Bedfordshirenoun
/ˈbed.fəd.ʃər//ˈbed.fɚd.ʃɚ/a county (= area with its own local government) in south central England:
Bunyan, author of The Pilgrim's Progress, was born in Elstow, Bedfordshire.
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- Woburn Abbey is a major tourist attraction in Bedfordshire.
- She told me how much more exciting Willesden was than rural Bedfordshire.
- Before the Industrial Revolution, many villages in Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire had a thriving cottage industry in hand lace-making.
- The thatched cottage is in the Bedfordshire village of Astwick.
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