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

Bury orchard

Published 10/10/2012 at 3456 × 2304 in The Bury.
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