1819 Map of Church Square

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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.

Church Square

East Side

North to South

461: J.Inwood; H.Tavener [with 462 now part of 2 High Street];
462: J.Inwood; J.Whitehead;
463: Leighton, Battlesden, Potsgrove, Dunstable and Ivinghoe: S.Mellor [the Golden Bell public house, 5 Church Square, now also includes 464 and 465];
464: Leighton, Battlesden, Potsgrove, Dunstable and Ivinghoe: Widow Buckmaster;
465: Leighton, Battlesden, Potsgrove, Dunstable and Ivinghoe: F.Shepherd;
466: Mrs.Hopkins; Mrs.Hopkins;
467: James Henry Leigh esquire; School room [now, with 468 and 469, site of the Post Office, 7 and 9 Church Square];
468: James Henry Leigh esquire; E.Hill;
469: James Henry Leigh esquire; E.Wright

South Side

1: The Vicar; Rev.J.Wilson [the Vicarage].

West Side

South to North

2: James Henry Leigh esquire; James Procter [with 3 to 7 the site of 4 to 14 Church Square];
3: James Henry Leigh esquire; Mrs,Biggs;
4: James Henry Leigh esquire; James Elkerton;
5: James Henry Leigh esquire; J.Robinson;
6: James Henry Leigh esquire; James Webb;
7: James Henry Leigh esquire; R.Crawley;
8: James Henry Leigh esquire; John Grant [with 9 later The Cedars School, now Leighton Buzzard Middle School, 2 Church Square; John Grant was a corn dealer];
9: James Henry Leigh esquire; Edward Lawford [he was a corn dealer].