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27 March 2016

Houghton Regis Viewed From the North

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1. Tithe Farm, Houghton Regis. Left to right: Background L&D Hospital, in front of that some homes in Pastures Way, Luton. Moving right, Thorn Hill Close, Thorn Hill School, Grove Road. Open in new window


2. Tithe Farm, Houghton Regis. Left to right: Grove Road, Tithe Farm Road. Open in new window


3. Tithe farm Road, Houghton Regis, Recreation Ground, Leaf Road. Open in new window



4. Leaf Road, Houghton Regis, Tithe Farm County Primary Junior and Infants School, All Saints Parish Church, Churchfield Road. Open in new window


5. Bidwell Hill, Plaiters Way, Roslyn Way, Taylor-Wimpey "Regency Place" construction site, Bedford Road, Bidwell. Background: All Saints Academy, Houghton Regis Chalk Pit. Open in new window
The images were taken from Theed Way. "A road known as the Thiodweg or Theed Way was first recorded in the Chalgrave Charter of 926 [HER 10843] but may have had a prehistoric genesis. It ran roughly east-west across south Bedfordshire for twelve miles, through the parishes of Leighton Buzzard (where it crossed the River Ousel at Yttingaford, or Tiddenfoot, site of a peace treaty between King Edward the Elder (899-924) and the Danes in 906), Billington, Stanbridge, Eggington, Tilsworth, Chalgrave, Houghton Regis, Toddington, Sundon and Luton where it met up with Icknield Way. The road was used to carry salt from the fens of East Anglia westward." source: http://goo.gl/5ali3P"