Faiths that Shaped Bedford

Course Code: HUMC2611

Start Date: 03/06/2026

Day of the Week:

Wednesday

Session: Afternoon

Delivery method: Centre Only

Length in weeks: 5

Time: 2pm-4pm

Price: £

This 5- week course with local historian Bob, explores how changing faiths have shaped Bedford’s development, identity, and community life from the early medieval period to the present day. We will look at the town’s pre Norman Conquest churches and abbey, its medieval reputation as ‘the town of churches’, the influence of its three monasteries, the impact of the Reformation, the rise of Baptist, Moravian, Methodist, and Salvation Army communities, and the growth of Bedford’s Jewish, Caribbean Pentecostal, Hindu, and Sikh groups.

Together, we’ll trace how each tradition has contributed to the Bedford we know today.