland. Private Arthur Charker was one...
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Norman Greenshields – Borough Engineer
Norman Greenshields was an Associate Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers, a Member of the Institution of Municipal and County Engineers and a Member of the Sanitary Institute. For some 30 years, he was...
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The Foster Family of Brickhill House
Brickhill House was the farmhouse to Brickhill Farm that once stood over the brow of Cemetery Hill. When John Foster and his family lived there in the early 1800s, there were beautiful groves, lawns and...
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William and Benjamin Harrison – Father & Son Millers of Duck Mill, Bedford
William Harrison was born in Luton in 1802. He took over the running of Duck Mill in the early 1840s. He lived in a house behind the Mill at 18 Potter Street (now Cardington Road),...
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Joshua Hawkins – Politician, Magistrate and Five Times Mayor of Bedford
Joshua Hawkins was a man of rare energy, enterprise, and a public spirit hard to equal. He was also a fervent politician. In the thirteen years he lived in Bedford he certainly made a lasting...
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Jarvis – A Family of Brewers
By 1841, Thomas Jarvis had set up his brewery in Gwyn Street. At that time, there were eight breweries in Bedford and the brewing industry then was second only to the cotton industry. Weak or...
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Jarvis & Son – Monumental Masons
Samuel Wainright Jarvis was born on 1st February 1828 at Bushmead, Bedfordshire. His christening took place on 5th October 1828 at St. Cuthbert’s Church, Bedford. He was the only son of Thomas Jarvis and his...