Bedfordshire

Bedfordshire is a historic county in the East of England. Most of its population live in the towns of Luton and Bedford. It is known for the chalk ridge known as the Chiltern Hills.

In London Labour and the London Poor edition: 

Phase 1

Of the Street Sellers of Live Birds. (Volume 2): "They are principally the produce of Cambridgeshire, with some from Bedfordshire, and are sent direct (killed) to Leadenhall-market, where about 215,000 are sold yearly, being nearly two-thirds of the gross London consumption."