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Population: 37,000

Found in the county of Beds in the East of England, the tranquil town of Leighton Buzzard lays close to the border betwixt Bucks and Beds, on the banks of the Grand Union Canal, the town has a populace close to thirty seven thousand and a past stretching back to the Roman era, at which time the historical Watling St (now the A-5) passed the town. At present Leighton Buzzard is coupled with the adjacent town of Linslade and it is approximately midway between Luton and Milton Keynes (Buckinghamshire), it is situated close to the Chiltern Hills and boasts a significant quarrying industry (sand).

Leighton Buzzard Through the Ages: It is thought that there had been settlements in or around what's now called Leighton Buzzard long ago in prehistoric times, ancient artefacts and coins unearthed near by show evidence of this fact. The longstanding Watling Street (constructed by the Romans), now known as the A5, ran through the close by towns of Dunstable and Hockliffe around two thousand years back, and the Romans would have at the very least been aware of the Leighton Buzzard settlement as they passed it.

The Anglo-Saxons followed the Romans, and it was the Anglo-Saxons who set up the market place in about the tenth century, and artefacts stumbled on denote that they were residing in the locale perhaps since the 6th Century. The commune as it was is not mentioned until 906 at which time the Danes signed a peace treaty at Tiddenfoot, the 1086 Domesday Book named Leighton Manor.

The parish of Leighton Buzzard, in times past, encompassed a lot bigger area than simply the town alone, and incorporated the settlements of Eggington, Standbridge, Billington and Heath & Reach. The "Leighton" in the name appears to come from the old English for "a clearing in the woods", the "Buzzard" section wouldn't be applied prior to the 12th Century when the Dean of Lincoln had to differentiate it from an extra "Leighton" which he had inside his diocese. The Manors of Leighton were tenanted to various tenants through the eras, for example the Leighs of Stoneleigh, who endorsed Charles I during the English Civil War (1642-1645).

Leighton Buzzard trainThe settlement grew even larger through the following years and the arrival of a railway line and a canal during the 19th Century saw the town develop and grow. Modern day Leighton Buzzard can be termed a bustling market town which has seen greater development in the past few decades.


Also: Woburn Abbey, Lancot Meadow, Leighton Linslade Virtual Museum, Ouzel Meadows, Leighton Lady Cruises, Snakes and Ladders at Bedfordshire, Aspley Woods, Tiddenfoot Leisure Centre, Rushmere Park, Pitstone Green Museum, Tiddenfoot Waterside Park, Whipsnade Zoo, Pitstone Windmill, Dunstable Downs, Great Adventure Game, Grebe Canal Cruises.

A selection of Leighton Buzzard streets and roads: Pulford Road, Richmond Road, Ash Grange, The Martins Drive, Shenley Hill Road, Bunkers Lane, White House Court, Mill Road, Sandhills, Highfield Road, Poplar Close, Miles Avenue, Church Street, South Street, Eriboll Close, Chelsea Green, Golden Riddy, Cooper Drive, Shepherds Mead, Lochy Drive, Firs Path, Knaves Hill, Billington Court, Mowbray Drive, Carlton Grove, Market Square, Miletree Court, Church Square, Pennivale Close, Dove Tree Road, Kendal Gardens, Brookside Walk, Hollies Court, Lime Grove, Cotswold Drive, Rannock Gardens, Chiltern Gardens, Plum Tree Lane, Saxons Close, Nelson Road, Camberton Road, Princes Court, The Wharf, Monarch Way, Brownslea, Stratton Mews, Johnson Drive, Durrell Close, Lomond Drive, Adastral Avenue, Brooklands Drive.



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