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A History of the County of Bedford
… Haynes is a small village one mile east of the Bedford and Luton main road, and stands on high ground on the southern … Mary upon George Rotherham of Farley and Roger Barber of Luton, and were conveyed by them, towards the end of the same …
A History of the County of Bedford
… The church is about two miles east of the Bedford and Luton main road, on the further side of which there is a …
A History of the County of Bedford
… held in 1086 by William the Chamberlain, 102 as was also Luton Church (q.v.). The early history of these two churches is very similar, but Cobbe in his History of Luton Church suggests that Houghton was given to Earl Robert of Gloucester by Henry I, 103 whilst Luton was not given him until 1136. 104 Earl William, son of …
A History of the County of Hertford
… 1642 George King by deed gave 40 s. yearly out of land at Luton for the poor. The annuity is paid by the owner of Luton Hoo estate. These charities are administered together; …
A History of the County of Hertford
… or Burwell, who sold it in 1642 to Robert Napier of Luton Hoo. 22 His son, Sir John Napier, was apparently …
A History of the County of Bedford
… however, attempts to identify it with Limbury, a hamlet of Luton. 6 These identifications are all impossible, for, as … Lea, which may well have occupied the site of the future Luton. There is mention of 'Lygetune' in a charter of Offa of … Matthew Parisundoubtedly correctlymakes the grant refer to Luton, under which parish it has been treated. 7 An event of …
A History of the County of Hertford
… road here called Lilley Street running north-west from the Luton and Hitchin highway to the Icknield Way, which forms …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… in Hartwell; 5 when they granted their land to William de Luton, the manors of Hartwell and Hampden were specified, 6 but in 13023 Thomas de Luton still only held one knight's fee in Hartwell with … Hampden, with land in Hartwell, was granted to Nicholas de Luton and Joan his wife, by his father, Thomas de Luton. …
A History of the County of Bedford
… Parishes Luton LUTON With The Hamlets Of East And West Hyde, Stopsley, … Byscote (xiv cent.). Lightgrave, Litgrave (xvxvii cents.). Luton is a large parish comprising, with its hamlets, 15,434 …
A History of the County of Bedford
… on his monument in the garden at Holland House. The Luton straw-plaiting trade has been introduced of recent …