Beeston (TL 168 482) is a hamlet of about 530 acres in the village of Sandy in Wixamtree Hundred (division) of the county of Bedfordshire, England, about a half a mile south of Sandy, north of Biggleswade and east of Bedford.
Historically the main occupation of the residents of Beeston was market gardening,farming and straw plaiting (woman and girls) for the hat industry.
Beeston is in the Anglican Parish of St Swithun, Sandy.
Bedfordshire is a county in England and forms part of the East of England region.
Bedfordshire was historically divided into the nine hundreds: Barford, Biggleswade, Clifton, Flitt, Manshead, Redbournestoke, Stodden, Willey, Wixamtree, along with the liberty and borough of Bedford.
Bedfordshire is well served by a large number of taxi companies, in particular, Luton is noted for having the highest amount of taxi cabs per head of population in the United Kingdom with companies such as Cabco, Britannia cars and Five twos competing for work in the town and from London Luton Airport
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