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| − | Bedfordshire (abbreviated Beds) is a county in England that forms part of the East of England region. | + | '''Bedfordshire''' (abbreviated Beds) is a county in England that forms part of the East of England region. |
Its county town is Bedford. It borders Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire (with the Borough of Milton Keynes) and Hertfordshire. | Its county town is Bedford. It borders Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire (with the Borough of Milton Keynes) and Hertfordshire. | ||
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Bedfordshire (abbreviated Beds) is a county in England that forms part of the East of England region.
Its county town is Bedford. It borders Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire (with the Borough of Milton Keynes) and Hertfordshire.
The highest elevation point is 243 metres (797 feet) on Dunstable Downs in the Chilterns.
The county motto is "Constant Be", which is taken from the hymn To Be A Pilgrim by John Bunyan.
As part of a 2002 marketing campaign, the plant conservation charity Plantlife chose the Bee Orchid as the county flower.[1]
The traditional nickname for people from Bedfordshire is "Bedfordshire Bulldogs" or "Clangers", this last deriving from a local dish comprising a suet crust dumpling filled with meat or jam or both.
Register Offices
Bedfordshire District Register Office
Pilgrim Centre
20 Brickhill Drive
Bedford
MK41 7PZ
Tel: 01234 290450
Use caution if you google for this office,the only result I have found has a link to order a certificate online through a third party certificate supplier.The cost is £25,to ensure you are not paying more than the usual £7 fee please contact the office direct
Luton Register Office
6 George St West
Luton
Tel: 01582 722603
email: registration@luton.gov.uk
Record Office Lookup Requests
Please read the Terms and Conditions before requesting a lookup.
By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
Record Office Lookup Contacts
- Dunstable and Luton. Monthly Willow the Wisp NOT during sch hols
Cemetery Lookup Requests
Please read the Terms and Conditions before requesting a lookup.
By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
Cemetery Lookup Contacts
Links
OPC
Local History Society
Archives
Family and social history
Maps & Photographs
Countywide interest
Specific Town Village interest
- Eatons Community Association website covering the old village areas of Eaton Socon and Eaton Ford, once in Bedfordshire but now in Cambridgeshire.
- Eaton Socon Very useful site with online searchable census, electoral roll, marriages, burials, school register, photographs, etc.
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