2003 Bedford Borough Council adopted a planning brief for the land close to the Western bypass that proposes the construction of 1,000 new homes. In December 2010 work finished on construction of a new stretch of the A421 from Kempston to Junction 13 of the M1 motorway, this now provides a full dual carriageway link road between the A1 and the M1, with the construction of an additional section of dual carriageway between M1 J13 and Milton Keynes completed in 2020. The new dual-carriageway runs parallel to the existing road, which will be retained for local use. Notable people Frances Latham (1609–1677) born in Kempston, daughter of Sir Lewis Latham who was the falconer to King Charles I, immigrating to Rhode Island in America where many of her posterity became political leaders, state governors and other famous people, giving her the title of "the Mother of Governors". References Bedfordshire Parish Surveys Historic Landscape and Archaeology : Kempston. published by Bedfordshire County Council (1984). 8000 Years: A Kempston History edited by HA Carnell, T Booth and HG Tibutt (1966) Reprinted by Kempston Town Council 1985. Bedford Borough Council website. External links Kempston Town Council Kempston section of the Victoria County History of Bedfordshire online Towns in Bedfordshire Civil parishes in Bedfordshire Borough of Bedford Populated places on the River Great Ouse