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  • Pauline Cameron

    Pauline Cameron

    14/09/2021
    Pauline Cameron (1945-) is the daughter of Len Savage (1921 -2009), Churchwarden and builder who was a well respected and ...
  • The Turvey Bowls Club

    The Turvey Bowls Club

    21/05/2021
    A brief history of the Turvey Bowls Club
  • The Vale Family of Turvey: Memories of Roy Hodgson

    The Vale Family of Turvey: Memories of Roy Hodgson

    08/04/2021
    William Vale came with his wife to live in Turvey in the 1860s. He became the manager of the Gas Works which was established in Bridge Street in 1867. This account written by William’s great grandson covers the period from these early days of gas lighting in the village through to memories of a Turvey childhood in the 1930s and 1940s.
  • The Whitworths and Turvey Mill

    The Whitworths and Turvey Mill

    10/03/2021
    Part 4 - Turvey Mill since 1886
  • The Whitworths and Turvey Mill

    The Whitworths and Turvey Mill

    10/03/2021
    Part 3 – John Battams Whitworth and the great fire (1877 – 1885)
  • The Whitworths and Turvey Mill

    The Whitworths and Turvey Mill

    08/03/2021
    Part 2 – Turvey Mill passes between the generations. (1846 – 1877)
  • The Eighteenth Century in Turvey

    The Eighteenth Century in Turvey

    01/03/2021
    A summary of the changes in the way of life in England in the 18th Century and their evidence in Turvey
  • The Turvey Village Quilt

    The Turvey Village Quilt

    25/02/2021
    In December 1993 Eve Kent, then editor of the Turvey News, had a meeting with Penny MacKenzie who ran the patchwork and craft classes in the evening at Turvey Lower School. She had been sent information about a quilting competition. It was to be called ‘Our Village’ and had to involve as many people as possible.
  • The Whitworths and Turvey Mill

    The Whitworths and Turvey Mill

    15/02/2021
    The Whitworths brand is known throughout the world and now based at the Victoria Mills site in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire. This series of articles show how Turvey Mill played an important part in the history of both the company and the Whitworth family.
  • The History of Epidemics in Turvey: Part 3

    The History of Epidemics in Turvey: Part 3

    02/02/2021
    This is the third article in a series of three and delves into the burial records to see whether Turvey was affected by the major nineteenth century epidemics. Unexpectedly, a mysterious high number of deaths occurred in 1861. What could have caused these?
  • The History of Epidemics in Turvey: Part 2

    The History of Epidemics in Turvey: Part 2

    01/02/2021
    This is the second article in a series of three on how epidemic diseases might have affected Turvey, and looks firstly at smallpox . This was the most lethal disease in the eighteenth century, but, as we can see through some surviving Turvey letters and diaries, the use of vaccination began the journey which eventually eradicated this disease from the world. The article concludes with a mention of cholera.
  • The History of Epidemics in Turvey: Part 1

    The History of Epidemics in Turvey: Part 1

    01/02/2021
    The 2020/21 Covid-19 pandemic has given us an insight into what it might have been like in Turvey in earlier times when epidemics of infectious diseases would have been much more familiar. This first article in a series of three gives an introduction to the history of epidemic disease and explores whether the Black Death might have come to Turvey in the fourteenth century.
  • The Building of All Saints Church

    The Building of All Saints Church

    29/12/2020
    Len Savage made this model to show how All Saints Church has developed since the original Saxon building. He used the model as an aid to a talk he gave on the history and construction of the church.
  • A Lockdown Diary from Turvey Abbey

    A Lockdown Diary from Turvey Abbey

    29/12/2020
    Sister Judith, a member of the Benedictine community of nuns who live at Turvey Abbey, wrote a diary during the COVID-19 lockdown in 2020.
  • A Victorian Christmas in Turvey

    A Victorian Christmas in Turvey

    30/11/2020
    What would it be like in Turvey at Christmas in the late nineteenth century?
  • Turvey WI Scrap Book for 1965

    Turvey WI Scrap Book for 1965

    14/10/2020
    To celebrate their 30th Anniversary in 1965, the Turvey Women's Institute created a scrapbook about life in the village at that time.
  • Frederick Smith Hilson

    Frederick Smith Hilson

    08/10/2020
    In the aftermath of WW1, the Turvey War Memorial formed a focal point for the loss and pride experienced by village families. This article provides an insight into the life of Frederick Smith Hilson who is commemorated on the village memorial.
  • Were the Mordaunts involved in the Gunpowder Plot?

    Were the Mordaunts involved in the Gunpowder Plot?

    29/06/2020
    There has long been a rumour that some, or at least one, of the conspirators of the Gunpowder Plot sheltered in Turvey Church as they fled from London, by various routes, to meet up in Warwickshire.
  • Ladybridge Terrace

    Ladybridge Terrace

    11/05/2020
    History of Ladybridge Terrace from before the houses were built until recent times.
  • An Edwardian Childhood at Picts Hill (1)

    An Edwardian Childhood at Picts Hill (1)

    19/04/2020
    In 1901, Marigo, the 9 year old daughter of Ambrose and Henrietta Argenti of Picts Hill House, began a diary which chronicled her life in Turvey and London at the beginning of the 20th century. In the first of two articles based on the diaries we learn about the typical routine and pastimes of a child in an Edwardian country house and get a glimpse of some of the family’s domestic staff.
  • Nell's Well

    Nell's Well

    18/04/2020
    Nell’s Well is on Newton Lane, next to Number 1 Ladybridge Terrace.  Sources suggest the natural spring was first described as a well in the 1600s.
  • Who were the Mordaunts?

    Who were the Mordaunts?

    13/02/2020
    The Mordaunt family: their connection to Turvey and their importance in the public and political life in England.
  • The Mardlin Family of Turvey

    The Mardlin Family of Turvey

    05/02/2020
    In the second half of the nineteenth century, a village policeman was a very prominent person in village life,  “preserving the Queen's Peace”.
  • Richard Jackson

    Richard Jackson

    13/12/2019
    “Generally we’d have … oh we’d have beans and chips I suppose, ock’n’dough, that was one we used to like. ...
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Latest comments
  • Sara Jenkins on Nell’s Well

    16/10/2023
    Thank you Tess, good to have the mystery solved! Sara Jenkins Chair, Turvey History Society
  • Tess Souter nee Sargent on Nell’s Well

    15/10/2023
    Looking at this photo of Nell’s well with Sue and Sylvia Hilson . The unknown girl with them is Iris...
  • Wendy Steele on Ivora Jones Collection

    02/07/2023
    Dave Hilson with the scarecrow.
  • Sara Jenkins on Midsummer Festival

    08/05/2023
    Thank you Jenny, glad you enjoyed it. Sara Jenkins Chair, Turvey History Society
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