Wharf area immediately south of the station [X410/19]

The following people were recorded on the 1841 census as living in Linslade and having jobs connected with the railways - clearly other railway employees on this stretch of line would have lived elsewhere but these figures show the impact of the railway on Linslade.

Bridge Street

• Ernest G.Smith, 18, railway civil engineer, Burton-on-Trent [Staffordshire]

Church Road

• Joseph Marks, 45, railway foreman, Albury [Hertfordshire]
• Joseph Coltman, 41, railway porter, Sarratt [Hertfordshire]

Ledburn Road

• Thomas Parker, 33, railway carpenter, Sandy
• John Stapleton, 73, railway gate keeper, Bedford

New Road

• George H.Watson, 29, railway smith's hammerman, Wolverton [Buckinghamshire]
• Charles Chance, 39, railway guard, Winslow [Buckinghamshire]
• Ernest Lister, 27, railway fireman, Crawley [Sussex]
• George Orchard, 55, railway guard, Lower Winchendon [Buckinghamshire]
• John Small, 20, railway platelayer, Little Winchendon [Buckinghamshire]
• William Lewis, 20, railway porter, Bicester [Oxfordshire]
• Walter Dennie, 23, railway blacksmith, Wetheringsett [Suffolk]
• Thomas E.Curtis, 19, railway clerk, Windsor [Berkshire]
• George Cox, 30, railwayman, Yarrington[?] [Gloucestershire]
• A.J.Holmes, 20, railway engine driver, London
• William Franklin, bricklayer on railway, Thornborough [Buckinghamshire]
• Fleetwood Franklin, 21, bricklayer's labourer on railway, Nash [Buckinghamshire]
• Richard Fasey, 26, railway labourer, Kingswinford [Staffordshire]
• William H.White, 19, railway clerk, Old Bradwell [Buckinghamshire]
• George J.Cable, 56, station master, Northampton

Old Road

• Samuel Williams, 42, fitter on railway, West Bromwich [Staffordshire]
• Robert Sumpter, 62, railway inspector, Manton [Rutland]
• Harry Stokes, 19, railway carpenter's labourer, King's Norton [Worcestershire]
• John Clarke, 46, railway porter, Bedford
• Arthur Pilgrim, 25, railway shunter, Ridgmont
• James Webster, 68, disabled railway labourer, Leighton Buzzard
• William Bambrook, 34, railway labourer, Linslade
• Henry J.Short, 25, railway flagman, Linslade
• George Smith, 62, railway labourer, Leighton Buzzard
• William Brown, 31, railway shunter, Green's Norton [Northamptonshire]
• James Tring, 16, railway labourer, Linslade
• James Turner, 65, railway porter, Linslade
• Edward Bard, 31, railway porter, Drayton [Leicestershire]
• William A.Jeffs, 37, railway signalman, Middleton Cheney [Northamptonshire]

Old Station Road

• John Gaylor, 31, railway platelayer, Clophill
• James Sinfield, 30, railway flagman, Linslade

Rock Lane

• Ambrose Holland, 45, railway porter, Leighton Buzzard

Ship Road

• 2 - William Brain, 31, plumber on railway, Oxford
• 3 - Arthur Roff, 30, railway labourer, Slapton [Buckinghamshire]
• 7 - Harry Goodwin, 30, railway fireman, Bedford
• 10 - Abraham Orchard, 38, railway labourer, Soulbury [Buckinghamshire]
• 11 - Thomas Baines, 28, railway labourer, Leighton Buzzard
• 12 - William J.Brantom, 21, railway engine driver, Heath & Reach
• 13 - James Tilcock, 19, engine cleaner, Houghton Regis
• Charles Fosbrook, 35, railway engine driver, Manchester
• Jonas Sinfield, 41, railway engine driver, Tilsworth

Soulbury Road

• Emmanuel Jelly, 46, platelayer, Southcott
• George Harvey, 38, platelayer, Linslade
• Henry Harvey, 68, railway labourer, Southcott
• Frederick Turner, 34, railway labourer, Plaistow March [Essex]
• William Doughty, 26, railway platelayer, Dudley [Worcestershire]
• George Gibbons, 60, railway labourer, Leighton Buzzard
• William B.Hart, 27, railway signalman, Dunstable
• John Hammond, 34, railway porter, Leighton Buzzard
• William Seabrook, 25, railway labourer, Linslade

Southcott

• George Brandom, 26, railway engine stoker, Leighton Buzzard
• William Coles, 47, railway labourer, Quainton [Buckinghamshire]
• Charles Holland, 48, railway labourer, Staplehurst [Kent]
• Joseph Brandom, 21, railway labourer, Linslade
• James Potter, 33, railway brakeman, London Colney [Hertfordshire]
• Henry Vickers, 36, railway engine driver, Linslade

Station

• "End of passenger platform" - Thomas W.Munday, 32, railway platelayer, Eggington

Station Road

• William Smith, 55, platelayer's labourer, Leighton Buzzard
• William J.Horne, 50, railway guard, Kentish Town [Middlesex]
• Thomas Elliott, 45, railway porter, Soulbury [Buckinghamshire]
• William Collins, 50, railway labourer, Leighton Buzzard
• Albert Levick, 26, railway timekeeper, Camden Town [Middlesex]
• Edward Pratt, 40, railway ballast guard, Leighton Buzzard
• Henry Rowe, 24, railway smith's hammerman, Leighton Buzzard
• William Maskell, 34, railway signalman, Theale [Berkshire]
• Frederick C.Maskell, railway porter, Hythe [Kent]
• Joseph Baldwin, 53, railway blacksmith, Abbotts Langley [Hertfordshire]

Stoke Road

• Joseph Woods, 41, railway engine driver, Hadley [Middlesex]
• John Seabrook, 57, railway labourer, Linslade
• Alfred Whiting, 41, railway labourer, Stoke Hammond [Buckinghamshire]
• John Woolhead, 28, railway labourer, Stewkley [Buckinghamshire]
• Francis Lambert, 57, railway signalman, Kempston

Waterloo Road

• Thomas Viccars, 32, railway engine fireman, Great Horwood [Buckinghamshire]
• Ernest E.Tring, 20, railway labourer, Leighton Buzzard
• Thomas Watson, 55, railway engine driver, Hougham [Lincolnshire]
• James Tompkins, 20, railway labourer, Linslade
• William Tompkins, 19, railway servant, Linslade
• John Tompkins, 18, railway goods clerk, Linslade
• Frederick W.Hammond, 25, railway clerk, Leighton Buzzard
• Samuel Roberts, 55, railway plumber, Flitwick
• Jesse Thompson, 30, goods department foreman, Kington [Cambridgeshire]
• Thomas Walduck, 51, railway labourer, Linslade
• The Institute Cottage - Frederick B.Croxford, railway clerk, Linslade
• Arthur Russell, 32, railway clerk, Sydenham [Kent]
• Walter J.Ide, 17, railway clerk, Bermondsey [Surrey]
• Henry J.Marshall, 46, railway traffic inspector, Chelsea [Middlesex]
• Albert S.Brooks, 17, railway booking clerk, Enstone [Oxfordshire]
• Arthur W.Currell, 38, railway signalman, Bishop's Stortford [Hertfordshire]
• William Gamble, 41, railway foreman, Welham [Leicestershire]
• Thomas Gamble, 23, railway signalman, Welham [Leicestershire]
• William Scurr, 47, railway carpenter, Yorkshire
• Charles H.Brown, 16, railway clerk, Linslade

Wing Road

• Thomas Pullen, 53, railway signalman, Linslade
• Richard Armsdon, 28, railway striker, Dudley
• David Darby, 38, painter in railway, Linslade
• Henry Samuel, 32, railway labourer, Leighton Buzzard
• George Powell, 50, railway turntable fitter, Leighton Buzzard
• Joseph Flavell, 26, railway plumber, Linslade
• William Wooldridge, 40, railway fitter, Dudley
• Charles Flavell, 55, railway sawyer, Bourton [Warwickshire]
• Richard Flavell, 25, attending[?] station master, Linslade
• George R.Sharp, 21, railway fireman, Battersea [Surrey]
• Richard Busson, 32, rivetter [sic] on railway, Dudley
• William Walker, 74, railway gate keeper, Leighton Buzzard
• Richard Whitman, 50, railway platform foreman, Linslade
• John J.Burdett, 27, railway labourer, Northampton
• Joseph Frost, 35, railway engine driver, Broughton [Buckinghamshire]
• Robert Halsey, 50, railway engine driver, Saint Pancras [Middlesex]  

Total: 113
24 railway labourers
9 clerks
9 engine drivers
9 porters
7 signalmen
6 platelayers
4 firemen
4 foremen
3 fitters
3 guards
3 plumbers
2 blacksmiths
2 carpenters
2 flagmen
2 gate keepers
2 hammermen
2 inspectors
2 shunters
1 ballast guard
1 brakeman
1 bricklayer
1 bricklayer's labourer
1 carpenter's labourer
1 civil engineer
1 engine cleaner
1 painter
1 platelayer's labourer
1 railwayman
1 riveter[?]
1 sawyer
1 servant
1 station master
1 station master's attendant[?]
1 stoker
1 striker
1 timekeeper