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Luton is a large town and local government district situated in the south of England, located 51 kilometres (32 miles) north of London. Historically Luton was within the county of Bedfordshire, although since 1997 the town has been a unitary authority. Luton, along with its near neighbours of Dunstable and Houghton Regis form the Luton/Dunstable Urban Area, with a population over 230,000.
Luton is home to Luton Town Football Club, London Luton Airport and the University of Bedfordshire. The Luton Carnival held on the late may bank holiday is the largest one-day carnival in Europe. The town is famous for hatmaking and was home to a large Vauxhall factory for many years, Vauxhall head office is situated within the town.
Luton is known for a few things: Vauxhall, the Airport, Hatmaking and other light industry.
Many make the mistake of thinking that Luton like Milton Keynes was a modern town built in the sixties. Although much of the architecture was created in the sixties the town itself has a long history going back well into the middle ages.
Settlements have existed on the site since the paleolithic era. The Roman settlement in the area was concentrated at Durocobrivis and Verulamium. The foundation of Luton is usually dated to the 6th century when a Saxon outpost was founded on the river Lea, Lea tun. Luton is recorded in the Domesday Book as Loitone, its population was 700. The town had a market for surrounding villages and grew steadily, if slowly. By the 14th century the town had two fairs each year.
The agriculture base of the town changed in the 16th century with a brick making industry and in the 17th century when the hat making began, by the 18th century the straw hat business dominated the town as its only significant industry. Luton Hoo was first built in 1757.
