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The then derelict Dallow Manor, pictured in 1909, shortly before it was demolished.
An earlier view of Dallow Manor Farm.
The old Post Office in Cheapside had been in use from 1878 until 1923.
Stockwood House, built by John Crawley in 1740 in what is now Stockwood Park, was demolished in 1964. Remaining buildings, such as the stables, now house the Stockwood Craft Museum.
Market Hill, 1867
The Corn Exchange, with its distinctive spire, was a feature of Market Hill in Luton from 1869 until it was demolished in 1951.
Actress Lily Langtry opened The Grand Theatre in Waller Street, Luton, in December 1898. It finally closed due to competition from TV and became a supermarket until demolished to make way for the Arndale Centre.
The mill that gave the Biscot Mill area of Luton its name, pictured c1909. There was a mill on the site from Elizabethan times until the 1930s.
The interior of the Grand Theatre.
The late 15th century Peddars House stood in Upper George Street, just below the junction with Dunstable Place.
Luton Free Library, pictured in 1907. It was built in 1883 and served for nearly 30 years.
Biscot Mill in its heyday.
...and in its final derelict state in 1934.
The 18th century old vicarage near St Mary's Parish Church was demolished in 1907 to make way for new electricity works.
The Plait Halls in Cheapside in 1907. Building work was agreed in 1869 and the halls first served the hat trade and later became a market until the Arndale Centre was built over the site.
Limbury Manor which once stood near Black Swan Lane until it was demolished in the 1960s.
Thatched cottage in Fox Dell, near the Dunstable Road end of Dallow Road.
Luton's most photographed thatched cottage, Why-Axe-Ye, stood in Park Street, just beyond the junction of what is now Cutenhoe Road. It was demolished in 1928, more than 20 years after this photograph was taken.
The Carnegie Library which stood on the corner of George Street and Williamson Street from 1910 to 1962. It was the gift of American philanthropist Andrew Carnegie.
Luton lost landmarks demolished Biscot Mill Dallow Manor Farm Post office Cheapside Stockwood House Stockwood Park Market Hill Corn Exchange Lily Lantry Grand Theatre Waller Street Upper George Street Dunstable Place Luton Free Library St Mary's Parish Church Plait Halls Limbury Manor Black Swan Lane Fox Dell Dallow Road Why-Axe-Ye Park Street Carnegie Library
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