Leighton Buzzard R.F.C. Leighton Buzzard R.F.C. Leighton Buzzard R.F.C is a Rugby Union club based in the English town of Leighton Buzzard in the county of Bedfordshire. They play at Wright's Meadow on Leighton Road, in the Parish of Stanbridge. From the inception of the RFU Leagues in 1987–88 they competed in the Midlands Division until they were switched to the South West Division for the 2014–15 season. After two seasons they returned to the Midlands Division and in 2018-2019 they compete at the sixth level of the national English rugby union system in Midlands 1 East, The club was founded in 1934
Woburn Abbey 1145. Taken from its monastic residents by Henry VIII and given to John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford, in 1547, it became the seat of the Russell family and the Dukes of Bedford. The Abbey was largely rebuilt starting in 1744 by the architects Henry Flitcroft and Henry Holland for the 4th Duke. Anna Russell, Duchess of Bedford, originated the afternoon tea ritual in 19th-century England. In April 1786 John Adams (the future second President of the United States on tour with Thomas Jefferson—who would serve as his vice-president before becoming President himself) visited Woburn Abbey and other notable houses