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1136 - 2019
Turvey Bridge - A Brief History

Turvey Bridge, spanning the River Great Ouse, is the distinctive entrance to the village from the west, and forms the boundary between Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire.
1347-2021
The History of Epidemics in Turvey: Part 1

The 2020/21 Covid-19 pandemic has given us an insight into what it might have been like in Turvey in earlier times when epidemics of infectious diseases would have been much more familiar. This first article in a series of three gives an introduction to the history of epidemic disease and explores whether the Black Death might have come to Turvey in the fourteenth century.
1553 - 2012
Royal Celebrations in Turvey

Turvey has celebrated Jubilees and other royal occasions over the years in many ways, and Turvey History Society has a collection of photographs, personal reminiscences and accounts of events on our website.
1600-2020
Floods in Turvey over the years

Stories and photos of the floods in Turvey since the 17th century
1600 - 1900
The Working Life of Turvey: Occupations Through Time

What might a local historian in the future discover about the working lives of people in Turvey at the time when the Turvey History Society was established?
1603-2019
A Brief Numerical Analysis of Turvey’s Residential Property

Records from the Hearth Tax of 1671 show that Turvey had 107 residential properties. In 2019 the figure stood at 535.
1647 - 1905
Was John Bunyan the Tinker of Turvey ?

In ‘The Ladies Monthly Museum’ magazine dated November 1817 (page 248) there is an intriguing, albeit anonymous, note that states: The ...
1660 - 1936
Oak Apple Day, 29th May

There are many local variants to the traditional Royal Oak Day celebrations, but we know that in Turvey it was celebrated as Oak Apple Day, because Joseph Bell writes about it in his memoirs.
1664 - 1907
Turvey's Last Manor Court

Henry Longuet Higgins, the Lord of the Manor of Turvey, addressed a packed meeting in the Reading Room to provide a history of the Turvey’s Manor Court.
1673-1878
Who should pay? Legal tussles over the maintenance of Turvey Bridge

This article describes six legal disputes over responsibility for the maintenance of the bridge from 1673 to the final landmark case in 1878
1688 - 1958
The Bedfordshire Regiment

The Bedfordshire Regiment was raised in 1688 as Archibald Douglas’ Regiment of Foot (i.e. infantry) by order of King James II. During World War I, the regiment raised 21 battalions (500 to 600 men); quite an achievement for one of Britain’s smaller counties.
1700 - 2000
An Overview of Lacemaking in Turvey

Lace was widely made in Europe before it came to be established in England, and in particular the counties of Beds, Bucks and Northants.

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