But the original village -- now a conservation area -- remains intact , with some 13th -- 17th century buildings and a village green .
Elstow is now , effectively , a suburb of Bedford with the old village now almost surrounded by 20th - century housing .
The original village -- now a conservation area -- remains intact , with some 13th -- 17th century buildings and a village green .
Elstow is now , effectively , a suburb of Bedford with the old village now almost surrounded by 20th - century housing .