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Central Bedfordshire Historic Environment Record

Host Local Authority:
Central Bedfordshire Council

Other Local Authority areas covered by HER:

Luton Borough

Contact information for key staff:
Name Job Title Telephone Email
Stephen Coleman Historic Environment Information Officer 0300 3006027 stephen.coleman@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk
Sam Mellonie Technical Officer 0300 3006038 sam.mellonie@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk


Access to HER information:
Access to Online Database: via Heritage Gateway
Information on HER Services: Central Bedfordshire Historic Environment Record

Location:
Heritage and Design Team
Central Bedfordshire Council
Borough Hall
Cauldwell Street
Bedford
Bedfordshire

MK42 9AP

Office National Grid Reference: TL 048 493 

Opening Hours:
8.30a.m. to 5.30p.m.

Visitor Facilities:
Dedicated room containing Record with two visitor desks and computer. Computer database, maps, parish lists and box files.  Photocopying and scanning facilities available.

The Record is available to all but a prior appointment is required to visit.  If it is not possible to visit, written, telephone or e-mail enquiries can be dealt with depending on the nature and quantity of the information required and subject to payment for any photocopies.  Requests of a commercial nature may incur a charge.

Range of information available:

Information on all known archaeological sites, historic buildings and historic landscape features of all periods, including stray finds and industrial remains.  All Scheduled Ancient Monuments and Listed Buildings are recorded together with historic parks and gardens and field systems.  Buried remains and demolished buildings are also included.  Fieldwork reports.

Photograph and slide collections, oblique and vertical aerial photographs (archaeological and non-archaeological) and library of local journals, monographs and other publications. 

Parish Surveys (Historic Landscape) and historic map transcripts.

(Information correct as of 25th February 2010)



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