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Bedford is a market town in Bedfordshire, England. At the 2011 Census, the population of its urban area (as defined by the Office for National Statistics), including Kempston and Biddenham, was 106,940. [1] [a] Bedford is also the county town of Bedfordshire and seat of the Borough of Bedford, a unitary authority that includes a significant ...
Bedfordshire, being situated in the east of England, has a relatively dry climate for the UK with regular but generally light rainfall. Average annual rainfall is 608.6 millimetres (23.96 in) at Bedford. October is the wettest month, with 65.3 millimetres (2.57 in), and March the driest, with 37.3 millimetres (1.47 in). [6]
bedford.gov.uk. Bedford, or the Borough of Bedford, is a local government district with borough status in the ceremonial county of Bedfordshire, England. Its council is a unitary authority, being a district council which also performs the functions of a county council. The council is based in Bedford, the borough's namesake and principal ...
Bedford Park. Cardington (R101 hangar) Chiltern Hills. De Grey Mausoleum. Dunstable Downs. Elstow Moot Hall. The Higgins Art Gallery & Museum. Houghton House. Leighton Buzzard Light Railway.
Bedford / ˈ b ɛ d f ər d / is a constituency [n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2017 by Mohammad Yasin of the Labour Party. [n 2]The seat dates back to the earliest century of regular parliaments, in 1295; its double representation was halved in 1885, then altered by the Representation of the People Act in 1918.
The Vikings of Bedford were subdued by King Edward the Elder in 915, and he built two burhs at Bedford on each side of the River Ouse. Four hundreds were formed on each side to support each burgh - Willey, Stodden, Buckelow and Barford in the north and Redbornstoke, Wixamtree, Biggleswade and Clifton in the south.
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Map of Bedfordshire, UK with Bedford highlighted. Equirectangular map projection on WGS 84 datum, with N/S stretched 160%: Date: 3 August 2011: Source: Ordnance Survey OpenData. Coastline and administrative boundary data from Boundary-Line product. Lake data from Meridian 2 product. Inset derived from England location map.svg by Spischot. Author