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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D744
Title	Monica Peveril Turnbull of Sandbrook Hall, Ashbourne (1878-1901), poet
Date	1862-1953
Description	Personal papers 1902-1905; Ashbourne photographs 1862-1953. Includes printed account of the death of the Turnbull sisters in a fire at their home. Photographs include Ashbourne church and Ashbourne Grammar School.
Extent	19 items
Level	Fonds
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
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Archive Creator	Monica Peveril Turnbull of Sandbrook Hall, Ashbourne (1878-1901), poet
Administrative History	Monica Peveril Turnbull was the elder daughter of Peveril Turnbull of Sandy Brook Hall. Both she and her younger sister Dorothea died from their injuries received in a fire at their home in February 1901. Her father was instrumental in the posthumous publication of her original poetry, translations of Heinrich Heine's poetry and essays on aspects of Shakespearean tragedy. The book A Short Day's Work first appeared in 1902, and was re-published in further editions in 1906, 1913 and 1924.
Custodial History	These items were deposited in Derbyshire Record Office in November 1969.
Organisation Sub-Type	Writers
Related Material	For other records concerning Monica Peveril Turnbull, see D1453