Dunstable
General History
Kelly's Directory 1894, page 64
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Official Establishments, Local Institutions &c
POST M. O.& T. O., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office, - George Fisher Scroggs, postmaster.
MAILS ARRIVE from all parts at 7 am; Luton, London & South, 10am; Luton, London & North, 6.40 pm.
DISPATCHES. - Dunstable & district 1st Delivery, 5 am; Leighton & North, 7am; London & South, Dunstable and delivery, 9.10am; Toddington & Houghton Regis, 11.40am; Markyate Street, Kensworth, Eaton Bray, Eddlesborough & Totternhoe, 2.20pm; General, 12.50pm; Luton, 1.40 & 5.30pm; London, hatfield & Eastern counties, 7.30pm; The North & Ireland, 7.45pm; London and all parts, 9.5pm; Luton 10pm. Sundays general, 7.35pm
TOWN DELIVERIES. - 7 & 11am & 6.15pm
Money Order, Savings Bank and Government Insurance & Annuity business transacted, & Inland Revenue licences issued, from 9am to 6pm; Saturdays to 8pm. Telegrams are forwarded from 7.30am to 8pm; sundays, from 8 to 10am only. Parcel post despatches at 3, 7.30, 8 & 9pm. Revenue stamps & and all kinds of licences. Letters registered till half an hour before each dispatch.
WALL BOXES. - London road, cleared, 11.30am & 7pm; sundays, 11.55am; Church street, cleared, 11.45am & 6.30pm; West street, 8.10am, 12.40 & 7pm; L. & N. W. sation, High street north, cleared 12.45 &7pm; sundays, 12.50pm.
CORPORATION, 1893-4
MAYOR - John Butterfield Hill
DEPUTY MAYOR - Alderman Gilbert Sinkwell
ALDERMEN
Wm. James Hambling
Gilbert Sinkwell
William Turney
Edmund Rollings
COUNCILLORS
Francis Fredk. White
Joseph Cook
Edward Knight
Thomas Burch
Richard Burton
Phillip Champion
Walter Love
Henry Brown
*Arthur Edwd. Langridge
*Philip Huskins
*Fred Turner Garrett
*Alfred James Perkins
Marked thus retire in 1894
Marked thus retire in 1895
Marked thus * retire in 1896
Marked thus retire in 1898
The quarterly meetings of the Town Council are held in February, May, August & November; & the monthly meeting of the Sanitary Authority on the 3rd Friday at 7 o'clock pm in every month.
The Council act as the Sanitary Authority
Mayor's Auditor, H. Brown
Elective Auditors, Alfred George Inwards & Arthur Elliott
OFFICERS OF THE CORPORATION & URBAN SANITARY AUTHORITY
Town Clerk & Clerk to the Urban Sanitary Authority, Chas. Crichton Stuart Benning, West street
Treasurer, Francis Bassett, The Heath, Leighton Buzzard
Clerk to the School Attendance Committee, Charles Crichton Stuart Benning, West street
Medical Officer of Health, James Alex. Story L. R. C. P. Edin., L. R. C. S. A. Irel.. The Lawn
Sanitary Inspector, Inspector of Petroleum & Explosives, Lodging Houses, Dairy & Cow Sheds, Benjamin George
Collector of Rates, F. Griggs, 36 Victoria road
Town Crier, John Brown, High street south.
BOROUGH MAGISTRATES
| Barton Richard | Great Northern road |
| Derbyshire William Henry | West street |
| Elliott William Oliver | The Cedars |
| Gillham John | Highfield, Caddington |
| Harris Theodore | Leighton Buzzard |
| Hicks Charles Cyril M.D. | Wokingham |
| Hambling William James | High street south |
| Inwards Alfred George | Albion Street |
| Murphy George | Wyndham M.B. |
| Sinkwell Gilbert | 35 High street north |
| Wall Richard | Atherton, Bournemouth |
Clerk, Stephen Douglas Beckley Middleton, High st.north
Borough Petty Sessions are held at the Town hall every Wednesday at 11am.
VOLUNTEERS:-
3rd Volunteer Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment (D Co); headquarters, Drill Hall; Major Wm. James Hambling, commandant
PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS:-
Cemetery, West street, C.C.S. Benning, clerk
Fire Engine Establishment, Town Hall, Chas. Placeman, capt.
Inland Revenue Office, Albion st., Jas. Rogers Freeman, officer
Police Station, Icknield street, John Nottingham, inspector, 1 sergeant & 3 constables
Town Hall, Benjamin George, manager
PUBLIC OFFICES:-
Assistant Overseer, Hy. George Ballance, 26 Albion street
Certifying Factory Surgeon, Augustus Morcom L. R. C. P. Edin. Montpelier house.
Collectors of Poor's Rates & Assessors of Taxes, Hy. George Ballance, 26 Albion street & Thomas Squire, Albion st.
Medical Officers & Public Vaccinators, Luton Union, Dunstable District, James Alex. Storey L. R. C. P. Edin. L. R. C. S. A. Irel.. The Lawn; Houghton Regis District, Augustus Morcom L. R. C. S. Montpelier house
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