Talk: HISTORY OF ICKWELL BURY and the HARVEY FAMILY

Tuesday 24th May 2022 18:00 - 19:15

Doors open: 5:45 pm

FREE ZOOM TALK:  History of Ickwell Bury and the Harvey Family

[Ickwell Bury is adjacent to The Swiss Garden]

John Harvey 1 spent a fortune at Ickwell Bury.  Where did the money come from? Why did he tell his son, John Harvey 2, to sell everything?   But did John Harvey 2 did not sell!

Eventually John Harvey 7 rented the house to Horton School.  He sold Ickwell Bury in 1924.

What happened before and after the Harvey family?

What is the link to a Bedfordshire brewery family and Gertrude Jekyll?

SPEAKER: Felicity Brimblecombe

BOOK PLACE and gain ZOOM LINK: email   treasurer@bedsgardenstrust.org.uk