18th December 2008 - by Jackie Mansfield
Info About Bedfordshire County, UK
A county Bedfordshire in Britain is part of the region of East
Britain and Bedford is the county capital. It shares its
borders with Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire
and the Borough of Hertfordshire and Milton Keynes.
The highest point of elevation is 797 feet (243 meters) at
Dunstable Downs which is in the Chilterns.
A Motto of this county is 'Constant Be', and it is taken from
the famous hymn To Be A Pilgrim by John Bunyan.
The Plant Conservation Charity Plantlife chose the Bee Orchid
as its County Flower during a 2002 marketing campaign.
Bedfordshire Bulldogs or 'Clangers', is the primitive nickname
of people who are from Bedfordshire. Clangers is derived from a
local dish that includes a crust dumpling filled with jam or
meat or with both.
The first registered use of the name Bedfordshire, was done in
1011, as Bedanfordscir, which means the shire or county of
Bedford, which means Beda s ford meaning a river crossing.
Bedfordshire was traditionally separated
into the nine hundreds: Manshead, Clifton, Flitt, Stodden,
Redbournestoke, Barford, Biggleswade, Wixamtree, Willey, along
with the borough and liberty of Bedford. However there were
some minor changes in its borders; e.g. a part of Caddington
and the whole of Kensworth were transferred from Hertfordshire
to Bedfordshire in 1897.
From 1964 to 1974, Luton was a county borough and it is a
unitary authority since 1997. Yet it remains a part of the
celebrated county of Bedfordshire, which has a single Lord
Lieutenant who represents the sovereignty in the whole of
area.
Chiltern Hills are a part of the southern end of the county at
the chalk ridge. Whatever remains is a part of the wide
drainage basin of the River Great Ouse and its branches.
Most of the rocks of Bedfordshire are sandstones and clays
from the Jurassic and Cretaceous era, with a little limestone.
For making Fletton style bricks in Marston Vale, local clay is
used.
Chalks glacial ablation has left the hard flint lumps are left
behind as gravel which was commercially extracted traditionally
at pits which later formed lakes, at Felmersham, Priory Country
Park and Wyboston.
A steep slope of the Greensand Ridge is across the country near
Leighton Buzzard and very near to Gamlingay in
Cambridgeshire.
From 2008, Bedfordshire s unitary authorities, which is part of
a shire county, is largely under the administrative control of
Bedfordshire County Council. It is separated into three local
government districts South Bedfordshire District. Mid
Bedfordshire District and Bedford Borough.
Luton Borough is a unitary dominating authority which forms
this part of the county for various reasons like High Sheriff
and Lord Lieutenant, but it does not come under the control of
county council.
Many tourists that have been to Bedfordshire, tend to fly into
London Luton Airport which of course is Beds. Here you will
find a wide range of hotels to suit every budget from bed and
breakfast to 4 star deluxe. So do you feel this might be the
right holiday destination for you and your family.
Source: http://www.articlesabroad.com
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