Elstow Picture Archive
This archive consists of drawings, lithographs, paintings, videos and photographs - old and new - of Elstow.
There are also pictures of some of the exhibits held in Moot Hall.
All items in green text = a hyperlink - click on the text to go to the relevant page.
Elstow in the Snow
Exhibits at Moot Hall
John Bunyan
May Festivals - On the main page, there are links to sub-pages, each containing a decade of albums.
Modern Elstow - Main page contains several small albums & links to larger albums.
Older Elstow - Main page contains several small albums & links to larger albums.
Contributions invited
If you have any pictures of Elstow - especially old ones -
please let us borrow and scan them for inclusion in this archive.
Use the Contact Form to get in touch.
Recent changes and additions -
The slideshows, below, show pictures recently added.
24th September 2018 -latest stages of West End new development added.
20th September 2018- latest stages of West End new development added.
11th Sept 2018 - latest stages of West End new development added. Maps and new illustrations added to Pilgrims Progress album on Bunyan page.
25th July 2018 - Three photos added to West End, new development site and one to the green album
14th July 2018 - Six photos added to West End, new development site and one to Moot Hall Exhibits album
20th June 2018 - Pictures of the renovation of Elstow Pillbox on Elstow Modern page and 2 more photos added to West End new development album
16th June 2018 -4 photos added to The Green album
25th May 2018 - 3 more photos added to West End new development album
19th May 2018 - 2 photos added to West End new development, Green and 6 to Moot Hall Albums
12th April 2018 - One photo of Old School renovation added to High Street album and 2 to Church End album
13th & 23rd March - Photos added to West End - new development and The Green Albums
11th March - Photos from 1928 added into various albums on Elstow Old page and 30 images added into the John Bunyan album.
4th March - 2 snow photos into Elstow in the Snow album
March 3rd. Igloo appears on Elstow Green!
Feb 25th. photos added to Moot Hall modern album - courtesy of photographer Dan Evans. Plus one additional drawing of the Abbey Church and a painting of Bunyan's cottage
Feb 20th. Assorted photos added to modern albums.
Feb 7th. Three photos added to West End - new development album and one at the end of the Moot Hall album
January 11th. Photos added to the beginning of Swan Development album and an aerial photo at end of Old High Street album.
Two May Festival photos in a new album for 1930
Two Elstow Abbey FC teams added into the Miscellaneous album on Old Elstow page.
January 10th. Photos added to Modern Elstow, West End Albums - Cowbridge to Abbeyfields
January 9th. Drawings added to Modern Elstow page and that page re-named (formerly called 'Modern photos')
January 6th 2018. Miscellaneous pictures added to to several albums (all shown in slideshow below).
Thanks to Rosemary Langley for permitting us to reproduce her watercolour of the Abbey.
Also for Sandra and Brian King for loaning even more postcards for scanning.
And to Paul Kemp for loaning photos and a variety of interesting items for our Local History pages.January 5th 2018. Paul Kemp's photos of the construction of Bedford southern by-pass, added into By-pass album
January 4th 2018. Demolition photos, taken by John Pestell, added to end of Bunyan's Cottage album
Photos loaned by Paul Kemp:
1. New "West End" album on Elstow Old page includes beginning of the construction of Progress Way and Abbeyfields roads
2. 1992 pictures of the conversion of the junction with Mile Road - added to High Street albumJanuary 2nd 2018. Some historical text added to Bunyan's cottage album
December 22nd 2017. Few additions to Modern albums - West End New Development, Abbey and Moot Hall
December 15th 2017. Additions to Elstow in the snow album, additions to Modern Photos - Abbey Church, Moot Hall and The Green - albums.
Photos by Michael Hurley. See slideshow below.
Various minor text changes, updates and corrections on various pages.December 14th 2017.
New Album-By-pass - almost 100 photos of the building of Bedford southern bypass through Elstow.
December 10th 2017. Painting of Bunyan's cottage added to Bunyan's Cottage page.
This very nice picture was kindly donated by former Elstow resident Andy Curtis (who, as a little boy, was the Herald in the 1954 May Festival).
December 9th 2017. Additions to Moot Hall exterior and interior albums on the 'Moot Hall' page
Hyper-links - to 'next page' - added to the bottom of every May Festival, Elstow Modern and Old Elstow pages
New Album - "The Green" added to main 'Old Elstow' page - see slideshow, below.
December 6th and 7th. Lynne Farm 1995 restoration album added to Old Elstow main page
December 6th and 7th 2017
1. Old Elstow - Larger albums moved to new sub-pages
2. New pictures added to various albums - see the slideshow, above.
3. New John Bunyan page added and all Bunyan-related albums moved to it.
November 2017
1. High Street album - refurbished Red Lion
2. The Green" album, autumnal pictures
3. Events and News and Modern photos pages - Remembrance Day photos.
4. More Exhibits at Moot Hall
5. West End Album - Additional photos
6. Modern Elstow main page - New album; "People and Events" added
October 2017
1. Modern Elstow page - more albums added
2. May festivals - Old films added to various pages
3. Local history page started and "Route to Bunyan's Birthplace" map added.
September 2017 - The building of Elstow Picture Archive began.
16th June 2018 -4 photos added to The Green album
25th May 2018 - 3 more photos added to West End new development album
19th May 2018 - 2 photos added to West End new development, Green and 6 to Moot Hall Albums
12th April 2018 - One photo of Old School renovation added to High Street album and 2 to Church End album
13th & 23rd March - Photos added to West End - new development and The Green Albums
11th March - Photos from 1928 added into various albums on Elstow Old page and 30 images added into the John Bunyan album.
4th March - 2 snow photos into Elstow in the Snow album
March 3rd. Igloo appears on Elstow Green!
Feb 25th. photos added to Moot Hall modern album - courtesy of photographer Dan Evans. Plus one additional drawing of the Abbey Church and a painting of Bunyan's cottage
Feb 20th. Assorted photos added to modern albums.
Feb 7th. Three photos added to West End - new development album and one at the end of the Moot Hall album
January 11th. Photos added to the beginning of Swan Development album and an aerial photo at end of Old High Street album.
Two May Festival photos in a new album for 1930
Two Elstow Abbey FC teams added into the Miscellaneous album on Old Elstow page.
January 10th. Photos added to Modern Elstow, West End Albums - Cowbridge to Abbeyfields
January 9th. Drawings added to Modern Elstow page and that page re-named (formerly called 'Modern photos')
January 6th 2018. Miscellaneous pictures added to to several albums (all shown in slideshow below).
Thanks to Rosemary Langley for permitting us to reproduce her watercolour of the Abbey.
Also for Sandra and Brian King for loaning even more postcards for scanning.
And to Paul Kemp for loaning photos and a variety of interesting items for our Local History pages.January 5th 2018. Paul Kemp's photos of the construction of Bedford southern by-pass, added into By-pass album
January 4th 2018. Demolition photos, taken by John Pestell, added to end of Bunyan's Cottage album
Photos loaned by Paul Kemp:
1. New "West End" album on Elstow Old page includes beginning of the construction of Progress Way and Abbeyfields roads
2. 1992 pictures of the conversion of the junction with Mile Road - added to High Street albumJanuary 2nd 2018. Some historical text added to Bunyan's cottage album
December 22nd 2017. Few additions to Modern albums - West End New Development, Abbey and Moot Hall
December 15th 2017. Additions to Elstow in the snow album, additions to Modern Photos - Abbey Church, Moot Hall and The Green - albums.
Photos by Michael Hurley. See slideshow below.
Various minor text changes, updates and corrections on various pages.December 14th 2017.
New Album-By-pass - almost 100 photos of the building of Bedford southern bypass through Elstow.
December 10th 2017. Painting of Bunyan's cottage added to Bunyan's Cottage page.
This very nice picture was kindly donated by former Elstow resident Andy Curtis (who, as a little boy, was the Herald in the 1954 May Festival).
December 9th 2017. Additions to Moot Hall exterior and interior albums on the 'Moot Hall' page
Hyper-links - to 'next page' - added to the bottom of every May Festival, Elstow Modern and Old Elstow pages
New Album - "The Green" added to main 'Old Elstow' page - see slideshow, below.
December 6th and 7th. Lynne Farm 1995 restoration album added to Old Elstow main page
December 6th and 7th 2017
1. Old Elstow - Larger albums moved to new sub-pages
2. New pictures added to various albums - see the slideshow, above.
3. New John Bunyan page added and all Bunyan-related albums moved to it.
November 2017
1. High Street album - refurbished Red Lion
2. The Green" album, autumnal pictures
3. Events and News and Modern photos pages - Remembrance Day photos.
4. More Exhibits at Moot Hall
5. West End Album - Additional photos
6. Modern Elstow main page - New album; "People and Events" added
October 2017
1. Modern Elstow page - more albums added
2. May festivals - Old films added to various pages
3. Local history page started and "Route to Bunyan's Birthplace" map added.
September 2017 - The building of Elstow Picture Archive began.
