IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Riverside Square, BEDFORD, MK40 1AR
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Riverside Square, MK40 1AR by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
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Image Map
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Notes
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- The higher the marker number, the further away the image location is from the centre of the postcode.
Image Listing (451 Images Found)
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bpha Customer Service Centre, Bedford
Formerly town hall, before that a school, a grade II listed building, 1767 refacing of earlier building, with later work as well. The statue is of Sir William Harpur, benefactor of the school.
Image: © Robin Webster
Taken: 9 Dec 2017
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Bedford Town Hall
The entrance from St Paul's Square
Image: © Rich Tea
Taken: 19 Jun 2009
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Bedford Town Hall
Tucked away behind older buildings in a corner of St Paul's Square.
Image: © Thomas Nugent
Taken: 17 May 2010
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Pedestrian plaza near St Paul's Square
Image: © Mark Anderson
Taken: 23 Dec 2019
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Bedford Tourist Information Centre
The tourist information centre occupies this building in the centre of Bedford. The Santa Claus icons in the windows indicated that the centre was selling charity Christmas cards, although Christmas was still two months away when this photo was taken.
Image: © Malc McDonald
Taken: 20 Oct 2012
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Bedford Tourist Information Centre
This used to be the Town Hall, until a modern office block was built beside it. This part dates from 1767, and up to 1892 it housed The Grammar School, which then moved along Harpur Street and became Bedford Modern School (see Image]).
In the niche above the doorway is a statue of Sir William Harpur (c1496 - 1574) a merchant from Bedford who became Lord Mayor of London. Through purchases of land in the City of London he was able to found a charity, the Harpur Trust, which today governs 5 public schools in Bedford.
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Image: © Rich Tea
Taken: 19 Jun 2009
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Statue of Sir William Harpur, old Town Hall, Bedford
Image: © Rich Tea
Taken: 19 Jun 2009
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Inscription below the statue of Sir William Harpur
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Ecce Viator! CORPOREA Effigies
GULIELMI HARPUR, Equitis Aurati.
Scholae istius
Quam cernis amplam et ornatam
Munificentissimi Fundatoris
Si ANIMOE Picturam spectare velis
In Charta Beneficiorum invenias
Deliniatam.
If I had paid more attention to the Latin I learned when I was at the school of which he was the benefactor, I could give you a translation. The first 2 words are "Behold traveller!".
See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Harpur
Image: © Rich Tea
Taken: 19 Jun 2009
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