TURVEY, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in the district and county of Bedford. The village stands on the river Ouse, 5¼ miles W of Oakley r. station, and 8 WNW of Bedford; and has a post-office under Bedford. The parish comprises 3,944 acres. Real property, £5,920. Pop., 1,093. Houses, 228. The manor, with T. Abbey, belongs to L. Higgins, Esq. T. House, T. Cottage, Woodside, Laws Hill, Holmwood, and Picts Hill are chief residences. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £458.* Patron, W. F. Higgins, Esq. The church was recently enlarged and beautified. There are two dissenting chapels, a national school, a reading room, a reformatory, and charities £116.—The sub-district contains three parishes. Acres, 9,280. Pop., 2,407. Houses, 510.

(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))