Bedfordshire Heritage Library
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- The Bedfordshire Heritage Library is a special area in
Bedford Central Library
housing items from the local history collection that are rare, valuable or
delicate and are of particular historical significance. It is open on Tuesdays
9am -1pm and 2pm - 6pm and at other times by appointment
- It provides a quiet
and peaceful space where you can consult:
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A selection of old county, town and village historiesLocal directories and poll books
Special collections of works by John
Bunyan and Mark Rutherford
Early journals and magazines, including 'The Wasp', the journal of the
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment, 1922 - 1964
Bound volumes of newspapers
Old maps, including the first edition Ordnance Survey mapping for the
county
Complete set of Victoria County
Histories
'Gentleman's magazine'
'Notes and queries' (journal)
Volumes of alumni of Cambridge University (from
the earliest times to 1900) and of Oxford University (1715-1886)
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- The Bedfordshire Heritage Library was officially opened on 11th May 2004 by
archaeologist, historian and 'Time Team' television presenter Guy de la Bédoyère
Bedfordshire Heritage
Library contact details
and opening times
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Page last updated: 6th March 2009
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