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MB1/LBS
Title
Leighton Buzzard and Stewkley Methodist Circuit
Admin/biog history
Formed by the amalgamation of Leighton Buzzard Circuit with Stewkley Circuit in 1973. Four Buckinghamshire churches (Cheddington, Stewkley, Stoke Hammond and Swanbourne) were moved to the Aylesbury Vale Circuit in 2005. The remainder of the circuit was amalgamated with Dunstable Circuit to form the Chiltern Downs Circuit in 2006. In 2010 Chiltern Downs and Luton Circuits were combined to form the South Bedfordshire Circuit.
Churches in 1973: Billington (closed 1977); Cheddington; Cublington; Drayton Parslow; Eaton Bray; Edlesborough; Eggington; Heath and Reach (closed 2008); Leighton Buzzard (Trinity); Linslade; Newton Longville; Soulbury; Stewkley, Central (closed 1980s); Stewkley, High Street; Stoke Hammond; Swanbourne; Tilsworth (closed 1991); Wing (closed by 1995)
Archival history
Material included in the following accessions:
- deposit of circuit plans and directories by Archivist, Central Hall, Manchester (accession 4645)
- deposit by Rev Robert A. Austin May 1997(accession 7867)
- deposit by Colin Peter Dimmock, circuit archivist of Leighton Buzzard and Stewkley Circuit (accession 9614)
- deposit by Roger Owers, circuit steward, November 2008 (accession 9952)
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