epw026492 ENGLAND (1929). The Midland Road (London Midland and Scottish Railway) and Bute Street (London and North Eastern Railway) railway stations, Luton, 1929

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Title [EPW026492] The Midland Road (London Midland and Scottish Railway) and Bute Street (London and North Eastern Railway) railway stations, Luton, 1929
Reference EPW026492
Date May-1929
Link
Place name LUTON
Parish
District
Country ENGLAND
Easting / Northing 509136, 221567
Longitude / Latitude -0.41424920675542, 51.881532285391
National Grid Reference TL091216

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Guildford Street, Luton, 30/06/2014

Class31
Tuesday 1st of July 2014 03:13:05 PM
Bute Street, Luton, 30/06/2014

Class31
Tuesday 1st of July 2014 03:11:58 PM
Guildford Street, Luton, 30/06/2014

Class31
Tuesday 1st of July 2014 03:11:03 PM
Bute Street, Luton, 30/06/2014

Class31
Tuesday 1st of July 2014 03:10:00 PM
Bute Street, Luton, 30/06/2014

Class31
Tuesday 1st of July 2014 03:09:18 PM
Cattle market over culverted River Lea

Dylan Moore
Wednesday 31st of October 2012 10:33:39 AM
Bridge Street bridge over River Lea

Dylan Moore
Wednesday 31st of October 2012 10:33:03 AM
Mill Street crossing River Lea

Dylan Moore
Wednesday 31st of October 2012 10:31:46 AM
Although the River Lea seems a miserable stream now, Mill Street gets its name from one of Luton's three water mills. No trace is now visible, nor is it shown on the large scale OS maps: both the mill and mill pond were destroyed when the Midland Railway was built. The Mill was situated under the tracks behind the Palace Theatre. Oddly, the outline of the mill pond is shown on the 1880 1:2500 map as land lot number 1437.

Dylan Moore
Wednesday 31st of October 2012 11:07:16 AM

Dylan Moore
Wednesday 31st of October 2012 10:10:15 AM
Bute Street station (LNER)

Dylan Moore
Saturday 27th of October 2012 12:44:24 PM
Midland Road station (LMS)

Dylan Moore
Saturday 27th of October 2012 12:43:27 PM

Dylan Moore
Saturday 27th of October 2012 12:41:53 PM
Alma Cinema under construction

Dylan Moore
Saturday 27th of October 2012 12:39:18 PM
Palace Theatre

Dylan Moore
Saturday 27th of October 2012 12:37:44 PM
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel

Dylan Moore
Friday 26th of October 2012 10:05:37 PM
Carnegie Library

Dylan Moore
Friday 26th of October 2012 10:04:50 PM
War Memorial, and vacant site of the old Town Hall destroyed during riots in 1919.

Dylan Moore
Friday 26th of October 2012 10:04:14 PM
As pupils of Luton Grammar School we were given a graphic account of the riots and the burning of the Town Hall by our History Teacher Dr Dony, who was present at the riots in 1919.

45556
Thursday 14th of January 2016 04:56:06 PM
Luton Bute Street Station was on the old LNER line, later BR Eastern Region. Trains ran to Dunstable Town and also to Newmill End, Harpenden East, Wheathampstead, Ayot (until the station was destroyed by fire in 1948), Welwyn Garden City and Hatfield. The line closed(Dr Beeching's axe)in 1965. In the last years it was served by diesel multiple units. I remember walking in woods near Ayot St Peter in the early 60s and hearing a steam train whistle on the line.

Chells809
Monday 8th of October 2012 10:03:27 PM
The Bute Street warehouses are shown here. Although a much smaller line than the LMS, the LNER line always handled the bulk of Luton's freight - initially hats crated up for delivery to London and the north, and later engineering and motor industry products. The part of the line between Luton and Dunstable remained open until 1990, eventually moving only cement.

Dylan Moore
Wednesday 31st of October 2012 11:22:35 AM
When I was a child we often used the line to Hatfield to get to London. It was a lot cheaper than going direct to St Pancras. We usually changed trains at Hatfield, but there were a few that went through to Kings Cross. We usually returned from Kings Cross on the Cambridge Buffet Express. There was just about time to have tea before we reached Hatfield.

45556
Thursday 14th of January 2016 04:48:55 PM
Hightown Methodist Chapel

Owen Jones
Thursday 9th of August 2012 03:10:18 PM
Burr Street lived here untill approx 1954

Owen Jones
Monday 9th of July 2012 03:58:36 PM

Owen Jones
Friday 6th of July 2012 04:34:24 PM
Old Bedford Road School

Owen Jones
Friday 6th of July 2012 04:33:25 PM

User Comment Contributions

Town Hall Square & War Memorial, Luton, 30/06/2014

Class31
Tuesday 1st of July 2014 03:14:50 PM
Is there an image that directly joins to this at the top?

MBarrett
Monday 4th of November 2013 12:18:17 PM