SearchCurrently displaying: 5 resultsYou've searched for:subject: "Charity" xsubject: "Education" x Search term Filter by Catalogue Collection Janet Cockings Collection (1)Parochial Church Council (1)THS Collection (3)Filter by Subject Buildings (3)Clubs (1)Memories (1)Religion (1)Turvey People (1)Filter by Coverage Decade 1810s (4)1820s (1)1830s (1)1840s (1)1850s (1)1860s (1)1870s (1)1880s (1)1890s (1)1900s (1)1980s (1)Filter by Format Document (3)Flipbook (1)Newspaper Cutting (1) Sort by: RelevanceTitleOldestNewest THS/JNC/003/012Youth Opportunities Scheme From the Bedfordshire Times. The article makes reference to the Youth Opportunity Scheme in Turvey whereby young people were employed to redecorate the village hall,  repair the fences on the Stone Field and attend to the children’s play area. Future plans include laying the foundations and the erection of a pavilion. As part of raising ... 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/002/002/008Chapter 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 ...
