Bedford: John Bunyan's Town on the Great Ouse
John Bunyan wrote The Pilgrim's Progress while imprisoned in Bedford County Gaol for unlicensed preaching. That was 1678. The Bunyan Meeting Free Church on Mill Street, the Bunyan Museum, and the bronze statue at the northern end of the High Street keep the connection alive. Bedford's identity runs through that nonconformist tradition: a market town with a stubborn streak, sitting quietly on the Great Ouse while the A1 and the East Coast Main Line carry traffic past without stopping.
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John Bunyan wrote The Pilgrim's Progress while imprisoned in Bedford County Gaol for unlicensed preaching. That was 1678. The Bunyan Meeting Free Church on Mill Street, the Bunyan Museum, and the bronze statue at the northern end of the High Street keep the connection alive. Bedford's identity runs through that nonconformist tradition: a market town with a stubborn streak, sitting quietly on the Great Ouse while the A1 and the East Coast Main Line carry traffic past without stopping.
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