Leighton Buzzard in 50 Buildings

Close to the Chiltern Hills lies the Bedfordshire market town of Leighton Buzzard. Dominating the town is the 190-foot spire of the thirteenth-century All Saints’ Church, which has been described as ‘the cathedral of South Bedfordshire’. The area’s main industry has been sand quarrying, and the coming of the Grand Union Canal and railway in the early 1800s established the town further and led to a...