Luton lay on the routes connecting Parliamentary London and Bedford with the contested zone of the upper Thames. Parliamentary cavalry patrols regularly passed through the area, and minor skirmishes with Royalist raiding parties from the Oxford direction occurred. The Chilterns and the Dunstable Downs were patrolled by both sides. The density of minor actions in Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire during 1643-1645 reflected the importance of controlling the road corridor between London and the Midlands.
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