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Dunstable Leasing
Did You Know?Dunstable is a market town and civil parish in Bedfordshire. It lies on the eastward tail spurs of the Chiltern Hills. Dunstable began life as a small Roman town which they called Durocobrivis. Long before the Romans came to Britain there was a track called the Icknield Way, which cross central England. In the 2nd century the Romans built a road called Watling Street, which crossed Icknield Way at the point where Dunstable stands today. Dunstable's modern structure dates back to Anglo-Saxon times, as do many of the nearby towns/villages. Dunstable was one of the towns that largely supported the Roundheads during the English Civil War. Nearby St Albans in Hertfordshire was the headquarters of the Roundheads, and troops were occasionally stationed at Dunstable. The Cottage Garden Flower Shop in Dunstable, was established in 1898, it is believed to be the oldest independent retail business still trading today. The site lay derelict for centuries. In the year 1100, it was just a crossroads in a forest. However, trade and commerce were growing in England and the country was growing richer. The number of travelers was also increasing. Sooner or later it was likely somebody would build a new settlement at the ancient crossroads. In 1109 King Henry I deliberately created a new town at Dunstable. There is a legend that there was once an outlaw called Dun. One day the king fixed a ring to a wooden post with a staple and dared Dun to steal it. Audaciously Dun took the ring and the town became known as Dun’s staple. However, it is only a myth. Medieval Dunstable had a market. (In those days there were very few shops so if you wished to buy or sell anything you normally had to go to a market). The name Dunstable is probably derived from Dun staple. Dun is an old word for hill and staple means a wooden post. There may have been a post to mark the site of the market.
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