John Bunyan - Bedford County Gaol Site - Silver Street, Bedford, UK
Posted by: Dragontree
N 52° 08.225 W 000° 28.009
30U E 673358 N 5779311
This large paver stone is located in Silver Street, Bedford town.
Waymark Code: WM53HK
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 11/05/2008
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The stone is flat in the pedestrian zone of Silver Street. People pass over it everyday without even knowing it is there. The paver commemorates an event involving an important figure of history and reads as follows:
'ON THIS SITE STOOD
THE
BEDFORD COUNTY GAOL
WHERE
JOHN BUNYAN
WAS IMPRISONED FOR
TWELVE YEARS
1660 - 1672'