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A History of the County of Bedford
… record of the transfer has been found, and in 1765 Baldwyn Leighton, nephew of Diana Forester, sold it to John …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… Duncombe of Battlesden, by his will, devised a messuage in Leighton Buzzard for the poor of Leighton, Ivinghoe, Dunstable, Battlesden and Potsgrove. This …
A History of the County of Worcester
… of Moseley, kt., and Ann his wife, daughter of Thomas Leighton of Wattlesborough. The figures are in the dress and … and four daughters. Above are the arms of Grevis impaling Leighton. Above are two crested helms, the one with a … sable, for Grevis, the other with a wyvern sable, for Leighton. There is a ring of eight bells cast by Chapman & …
A History of the County of Warwick
… Saunders), and a widow Susan (who later married Thomas Leighton). Humphrey, another son, married Barbara Barton; …
A History of the County of Bedford
… are said, by tradition, to have given its second name to Leighton Buzzard (q.v.). Feet of F. Beds. 8 Hen. III, no. 9. …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… Parishes Leighton Bromswold LEIGHTON BROMSWOLD Lecton (xi cent.); Leghton, Leghton upon Brouneswold (Brunneswold) (xiv cent.). The parish of Leighton Bromswold contains 3,128 acres, about half of which …
A History of the County of Bedford
… Parishes Leighton Buzzard LEIGHTON BUZZARD (with its Hamlets) Lygetune (viiix cent.); … Stanbrig, Stanbrugge (xiixiv cent.). The ancient parish of Leighton Buzzard, comprising the town of Leighton Buzzard and …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… North Western railway also passes through, the station of Leighton Buzzard being in this parish. The rapidly growing … the parish, and is separated by the river from the town of Leighton Buzzard. The church of St. Barnabas is in the … and two water-mills and a close in this parish and that of Leighton Buzzard, all of which property had lately belonged …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… to Hamon's daughter Gunnore, and her husband Sir Walter of Leighton, from whom Anglesey priory claimed an interest in …
A History of the County of Hertford
… on the east the land dips to the valley of the Gade. The Leighton Buzzard and Hemel Hempstead high road strikes across …