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THS/JNC/003/011
Village Scrapbook: Turvey

Unknown paper A general article on Turvey with references made to the architecture of the village, its traffic, the church and it’s organ. An outline of the Mordaunt family’s role in the village is provided and the coming of the railway. Reference is also made to Thomas Andrews the poet of Turvey and the fact that ...
THS/JNC/003/015
Nell's Well

From the Mercury & Herald. Same cutting as County Parade but with the addition of a photograph of Mr George Tysoe, 75, drawing a jugful of water from Nell’s Well, together with the tablet erected in 1875 paying tribute to the well’s purity.
THS/JNC/003/004
Why tomorrow would have been a special day for the iron road

Article titled “Why tomorrow would have been a special day for the iron road”. This extended article was written to mark 100 years since the opening of the railway that passed through Turvey. Details are given on the funding and construction of the railway and how Colonel Higgins of Pict’s Hill arranged for aa row of ...
THS/JLH/003/042
Long Life in the Villages

A letter from I Timpson of Newport Pagnell, formerly of Turvey, to the Beds Times and Independent newspaper, published on 14 October 1898, about life in Turvey in the 19th Century. He writes about the Higgins families, the farming families (Whitworth, Bolton, Keech, Paine, Gaton, Davis, Skevington, Dunkley, Halatt, Sturges), Rev Russell and Mr Cecil, the ...
THS/REC/003/002
A Record of Jonah's History

A newspaper article from the Beds Times of 20th June 1930 giving a history of the statue of Jonah in the river at Turvey
THS/REC/003/006
The Turvey Statue of Jonah

A newspaper article from the Beds Standard of 24th June 1893 giving the history of the statue of Jonah in the river at Turvey
THS/REC/003/001
1844 - 1954

A newspaper cutting on the 110th anniversary of the erection of the statue of Jonah in the river at Turvey
THS/CWS/005/004
Death of Colonel Higgins

An obituary of Colonel Higgins of Picts’ Hill from the Bedfordshire Mercury of 19 October 1878.
THS/CWS/005/002
Presentation to the ex-High Sherrif

An article from the Bedfordshire Mercury of 20 May 1873 about a presentation to William Francis Higgins and his new wife (not named) on the occasion of their marriage.
THS/CWS/004/006
A Nineteenth Century Turvey Family

An article by Dick West from Bedfordshire Country Life about a family in Turvey living through the nineteenth century and the changes they will have seen.
THS/CWS/005/014
The Church Dedication

An article from the Bedfordshire Mercury of 7 November 1874 about the dedication festival at All Saints Church on 1 November
THS/CWS/005/015
Choir Treat

An article from the Bedfordshire Mercury of 3 June 1876 about a supper given for the choir in the Museum (now Manor) Room by Charles Longuet Higgins

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