Bedfordshire & Its Amazing Sceneries, Sam Singh Hinwick House
About forty kilometers north of central London starts the shire county of Bedfordshire. This area was vital throughout the history of England. The Angle invaders were attracted to this place as of its abundant water supply and suitability for agriculture. Proof of Anglian occupation has been discovered at a cemetery in Kempston. Bedford This is the only county town for Bedfordshire. FIthas traditionally been the market town for the nearby agricultural areas. Since the early middle ages, In 796, the Anglo-Saxon King Offa of Mercia was buried in the city. Edward the Elder built the first fortress in town in 919 on the south side of the river Ouse; however, the Danes destroyed this fortress. Paine de Beauchamp developed a new castle in 1224. At this point, just a mound of these remains can be seen. Bedford is renowned for the River Great Ouse, which runs in the town center and is lined with gardens called The Embankment. In the gardens is a war memorial for the fallen of World War One. Th