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Bedford United initially played on a pitch at the printers' firm, before moving to the nearby village of Cople and then returning to Bedford to play at Allen Park. [1] They subsequently played at Fairhill on Clapham Road, [1] where the club's record attendance of 1,500 was set for a South Midlands League match against Bedford Town. [15]
United Counties League; South Midlands League; Spartan South Midlands Football League; 1957 establishments in England; Association football clubs established in 1957; 2002 disestablishments in England; Association football clubs disestablished in 2002
Bedford was founded at a ford on the River Great Ouse and is thought to have been the burial place of King Offa of Mercia, who is remembered for building Offa's Dyke on the Welsh border. Bedford Castle was built by Henry I, although it was destroyed in 1224. Bedford was granted borough status in 1166 and has been represented in Parliament since ...
Bedford Town Football Club is a football club based in the Borough of Bedford, ... United Counties League. Division One champions 1930–31, 1932–33, 1933–34;
Bedfordshire (/ ˈ b ɛ d f ər d ʃ ɪər,-ʃ ər /; abbreviated Beds) is a ceremonial county in the East of England.It is bordered by Northamptonshire to the north, Cambridgeshire to the north-east, Hertfordshire to the south and the south-east, and Buckinghamshire to the west.
Richard Fuller, Member of Parliament for Bedford and Kempston 2010-2017; Patrick Hall, Member of Parliament for Bedford and Kempston from 1997 to 2010; Sir William Harpur, Lord Mayor of London in 1561; Dave Hodgson, former directly elected mayor of Bedford; Alfred Mitchell-Innes, diplomat, who also served on Bedford Town Council for 23 years
The Bedford built-up-area is the 71st largest in the United Kingdom and also includes Kempston and Biddenham. [3] Away from the Bedford built-up area the borough includes a large rural area with many villages. 75% of the borough's population live in the Bedford built-up and the five large villages which surround it, which makes up slightly less ...
The Bedford flag on display at the Bedford Free Public Library is the oldest known surviving intact battle flag in the United States. It is celebrated for having been the first U.S. flag flown during the American Revolutionary War, as it is believed to have been carried by Nathaniel Page's outfit of Minutemen to the Old North Bridge in Concord for the Battle of Concord on April 19, 1775.