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THOUGH one of the smallest English counties and with nearly nine-tenths of its area lying in one river basin, Bedfordshire possesses considerable geographical interest. Travellers by the Midland Railway, which traverses its length from Luton to near Wellingborough, cross five geological belts and can recognise each in passing by characteristic features of contour, tree flora, agriculture, and building material. In the churches, manor houses, and “motte and baileys” there is a wealth of archaeological interest. Moreover, it was in this county that James Wyatt and, later, Worthington Smith obtained their evidence of the existence of Palaeolithic man in Britain.
Bedfordshire.
By C. Gore Chambers. Pp. x + 195. (Cambridge: At the University Press, 1917.) Price 1s. 6d. net.
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D., T. Bedfordshire. Nature 100, 403 (1918). https://doi.org/10.1038/100403a0
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