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September 2, 2013

Leighton Buzzard Bedfordshire

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A bustling little town with a population of around 37,000, Leighton Buzzard is in the county of Bedfordshire, to the north-west of Luton and Dunstable. The town lies close to the Chiltern Hills and is joined seamlessly to the neighbouring town of Linslade. Leighton Buzzard is well known for its narrow guage railway (the Leighton Buzzard Light Railway), it also lies on the Grand Union Canal. Leighton Buzzard has two weekly markets on Tuesdays and Saturdays, there is also a Farmers Market once a month.

Get more information on Leighton Buzzard here: http://www.leighton-buzzard.my-towns.co.uk/

December 7, 2010

Princes Risborough Buckinghamshire

Lying in a broad gap in the western Chilton Hills, the small town of Princes Risborough has a history going back to Anglo Saxon times and beyond, it was recorded in the Domesday Book, and the manor eventually passed to Edward the Black Prince, giving it the “Princes” part of its name.  Later Princes Risborough received its charter to hold a weekly market from Henry VIII in 1523, it also from this time held 2 annual fairs. This expanding town still has many thatched and timbered cottages in its historic centre, its brick market house is topped with a wooden cupola, the National Trust run manor house dates from the 17th century, it has a Jacobean staircase and 18th century wainscoting. Princes Risborough is situated roughly midway between Aylesbury and High Wycombe.

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