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Russian Canon

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The Russian Canon from the Crimean War 1854-65 arrived at Bedford in 1858 as a gift from the government. The Borough Council wanted to put it on St. Peter's Green but the rector and parishioners objected and the gun was placed in Harpur Street in front of the Blore Tower.

In 1878 it was transferred to The Embankment in front of the present site of the Christie Almshouses. In the late 1890s it was taken to its last site along The Embankment opposite Russell Park. During the Second World War it was taken down and removed for scrap.

Sources

• The Newspaper Cuttings Collection, Local Studies Library, Bedford Central Library

Page last updated: 22nd January 2014