Bedford (disambiguation)

Bedford is the county town of Bedfordshire, England.

• Bedford (UK Parliament constituency), related parliamentary constituency
• Borough of Bedford, the local council for Bedford and surrounding villages in north Bedfordshire

Bedford may also refer to:

Places

United Kingdom

• Bedford, Greater Manchester, a suburb of Leigh
• The Bedford Estate, a central London estate
• Bedfordshire, an English county
• An alternative name for The Great Level, a part of The Fens.

Canada

• Bedford, Nova Scotia
• Bedford, Quebec (city)
• Bedford, Quebec (township)
• Bedford Basin, part of Halifax Harbour in Nova Scotia

United States

• Bedford, Indiana
• Bedford, Iowa
• Bedford, Kentucky
• Bedford, Massachusetts
• Bedford, New Hampshire
• Bedford, Ohio
• Bedford, Pennsylvania
• Bedford, Tennessee
• Bedford, Texas
• Bedford, Virginia
• Bedford, Wyoming
• Bedford Heights, Ohio
• Bedford Park, Illinois
• Bedford Township (disambiguation)
• New Bedford (disambiguation)

In New York State

• Bedford (town), New York, in Westchester County
  • Bedford (CDP), New York, known as Bedford Village, in Westchester County
• Bedford, Brooklyn
• Bedford Hills, New York
• Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, a neighborhood in New York City
• Bedford Park, Bronx, a neighborhood in New York City
• Bedford Avenue (Brooklyn), a major thoroughfare in New York City

Other places

• Bedford, Western Australia
• Bedford, Eastern Cape, South Africa
• Bedfordview, a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa

Buildings

• The Bedford, 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 Esquires, a pub, nightclub and live music venue 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 luxury hotel in Brighton, in operation since 1829
• Bedford Museum & Art Gallery, a local museum and art gallery serving North Bedfordshire
• Bedford (HM Prison), a local prison serving Bedford and north Bedfordshire

People

• Bedford (surname)
• Earl or Duke of Bedford, a title in the Peerage of England
  • John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford
• Nathan Bedford Forrest, Confederate Army lieutenant general in the American Civil War

Companies and organizations

• Bedford Vehicles, a British manufacturer of commercial vehicles
• Harpur Trust, a.k.a. The Bedford Charity, a charity based in Bedford, Bedfordshire

Schools

• Bedford College (Bedford), a college in Bedford, Bedfordshire
• Bedford High School, Bedfordshire, a former girls public school in Bedford, Bedfordshire
• Bedford High School (Leigh), Greater Manchester, England
• Bedford Modern School, a coeducational public school in Bedford, Bedfordshire
• Bedford Road Collegiate, a public high school in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
• Bedford School, a boys public school in Bedford, Bedfordshire

Sports teams

• 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

Other uses

• Bedford cord, a heavy fabric resembling corduroy
• HMS Bedford, the name of several ships
• USS Bedford, a fictitious ship in the 1965 movie The Bedford Incident
• The Bedford Diaries, a television series
• Bedford Level experiment, a series of observations carried out along a six-mile length of the Old Bedford River in an attempt to determine the shape of the Earth.