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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. Bedford is the county town of Bedfordshire and seat of the Borough of Bedford local government district.
Bedfordshire is the location of a number of notable UK and international companies who have either headquarters or major bases in the county. Autoglass , Boxclever and Charles Wells Pubs are all based in Bedford , while the Kier Group and Kingspan Timber Solutions are based in Sandy , and Jordans Cereals are based in Biggleswade .
The county town is Bedford, and the name is first recorded in the treaty in about 879 between King Alfred the Great and Guthrum, which divided English and Danish territory by a line which went through Bedford. [4] Southern Bedfordshire is part of the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
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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
On 1 December 2023, Comcast acquired construction and development company, Cloud Wing UK, and took control of the company assets including 240 acres (0.4 sq mi; 1.0 km 2) of land in Bedford, England. Announced on 19 December 2023, it would be the first Universal Studios Resort in the United Kingdom , and Universal's third attempt at a European ...
Bedford Castle was a large medieval castle in Bedford, England. Built after 1100 by Henry I , the castle played a prominent part in both the civil war of the Anarchy and the First Barons' War . The castle was significantly extended in stone, although the final plan of the castle remains uncertain.