Place details
Place nameBedfordshire
Other namesBedford, Beds, BDF
CountryUnited Kingdom
Latitude52.083
Longitude-0.5
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
Comprises valley of River Great Ouse; occupied by Beaker peoples early Bronze Age (ca. 1800 BCE), Romans ca. 1st century, Anglo-Saxons and Danes 5th-6th centuries; boundries almost unchanged since 11th century; contains London's overflow airports and auto plants.