Leighton–Linslade 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 to the west. The two are served by Leighton Buzzard railway station, which is actually on the western side. Leighton-Linslade Urban District was formed in 1965 by the merger of Leighton Buzzard Urban District, and Linslade Urban District (previously in Buckinghamshire). Under the Local
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