Talk:Bedfordshire

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Bedfordshire was the UK Collaboration of the Fortnight for the fortnight starting on December 12, 2004.

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Luton is still in Bedfordshire, and Milton Keynes is still in Buckinghamshire - unitary local authorities are complementary to the system of counties, they do not replace them entirely. M-Henry 16:33, 19 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Please see http://www.hmso.gov.uk/si/si1995/Uksi_19951776_en_2.htm, which contains the magic words "Luton shall cease to form part of Bedfordshire", and "A new county shall be constituted comprising the area of Luton and shall be named the county of Luton." Morwen 12:36, Feb 6, 2004 (UTC)

Yes, but see the schedule [1] to the Lieutenancies Act 1997, where we read "County for the purposes of this Act - Bedfordshire: Local government areas - Bedfordshire and Luton".--Keith Edkins 11:20, 14 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Wiwaxia, AFAIK Studham Common is just the common land to the south east of Studham not a village.

[edit] County motto

I think there are two county mottos, but I'm not sure of the best way to phrase the distinction. There's the motto "Constant Be" (taken from Pilgrim's Progress, written when Bunyan was imprisoned in the county), and the one the council actually uses, "A Progressive County". (The two are amusingly contradictory, however.) Marnanel 20:23, 9 Jun 2004 (UTC)

It is probably unwise to conflate 'motto' and 'branding'/slogan. The motto is what the coat of arms bears, surely?. Icundell 14:09, 13 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Gonna say. The motto (as shown in the page image of the county arms) is indeed Constant Be. The "slogan" is currently A Progressive County, but it used to be A Nuclear Free Zone. This really comes down to the definitions of "Motto" and "Slogan". A quick glance at Slogan shows that Constant Be isn't one of those. Since a "motto" is defined as a heraldic device elsewhere on Wikip and the phrase Constant Be appears on the county's heraldry in the Bedfordshire entry itself, I'm deleting the citation needed flag. No-brainer? Not arf. Garrick92 12:56, 19 December 2006 (UTC)