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Harpur Trust
Coordinates: 52°09′00″N 0°27′32″W / 52.150°N 0.459°W / 52.150; -0.459
The Bedford Charity (The Harpur Trust) is a charity in Bedford, England. The stated aim of the charity is to help and support the people who live in and around Bedford, and to help them improve their lives by:
The Bedford Charity (The Harpur Trust) is the legal name, but it is most often referred to as the Harpur Trust.
The main activities of the charity are the operation of a number of independent schools and one academy in Bedford. The charity also operates a number of almshouses in the Bedford area. In addition, the charity supports the community by giving grants to local projects. In 2009/10 it donated over £1,900,000 in grants to projects based in and around Bedford. This money is intended to help local organisations and individuals to make a difference to their own lives or those of others.
Harpur
Coordinates: 52°08′49″N 0°28′36″W / 52.14695°N 0.4767°W / 52.14695; -0.4767
Harpur is an electoral ward and area within the town of Bedford, England.
The boundaries of Harpur are approximately Manton Lane to the north, De Parys Avenue to the east, Bromham Road to the south, with the Midland Main Line railway line to the west.
Manton Heights, the Poets, the Prime Ministers, and the Black Tom neighbourhoods all lie within the boundaries of Harpur ward.
History
The area is named after Sir William Harpur a famous Bedfordian. The area houses Bedford Modern School which is part of the Harpur Trust.
A notorious Highwayman labelled 'Black Tom' reportedly frequented the area in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Supposedly he was buried with a stake driven through his heart at the junction of Tavistock Street, Union Street and Clapham Road. Today Black Tom is the informal name of a neighbourhood of mainly 19th Century terraced housing in Harpur, North of Roff Avenue.
Most buildings in the area date from the 19th Century or before. However the northern part of the area (Manton Heights) was developed much later, in the 1970s.
Harpur (disambiguation)
Harpur may refer to:
Places
People
- Sir Henry Harpur, 1st Baronet (1585-1638), of the Harpur-Crewe baronets
- Sir Henry Harpur, 5th Baronet (1708-1748), for Worcester 1744–47, and for Tamworth 1747–48
- Sir Henry Harpur, 6th Baronet (1739–1789), MP for Derbysire 1761–68
- Henry Harpur-Crewe (1828–1883) was an English clergyman and naturalist
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