History of Bedfordshire than fifty places in the county. Following the enactment of the Municipal Corporations Act 1835, Bedford was the only borough in the county. Charters of incorporation were granted to Dunstable in 1864 and Luton in 1876. In 1837 the county was divided into poor law unions, each consisting of a town and surrounding rural parishes: Ampthill, Bedford, Biggleswade, Leighton Buzzard, Luton and Woburn. In addition, a handful of parishes near the boundaries of Bedfordshire were included in PLUs based in other counties, namely Hitchin in Hertfordshire, St Neots in Huntingdonshire and Wellingborough in Northamptonshire. In 1875, the county was divided
Leighton Buzzard R.F.C. before or after representing Leighton Buzzard. 'Matthew Barnett-Vincent Joined the club as a 16-year-old England age group international Hooker and made several appearances for the 1st XV splitting his time with Bedford Blues who he made his 1st team debut for aged 17 years on Boxing day 1992. Matthew played age group international (up to U21) and club rugby with Bedford for the next few seasons and was highly thought of, forging an impressive international front row partnership with future England captain Phil Vickery and Phil Greening (playing at prop)the game at this time was still amateur and despite having