EPW056937 ENGLAND (1938). The town centre, Leighton Buzzard, 1938

Corn Exchange

Church Avenue

High Street

Market Day - Tuesday - Market stalls

Leighton Buzzard Church of All Saints, Leighton-Linslade Judges Lane, Leighton-Linslade, Central Bedfordshire LU7 7AE Grade 1 listed building - English Heritage Building ID: 35609 Medieval parish church. C13 with C15 windows and clerestory. Tower and broach spire 193 feet high. C15 vestry with 2 upper storeys north of chancel.

4-14, Church Square, Leighton-Linslade Church Square, Leighton-Linslade, Central Bedfordshire LU7 7AE Grade 2 listed building - English Heritage Building ID: 35612 Italianate later C19 terrace, by W C Reed. Yellow brick, stucco faced basement, ground floor and dressings to upper floors. 3 storeys, basements and attics.

The Cross. As usual the origins are somewhat lost in the mists of time, this one is "possibly" 15th Century. On the second storey there are five statues said to be the Virgin Mary with child; on her right is a Bishop; on her left is a crowned King; on the right of the Bishop, St. John the Baptist with the Agnus Dei and a book; and finally on the left of the King, the figure of Christ having risen from the tomb. From 1852 to 1900 the statues were moved to adorn the Town Hall but were then replaced. The present pinnacled parapet and steps date from 1900. Listed Grade 2* - English Heritage Building ID: 35672

Main Building of the Cedars School, Leighton-Linslade Grade 2 listed - English Heritage Building ID: 35611 1855 by W C Reed in a restrained Italianate style. Yellow brick, stone dressings Hipped Welsh slated roof Became a school 1921. Richard Hart wrote a history of the school - The Cedars School: Leighton Buzzard 1921-73, A Pictorial History. ISBN-13: 978-0951169858

Referring to the little square shaped building as marked- Library at the Cedars School, Leighton-Linslade Grade 2" listed - English Heritage Building ID: 35602 Later use was as school library. Former Music Room of the Prebendal House. Early C18 square plan building of careful design. Local bond in vitreous headers with red brick dressings, hipped Welsh slated roof.

Albion Hotel

Swan Hotel

The old fire station