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Bedford
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English
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Etymology
From en enm Bedforde, enm Bedeford, from en ang Bedaford, ang Bedanford, equivalent to en Bede's ford.
The civil parish is named after John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford (1710 - 1771). en Samuel Holland surveyor British-Dutch.
Pronunciation
en /ˈbɛdfə(ɹ)d/ UK
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Bedford.wav Southern England
en Bed ford
Proper noun
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A place name:
en number of places c/UK
en market town/county town co/Bedfordshire cc/England.
en local government district with borough status in co/Bedfordshire cc/England.
en suburb town/Leigh bor/Wigan co/Greater Manchester cc/England OS grid ref SJ6799.
en number of places c/USA:
en city/county seat co/Lawrence County s/Indiana.
en small city/county seat co/Taylor County s/Iowa.
en small city/county seat co/Trimble County s/Kentucky.
en town co/Middlesex County s/Massachusetts.
en ucomm co/Livingston County s/Missouri.
en town co/Hillsborough County s/New Hampshire. TopoZone: Bedford, New Hampshire
en town/hamlet/and/CDP co/Westchester County s/New York. TopoZone: Bedford, New York
en city co/Cuyahoga County s/Ohio.
en borough/county seat co/Bedford County s/Pennsylvania.
en ucomm co/Bedford County s/Tennessee.
en city co/Tarrant County s/Texas.
en town/county seat co/Bedford County s/Virginia.
en census-designated place co/Lincoln County s/Wyoming.
en A number of <<townships>> in the <<c/USA>>, listed under en Bedford Township.
en number of places c/Canada
en dist city/Halifax p/Nova Scotia.
en civil parish co/Queens County p/Prince Edward Island. From 1765
en city/and/township rcomun/Brome-Missisquoi p/Quebec.
en town p:suf/Eastern Cape c/South Africa.
en suburb city/Perth in the city:Pref/Bayswater s/Western Australia c/Australia; named after Frederick Bedford.
en Bedford Township
en Bedford County
An English dukedom.
en.
Derived terms
en Bedford County Bedford Township Bedford cord Bedfordian Bedfordite Bedford Hills Bedfordshire New Bedford
thumb|1936 Bedford WTL
Noun
en Vehicles A truck, van, and bus and coach chassis formerly manufactured by the Bedford company, a subsidiary company of Vauxhall Motors.
en New Zealand Railways Road Services used to operate a large fleet of Bedfords.
References
en eponyms
Middle English
Proper noun
enm proper noun 1
enm Bedeford