Bede X-ray Metrology is company based in Durham, England which supplies x-ray analysis equipment for materials science research and x-ray metrology equipment for use semiconductor manufacturing. The company is named after the Venerable Bede, an eighth-century monk and historian who lived near what is now Durham, where the company's worldwide headquarters are located. The company also has operations in Denver, Colorado in the United States. Bede X-ray Metrology is listed on the London Stock Exchange as BED:L.