At Pavenham, Bedfordshire, the church is annually strewn with grass cut from a certain field, on the first Sunday after the 11th July.
"England in the Days of Old"
William Andrews
It is not unusual to find one transept longer than the other, as at Felmersham in Bedfordshire.
"The Ground Plan of the English Parish Church"
A. Hamilton Thompson
"Yes, indeed," the Vicar's voice struck in across the strained silence, "there is an old story that Oliver Cromwell left behind him, in garrison here, a company of the Bedfordshire Regiment, and that in time they were completely forgotten.
"Major Vigoureux"
A. T. Quiller-Couch