THE VICTORIA HISTORY OF THE COUNTIES OF 



ENGLAND 



The publication of the volumes of this series which form the 

 history of the county of Bedford is due to the financial support afforded 

 by the Right Hon. the Viscount Hambleden, the Right Hon. the 

 Viscount Alverstone, G.C.M.G., the Right Hon. the Lord Ashcombe, 

 Mr. O. E. D'Avigdor Goldsmid, D.L., Mr. Somerset A. Beaumont, 

 D.L., and the late Mr. Frank McClean, F.R.A.S., of whose public spirit 

 and generosity it is here desired to make special recognition. 



