Bedfordshire

English Etymology From en enm Bedefordschire, from en ang Bedanfordsċīr, equivalent to en Bedford shire. Pronunciation en /ˈbɛd.fəd.ʃə(ɹ)/ UK en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Tesco250-Bedfordshire.wav UK en En-au-Bedfordshire.ogg AU Proper noun Beds A midland county of England, county town Bedford, bounded by Northamptonshire, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire. en 8 October 2026 Cachella Smith Royal Navy service member charged with spying for a foreign power https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cw203n6emde8o BBC News Teddy Young, 24, from Bedfordshire, has been charged with offences under the National Security Act (NSA) including an allegation of obtaining protected information which could benefit an unnamed foreign power. 8 October 2026 en British slang Bed. en 1993 Tom Wakefield War Paint I'll be up to Bedfordshire if you two don't mind. I'm on early shift in the morning so I'll have to be up and out by five. en 1998 Mary Sheepshanks A Price for Everything Now come along young lady, up to Bedfordshire. Usage notes The slang sense is used only for bed in its uncountable sense of a place to sleep, never to refer to an individual piece of furniture. Derived terms en Bedfordshire clanger en Central Bedfordshire Translations Georgian: ka ბედფორდშირი Middle English: enm Bedefordschire Old English: ang Bedanfordsċīr f Polish: pl Bedfordshire n en Counties of England