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Turvey Sheep Shearing and Turkey Plucking Champions
27/04/2019
Turvey people in turkey plucking and sheep shearing competitions held on stage at the Granada Cinema, Bedford
Turvey Reformatory
26/04/2019
Creation and operation of the Turvey Reformatory (Bedfordshire Reformatory at Turvey)
Turvey Tic Beans to Egypt
26/04/2019
Why we send tic beans to Egypt
Railway Accidents
23/04/2019
Both the construction and operation of a railway are hazardous activities, and prior to the introduction of modern safety standards accidents were not uncommon. There are records of four accidents on the railway at Turvey, two during construction and two in operations.
The Turvey Abbey Scrap Books (1830 -1846)
22/04/2019
It has never been published, it has 465 pages of beautiful writing and drawings, is an invaluable resource to historians and is now available, in full, on the Turvey History Society (THS) website.
The Working Life of Turvey: Occupations Through Time
18/04/2019
What might a local historian in the future discover about the working lives of people in Turvey at the time when the Turvey History Society was established?
Stop 16: The Rectory & Lancelot’s Piece.
17/04/2019
Rectories old and new, Legh Richmond, George Munby, Peter Jeffery and Lancelot.
Stop 15: High Street Northern Side
17/04/2019
Holmwood House, Abbey Square, Yew trees, Bamfords Lane and Yard, the Old Bakehouse, Occupations, Grove Farm and Laws House.
Stop 14: Station End.
17/04/2019
Priory Farm, the Drovers Road, Turvey Station and the Barton & Royle Homes
Stop 13: Turvey Abbey and Park
17/04/2019
The Mordaunts, Charles Higgins, John Higgins, the Longuet Higgins, the Priory of Our Lady of Peace, The Monastery of Christ Our Saviour, Turvey Abbey and Turvey Park.
Stop 12: High Street Southern Side
17/04/2019
The National Infants School, Homelands and Richmond House, the Congregational Chapel, Covington's Yard and Jack's Lane.
Stop 11. The Central Stores.
17/04/2019
The house to the left of the stores is called “The Old Tinkers Inn” which provides some clue as to the previous use of what is now the Central Stores and the two houses either side.
Stop 10. Turvey's Education Hub
16/04/2019
National School of 1847, The Manor and Reading Room, the creation of a Village Hall and the Turvey Reformatory.
Stop 09. The Green
16/04/2019
The houses now seen on The Green were built between 1954 and 1956 to house the senior engineers who were working on the building of the M1 motorway.
Stop 08. Newton Lane formerly Nell’s Lane
16/04/2019
The Turvey Sign of 1951, Ladybrook and water pumps, the Village Smithy, Lacemaking and Nell's Well.
Stop 07. Ye Three Fyshes and Southern side of Bridge Street.
16/04/2019
Ye Three Fishes, Fishing, Wrights and Ladybridge Terrace.
Stop 06. Jonah and the former Mill.
16/04/2019
Jonah appeared overnight and was first seen by villagers on the morning of 16th April 1844. It had been put there by men working for Mr Higgins of Turvey Abbey.
Stop 05. Bridge Street Northern Side & Turvey Bridge
16/04/2019
Turvey Gas Works, Thomas Charles Higgins, Mrs Bailey's Ice Cream, Puddles Close and Turvey Bridge.
Stop 04 . The Cross
16/04/2019
Ther area formally known as 'The Cross', including tthe Chequers, Three Cranes, The Memorial Cross and the Jarrow Crusade.
Stop 03. Hogs Lane and the Three Cranes
16/04/2019
Where the Turvey House Lodge now stands was once the entrance to Hogs Lane which had cottages to the left ...
Stop 02. All Saints Churchyard & Turvey House
16/04/2019
Cloud pruning, All Saints Churchyard, Turvey House and the Higgins Mausoleum.
Stop 01. Corner Stores & Carlton Road
16/04/2019
This part of the village was once known as Stockers End. The Corner Stores and Carlton Road.
An Introduction to the Heritage Walk
16/04/2019
The name Turvey comes from old English meaning Turf Island or low lying land.The article covers the early visitors and settlers in Turvey and briefly describes the impact of the Mordaunt and Higgins familes.
Turvey in the 1850s
04/04/2019
We know something of life in Turvey in the 1850s, mainly thanks to Joseph Bell’s memoir, which covers the years 1846-1858.
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