1819 Map of the High 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.

High Street

North Side

West to East

• 59: John Procter senior; John Procter junior [1 High Street; John Procter junior was a baker and Sun Fire Office agent];
• 60: W.Exton; W.Exton [later the Albion Hotel, 1a and 3 High Street];
• 61: P.Ginger; C.Pyne [site of 5 High Street];
• 62: Benjamin Bevan; Benjamin Bevan [site of 7 High Street; land surveyor and civil engineer, publisher of the 1819 map];
• 63: Widow Loke; Widow Loke [site of 9 High Street; Mary Loke was a baker];
• 64: William Bennett; J.Oliver [site of 11 High Street];
• 65: William Bennett; William Bennett [13 High Street; William Bennett was a maltster];
• 66: William Bennett; W.Loke [site of 15 High Street];
• 67: Miss Hopkins; William Cotching [17 High Street; William Cotching was a grocer and tea dealer];
• 68: Miss Hopkins; William Cotching [19 High Street];
• 69: Mrs.Pettit; Mrs.Pettit [21 High Street];
• 70: Benjamin Hopkins; Benjamin Hopkins [the Black Lion public house, 23 High Street; he was also a butcher and maltster];
• 71: G.Green; G.Green [previously the Red Lion, site later a bank at 27 High Street];
• 72: Thomas Matthews; Thomas Matthews [previously the Mermaid public house, site now 29 High Street; he was a cabinet naker];
• 73: William Dickens; William Dickens [the Raven public house; site now 29 High Street];
• 74: David Lee Willis; David Lee Willis [solicitor; 35 High Street];
• 75: Thomas Doggett; Thomas Doggett [37 High Street; he was a tailor and draper];
• 76: T.Price; Joseph Pritchatt [39 High Street];
• 77: J.C.Millard; J.C.Millard [the Saracen's Head public house, 41 High Street];
• 78: T.Price; John Inwood [43 High Street; he was a cabinet maker];
• 79: T.Price; T.Price [45 High Street];
• 80: T.Price; Thomas Lane Wood's Office [with 81 47 High Street; he was an auctioneer];
• 81: T.Price; J.Day;
• 82: T.Price; William Rose [site of 49 High Street; he was a bookseller and publisher of the reference book accompanying Bevan's map];
• 83: John Matthews; John Matthews [51 High Street though the original frontage may have been narrower; John Matthews was an ironmonger, watch and clock maker] ;
• 84: Mrs.Firth; Mrs.Firth and Job Scrivener [site of 53 and 55 High Street; Job Scrivener was a draper];
• 85: Mrs.Bassett; Mrs.Bassett [55 High Street];
• 86: Mr.Stone's executors; William Cutforth [57 and 59 High Street; Bassett and Cutforth were drapers, William Cutforth was also County Fire Office agent];

South Side

East to West

• 433: John Bushell; John Bushell [the Swan Hotel, 50 High Street];
• 434: E.Walker; Widow Walker [with 435 and 436 site of 48 High Street; Ann Walker was a baker];
• 435: E.Walker; G.Rowe;
• 436: E.Walker; G.Turvey;
• 437: Thomas Lane Wood; Thomas Lane Wood [46 High Street];
• 438: W.Harty; Nathaniel Stonhill [the Bull public house, 44 High Street; he was also a maltster];
• 439: Jeremy Willis; T.Iredale [44 High Street];
• 440: Jeremy Willis; David Lee and Jeremy Willis [solicitors and Royal Assurance Fire Office agents; site of 42 High Street]
• 441: E.Rolfe; E.Rolfe [40 High Street];
• 442: J.Page; J.Page [38 High Street];
• 443: J.Page; G.Nash [with 444 34 and 36 High Street];
• 444: not recorded; not recorded;
• 445: Mrs.Ashwell; Mrs.Howie and Nathaniel Neal [site of 30 and 32 High Street; Nathaniel Neal was a glass and china dealer];
• 446: Mrs.Ashwell; Mrs.Ashwell [site of 28 High Street];
• 447: James Henry Leigh esquire; Mrs.Mann [with 448 to 450 the site of 22 to 26 High Street];
• 448: James Henry Leigh esquire; S.Gilbert;
• 449: W.Samuel; W.Samuel;
• 450: Richard Purser; Richard Purser [he was a plumber and glazier];
• 451: Thomas Wilson; Thomas Wilson [with 452 later the Black Lion public house, 20 High Street; Thomas Wilson was a grocer and tea dealer];
• 452: T.Wilson; Mrs.Ingram;
• 453: R.Cotchin; W.Prentice and J.Underwood [with 454 16 and 18 High Street];
• 454: E. and Miss Harpur; Miss Harpur;
• 455: John Warner; Joseph Procter [14 High Street];
• 456: W.Kent; G.Robinson [with part of 457 10 and 12 High Street];
• 457: W. and B.Swinstead; Bernard Swinstead [partly the site of 8 and 10 High Street; he was a collar maker];
• 458: J.Kitley; Wells and W.Ward [site of 6 High Street];
• 459: John Kitley; John Kitley [site of 4 High Street; John Kitley or Kitely was a gardener and seedsman and gricer and tea dealer];
• 460: Miss Flemons; J.Morgan [site of 2 High Street];