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Cardington Road
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The road was referred to in the Newnham Priory Cartulary c1300 as Potter Street. There is evidence of pottery activity in the street during the medieval period. Potter Street continued in use until the 1870s when the Kellys directory of 1885 called the street Cardington.
Sources
- The Newspaper Cuttings Collection, Local Studies Library, BEDFORD Central Library
- FREEMAN, Ian From Saxons to Speed : a new history of Old Bedford. 2006.
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