 Bedford's principal church is St Paul's, in the square of the same name at the historic centre of the town.It is the Civic Church of the Borough of Bedford and County of Bedfordshire and has a tall, iconic spire which is one of the dominant features of the town.There was an early Minster church on the site by 1066 and work on the present structure began in the early 13th century, but little remains from that period.