SearchCurrently displaying: 3 resultsYou've searched for:subject: "Memories" xcoverage_decade: "1860s" xsubject: "Buildings" x Search term Filter by Subject Civic Life (2)Education (2)Environment (1)Health (1)Industry (1)Inns & Pubs (1)Legal (1)Monuments (1)Occupations (1)Railways (1)Turvey Abbey (1)Turvey Estates (2)Turvey Families (2)Filter by Coverage Decade 1790s (2)1800s (2)1810s (2)1820s (2)1830s (2)1870s (2)1880s (2)1890s (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/002/002/002Chapter 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 ...