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4 High Town Road Luton

4 and 6 High Town Road June 2011
4 and 6 High Town Road June 2011

4 High Town Road lies next to the Railway Tavern. For the first three quarters of the 20th century the building housed a confectioner's shop. At the time of writing [2011] the premises is vacant.

The Rating and Valuation Act 1925 specified that every building and piece of land in the country was to be assessed to determine its rateable value. Sadly, a detailed inspection of 4 High Town Road has not survived. Nevertheless, an assessment of the whole of High Town Road [DV1/T38] shows that the premises was owned by the trustees of William Farmer and occupied by Percy Custance who, directories reveal, ran a confectionary business at the property.

Directories for Bedfordshire were published every few years from 1839, for example, the beginning of the 20th century has directories for 1903, 1906, 1910 and 1914. Countywide directories ceased to be published during the Second World War, the last for Bedfordshire being in 1940. Bedfordshire and Luton Archives and Records Service has directories just for Luton for 1939, 1950, 1960, 1965, 1968, 1972, 1974 and 1975. The first street numbers in High Town Road begin to appear in directories in 1885.

  • 1890: Thomas Buckingham, carpenter;
  • 1894: Mrs. Annie Marshall, tobacconist;
  • 1898: Charles Moore, tobacconist;
  • 1903: John Thomas Bozeat, tobacconist;
  • 1906: James Custance junior, confectioner;
  • 1910: James Custance junior, confectioner;
  • 1914: James Custance junior, confectioner;
  • 1920: James Custance junior, confectioner;
  • 1924: Percival Custance, confectioner;
  • 1928: Percival Custance, confectioner;
  • 1931: Percival Custance, confectioner;
  • 1936: Percival Custance, confectioner;
  • 1939: Percy Custance;
  • 1940: Percival Custance, confectioner;
  • 1950: Percival Custance;
  • 1960: P. Custance, confectioner;
  • 1965: P. Custance, confectioner;
  • 1968: P. Custance, confectioner;
  • 1972: W. E. Page, confectioner;
  • 1974: W. E. Page, confectioner;
  • 1975: W. E. Page, confectioner;
  • 2011: vacant.