| Leighton-Linslade | |||
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| Urban District | |||
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| Population | |||
| • 1971 | 20,140 [1] | ||
| History | |||
| • Created | 1 April 1965 | ||
| • Abolished | 31 March 1974 | ||
| • Succeeded by | South Bedfordshire | ||
| • HQ | Leighton Buzzard | ||
| Contained within | |||
| • County Council | Bedfordshire | ||
 Map of boundary as of 1971 | |||
Leighton-Linslade was an urban district in Bedfordshire, England from 1965 to 1974.
Leighton-Linslade Urban District was created on 1 April 1965 as a merger of Leighton Buzzard Urban District in Bedfordshire and Linslade Urban District in Buckinghamshire. The new urban district was placed entirely in Bedfordshire, thereby transferring Linslade from Buckinghamshire to Bedfordshire. The urban areas of the two original towns of Leighton Buzzard and Linslade had become contiguous through industrial expansion and housing development. From the creation of Leighton-Linslade Urban District in 1965 they were treated for administrative purposes as a single town called Leighton-Linslade. [2]
The new council was granted a coat of arms in January 1966, less than a year after the council's creation. [3]
The new council inherited offices at 6 Leighton Road in Linslade from Linslade Urban District Council and at the White House, 37 Hockliffe Street in Leighton Buzzard from Leighton Buzzard Urban District Council. The White House was used as the new council's main offices throughout its existence. [4] [5]
Leighton-Linslade urban district was abolished by the Local Government Act 1972, with its area becoming part of the non-metropolitan district of South Bedfordshire on 1 April 1974. A successor parish was created called Leighton-Linslade Town Council. [6]
Leighton Buzzard is a market town in Bedfordshire, England, in the southwest of the county and close to the Buckinghamshire border. It lies between Aylesbury, Tring, Luton/Dunstable and Milton Keynes, near the Chiltern Hills.
Linslade is a town in the Central Bedfordshire unitary authority area of Bedfordshire, England. It borders the town of Leighton Buzzard, with which it forms the civil parish of Leighton-Linslade. Linslade was transferred from Buckinghamshire in 1965. Before then, it was a separate urban district. It remained a part of the Diocese of Oxford until 2008 when it joined Leighton Buzzard in the Diocese of St Albans.
Southcote is a hamlet in the parish of Linslade, in Bedfordshire, England. It is in the civil parish of Leighton-Linslade. The hamlet name is Anglo Saxon in origin and means 'southern cottage'.
South Bedfordshire was, from 1974 to 2009, a non-metropolitan district of Bedfordshire, in the East of England. Its main towns were Dunstable, Houghton Regis and Leighton Buzzard.
A civil parish is a country subdivision, forming the lowest unit of local government in England. There are 125 civil parishes in the ceremonial county of Bedfordshire, most of the county being parished: Luton is completely unparished; Central Bedfordshire is entirely parished. At the 2001 census, there were 312,301 people living in the 125 parishes, which accounted for 55.2 per cent of the county's population.
Wing Rural District was a rural district in the administrative county of Buckinghamshire, England. It was created in 1894 with the name Linslade Rural District, but was renamed Wing Rural District in 1897 when Linslade itself was removed from the district to become an urban district. Wing Rural District was abolished in 1974 to become part of Aylesbury Vale District.
Leighton Buzzard railway station serves the towns of Leighton Buzzard and Linslade in the county of Bedfordshire and nearby areas of Buckinghamshire. Actually situated in Linslade, the station is 40 miles (64 km) north west of London Euston and is served by London Northwestern Railway services on the West Coast Main Line. Until the 1960s the station was the start of a branch to Dunstable and Luton, with a junction just north of the present station. The station has four platforms. Platforms 1 & 2 serve the fast lines and are used by Avanti West Coast services running non-stop to/from London Euston. Platforms 3 & 4 are served by slower London Northwestern railway services to/from London Euston.
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.
Heath and Reach is an English village and civil parish near the Chiltern Hills in Bedfordshire. It is 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Leighton Buzzard and 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Woburn and adjoins the county boundary with Buckinghamshire. Nearby places are Leighton-Linslade, Great Brickhill and the Duke of Bedford's Woburn Abbey, Woburn Safari Park and Woburn Golf Club.
Eaton Bray was a rural district in Bedfordshire, England from 1894 to 1933.
Stanbridge is a village and civil parish in Bedfordshire which lies 3 miles (5 km) east of Leighton Buzzard. It also borders the Bedfordshire villages of Hockliffe, Eggington, Tilsworth, Totternhoe and Billington.
South Bedfordshire was a county constituency in Bedfordshire. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.
Central Bedfordshire is a unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of Bedfordshire, England. It was created in 2009.
The Dunstable Branch Lines were railway branch lines that joined the English town of Dunstable to the main lines at Leighton Buzzard and Welwyn. The two lines were under separate ownership and joined just east of the Dunstable North station.
Linslade was an urban district in the administrative county of Buckinghamshire, England from 1897 to 1965.
The town of Leighton Buzzard in Bedfordshire, England was administered as a Local Government District from 1891 to 1894 and an Urban District from 1894 to 1965.
Woburn was a rural district in Bedfordshire, England from 1894 to 1900, covering Woburn and surrounding parishes.
The town of Dunstable in Bedfordshire, England was governed as an ancient borough between the twelfth century and the sixteenth century. The town’s borough status was effectively lost after 1541, following the English Reformation. Urban local government returned to the town in 1863 with the establishment of a local board. The following year borough status was restored to the town when it was made a municipal borough.
The Old Town Hall is a municipal building in the Market Square, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England. The town hall, which is currently used as a restaurant, is a Grade II listed building.
Coordinates: 51°54′58″N0°40′02″W / 51.91611°N 0.66722°W
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