Leighton Buzzard Urban District was combined with Linslade parish to create the new parish of Leighton-Linslade encompassing the twin towns of Linslade and Leighton Buzzard. Leighton Buzzard Urban District Leighton Buzzard was an urban district in Bedfordshire, England from 1894 to 1965. It comprised the single civil parish of Leighton Buzzard. The urban district was created in 1894 from the abolution of the Leighton Buzzard urban sanitary district. In 1933 the Eaton Bray Rural District was abolished and the area transferred to enlarge Leighton Buzzard UD. As part of a county boundary change in 1965 Leighton Buzzard UD was abolished along with Linslade Urban
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