Bedford County Gaol Marker - Silver Street, Bedford, UK
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Dragontree
N 52° 08.225 W 000° 28.009
30U E 673358 N 5779311
This large Historical Marker stone is located in Silver Street, Bedford town.
Waymark Code: WM5H29
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 01/06/2009
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Flymgibet
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The commemorative stone is flat in the pedestrian zone of Silver Street. People pass over it everyday without even knowing it is there. It commemorates an event involving an important figure of history and reads as follows:

'ON THIS SITE STOOD
THE
BEDFORD COUNTY GAOL
WHERE
JOHN BUNYAN
WAS IMPRISONED FOR
TWELVE YEARS
1660 - 1672'
Type of Historic Marker: Paving Stone

Age/Event Date: 01/01/1660

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