Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue
  • Reference
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  • Title
    Page-Turner Muniments and Manuscripts
  • Admin/biog history
    Mr F A Blaydes (well-known editor of Bedfordshire Notes & Queries and Genealogia Bedfordisensis) adopted the name Page-Turner on succeeding to the Page-Turner property in 1903. Frederick Augustus was the son of F H M Blaydes and his wife, Fanny Maria Page-Turner. Fanny was the daughter of Sir Edward George Thomas Page-Turner and his wife Sophia. Frederick Augustus was born in Harringworth, Northamptonshire in about 1846. He had two brothers, George and Arthur and four sisters: Katherine, Blanche, Helen and Constance. In 1881 Frederick was living in Tilsworth, Bedfordshire with his wife Alice and four children: Edith, Edward, Maud and Hugh. Frederick is described as a licensed lay reader living on means. Ten years later Frederick, his family were living at 34 Ashburnham Road, Bedford. In addition to the four children mentioned above there were now: Dorothy, Frederick Ambrose Wilford, Frances, Margery, Murial and Cassandra. By 1901 the family had moved to Berkhampstead and two further daughters - Delia and Barbara had been born. In 1903 Frederick inherited from his uncle Sir Edward Page-Turner of Battlesden and Ambrosden and changed the family name to Page-Turner. Frederick died in Brighton in 1931 in his 85th year.
  • Deposited by F A Page-Turner esq in 1923-1924
  • Scope and Content
    Documents relating cheifly to the Estates of the Page-Turner family in Battlesden, Potsgrove, Milton Brian, Tilsworth, Hockliffe, Sundon and Streatley.
  • Archival history
    Family collection with additional Bedfordshire documents (purchased by the depositor) and manuscripts for Bedfordshire history (compiled by depositor). Parts of the collection were catalogued briefly by Dr Fowler in 1924, F G Emmison in 1928 and I P Collis in 1937. Some recataloguing and rearrangement also took place in 1937. Some material was already published in BHRS volumes and some in Bedfordshire Notes & Queries. Many of Mr Page-Turner's annotated reference books were placed in the record office searchroom library, some of these were later added to the archive collection.
  • System of arrangement
    The majority of the docuemnts of the Battlesden, etc Estate and Streatley Estate were found in their original bundles; the remainder, especially those of the Sundon Estate were found loose, and have been carefully arranged. Deeds found in their origianl bundles are distinguished from those found in a loose estate in a key to properties.
  • Level of description
    fonds
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