Linslade was an

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in the

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from 1897 to 1965.

Origins

When parish and district councils were established in December 1894 under the

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, the parish of

Linslade 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 (where the 2011 Census population was included). ...

was included in the Linslade Rural District, created from the parts of the Leighton Buzzard Rural Sanitary District and

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Rural Sanitary District which were in Buckinghamshire. Shortly after the new districts were established, the process began for making the parish of Linslade its own

, which came into effect on 1 October 1897. With Linslade being removed from the rural district which bore its name, the Linslade Rural District was renamed at the same time, becoming instead Wing Rural District. The short-lived Linslade Parish Council was therefore replaced by Linslade Urban District Council, which held its first meeting on 2 October 1897. Henry Finch was appointed the first chairman of the council, having previously been the chairman of the parish council.

Premises

Until 1899 the Linslade Urban District Council met at the Stoke Road Board School, as the parish council had done. In 1899 the council rented some rooms at a house called "Gartlet" at 14 Leighton Road to act as their offices and meeting place. The rest of the building was the home and offices of the council's clerk, Robert John Platten. In 1912 the council moved its offices and meeting place a few doors down the street to 6 Leighton Road, which had previously been an architect's office. In 1929 the building at 6 Leighton Road was extended so that it could also serve as the headquarters of

Eaton Bray Rural District Eaton Bray was a rural district in Bedfordshire, England from 1894 to 1933. History The district had its origins in the Leighton Buzzard Rural Sanitary District. This had been created under the Public Health Acts of 1872 and 1875, giving public ...

and Wing Rural District. Eaton Bray Rural District Council was abolished in 1933, and Wing Rural District Council moved next door to 8 Leighton Road in 1951. Linslade Urban District Council remained based at 6 Leighton Road until its abolition in 1965.

Abolition

As part of a county boundary change in 1965 the parish and urban district of Linslade was abolished, merging with

Leighton Buzzard Urban District The town of Leighton Buzzard in Bedfordshire, England was administered as a Local board of health, Local Government District from 1891 to 1894 and an Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland), Urban District from 1894 to 1965. Formation Prior ...

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to form a parish and urban district called Leighton-Linslade, which was placed in Bedfordshire. A small portion (19 acres) of the former Linslade parish was transferred to the parish of

Soulbury Soulbury is a village and also a civil parish within the unitary authority area of Buckinghamshire, England. It is located in the Aylesbury Vale, about seven miles south of Central Milton Keynes, and three miles north of Wing. The village name ...

in Wing Rural District, and so stayed in Buckinghamshire.

References

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