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Turvey Village - Virtual Tour - Part 3

Now we pass The Laws Hotel on our left.


The Laws Hotel is named after the Lawe's Field which is now called The Green. John Lawe was interested in agricultural arrangements and may have used this field for experiments. It was built from 1836. to 1840.  


There is a detailed account of how it was built here.


For many years the house was owned by a family called Oldrey.

On the right we see the two School buildings.  The first one (left picture) is now the Village Hall and the second one (right picture) is where the Playgroup meets.  There is lots more information on Turvey Schools on their own dedicated page of this site.

The Village Stores are in a very old building.  This was once The Tinker of Turvey.  Here the famous Tinker, his wife and his dog once lived - and my dad was born here too!  The original inn sign carried the legend 'The Tinker of Turvey, his dog and his staff, Old Nell and her budget would make a man laugh.' For more on Old Nell and the Tinker click the words of the legend!

A lovely brickwork building on the main road.  Here the steep roof indicates earlier thatching and the fancy brick and wood work point to a time when more care and attention was lavished on buildings.

Here, on the left hand side of the road, is the Old Bakehouse.


It is no longer used for the production of bread and is now a smart family residence.

Here is the entrance to Bamfords Yard. It was once sealed off with a wooden gate. It has housed a number of small industries including Christo Crisps, W.H.Allens, Thompson Horses, a plastic factory and a carpet factory.  There are still a number of small workshops down there today. The boy scouts also had a hut down here.When I was a child, in the 70s, I used to love coming down here on my bike, as the road was really rough!  The lane now leads to the newer houses of the village.  

This is Richmond House, once home to the Rev. Legh Richmond. He was born in Liverpool on 29 Jan 1772, the son of Dr Henry Richmond.  He was married in 1797 and came to Turvey on 30 July 1805.  This building was the original rectory and Richmond hated the windows!!

There is a lot more information on Legh Richmond on his own dedicated page of this website.

The entrance to Jack's Lane.

This leads to the fields behind Turvey Abbey and the back of the village allotments.

On the left is Abbey Square. The first Turvey school was sited here.  These nice little stone cottages have changed little.  Each has a small garden and there is a communal garage block behind.  As the name suggests, it was once part of the Abbey lands. On the opposite side of the road is Turvey Abbey, now being used as an monastery.

Turvey continues East, past Picts Hill and on to the railway station and Barton Homes (sheltered housing for the elderly).  If you would like to know more about these places, please click on the names of them.


These are about a mile out of the village, so I will not cover them here.  For now we will turn around and go back towards the village centre.  

Continue the tour...

Here is an old picture of Holmwood, the magnificent house that is on your left as you leave the village.

We will now carry on eastwards through the village.