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Bedfordshire in 1835

INTRODUCTION

BEDFORDSHIRE, an inland county of England, of very irregular shape. It is bounded on the NE by Huntingdonshire, and on the NW by Northamptonshire ; on the E by Cambridgeshire, on the W and SW by Buckinghamshire, and on the SE and S by Hertfordshire. Its greatest length is 36½ miles, measured nearly N and S, and its greatest breadth is 22½ miles, measured nearly E and W. Bedford, the county town, is situated near the centre of the county, rather nearer to the N. and W boundaries. It is 46 miles, measured in a direct line from London (i.e. from St. Paul’s), from which it lies N. by W, or NNW ; but by the road through Barnet, Hatfield, Hitchin, and Shefford, it is 50 miles. The area of the county is 463 square statute miles, or 296,320 acres ; or, taking the sum of the areas assigned to the different parishes, 297,632 acres. It is the smallest county in England, except Huntingdon, Middlesex, and Rutland. The population in 1831 was 95,483.

Old Towns is a resource of 19th century English historical data, extracted and digitized from articles written between 1833 and 1848 which were originally published in 'The Penny Magazine' by The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.