Kempston Local History Society

Our local history site – "Bringing History and Local People Together"

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  • Welcome
    • How Kempston was spelt in earlier times
      • The Saxon Centre
        • The Society’s Founding Members
          • Committee Members
            • Extract from Domesday Book 1086
  • History
    • Home Guard
      • History of the Trees
      • From Kemestun to Kempston
        • Notes on the Street’s history
        • Bedford U3A’s contribution
    • Kempston Embroidery
    • The Great Fire 1826 – Contemporary Newspaper Reports
    • The storm 1916
    • The Medieval Coroner
  • Oral History
    • Relics of a Box End Childhood in World War II
  • People
    • Baron Clark of Kempston
    • David Frost
    • Dennis Bellamy
    • Malcolm Dallrymple: Kempston’s own Olympian!
    • Don Brown
    • Sapper Bellamy
    • The Daubeney Family of Kempston
  • Buildings
    • The Addison Centre
    • Addison Howard Park
      • History of the Park
      • The Addison Howard Memorial Tree
      • The Avenue of Trees
    • Church Buildings
    • Prefabs
    • Kempston Rural Buildings
      • Crossland Fosse
      • Workhouse cottages
      • The Clockhouse
        • The 200 year old Clock
        • The Clock House 1990
      • The Mill and Mill Pond
    • Kempston Town Buildings
      • Kempston Mill
      • Springfield Asylum
        • History of Springfield Asylum
      • St Christopher’s (formerly The Lodge)
      • The Bury
      • The Grange
      • The Manor
      • St Stephens
      • The County School
      • The Howard Grave
      • Up End School
  • Interpretation Boards
    • 1 – Kempston High Street
    • 2 – The Bedfordshire Regiment in Kempston
    • 3 – The Saxon Centre
  • Transport
    • Buses/cars
    • Horseshoe Coaches Garage
    • Electric Dust Cart
    • Narrow gauge railway
    • Plans for a Tramway between Bedford and Kempston
    • Balloon Disaster
  • Memories
    • Memories of Kempston
    • 85 Years of Kempston Memories
    • A Slice of Life in Wartime Kempston
      • A Slice of Life in Wartime Kempston cont.
    • Memories of working at Springfield Asylum
    • Thurston’s Fair
      • All the Fun of the Fair
    • Chin and Alf
    • The Day the Canadians came to Kempston
    • Robert Mundy’s Grandmother
    • Springfield memories
  • Events
  • Contacts and Membership
Kempston Local History Society

Kempston Town Buildings

Kempston Mill

St Christopher’s (formerly The Lodge)

The Bury

The Grange

The Manor

Springfield Asylum

St. Stephen’s

The County School

The Howard Grave

Up End School

Latest News

  • 2015 Annual General Meeting Minutes (09/09/2015)
  • A Website Reflecting Kempston’s History (09/23/2012)

Events

Events Calendar

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