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Village sign erected by Bedfordshire County Council, as one of their many contributions to the 1951 Festival of Britain.


​Elstow Picture Archive



This archive consists of drawings, lithographs, paintings, videos and photographs - old and new - of Elstow.

Titlestyped in green are 'hyperlinks' - left-click on them and you will be taken to the relevant page.

John Bunyan - Pictures of the man, places associated with him and illustrations from his books.

​Modern Elstow - Main page contains several small albums, plus links to the larger albums.

Older Elstow - Main page contains several small albums & links to the larger albums. 

Elstow in the Snow

Exhibits at Moot Hall

May Festivals - The main page has 7 sub-pages, each of which contain a decade's albums.
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​If you have any photos, watercolours, oil paintings, of Elstow (old or new) or any historical items, documents etc., do ​please send us digital copies (or let us borrow them for scanning) so that we can add them to this village archive.  
​Use the Contact Form to get in touch.  Thank you.  


When you have explored the Picture Archive,
​do also go and take a look at our 
History Archive


​Recent changes and additions

This slideshow contains samples of the most recent additions to the Picture Archive.
To see more pictures, and their captions, go to the relevant albums - there are
green hyperlinks with each of the updates below, that will take you direct to the relevant pages.

 
Picture Archive Updates

2025
24th October - a new album of 31 pics of Bunyan tree launch added to People and Events page
19th October - 1 pic added to end of 1950 MF album, captions added to two 1978 MF pics - kids in coach
16th October - Pic added to News post 
22nd September - New album of 1978 May Festival photos, including the programme
13th August -New Album - Playing Field - added to Southern page. 

12th August - two pics added to Cricket album  and 20 pics into Football album on Sport page
31st July -  1 pic of Elstow Primary School children added to Elstow village school page. 5 pic of People at the Swan added to High St album. Several Football and Cricket teams added to Sport page
13th June - Article and pic added to 1977 May Fest album; 2 photos (of Terry Waite) and a pre-1951 pic of Moot added to Moot Album; 6 photos added to Abbey church; article and photo of Louisa Minney added into Elstow People section; 1 to Old Miscellaneous Pictures; 3  into Old High Street album 
12th June - 9 pictures of 1970 Church End fire added to Old Church End album
11th June - pics added to Lifepath News post
6th June - May Festivals: 1 pic added to 1937; 1 to 1940; 5 to 1942; 4 to 1946; 4 to 1949
27th May - 18 pics added to 1974 album
​24th May - 1 or 2  pics added to end of these May festival albums; 1937, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1951, 1955
21st May - May Festival video added to 1934 and 1940 albums.
3rd May - 4 pics and 3 videos added to 2020s May Festival page
23rd March - 68 photos added into the Abbey view album on Church End page. (Yet to be sorted and captioned.)
10th March - Coach outside The Swan  added to High Street album

​15th Jan - Lightening conductor installation at Moot Hall
2022
8th January  {icture Archive started with 5 photos in 1965 May Festival

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  • Home
  • News
  • Contact and Links
  • Local History
    • Abbey School
    • Bedford Racecourse
    • Bunyan Family
    • Chapel & Education
    • Church End Fire
    • Evacuees
    • Hillersden Family
    • May Festival
    • Miscellaneous
    • Moot Hall
    • Nirex
    • Radcliffe Family
    • The Abbey
  • Picture Archive
    • Elstow in the snow
    • Exhibits at Moot Hall
    • John Bunyan
    • May Festivals >
      • 1920s
      • 1930s
      • 1940s
      • 1950s
      • 1960s
      • 1970s & 80s
      • 2000s
      • 2010s
      • 2020s
    • Modern Elstow >
      • Abbey Fields
      • Abbey Church
      • Bunyan's Mead
      • Church End
      • High Street
      • Moot Hall
      • People & Events
      • Pilgrim House
      • Southern Elstow
      • The Green
      • The Swan development
      • West End
    • Old Elstow >
      • Abbey Church
      • Bunyan's Cottage
      • By-pass
      • Church End
      • High Street
      • Moot Hall
      • Schools
      • Sport