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    Cardington is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Bedford in Bedfordshire, England. Part of the ancient hundred of Wixamtree, the settlement is...
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    Cardington Airfield, previously RAF Cardington, is a former Royal Air Force station in Bedfordshire, England, with a long and varied history, particularly...
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  • steel-concrete composite, and concrete) at the BRE Cardington facility near Cardington, Bedfordshire, England, during the mid-1990s. After the tests, extensive...
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    John Howard (prison reformer) (category People from Cardington, Bedfordshire)
    old, and, described as a "sickly child", he was sent to live at Cardington, Bedfordshire, some fifty miles from London, where his father owned property...
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  • Cardington may refer to: Cardington, Bedfordshire, a village and civil parish in England Cardington Airfield, the nearby air base that has two vast airship...
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    Samantha Womack (category People from Cardington, Bedfordshire)
    Samantha Zoe Womack (née Janus; born 2 November 1972) is an English actress, singer, model and director who has worked in film, television and stage. Womack...
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    Bedfordshire (/ˈbɛdfərdʃɪər, -ʃər/; abbreviated Beds) is a ceremonial county in the East of England. It is bordered by Northamptonshire to the north, Cambridgeshire...
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  • the former Royal Airship Works in Cardington, Bedfordshire, where the R101 was built, remain. The No.1 Cardington hangar is original, but extended; the...
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    Samuel Whitbread (1720–1796) (category People from Cardington, Bedfordshire)
    Whitbread & Co Ltd. Samuel Whitbread was born on 20 August 1720 at Cardington in Bedfordshire, the seventh of eight children of Henry Whitbread. At 12, he received...
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  • and built rocks using molds of real caves. An airship hangar at Cardington, Bedfordshire was rented by Warner Bros. during April 2004 and, converted into...
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  • Brickhill Brogborough Bromham Broom Budna Caddington California Campton Cardington Carlton Castle Cauldwell Chalgrave Chalton Chaul End Church End, Arlesey...
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    on 20 December 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2017. "Cardington Sheds to make a Star Wars comeback". Bedfordshire on Sunday. 23 July 2015. Retrieved 22 December...
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  • loan was provided to enable the company to purchase a site near Cardington, Bedfordshire, on which to build airship construction facilities. As a result...
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  • William Waldegrave, Viscount Chewton (category People from Cardington, Bedfordshire)
    William Frederick Waldegrave, Viscount Chewton (29 June 1816 in Cardington, Bedfordshire – 8 October 1854) was a British army officer. He died of wounds...
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    Portugal Cardington Studios, Cardington, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom On static display Named "Francisco d’Ollanda". Preserved as a prop at Cardington Studios...
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    Samuel Whitbread (1764–1815) (category People from Cardington, Bedfordshire)
    French emperor Napoleon. Whitbread was born on 18 January 1764 in Cardington, Bedfordshire, the son of the brewer Samuel Whitbread. He was educated at Eton...
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    Lakehurst, New Jersey; Santa Cruz Air Force Base in Brazil; and Cardington, Bedfordshire. Steel rigid airship hangars are some of the largest in the world...
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  • Inception (category Films shot in Bedfordshire)
    to the United Kingdom and shot in a converted airship hangar in Cardington, Bedfordshire, north of London.: 14  There, the hotel bar set which tilted 30...
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    George Gascoigne (category People from Cardington, Bedfordshire)
    English versification. The eldest son of Sir John Gascoigne of Cardington, Bedfordshire, Gascoigne was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, and on leaving...
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    saw the relocation of the RAF Museum Conservation Centre from Cardington, Bedfordshire to Cosford. The centre, costing £2.4 million, was opened by Marshal...
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    were to be built. Work was based at the Royal Airship Works at Cardington, Bedfordshire, which had been built by Short Brothers during the First World...
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    Christopher Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson (category People from Cardington, Bedfordshire)
    Three Parts, Lord Thomson of Cardington (Christopher Birdwood Thomson), Jonathan Cape, 1926. Lord Thomson of Cardington: A memoir and some letters, Martha...
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    slowly to York then set course for the Royal Airship Works at Cardington, Bedfordshire, running on five engines since one of the engines had to be shut...
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  • which served the Royal Air Force station near the village of Cardington in Bedfordshire, England. A short-lived halt, it opened during the First World...
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    The historic airship facilities at Cardington, Bedfordshire (formerly the Royal Airship Works and RAF Cardington), were used as a base for the firm's...
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    Borough of Bedford (category Local government districts of Bedfordshire)
    Bedford. Etienne Stott: 11 December 2012. Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment: November 1955 RAF Cardington: 16 July 1959. 287 Regiment Royal Artillery:...
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  • Zeppelin (film) (category Films shot in Bedfordshire)
    housed were filmed at the historic R100/R101 airship sheds at Cardington, Bedfordshire, in England. Photographs taken from the air to depict the fictional...
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    Cardington was a railway station on the Bedford to Hitchin Line which served the village of Cardington in Bedfordshire, England. Opened in 1857, it gave...
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    Bedford is a market town in Bedfordshire, England. At the 2011 Census, the population of its urban area (as defined by the Office for National Statistics)...
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    Investigations on the Biggleswade Reinforcement Water Main: Cardington to Toplers Hill, Bedfordshire". Archaeology Data Service. Archaeological Services & Consultancy...
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