Turvey

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Turvey is a small English village, situated in Bedfordshire. It is about six miles west of Bedford on the River Great Ouse. It lies on the A428 between Bedford and Northampton, close to the border with Buckinghamshire.

Map of Turvey village

Turvey Church

The Three Fyshes

The Three Cranes

1 History
2 Transport
3 Population
4 Pubs in Turvey
5 Turvey Amateur Theatrical Society
6 See also
7 External links

[edit] History

There are around 8 entries for Turvey in the Domesday Book of 1086, one of which mentions Osbert Mordaunt, who is said to have been a knight with William the Conqueror. Turvey has a strong lace-making history, there is evidence of a lace-making school existing in the 19th century.

Turvey's Parish Church is called All Saints and has Saxon origins. It is the largest church in the deanery of Sharnbrook and was in the Diocese of Lincoln until it was transferred to the Diocese of Ely in 1837. Since 1914 it has been in the Diocese of St Albans.

[edit] Transport

Turvey used to have a railway station, which was located about a mile to the east of the centre of the village. It is now served by the X2 bus route which runs between Bedford and Northampton.

[edit] Population

Turvey has a population of around 1,200.

[edit] Pubs in Turvey

The Three Fyshes Built in 1487, the pub is almost unchanged from when it first sold beer in 1624. It is said that one of Guy Fawkes' colleagues was captured here in 1602 by the King's soldiers!

The Three Cranes The Three Cranes stands to the left of the Church, and is also situated in a lovely old building.

The Laws Hotel Built 1836-1840 the Laws Hotel is no longer a pub.

The Tinker of Turvey This ancient public house is now the village stores, situated on the high street. It remained an inn until the early 19th century.

[edit] Turvey Amateur Theatrical Society

The village is home to a vibrant amateur theatrical society often known by its initials TATS. In February 2006, it premiered the play Friends or Foe, based on a book by the former children's laureate Michael Morpurgo and adapted by Ruth Lusby.

[edit] See also

Turvey Abbey

[edit] External links

	River Great Ouse	edit
Administrative areas: Northamptonshire \| Buckinghamshire \| Bedfordshire \| Cambridgeshire \| Norfolk Flows into: The Wash Towns (upstream to downstream): Brackley \| Buckingham \| Old Stratford Milton Keynes (Stony Stratford, Wolverton, New Bradwell, Stantonbury, Great Linford) \| Newport Pagnell \| Olney \| Kempston \| Bedford \| St Neots \| Godmanchester \| Huntingdon \| St Ives \| Ely \| Littleport \| Downham Market \| King's Lynn Major tributaries (upstream to downstream by confluence): River Ouzel (or Lovat) \| River Ivel River Kym \| Old Bedford River \| New Bedford River \| River Cam \| River Lark \| River Little Ouse \| River Wissey Major bridges (upstream to downstream): Harrold bridge \| A428 Turvey bridge \| A428 Bromham bypass A6 Bedford Town Bridge \| A421 Bedford bypass \| Great Barford Bridge A428 Bridge St Neots \| St Neots Town Bridge \| Godmanchester Chinese Bridge A14 bridge, River Great Ouse \| Huntingdon Old Bridge \| St Ives Bridge
Longest UK rivers: 1. Severn 2. Thames 3. Trent 4. Great Ouse 5. Wye 6. Tay 7. Spey 8. Nene 9. Clyde 10. Tweed 11. Eden 12. Dee

River Great Ouse

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Administrative areas: Northamptonshire | Buckinghamshire | Bedfordshire | Cambridgeshire | Norfolk
Flows into: The Wash