Private Detective
Luton

In a break in the eastern part of the Chiltern Hills, Luton is located in Bedfordshire. On the River Lea in Luton, Wardown Park is situated. Falkes de Breaut , a mercenary soldier King John (1166-1216) had hired to act on his behalf. (A small town near Le Havre in France is Breaut ) Falkes de Breaut acquired his wife's house when he married, which came to be known as "Fawkes Hall", subsequently corrupted over the years to "Foxhall", then to "Vauxhall".

In the 1920s and 1930s, new private and council housing was built, with Luton in Bedfordshire growing as a town to incorporate nearby villages Leagrave, Limbury and Stopsley between 1928 and 1933. Opened in 1938, which is one of Britain's major airports, Luton in Bedfordshire is notable for London Luton Airport today.

The collection of rural crafts and trades held at Stockwood Discovery Centre in Bedfordshire was amassed by Thomas Wyatt Bagshawe, a notable local historian and a leading authority on folk life located in Stockwood Park, Luton. A nearby large country house built in 1767 was Luton Hoo in Bedfordshire, and was rebuilt after a fire in 1843.

To be re-found as a mixed use location called Napier Park is the former Vauxhall location in Bedfordshire. David Renwick, the script-writer was brought up in the town in Bedfordshire. Address to Luton Sixth Form College and Barnfield College is the town.

Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester, started work on St Mary's Church in the centre of the town in 1121 in Bedfordshire. Centred on the Mall Luton is the main shopping area in Luton. Address to Luton Town Football Club, whose history includes several spells in the top flight of the English league as well as a Football League Cup triumph in 1988 is Luton.

One of the main locations of the University of Bedfordshire is Luton. The largest one-day carnival in Europe held the day before the last Monday in May, a public holiday, is Luton Carnival. Since 1997, the constituency of Luton North has been held by Kelvin Hopkins (Labour).