Bedfordshire
Shire north of London
Bedfordshire is a county in south-central England, north of London.
It contains the towns of Bedford and Luton.
In British rhyming slang, *Bedfordshire* stands for bed: Time for Bedfordshire means time to go to sleep.
county
English commuter town
history
1086 English land survey
- Anglo-SaxonPre-Conquest British Germanic peoples
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
- Norman ConquestFrench duke's English takeover
- Civil WarCountrymen fighting countrymen
rural
Cultivation of land, livestock
- market gardensSmall-scale commercial growing plots
- arableFit for cultivation
- brickworksFacility manufacturing clay blocks
- clay pitsExcavations for ceramic earth
farmland · villages · hamlets · hedgerows · pastures · orchards · harvest · livestock
dialect
Regional speech pattern
- vernacularEveryday regional speech
- colloquialismCasual conversational expression
- pronunciationManner of speaking words
- intonationPitch variation in speech
Luton
English commuter town
River Great Ouse
Eastern English river
- landlockedHaving no sea access
Domesday Book
1086 English land survey
- Anglo-SaxonPre-Conquest British Germanic peoples
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
- Norman ConquestFrench duke's English takeover
agriculture
Cultivation of land, livestock
- market gardensSmall-scale commercial growing plots
- arableFit for cultivation
- brickworksFacility manufacturing clay blocks
clay pits · farmland · villages · hamlets · hedgerows · pastures · orchards · harvest · livestock · barns
accent
Regional speech pattern
- vernacularEveryday regional speech
- colloquialismCasual conversational expression
- pronunciationManner of speaking words
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- British RegionalGeordie, Brummie, Mancunian, Glaswegian, Yorkshire
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