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W.N. Henman (Walter Henman) was a well-known local antiquary, and recognized as one of Bedford's foremost authorities on local history and archaeology. He was born on the 25th of May 1867 and became an apprentice bookbinder. He set up a printing press at home and printed, published and bound several books. He also became an expert photographer and maker of lantern slides. There were several thousand in his collection, many concerning the history of Bedford. He died on the 9th of March 1956.

W.N.Henman joined the Bedford Natural History Society in 1892. He was also secretary of the Bedford General Library since May 1920, and was librarian for several years.

Bedford Central Library holds a substantial number of W.N.Henman's glass lantern slides, some of which have been digitised and are available to view on the Virtual Library. Click the links below to view.

 

People

• John Bunyan's House on St Cuthbert's Street
• John Bunyan - colour portrait
• John Bunyan - etching of preaching to the crowds in 1659
• Admiral John Byng
• Hon. John Byng
• Robert Bloomfield - Portrait
• John Howard - black and white portrait
• Colonel John Okey - Portrait
• Colonel John Okey - Print
• Nicholas Rowe - Portrait

Ampthill

• Alameda
• Ampthill Hill
• Ampthill Park - black and white
• Ampthill Park - colour
• Church Street
• Houghton House
• Houghton House with people in the grounds
• Katherine's Cross
• King's Ditch
• Moot Hall - black and white
• Moot Hall - colour
• Park House 1827
• Saint Andrews Church

Barton

• Lock Up

Bedford

• The Angel Inn, Cauldwell Street
• Bedford Grammar School (photo)
• Bedford Grammar School (print)
• The Bull Inn
• Bushmead Priory
• Castle Mound
• Castle Plan - drawn by Goddard
• Chapel of Herne - black and white
• Chapel of Herne - colour
• Duck Mill Lane
• Etching of an Augustinian monk from Bushmead Priory
• Greyfriars Priory
• Harpur Street/Silver Street
• John Bunyan's House on St Cuthbert's Street
• King's Arms
• Old George Inn
• Old Swan Inn
• Saint Mary's Abbey
• St Mary's Church
• St Mary's Street
• Silver Street
• Town Bridge - aerial view, early 1900s
• Town Bridge - black and white
• Town Bridge, 1819
• Town Bridge, 1831
• Earlier Town Bridge with gatehouses, 1786 - attributed to Boxwell
• Earlier Town Bridge with gatehouses - attributed to Brown
• Earlier Town Bridge with gatehouses - attributed to Perry
• Earlier Town Bridge with the gaol
• Earlier Town Bridge with the prison
• Trinity Church

Biggleswade

• Market Square

Bletsoe

• Bletsoe Castle Bridge
• Bletsoe Castle 1810
• Saint Mary's Church

Blunham

• Saint James or Saint Edmund Church - view from the road

Brogborough

• The Round House

Bromham

• Bromham Toll House - Stagsden Road Road Toll House
• Saint Owen's Church
• Saint Owen's Church - hand tinted

Caldecote

• Caldecote Toll House - colour

Cardington

• Saint Mary's Church

Chalgrave

• All Saints Church - Tomb of Sir John Broughton

Clapham

• Lock-up
• St. Thomas of Canterbury - North Aspect
• St. Thomas of Canterbury - South Aspect

Clophill

• Wesleyan Chapel

Cockayne Hatley

• Church of St John the Baptist - interior
• Church of St John the Baptist - painting
• Church of St John the Baptist

Colmworth

• Saint Denis Church - South West aspect
• Monument to Sir William Dyer

Cranfield

• Saint Peter and Saint Paul's Church

Dunstable

• Dunstable Priory entrance
• North aisle of Priory Church
• Northwest door of Priory Church
• Northwest view of Donstable Priory
• Priory Church, colour slide
• Red Lion Public House
• South aisle in Priory Church

Eaton Bray

• St Mary's Church - Interior
• St Mary's Church - North Arcade
• St Mary's Church - North Arcade, with Bible
• St Mary's Church - North East aspect
• St Mary's Church - South Chapel
• St Mary's Church - South West aspect

Eversholt

• Eversholt Hall - timber framed Eversholt Hall

Felmersham

• Felmersham Bridge - West Aspect
• Saint Mary's Church
• St Mary's Church - Line drawing, 1804
• St Mary's Church - North aspect
• St Mary's Church - South aspect
• St Mary's Church - West aspect
• St Mary's Church - West doorway
• St Mary's Church - print

Great Barford

• All Saints Church (print)
• All Saints Church (photo)
• All Saints Church - North East Aspect (photo)
• All Saints Church - Anscell Monument
• Franklins House
• Great Barford Bridge (colour tinted photo)
• White Hart Inn - White Hart Inn and All Saints Church
• Willoughby Manor
• Workhouse

Harrold

• Harrold Nunnery - North West view of Harwood Nunnery, produced by the Buck Brothers, engravers, 1730s
• Harrold Nunnery - Nuns Hall
• Harrold Priory

Houghton Conquest

• Bury Farm

Hulcote

• Saint Nicholas Church - Porch and doorway

Husborne Crawley

• Saint James Church - Tower of Saint James Church

Ickwell

• Ickwell Bury Stables - Built 1683
• Ickwell Dovecote, colour
• Maypole Dancing

Keysoe

• St Mary's Church

Knotting

• Saint Margaret of Antioch Church
• Saint Margaret of Antioch Church - photograph of the chancel
• Saint Margaret of Antioch Church - photograph of the exterior
• Saint Margaret of Antioch Church - photograph of the interior

Lidlington

• St Margaret's Church - colour print
• St Margaret's Church - black and white photo

Leighton Buzzard

• All Saints Church

Little Barford

• Saint Deny's Church

Marston Moretaine

• St Mary's Church
• St Mary's Church - Exterior
• St Mary's Church - Tomb of Sir Thomas Snagge
• Saint Mary's Church - exterior in 1848
• Saint Mary's Church - south east aspect
• Saint Mary's Church - south view
• Marston Moretaine Manor
• Marston Moretaine Manor - black and white
• Marston Moretaine Manor - colour
• Marston Moretaine Manor - North West aspect
• Marston Moretaine Manor - South West aspect

Maulden

• Saint Mary's Church 1825
• Saint Mary's Church the view from the bottom of the church path

Melchbourne

• Virgin Mary Church - South East aspect

Millbrook

• St Michael's Church - (black and white photo)
• St Michael's Church - (colour tinted photo)
• St Michael's Church - Discovery of Effigies
• Saint Michael's Church - sketch dated 1828
• Saint Michael's Church - view

Northill

• Lock Up
• St Mary's Church

Old Warden

• Old Warden Abbey (print)
• Old Warden Abbey (print 1839)
• Old Warden Abbey (photo)
• Old Warden Priory - north-east view of Wardon-Monatery in the County of Bedford
• Dovecote
• St Leonards' Church
• St Leonards' Church - porch

Pavenham

• Saint Peter's Church - tower

Podington

• Hinwick Hall, 1823
• Podington Castle - earthworks
• Saint Mary The Virgin Church - black and white
• Saint Mary the Virgin Church - colour
• Saint Mary the Virgin Church - hand tinted by Thomas Fisher

Ridgmont

• Brogborough House - colour

Salford

• Saint Mary's Church
• Saint Mary's Church - view of bells

Segenhoe

• All Saints Church

Sharnbrook

• Colworth House
• Saint Peter's Church - black and white
• Saint Peter's Church - colour
• Saint Peter's Church - hand tinted by Thomas Fisher
• Saint Peter's Church - nave
• Saint Peter's Church - tower
• Sharnbrook Windmill - black and white
• Sharnbrook Windmill - colour
• Toft Manor - hand tinted

Sharpenhoe

• Sharpenhoe Clappers

Shelton

• Saint Mary's Church
• Shelton Windmill

Silsoe

• Wrest Park Gardens - print showing layout of gardens

Southill

• Southill House

Stagsden

• Saint Leonard's Church
• Toll House

Stanbridge

• Stanbridge Windmill

Stevington

• Stevington Hospital

Sutton

• Pack Horse Bridge

Tempsford

• Church Farm
• Ivel Bridge
• Old Mill
• River Ouse - family in boat
• Saint Peter's Church
• Saint Peter's Church - pulpit
• Saint Peter's Church - South aisle
• Tempsford Hall - colour
• Tudor House - black and white
• Tudor House - colour

Thurleigh

• Saint Peter's Church - colour
• Saint Peter's Church - South West aspect
• Thurleigh Castle - with Saint Peter's Church in the background
• Thurleigh Windmill

Toddington

• Saint George's Church (print)
• Toddington Manor

Wilden

• St Nicholas Church
• Saint Nicholas Church and houses - colour
• Saint Nicholas Church and houses

Wilstead

• All Saints Church - painting dated 1837

Woburn

• Chinese Dairy, Woburn Abbey
• Saint Mary Church
• Saint Mary Church - image dated 1818
• Woburn Abbey - a print from circa 1750
• Woburn Abbey - sculpture gallery
• Woburn Abbey - Three Graces sculpture

Wootton

• Cottages
• Wootton Lock-up - in the grounds of Wootton House
• St Mary's Church

Wymington

• St Laurence Church - interior

Yelden

• All Saints Church

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Page last updated: 18th January 2018