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Bedfordshire (county) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 52 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 52.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 000 30 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -0.5000 decimal degrees |
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Note: 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. |
Names: |
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| Bedfordshire (preferred,C,V,English,U)
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| Bedford (C,V,English,U)
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| Beds (C,V,English,U)
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| BDF (C,V)
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| Bedfordshire, County of (NA,V,English,U)
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| County of Bedfordshire (NA,V,English,U)
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| Hereford and Worcester (C,U,O)
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| county (preferred, C) |
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since 1010 |
| second level subdivision (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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| first level subdivision (C) |
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| former administrative division (C) |
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