BEDFORDSHIRE LOCAL HISTORY ASSOCIATION HISTORY IN BEDFORDSHIRE VOLUME Contents9, NO 3, SPRING 2021 The Association’s 28th Year Treds and tilth: BARBARA TEARLE ~ page 2 www.bedfordshire-lha.org.uk Announcements: BLHA Spring Event; BLHA AGM & Conference Articles: The Addingtons of Langford and Henlow: PHILIP BYWATERS ~ page 5 Langford in the Nineteenth Century: JOHN SHIPMAN ~ page 12 Bedfordshire Dialect: RICHARD MORGAN ~ page 14 Vera Brittain searches for John Bunyan: TED MA RTI N ~ page 17 Robert Atherton: From Plough to Parsonage: RUTH GILL ~ page 23 Society Bookshelf ~ page 28 History in Bedfordshire is published by the BEDFORDSHIRE LOCAL HISTORY ASSOCIATION www.bedfordshire-lha.org.uk For HIB: Editor: Ted Martin, 2A The Leys, Langford, Beds SG18 9RS Telephone: 01462 701096. E-mail:
[email protected] For BLHA: Secretary: Clive Makin, 32 Grange Road, Barton Le Clay, Bedford MK45 4RE: Telephone: 01582 655785 Contributions are very welcome and needed: please telephone or e-mail the Editor before sending any material. All rights reserved. Copyright © 2021 Bedfordshire Local History Association and contributors. ISSN 0968–9761 1 BLHA Spring Event LOCAL HISTORY IN A PANDEMIC Saturday, 27 March at 2 pm (Zoom Talk) With ongoing restrictions related to the current pandemic, the BLHA is very pleased to be able to present the Spring 2021 Event on Saturday, 27 March. Geoff Saunders (Archaeological Officer, Planning Services, Bedford Borough) and Matt Tuohy (Historic Environment Record Officer, Bedford Borough) will be the speakers and present a talk entitled ‘Local History in a Pandemic’. The talk will cover the complications we have faced during the pandemic, how they have been overcome (or not!), with a focus on the recent work of the Bedford Borough Historic Environment Team over the past year.