Lewsey
Lewsey is a suburb of Luton, in the Luton district, in the ceremonial county of Bedfordshire, England. Situated in the north-west of the town, the area is roughly bounded by Leagrave High Street to the north, Dunstable Road to the south, Poynters Road 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 the 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 Toddington. The old manor house stood partly in the parish of Luton and partly in the parish of Houghton Regis; most of the manor buildings were destroyed by fire in 1832. Lewsey is much older than neighbouring 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 (now the site of Lewsey Farm). 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, which serves Luton and the rest of its urban area, including Dunstable and Houghton Regis. Lewsey is served by two churches, St. Hugh's C. of E. Church on Leagrave High Street, and there is also a chapel of The Church of Jesus Christ and the Latter-day Saints on Poynters Road. Lewsey also has a post  office on Dunstable Road. 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), Cllr Aslam Khan (Labour) and Council leader Cllr Hazel Simmons (Labour). The ward forms part of the parliamentary constituency of Luton North and the MP is Sarah Owen (Labour). Local newspapers. Two weekly newspapers cover Lewsey, although they are not specific to the area. They are the: