Bedfordshire

Also found in: Dictionary, Medical, Wikipedia.

Bedfordshire

Bedfordshire or Bedford, former county, central England. Also called Beds, it was abolished as an administrative authority in 2009, but it remains a ceremonial county under the Lieutenancies Act. The county seat was Bedford; other chief towns were Luton and Dunstable. The county was a refuge for Protestants from the European continent during the English civil war.

Bedfordshire

a county of S central England: mainly low-lying, with the Chiltern Hills in the south: the geographical county includes Luton, which became a separate unitary authority in 1997. Administrative centre: Bedford. Pop. (excluding Luton): 388 600 (2003 est.). Area (excluding Luton): 1192 sq. km (460 sq. miles)

Collins Discovery Encyclopedia, 1st edition © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

Mentioned in ?

References in periodicals archive ?

Wayward bowling after winning the toss saw Bedfordshire reach 173-1 off 44 overs at lunch - the morning summed up by the last ball.

Wayward bowling proves a dampner; MINOR COUNTIES

Left-arm spinner Ollie McGee claimed 3-46 from 19 overs and Newcastle team-mate Mickey Allan 3-32 from nine overs as Bedfordshire struggled.

Day of tumbling wickets and disastrous starts for North; MINOR COUNTIES

Speaking at Home Office questions in the Commons, Conservative MP Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire) called on the Government to "pay particular attention to the issue of internal trafficking within the UK, given that 17 of these 24 slaves were British citizens".

MP calls for probe as 'slaves' liberated

Mr Dhillon was one of two members of Bedfordshire Police to receive honours.

Ex-special is now an MBE

Ellie-Jane's parents, Stephen and Nicola, from Langford, Bedfordshire, spent the night at the hospital.

Child hit by golf ball fights for life

Inspector Jonathan Bevan, of Bedfordshire Police, said: 'I can't really say what condition the children are in.

UNDERWATER CHILD RESCUE

If a pair for both openers is very rare occurrence the Bedfordshire attack, with only a small total to defend, moved in for the kill to reduce Northumberland to 23-4 in the 19th over.

Jacques the lad again as North win; MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP

Lillian Jacobson, 13, left her uncle's address in Luton, Bedfordshire, at 7am on Friday, December 12, to attend school but did not arrive there and has not been seen since.

Hunt for missing girl; NORTH EAST IN BRIEF

The Mid Bedfordshire MP had not breached second home rules, standards commissioner John Lyon concluded - because she was actually spending the majority of her time in the Cotswolds.

Tory MP's work blog 'is 70% fiction'

Fairfield Park, Stotfold, Bedfordshire; later prehistoric settlement in the eastern Chilterns.

Fairfield Park, Stotfold, Bedfordshire; later prehistoric settlement in the eastern Chilterns

Robert Barrington Gill has not been seen since leaving his brother's house, in Shortstown, Bedfordshire, on Boxing Day.

Three arrested in student hunt

But they made the mistake of picking targets in Bedfordshire, where a rapid response team has just been set-up to catch such conmen.