Elstow

Writing about John Bunyan and his native parish of Elstow, near Bedford, my friend Ronald Blythe discovered another mention of white rooks in some parish records.

Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009

Writing about John Bunyan and his native parish of Elstow, near Bedford, my friend Ronald Blythe discovered another mention of white rooks in some parish records.

Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009

No man of common-sense and common integrity can deny that Bunyan, the tinker of Elstow, was a practical atheist, a worthless contemptible infidel, a vile rebel to God and goodness, a common profligate.

The Riches of Bunyan Jeremiah Rev. Chaplin

He was tempted to cry to the puddles between Elstow and Bedford, "Be ye dry," and to stake his eternal hopes on the event.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various

PILGRIM'S PROGRESS, and HOLY WAR, are apparently little aware of the glowing genius, and fervent piety, and strong sense, and picturesque imagery, and racy, vigorous English, that mark the many other writings of the honored tinker of Elstow.

The Riches of Bunyan Jeremiah Rev. Chaplin

[1] The name, in various forms as Buignon, Buniun, Bonyon or Binyan, appears in the local records of Elstow and the neighbouring parishes at intervals from as far back as 1199.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various

Bunyan, it will be recollected, was born in 1628, at Elstow, near

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 368, May 2, 1829 Various

All Elstow talked of him as an eminently pious youth.

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He was the son of a tinker, and followed his father's trade; and at Elstow are the remains of a closet in which, in early life, he carried on business.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 368, May 2, 1829 Various

He declares, it is true, that he had let loose the reins on the neck of his lusts, that he had delighted in all transgressions against the divine law, and that he had been the ringleader of the youth of Elstow in all manner of vice.

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