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| Biggleswade | |
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 The Hundreds of Bedfordshire in 1830 | |
  Biggleswade Location within Bedfordshire | |
| OS grid reference | TL195445 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | Bedfordshire |
| Fire | Bedfordshire and Luton |
| Ambulance | East of England |
Biggleswade was a historic 'hundred' of English county of Bedfordshire. The hundred consisted of the town of Biggleswade and its surrounding area.[1] The name Biggleswade comes from a concatenation of the Anglo Saxon words 'Biceil' (being a personal name) and 'Waed' (meaning a ford).
- ^ Page, William (1908). "Biggleswade hundred – Introduction | A History of the County of Bedford: Volume 2 (pp. 201–202)". british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 30 March 2012.