Bedfordshire County Council

Bedfordshire County Council was the county council of the non-metropolitan county of Bedfordshire in England. It was established in 1889 and was abolished on 1 April 2009. The county council was based in Bedford. It was replaced with three unitary authorities: Bedford Borough Council, Central Bedfordshire Council and (since 1997) Luton Borough Council.


Former county councils of England
  • Avon
  • Bedfordshire
  • Berkshire
  • Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely
  • Cheshire
  • Cleveland
  • Cornwall
  • Cumberland
  • Durham
  • East Riding
  • East Suffolk
  • Greater Manchester
  • Hereford and Worcester
  • Herefordshire
  • Holland
  • Humberside
  • Huntingdon and Peterborough
  • Huntingdonshire
  • Isle of Ely
  • Isle of Wight
  • Kesteven
  • Lindsey
  • London
  • Merseyside
  • Middlesex
  • North Riding
  • Northumberland
  • Rutland
  • Shropshire
  • Soke of Peterborough
  • South Yorkshire
  • Tyne and Wear
  • West Midlands
  • Westmorland
  • West Riding
  • West Suffolk
  • West Yorkshire
  • Wiltshire


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