Bedford.
A place name:
Meaning & usage
A place name: A number of places in the United Kingdom A market town, the county town of Bedfordshire, England.
A place name: A number of places in the United Kingdom A local government district with borough status in Bedfordshire, England.
A place name: A number of places in the United Kingdom A suburb of Leigh, Wigan borough, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ6799).
A place name: A number of places in the United States: A city, the county seat of Lawrence County, Indiana.
A place name: A number of places in the United States: A small city, the county seat of Taylor County, Iowa.
A place name: A number of places in the United States: A small city, the county seat of Trimble County, Kentucky.
A place name: A number of places in the United States: A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
A place name: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Livingston County, Missouri.
A place name: A number of places in the United States: A town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire.
A place name: A number of places in the United States: A town in Westchester County, New York.
A place name: A number of places in the United States: A city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio.
A place name: A number of places in the United States: A borough, the county seat of Bedford County, Pennsylvania.
A place name: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Bedford County, Tennessee.
A place name: A number of places in the United States: A city in Tarrant County, Texas.
A place name: A number of places in the United States: A town, the county seat of Bedford County, Virginia.
A place name: A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Lincoln County, Wyoming.
A place name: A number of places in the United States: A number of townships in the United States, listed under Bedford Township.
A place name: A number of places in Canada A district of Halifax, Nova Scotia.
A place name: A number of places in Canada A civil parish of Queens County, Prince Edward Island.
A place name: A number of places in Canada A city and township in Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality, Quebec.
A place name: A town in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa.
A place name: A suburb of Perth in the City of Bayswater, Western Australia, Australia; named after Frederick Bedford.
A place name: Ellipsis of Bedford Township
A place name: Ellipsis of Bedford County
An English dukedom.
A surname.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English Bedforde, Bedeford, from Old English Bedaford, Bedanford, equivalent to Bede's + ford. The civil parish is named after John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford (1710 - 1771). Coined by British-Dutch surveyor Samuel Holland.
A truck, van, and bus and coach chassis formerly manufactured by the Bedford company, a subsidiary company of Vauxhall Motors.
New Zealand Railways Road Services used to operate a large fleet of Bedfords.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English Bedforde, Bedeford, from Old English Bedaford, Bedanford, equivalent to Bede's + ford. The civil parish is named after John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford (1710 - 1771). Coined by British-Dutch surveyor Samuel Holland.
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