 Until Luton absorbed Biscot in the early 20th century, Biscot was a small hamlet outside the town.The name of Biscot can be traced back to the Domesday Book where it is recorded as "Bissopescote" which means 'King's land'.Biscot Manor can be traced back to a charter of King Offa of Mercia of 792 in which he granted land of five tenants in Luton to Saint Albans Abbey.