Coordinates: 52°08′10″N 0°28′08″W / 52.136°N 0.469°W / 52.136; -0.469
| Bedford Rural District | |
| Geography | |
| Status | Rural district |
| History | |
| Created | 1894 |
| Abolished | 1974 |
| Succeeded by | Bedford Borough |
Bedford was a rural district in Bedfordshire, England from 1894 to 1974.
The district largely surrounded but did not include the municipal borough of Bedford.
It was enlarged in 1934 when it took in the disbanded Eaton Socon Rural District. In 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, it was merged with Bedford borough and Kempston urban district to form the new Bedford district.
Famous quotes containing the words bedford, rural and/or district:
“When, said Mr. Phillips, he communicated to a New Bedford audience, the other day, his purpose of writing his life, and telling his name, and the name of his master, and the place he ran from, the murmur ran round the room, and was anxiously whispered by the sons of the Pilgrims, “He had better not!” and it was echoed under the shadow of the Concord monument, “He had better not!””
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Our rural village life was a purifying, uplifting influence that fortified us against the later impacts of urbanization; Church and State, because they were separated and friendly, had spiritual and ethical standards that were mutually enriching; freedom and discipline, individualism and collectivity, nature and nurture in their interaction promised an ever stronger democracy. I have no illusions that those simpler, happier days can be resurrected.”
—Agnes E. Meyer (1887–1970)
“Most works of art, like most wines, ought to be consumed in the district of their fabrication.”
—Rebecca West (1892–1983)