Millbrook, Bedfordshire
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Millbrook is a small village and civil parish near Bedford
. It has a population of 130. Millbrook railway station
, on the Marston Vale Line
is about two miles from the village.
The vale adjoining Millbrook is reputed to be the location that inspired the 'Slough of Despond
' in John Bunyan
's 'The Pilgrim's Progress
'.
Millbrook is also home to the famous Millbrook Proving Ground.
Bedford
Bedford is the county town of Bedfordshire, in the East of England. It is a large town and the administrative centre for the wider Borough of Bedford. According to the former Bedfordshire County Council's estimates, the town had a population of 79,190 in mid 2005, with 19,720 in the adjacent town...
. It has a population of 130. Millbrook railway station
Millbrook (Bedfordshire) railway station
Millbrook railway station serves the villages of Millbrook and Marston Moretaine in Bedfordshire, England. It is on the Marston Vale Line, between Stewartby and Lidlington...
, on the Marston Vale Line
Marston Vale Line
The Marston Vale Line is the railway line from Bletchley to Bedford in England. It is one of two surviving passenger-carrying sections of the "Varsity Line" between Oxford and Cambridge....
is about two miles from the village.
The vale adjoining Millbrook is reputed to be the location that inspired the 'Slough of Despond
Slough of Despond
The Slough of Despond is a deep bog in John Bunyan's allegory The Pilgrim's Progress, into which the character Christian sinks under the weight of his sins and his sense of guilt for them...
' in John Bunyan
John Bunyan
John Bunyan was an English Christian writer and preacher, famous for writing The Pilgrim's Progress. Though he was a Reformed Baptist, in the Church of England he is remembered with a Lesser Festival on 30 August, and on the liturgical calendar of the Episcopal Church on 29 August.-Life:In 1628,...
's 'The Pilgrim's Progress
The Pilgrim's Progress
The Pilgrim's Progress from This World to That Which Is to Come is a Christian allegory written by John Bunyan and published in February, 1678. It is regarded as one of the most significant works of religious English literature, has been translated into more than 200 languages, and has never been...
'.
Millbrook is also home to the famous Millbrook Proving Ground.