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Thomas Aynscombe was an early-18th-century Dunstable and Smithfield, London landlord and minor benefactor.. Thomas Aynscombe (died October 1740) of Charterhouse yard, and Northall in Buckinghamshire, was the son of Henry Aynscombe (died 1697), of St. Mary Woolnoth (where he was buried, in the chancel), citizen and haberdasher of London, by his wife Elizabeth (died 1711), daughter of Thomas ...
Dunstable Town Hall, demolished in 1966. The building started life as a public house known as the Duke of Bedford's Arms: it was built by a local builder, John Swindall, and was completed in 1747. [2] [3] [4] The house and estate were acquired by a local land-owner, John Miller, and converted into a private residence in the late 18th century. [4]
For the greater part of the 20th century the private rented sector was in long-term decline. The combination of growth in owner-occupation and the role of city councils, borough councils, and district councils as social landlords, through public housing and latterly the housing association movement, contributed to a decline in the private rented sector.
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The private rent market provided 90% of the housing before the war. Now it came under heavy pressure, regarding rent controls, and the inability of owners to evict tenants, except for non-payment of rent. The tenants had a friend in Liberal Prime Minister, David Lloyd George, and especially in the increasingly powerful Labour Party. The private ...
The following is a list of the monastic houses in Bedfordshire, England.. Alien houses are included, as are smaller establishments such as cells and notable monastic granges (particularly those with resident monks), and also camerae of the military orders of monks (Knights Templars and Knights Hospitaller).
Rent control in Scotland is based upon the statutory codes relating to private sector residential tenancies. Although not strictly within the private sector, tenancies granted by housing associations , etc., are dealt with as far as is appropriate in this context.
The former Dunstable Grammar School (later Ashton Middle School) closed in 2016, and its historic buildings have been converted to private residences. All secondary schools apart from the Priory Academy the town have attached sixth forms. The Chiltern School and Weatherfield Academy are coeducational special schools in Dunstable.