Lewsey is a suburb of
Luton
Luton () is a town and unitary authority with borough status, in Bedfordshire, England. At the 2011 census, the Luton built-up area subdivision had a population of 211,228 and its built-up area, including the adjacent towns of Dunstable an ...
, about west north-west of the town centre, and a
ward
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of the Borough of Luton, in the ceremonial county of
Bedfordshire
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, England. The suburb is roughly bounded by Leagrave High Street to the north, Dunstable Road to the south, Poynters Road,
Dunstable
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to the west, and the
M1 to the east.
History
Lewsey derives its name from the Lucy family, who owned the land Lewsey is built on, as well as neighbouring
Lewsey Farm and
Lewsey Park. The Lucy family owned the manor from 1305 to 1455. The manor then passed to the Wingate family who were the lords of the manor of
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. The old manor house stood partly in the parish of Luton and partly in the parish of
Houghton Regis
Houghton Regis is a market town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in Bedfordshire, East of England.
The parish is located in Central Bedfordshire, which includes the hamlets of Bidwell, Bedfordshire, Bidwell, Thorn, Bedfordshire, Th ...
; most of the manor buildings were destroyed by fire in 1832.
Lewsey is much older than both Lewsey Farm and Lewsey Park, first built on land off Dunstable Road in the 1950s along with the hospital. At this time it was a fairly rural suburb, surrounded by farmland on all sides, including the original Lewsey Farmhouse to the north. The estate is characteristic of its time, consisting of a mixture of square, large windowed houses and a large number of bungalows of a similar style, many of the bungalows with a bay window at the front.
Local area
Near the centre of Lewsey is the
Luton and Dunstable University Hospital
Luton and Dunstable University Hospital is an acute hospital in Luton, Bedfordshire, England, run by Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. It provides medical and surgical services for over 350,000 people in southern Bedfordshire, the nor ...
, which serves
Luton
Luton () is a town and unitary authority with borough status, in Bedfordshire, England. At the 2011 census, the Luton built-up area subdivision had a population of 211,228 and its built-up area, including the adjacent towns of Dunstable an ...
and the rest of its urban area, including
Dunstable
Dunstable ( ) is a market town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in Bedfordshire, England, east of the Chiltern Hills, north of London. There are several steep chalk escarpments, most noticeable when approaching Dunstable from the ...
and
Houghton Regis
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The parish is located in Central Bedfordshire, which includes the hamlets of Bidwell, Bedfordshire, Bidwell, Thorn, Bedfordshire, Th ...
.
Lewsey is served by two churches; St. Hugh's C. of E. Church on Leagrave High Street and a chapel of
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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on Poynters Road. Lewsey also has a post office on Dunstable Road.
Schools
*Ferrars Junior School
*Ferrars Nursery
*The Ferrars Academy
*
The Chalk Hills Academy
*Seabrook Day Nursery
Politics
Lewsey is part of the larger Lewsey ward, which also includes
Lewsey Farm and
Lewsey Park. The ward is represented by Cllr Jacqui Burnett (
Labour
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), Cllr Aslam Khan (Labour) and Council leader Cllr Hazel Simmons (Labour).
The ward forms part of the
parliamentary constituency
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of
Luton North and the MP is
Sarah Owen
Sarah Mei Li Owen (; born 11 January 1983)
is a British politician and trade unionist serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Luton North since 2019. A member of the Labour Party, she has served Shadow Minister for Local Government and Faith ...
(Labour).
Local attractions
Local newspapers
Two weekly newspapers cover Lewsey, although they are not specific to the area.
They are the:
Herald and PostLuton News
References
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Areas of Luton
Wards of Luton