Leighton Buzzard Light Railway Leighton Buzzard Light Railway The Leighton Buzzard Light Railway (LBLR) is a light railway in Leighton Buzzard in Bedfordshire, England. It operates on narrow-gauge track and is just under long. The line was built after the First World War to serve sand quarries north of the town. In the late 1960s the quarries switched to road transport and the railway was taken over by volunteers, who now run the line as a heritage railway. A bed of Lower Cretaceous sand across Bedfordshire has been quarried on a small scale for centuries. The most significant occur around Leighton Buzzard. In the
Church of All Saints, Leighton Buzzard the sixteen year project. Work came to a completion in May 2016 in a special service of thanksgiving. Total cost of this project is nearly £2m. LIST OF VICARS OF LEIGHTON BUZZARD 1277 Thomas de Kyrlington 1292 Jacobus de Freston 1293 John de Hamton 1302 John Hostage 1329 John Crok 1335 Ralph Chivaler 1349 Thomas de Penne 1349 John de Govere of Lathbury 13- Thomas de Foxton 13- William Gregby 13- Dom† Nicholas Pirre 1389 Dom† William Lynne 1397 Robert de Maryng 14- Dom† John Wadupp 1407 Dom† Nicholas Pirre 1415 William Taillow 1420 Dom† Thomas Wykes 1420 Robert Horewood