Bedfordshire County Council | |
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| History | |
| Founded | 1 April 1889 |
| Disbanded | 31 March 2009 |
| Succeeded by | Bedford Borough Council Central Bedfordshire Council |
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| County Hall, Bedford | |
Bedfordshire County Council was the county council of Bedfordshire in England. It was created in 1889 and abolished in 2009. Throughout its existence, the council was based in Bedford.
Luton was a county borough independent from the county council between 1964 and 1974; Luton Borough Council became independent from the county council again in 1997 when it was made a unitary authority. On the abolition of the county council in 2009, the pre-existing Bedford Borough Council also became a unitary authority, taking over the county council's functions within that borough. The rest of the county (the former Mid Bedfordshire and South Bedfordshire districts) was placed under a new unitary authority called Central Bedfordshire Council.