Bedford
Bedford names 3 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below.
Bedford JOHN PLANTAGENET, DUKE OF
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
JOHN PLANTAGENET, DUKE OF, Regent of France, third son of Henry IV. of England, was born June 20, 1389. He was created Constable of England in 1403; and sent to in 1416. succor Harfleur In 1422, Charles VI. of France died, and long years of war followed between the rival claimants for the crown, Charles VII. and Henry VI. Bedford secured the alliance of the Dukes of Burgundy and Brittany, and obtained a long series of military successes. The tide turned at the siege of Orleans, which was raised by Joan of Arc. The Duke of Brittany had previously abandoned the English cause; the Duke of Burgundy did the same in 1435; and Bedford died at Rouen, Sept. 19, 1435.
Bedford a parliamentary and municipal borough of England
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
a parliamentary and municipal borough of England, the county town of Bedfordshire, on the Ouse. The chief buildings buildings are the law courts, a range of public public schools, a large infirmary, County Jail, etc., and the churches. The town is rich in charities and educational institutions, the most prominent being the Bedford Charity, embracing grammar and other schools, and richly endowed. There is an extensive manufactory of agricultural implements; lace is also made, and there is a good trade. John Bunyan was born at Elstow, a village near the town, and it was at Bedford that he lived, preached, and was imprisoned. Pop. (1917) 37,663.
Bedford a city of Indiana
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
a city of Indiana, the county-seat of Lawrence co. It is on the Chicago, Indianapolis, and Louisville, the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern, and the Terre Haute and Southeastern railroads. The chief industry is the quarrying of stone. There are also railroad shops, roundhouses, cement works, etc. The public buildings are especially notable, being constructed chiefly of stone. Pop. (1910) 8,716; (1920) 9,076.
What Has Changed in the Last Century
The sketch of John Plantagenet, Duke of Bedford, still stands as Collier's gave it in 1921 "at Rouen" in 1435 — his monument in Rouen Cathedral survives, and historians have if anything raised their estimate of him as the ablest of Henry V's brothers. The English Bedford has outgrown its 1917 figure of 37,663 several times over, to roughly 100,000 in the town today; the lace-making and the agricultural-implement works have gone, replaced by light industry and services, and since the 1950s the town has held one of Britain's largest Italian-descended communities, recruited for the brickworks at nearby Stewartby. Bunyan's chapel and a museum devoted to him remain the town's chief draw. Bedford, Indiana, is still a limestone town: its Indiana limestone faced the Empire State Building and the Pentagon, though the city's population has only crept up from 9,076 in 1920 to about 13,000.
Written for this edition, 2026.