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The Natural History of Bedfordshire by W. Owen
The General Magazine of Arts and Sciences, Temple Bar, 1760.
Page 7
Page seven notes the Danish Camp at Tempsford and the Roman coins at Sandy "Mr Aubry mentions glass urns, and one red, like coral, with bones in them; and says that several of these coins, found in 1670, were given to the University of Oxford by Thomas Christy Esq. of Bedford...".
A brief history of Bedford follows including the victory of Cuthwolf over the Britons, the internment of King Offa, the Danish invasion and the siege of Bedford Castle.
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