Leighton–Linslade Government Act 1972 the district was merged into South Bedfordshire in 1974, and was downgraded to a parish. Leighton–Linslade is recognised as a Cycling town by Cycling England, from whom it receives funding to promote cycle use. The parish participates in international town twinning: Leighton–Linslade Leighton–Linslade is a civil parish in the district of Central Bedfordshire in Bedfordshire, England, with a population of 37,469 at the 2011 Census. It consists of the settlements of Leighton Buzzard and Linslade, which have a single town council. The River Ouzel provides the border between the parts, with Leighton to the east and Linslade
Church of All Saints, Leighton Buzzard Reynolds MA 1773 Henry Osman BA 1781 William Oddie BA 1786 John Wilson BA 1788 John Wilson BA 1849 Joseph Stevenson MA 1862 Thomas Wallis Richards MA 1901 George Frederick Hills MA 1933 Sidney Ernest Swann MA 1937 Arthur Thomas Stephens MA 1943 Stanley John Forrest BA 1954 Canon John J F Scammell AKC 1981 Peter Harold Whittaker AKC 1992 Canon John Anthony L Hulbert MA 2003 Canon Grant Fellows BD AKC PREBENDARIES OF LEIGHTON BUZZARD to 1926 As recorded in "Leighton Buzzard and Its Hamlets", published 1928 by Robert Richmond Theobald de Busar - Vicar of the Church in