Bedfordshire

Bedfordshire

Bedfordshire Reformatories

The Bedfordshire Reformatory in the parish of Turvey was founded in 1857 by the exertions of the Late Thomas Charles Higgins esq. of Turvey House, the then Chairman of Quarter Sessions for the County, and was certified on April 9th of that year. It is now with Government aid self supporting. The land belonging to the school farm is about 125 acres.

The boys are employed on the farm and are taught all kinds of agricultural work. They are admitted from Bucks, Lancs, Wakefield, Boston, Oxford, Leics, Middlesex, Lincs and the Borough of Leicester by agreement, and the Managers do not object upon proper application to taking boys from other Counties or Towns.

The institution is under the management of a committee of visitors, Chairman W. Francis Higgins, Turvey House. There are now in 1894, 64 boys who are maintained and instructed in Agricultural pursuits.

Reformatory Staff 1894
Medical Officer Morris Fisher Cock
Hon. Sec. Rev. William Henry Dennison
Superintendent John Jones
Matron Mrs Jones
Schoolmaster John Gardner

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