Local History

 Links to the various sections of this archive:

​Bunyan Family

Evacuees

Hillersden Family

May Festival

Miscellaneous

​Moot Hall & the Manor Court

Nirex

Radcliffe Family

The Abbey
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Contributions Invited

If you have any old documents, event programmes,
pictures or stories about Elstow etc., 
we would very much like to add them to this Archive.
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Please, do Contact Us.

Changes and additions to the Archive
2019
November 2nd - Added a Story of Elstow by Joy Cooper-Watson into the Lace-making section on the Miscellaneous page.
August 20th - Bunyan's tomb; information, leaflet and location map added to John Bunyan page
April 18th - images added to foot of Bunyan page

2018
21st October -Ground plans of the Abbey added.
15th October  - new and revised documents about Moot Hall restoration and opening added.
​September - Added documents about Countess Judith (the founder of Elstow Abbey), her husband the Saxon Earl Waltheof and her family tree.
​April - John Bunyan's Birthplace and The Bunyan Trail information moved, to the Bunyan Family page
January  - Building the Archive began.​