Medieval Bedford

Would you like a trip back to the Middle Ages? A time when many kings of England, and they were all at war with each other? It was really an exciting time when wars were raging in the county boundaries and the main monuments and forts were built to kingdoms. You can no better than a trip to Bedford. Yes, Bedford!

Bedford is the county town of Bedfordshire in the East of England. The river Ouse runs through the city center. A harmless enough city would not you say? But the King Offa of Mercia, some say that the most powerful and respected medieval king after Alfred the Great, Bedford chose for his final resting place. After the death of Offa, Bedford became embroiled in the fight again. It was one of the most segregated cities in border kingdoms of the Danes in the north and the Saxons in the south. The Danes ruled the kingdom of the Danish law, and Wessex was the kingdom of Saxony. Later the story of Bedford is much longer. The flourishing woolen industry was a good starting point for the local ladies weaving in paper lace. Bedford is still highly valued and skilled hand-makers from the Netherlands and France, in the area.

If you travel to Bedford today, you can leisurely stroll along the banks of the River Ouse and look at the war monument in the beautiful gardens there. But make sure with you in your head, the great and noble kings, drawn and schemed in this area in the middle.