1819 Map of the Northern Part of Woburn Street

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The map above is part of a larger map published in 1819 by Benjamin Bevan junior [X1/34/1]. In 1821 William Rose of Leighton Buzzard published a reference booklet to accompany the map [X1/34/2]. This booklet gave the owner and occupier of the various buildings and pieces of land on Bevan's map. Below is a transcript of the reference book corresponding to this section of the map, with additions gleaned from Pigot & Company's New Commercial Dictionary for 1823-1824 and other research. Each entry consists of the number, then the name of the owner, then the name of the occupier or occupiers.

Woburn Street

West Side

North to South

127: W.Hart; W.Hart [site of 69 North Street];
126: T.Clarke; T.Chamberlain [site of 67 North Street];
125: T.Clarke; J.Cosby [site of 65 North Street];
124: T.Clarke; T.Clarke;
123: J.Grant; J.Grant, T.Green and others [with 124, site of 63 and 63a North Street];
122: P.Steward; J.White [later the Buffalo public house, 59 North Street];
121: P.Steward; D.Reeve and W.Collins or Collings [the Wheatsheaf public house, 57 North Street];
120: Trustees of Wilks's Charity; Almshouses;
119: J.Grant; the Friends Meeting House;
118: J.Grant; M.Hawgood [116 to 118 later 27 to 31 North Street];
117: J.Grant; W.Dawson;
116: J.Grant; J.Church;
115: Mrs.Deverell; Mary Goodhall [Mary Goodhall or Goodall was a baker];
114: Mrs.Deverell; W.Samuel;
113: J.How; W.Hall;
112: J.How; M.Hamp;
111: J.Stevens; Thomas Turnham [the Black Horse public house, 21 North Street; Thomas Turnham was also a butcher];

East Side

South to North

266: F.Tompkins; F.Tompkins;
265: F.Tompkins; James Elliott [James Elliott was a bricklayer];
264: F.Tompkins; T.Woodland;
263: J.Page; Widow Webster;
262: J.Page; Widow Birdsey;
261: W.Martin; W.Mead junior [with 260 site of 40 and 42 North Street];
260: W.Martin; W.Martin;
259: George Lawley; George Lawley [George Lawley was a plumber and glazier];
258: J.Grant; Edawrd Dawson [Edward Dawson was a carpenter];
257: J.Grant; C.Fleet;
256: Henry Wybrow; H.Wybrow [later 52 and 54 North Street; Henry Wybrow or Whybrow was a blacksmith];
255: F.Sanders; Widow Prentice [255 to 246 are the site of 56 to 68 North Street];
254: Francis Sanders; Francis Sanders [Francis Sanders was a bricklayer];
253: James Sanders senior; Widow Eames;
252: James Sanders senior; James Sanders senior [James Sanders was a bricklayer];
251: James Sanders senior; unoccupied;
250: James Sanders senior; E.Pointer;
249: James Sanders senior; G.Roberts;
248: James Sanders senior; T.Bardle;
247: James Sanders senior; W.Rooker;
246: James Sanders senior; T.Wheeler;
220: W.Reeve and others; C.Birdsey [216 to 220 are the site of 74 to 80 North Street;
219: W.Reeve and others; W.Reeve;
218: Widow Forth; T.Humbles;
217: James Sanders senior; James Sanders junior;
216: J.Fields; J.James;
215: J.Bushell; J.Higbid [the site was later North Street Methodist Church].

Bird's Eye Lane

West to East

245: James Sanders junior; James Sanders junior [later the Crown public house, 72 North Street];
244: James Sanders junior; J.Osborn;
243: James Sanders junior; T.Pain;
242: C.Pettit; W.Blake;
241: C.Pettit; T.Emerson;
240: James Sanders; Joseph Procter;
239: J.Bennett; A.Brinkley;
238: J.Bennett; T.Hedges;
237: James Reeve; Baker;
236: James Sanders senior; James Sanders senior
235: J.Hide; T.Hickinbottom [235 and 234, and thus Merlin's Cave, were later approximately the site of 12 and 14 Bedford Street];
234: J.Hide; M.Morecraft and J.Butcher.

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