Bedford (disambiguation)

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:

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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)