Filling the Archive Gap

Greensand Country Photography Project


An online exhibition of images of Greensand Country taken by volunteer photographers as part of a project to fill a gap in the historical archives of Bedfordshire

Black and white image of The Avenue, Flitwick c.1909. Shopkeeper and other people standing outside a shop to the right. Three children in Edwardian dress to the left.

The Avenue, Flitwick, c1909

[Z1130/50/58]

Modern image of The Avenue Flitwick. Large house with separate shops on the ground floor to the right, surrounded with orange fencing and traffic cones where roadworks appear to be taking place. A black car driving along the road from left to right, with a white car approaching a road junction.

The Avenue, Flitwick, 6 March 2020

Chas Leslie [Z1749/1/2/6]

Chas Leslie used the views shown on postcards from the early 1900s as inspiration for new images of the same view so that comparisons could be made by researchers.

Explore Our Four Themes

View of Prologis Park, Marston Gate. Industrial building in the background and sign in foreground.

Work

The Greensand Country supports many different industries.

Country park with bushy vegetation and a clearing in the foreground, in which stands a large circular piece of wood with a butterfly carved into the top.

Leisure

See how the Greensand Country is enjoyed and maintained.

Wooded landscape with tall conifers. In the foreground are the trunks from felled trees.

Decay, Change and Renewal

View the changing landscape of the Greensand Country

A map showing the geographical location of the Greensand Country, running from Leighton Buzzard in the south-west to Gamlingay, Cambridgeshire in the north-east.

Places

Images of the Greensand landscape along the Greensand Ridge Way

Please note that all images are subject to copyright. Contact Bedfordshire Archives for details.