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Asher John Hucklesby JP (1844 – 3 January 1908) was an English businessman who was the five-time mayor of Luton, Bedfordshire between 1892 and 1906. A major hat manufacturer, he became known as the "straw hat king." From modest beginnings as the son of a grocer in Stopsley, he became the owner of the largest hat business in Luton. Hucklesby ...
Luton (/ ˈ l uː t ən / ⓘ) [7] is a town and borough in Bedfordshire, England.The borough had a population of 225,262 at the 2021 census. [5] [8]Luton is on the River Lea, 32 miles (50 km) north-west of London, [9] 18 miles (29 km) north-west of Hertford, 20 miles (32 km) south of Bedford [9] and 23 miles (37 km) south-east of Milton Keynes.
The foundation of Luton is usually dated to the 6th century when a Saxon outpost was founded on the River Lea, Lea tun. [4] Luton is recorded in the Domesday Book as Loitone and also as Lintone, [5] when the town's population was around 700–800. Agriculture dominated the local economy at this time. St Mary's Church, Luton town centre
For the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which redrew the constituency map ahead of the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Boundary Commission for England opted to combine Bedfordshire with Hertfordshire as a sub-region of the East of England region, with the creation of the cross-county boundary constituency of Hitchin.
A map of Luton's 19 wards. This is a list of places in Luton, Bedfordshire, England. Luton is a large town, 30 miles (50 km) north of London – one of the largest in England without city status. Over the years Luton has expanded, taking in former neighbouring villages and hamlets, as well as by the construction of new estates and localities.
Luton was brought back under the authority of the reformed county council, and the lower tier of local government was reorganised at the same time. Prior to 1974 the lower tier had comprised numerous boroughs , urban districts and rural districts ; it was reorganised into four non-metropolitan districts : Bedford (called North Bedfordshire 1975 ...
The poor law unions based in Bedfordshire towns were Ampthill, Bedford, Biggleswade, Leighton Buzzard, Luton, and Woburn. In addition, a handful of parishes near the boundaries of Bedfordshire were included in poor law unions based in towns in other counties, namely Hitchin in Hertfordshire, St Neots in Huntingdonshire and Wellingborough in ...
The following is a list of churches in Luton, a unitary authority in Bedfordshire, England. Active churches The borough has an estimated 117 churches for 216,800 ...