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Elstow

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Elstow

Village in Bedfordshire, England, 3 km/2 mi south of the centre of Bedford; population (2001) 2,130. The writer John Bunyan was born here in 1628, and was baptized in the church.

The nave and part of the chancel of Elstow church were originally part of the abbey church of a Benedictine nunnery, founded in 1059. The bell tower is now detached.



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People came from long distances to hear him, and he preached not only in Elstow and Bedford but in all the country round.
English Literature For Boys And Girls by Marshall, H.E. View in context
Bunyan was born in 1628 at the village of Elstow, just outside of Bedford, in central England.
A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context
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