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Bedfordshire is an historic county of England. (For more information about the ancient counties of the UK, see the historic counties page and the place types page.)

From The Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales, (1870-72):

An inland county; bounded on the NW by Northampton, on the NE by Huntingdon, on the E by Cambridge, on the SE and the S by Herts, and on the SW and W by Bucks.

Husbandry employs a larger proportion of the population than in almost any other tract of equal extent in England.

The county-town is Bedford; and the market-towns are Bedford, Dunstable, Ampthill, Biggleswade, Harrold, Leighton-Buzzard, Luton, Potton, Toddington, and Woburn.

County town: Bedford




Communities
Communities in Bedfordshire include Ampthill, Arlesey, Barton-le-Clay, Bedford, Biggleswade, Blunham, Campton, Cardington, Chicksands, Clapham ... View communities

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Parishes
Parishes in Bedfordshire include Ampthill, Apsley Guise, Arlesey, Astwick, Bartin in the Clay, Battlesden, Bedford - St Cuthbert, Bedford - St John, Bedford - St Mary, Bedford - St Paul ... View parishes

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