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Definition: Bedford from The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide

City and administrative headquarters of Lawrence County in south-central Indiana, 32 km/20 mi south of Bloomington; population (2000) 13,800. It is a major limestone-quarrying and stone-milling centre. There are also industries manufacturing aluminium products, tools, refrigerators, and furniture.

Nearby are a state fish hatchery, Bluespring Caverns (with a navigable underground river), and Hoosier National Forest.

Bedford

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Town and administrative headquarters of Bedfordshire , southern England, on the River Ouse, about 80 km/50 mi north of London; population (2001) 82,500. Industries include light engineering, food-processing, aircraft services, and the manufacture of agricultural machinery, diesel engines, pumps, bricks, communications systems, and electronic components. The writer John Bunyan is said to have written part of The Pilgrim's Progress (1678) while imprisoned in the town. Bedford is also the administrative centre of the historical Borough of Bedford, which was awarded Charter status by Henry II in 1166. Features St Paul's Church dates from the 14th and 15th centuries. The interior was restored in the 19th century. It contains monuments to the important local benefactor William Harpur (1496–1573) and his wife, Alice. Outside the church is a statue of John Howard, the prison reformer, who was appointed high sheriff of Bedfordshire in 1773. In the nearby village of Elstow is the Abbey Church of…
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From Brewer's Britain and Ireland
‘Bieda's ford’, OE Biedan possessive form of the male personal name Bieda + FORD . The county town of BEDFORDSHIRE , on the River Ouse ( see under GREAT OUSE ), about 27 km (16.5 miles) north of Luton. An important town since the Anglo-Saxon period, in modern times its main activities have been…
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Full text Article Bedford

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Town and administrative headquarters of Bedfordshire , southern England, on the River Ouse, about 80 km/50 mi north of London; population (2001) 82,500. Industries include light engineering, food-processing, aircraft services, and the manufacture of agricultural machinery, diesel engines, pumps, …
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Full text Article Bedford

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Town in Middlesex County, northeastern Massachusetts, 23 km/14 mi northwest of Boston; population (1998 est) 12,400. It is a residential and industrial suburb, with its economy largely based on such industries as electronic and systems research and software production. Bedford was founded in 1729, …
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From Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary
Name of counties in three states of the U.S. See tables at pennsylvania tennessee virginia . City, county seat of Lawrence co., S Indiana, 20 mi. (32 km.) S of Bloomington; pop. (2000c) 13,768; limestone deposits. City, county seat of Taylor co., SW Iowa, 73 mi. (117 km.) SE of Council Bluffs; pop. …
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Full text Article Bedford Level

From Brewer's Britain and Ireland
Named after the Earl of Bedford , at whose instigation the work was carried out. A vast expanse of drained FENS in northern Cambridgeshire, southern Lincolnshire and Norfolk. The work was carried out between 1630 and 1652 by the Dutch land reclamation engineer Cornelius Vermuyden (1595–1683). An…
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Full text Article Bedford-Stuyvesant

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Northern section of the borough of Brooklyn, New York City. After Chicago's South Side, it is regarded as the second largest Black community in the USA. Bedford is in the north and west of the district (bordering Clinton Hill, Williamsburg, and Bushwick), while Stuyvesant Heights is in the south and…
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Full text Article New Bedford

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City and fishing port in Bristol County, southeast Massachusetts, USA, on the Acushnet River near Buzzards Bay, 50 mi/80 km south of Boston; population (2000 est) 93,800. Industries include electronics, the manufacture of cotton textiles, clothing, rubber, and metal products, and deep-sea fishing. …
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Full text Article Bedford

From Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
The name has London associations that derive only indirectly from the county town. Bedford Park, Chiswick, the earliest planned garden suburb in England, is named after Tubbs Bedford, a local landowner at the turn of the 18th century. The earls of Bedford (the Russell family) held land here, but…
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Full text Article Gunning Bedford (1742-1797)

From The Encyclopedia of The Continental Congresses
Although he served with his cousin, Gunning Bedford, Jr., this elder Bedford is not known as “Sr.” He played an important role in the founding of America, despite being named as a delegate to the Continental Congress, an honor which he ultimately declined. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, …
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Full text Article New Bedford

From The Columbia Encyclopedia
city (1990 pop. 99,922), seat of Bristol co., SE Mass., at the mouth of the Acushnet River on Buzzard's Bay; settled 1640, set off from Dartmouth 1787, inc. as a city 1847. Formerly one of the world's greatest whaling ports, it then became a leading port for the fishing and scalloping industries, …
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