SearchCurrently displaying: 3 resultsYou've searched for:coverage_decade: "1830s" xsubject: "Turvey Families" xformat: "Flipbook" x Search term Filter by Subject All Saints Church (1)Buildings (2)Celebrations (1)Civic Life (1)Education (1)Events (1)Features (1)Health (1)Legal (1)Railways (1)Turvey Abbey (1)Turvey Estates (1)Turvey People (2)Filter by Coverage Decade 1530s (1)1540s (1)1550s (1)1560s (1)1570s (1)1580s (1)1590s (1)1600s (1)1610s (1)1620s (1)1630s (1)1640s (1)1650s (1)1660s (1)1670s (1)1680s (1)1690s (1)1700s (1)1710s (1)1720s (1)1730s (1)1740s (1)1750s (1)1760s (1)1770s (1)1780s (1)1890s (2)1900s (1) Sort by: RelevanceTitleOldestNewest 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/002/002/005Chapter 4: Early Days at Turvey HouseThe Chapter commences with John Higgins of Weston Underwood purchasing the land in the 1786 auction and then commenced, in 1792, to build ‘Turvey House’ in the Italian Style following his ‘Grand Tour’ of Europe. His son Thomas Charles Higgins added a top storey. TCH as he was known made many improvements to the housing ... THS/PPC/002/002/012AppendixThe Appendix draws on a number of contributions to the Turvey Magazine. Articles include Celebrations of the Queen’s Jubilee at Turvey (August 1887), The Second Baron Mordaunt of Turvey (June 1889), South Door of Turvey Church (May 1890), The Parish Clock (September 1893), and A Brave Woman with reference to Selina Hicks nee Selina Tysoe (October ...