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D744 - Monica Peveril Turnbull of Sandbrook Hall, Ashbourne (1878-1901), poet - 1862-1953
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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
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For other records concerning Monica Peveril Turnbull, see D1453
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Turnbull; Monica Peveril (1878-1901); Poet, translator and essayist, of Sandy Brook Hall, Ashbourne; died with her sister when a candle set their clothes alight.
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Ashbourne
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