SearchCurrently displaying: 8 resultsYou've searched for:coverage_decade: "1810s" xsubject: "Education" x Search term Filter by Catalogue Collection Bedford Borough Collection (2)John Wainwright Collection (1)Parochial Church Council (2)THS Collection (3)Filter by Subject Buildings (5)Charity (4)Health (1)Legal (1)Memories (2)Religion (1)Turvey Abbey (1)Turvey Families (1)Turvey People (1)Filter by Coverage Decade 1790s (1)1800s (4)1820s (5)1830s (5)1840s (5)1850s (5)1860s (5)1870s (5)1880s (5)1890s (4)1900s (1)Filter by Format Document (5)Flipbook (2)Photograph (1) Sort by: RelevanceTitleOldestNewest THS/BBC/001/045County Primary School & School House 19th century former school and schoolhouse, grade II listed in Turvey Conservation Area. THS/BBC/001/048West Block of Former Turvey Institute (Village Hall) West block for former 19th century Turvey Institute, once a reading room and now used by the Pre-School Playgroup. Formally Grade III listed with two buildings, now Grade II listed. THS/THS/001/006Transcript of a Letter from Revd. Legh Richmond to the Bedfordshire Auxillary National School Committee Transcript of a letter from Revd. Legh Richmond dated 29thNovember 1815 to Major Gibbard, Secretary to the Bedfordshire Auxiliary National School Committee. Legh Richmond had been due to attend this meeting at the Swan Inn, but a heavy cold prevented him from so doing. As a consequence, he wrote the this letter to Major Gibbard, a ... THS/THS/001/005Transcript of a letter from Legh Richmond to his friend Thomas Pellatt Legh Richmond worked hard to raise funds for the first school to be built in Turvey in Abbey Square in 1815. To this end he wrote many letters to his friends and acquaintances throughout England. This is one such letter written to his friend Thomas Pellatt. THS/THS/001/008Transcript of the Minutes of the First Meeting of the Bedfordshire Institute The Bedford Institute was a body established in Bedfordshire (as part of the National School Movement) by the Church of England to promote the establishment of Schools for the poor. The minutes set out the objectives of the Institute and give the names of those involved in the management of such a venture: Sir George Osborn, John ... THS/PPC/002/002/004Chapter 3: Reminiscences of Turvey AbbeyThe chapter begins with a discussion as to why the building might be called an ‘Abbey’ as it had never been a religious house.. The rest of the chapter concentrates on three main inhabitants of the Abbey. The first is John Higgins who acquired the ownership at a young age. The chapter describes his love ... THS/PPC/002/002/008Chapter 7: Turvey SchoolsThis chapter commences with a mention of the first school in Turvey, built in Abbey Square with Mr Gaskings as the Headteacher. The funding and creation of the various types of schools is discussed including Sunday Schools, Infants School and the National School. Reference is made to the difficulty of teaching girls due to the demands ... THS/JWC/006The Old School Turvey National School built 1848, now the village hall, a Carte de Visite by Cundall Downes late 1860’s.
