Bedford is the county town of Bedfordshire, England. Bedford (UK Parliament constituency), the parliamentary constituency covering much of Bedford's built-up area Borough of Bedford, the local authority area covering Bedford, and surrounding towns and villages in north Bedfordshire
Bedford may also refer to:
Places Canada Bedford, Nova Scotia, a district and former town Bedford (provincial electoral district), Nova Scotia Bedford, Quebec (city) Bedford, Quebec (township) Bedford Basin, part of Halifax Harbour in Nova Scotia Bedford County, now part of Missisquoi County, Quebec
United Kingdom Bedford, Greater Manchester, a suburb of Leigh The Bedford Estate, a central London estate Bedford Level, an alternative name for The Great Level, a part of The Fens
United States Bedford, Indiana, a city Bedford, Iowa, a city Bedford, Kentucky, a home rule-class city Bedford, Massachusetts, a town Bedford, Missouri, an unincorporated community Bedford, New Hampshire, a town Bedford (town), New York Bedford (CDP), New York, a census-designated place in the town Bedford, Ohio, a city Bedford County, Pennsylvania Bedford, Pennsylvania, a borough, spa town, and the county seat Bedford County, Tennessee Bedford, Tennessee, an unincorporated community in the county Bedford, Texas, a city Bedford County, Virginia Bedford, Virginia, a town and the county seat Bedford, Wyoming, a census-designated place Bedford Township (disambiguation) Fort Bedford, a French and Indian War-era British military fortification located at the present site of Bedford, Pennsylvania Bedford Plantation, a Southern plantation in Natchez, Mississippi, on the National Register of Historic Places
Elsewhere Bedford, Western Australia, Australia, a suburb of Perth Bedford, Eastern Cape, South Africa, a town Bedford Island, Antarctica
Buildings The Bedford, Balham, a public house and music venue in Balham, London Bedford Castle, a ruin of a medieval castle in Bedford Bedford Civic Theatre, a former theatre in Bedford Bedford Hospital, a general hospital in Bedford, England Bedford Provincial Hospital (Eastern Cape), a general hospital in Bedford, Eastern Cape, South Africa Bedford Hotel (Brighton), a hotel in Brighton Bedford Museum & Art Gallery, a local museum and art gallery serving North Bedfordshire Bedford (HM Prison), a prison serving Bedford and north Bedfordshire
People Bedford (surname) Bedford Brown (1795–1870), American politician and United States Senator Bedford Jezzard (1927–2005), English footballer
Schools Bedford College, Bedford, a further education college based in Bedford, England, founded 1959 Bedford College of Higher Education, a former higher education college based in Bedford, England, active 1976–1994 Bedford College, London, a university college in London, England, founded 1849, merged into Royal Holloway College 1985 Bedford High School (disambiguation), various schools in England and the United States Bedford Modern School, a coeducational public school in Bedford, Bedfordshire Bedford School, a boys' public school in Bedford, Bedfordshire
Sports Bedford Athletic, a rugby union team based in Bedford, Bedfordshire Bedford Blues, a rugby union club in Bedford, Bedfordshire Bedford F.C., a football club in Bedford, Bedfordshire Bedford Tigers, a rugby league club in Bedford, Bedfordshire Bedford Town F.C., another football club in Bedford, Bedfordshire Bedford Autodrome, a racetrack in Thurleigh, Bedfordshire Bedford Speedway, a clay racetrack in Bedford County, Pennsylvania
Titles Duke of Bedford, a title created six times in the Peerage of England Earl of Bedford, a title created three times in the Peerage of England
Transportation Bedford Avenue (Brooklyn), a major thoroughfare in New York City Bedford Highway, Nova Scotia, Canada Bedford railway station, a railway station in Bedford, England Bedford station (Virginia), a proposed Transdominion Express station in Bedford, Virginia
Other uses HMS Bedford, the name of several ships USS Bedford, a fictitious ship in the 1965 movie The Bedford Incident RAE Bedford, a research site of the Royal Aircraft Establishment between 1946 and 1994 near Thurleigh, Bedfordshire HM Prison Bedford, a Category B men's prison in Bedford, Bedfordshire, England Bedford Institute of Oceanography, a Government of Canada ocean research facility in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia Bedford Vehicles, a former British manufacturer of trucks and commercial vehicles Harpur Trust, a.k.a. The Bedford Charity, a charity based in Bedford, Bedfordshire Bedford cord, a heavy fabric resembling corduroy Bedford crop or Bedford level, an eponymous hairstyle, named after Francis Russell, 5th Duke of Bedford
See also
Bedford Flag, an 18th-century military flag associated with Bedford, Massachusetts Bedford Shale, a shale geologic formation in the states of Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, West Virginia, and Virginia H. K Bedford, a former passenger and trade ship New Bedford (disambiguation) Bedford Park (disambiguation)