SearchCurrently displaying: 3 resultsYou've searched for:coverage_decade: "1860s" xsubject: "Civic Life" x Search term Filter by Catalogue Collection Parochial Church Council (2)Filter by Subject Buildings (2)Education (1)Environment (1)Industry (1)Inns & Pubs (1)Memories (2)Monuments (1)Occupations (1)Railways (1)Turvey Estates (2)Turvey Families (1)Turvey People (2)Filter by Coverage Decade 1790s (1)1800s (1)1810s (1)1820s (1)1830s (1)1840s (2)1850s (2)1870s (1)1880s (1)1890s (1)Filter by Format Flipbook (2)Photograph (1) Sort by: RelevanceTitleOldestNewest 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/002/002/002Chapter 1: The village as it used to be.The chapter provides a brief guided tour of the village making particular reference to the fact that many of the buildings that can be seen owe much to the philanthropy of Charles Longuet Higgins of Turvey Abbey and Thomas Charles Higgins of Turvey House. Mentioned is made as to the poor state of housing prior ... THS/CWS/002/003Prisoners in Bedford Gaol A copy of photographs of prisoners in Bedford Goal. A Carlton thief in 1863 A Luton murderer aged 16 in 1868 An Irish hawker – thieving at Bedford in 1863 A woman tramp – stealing at Bedford in 1872