One of their noble fans was Lord Rothbury, whose estate was located in Bedlington in the county of Northumberland.
For a time, they were known as Rothbury terriers, but eventually, the name Bedlington stuck.
The first dog to actually be called a Bedlington Terrier, in 1825, was Ainsley’s Piper, owned by Joseph Ainsley of Bedlington.
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