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Month: May 2021

TIDYMAN, Samuel
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Ewell Epileptic Colony Males Photo

TIDYMAN, Samuel

Lesley LeeMay 28, 2021October 17, 2022

Escaped childhood murder!

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DACOMBE, Amy
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Asylum Female Burials Horton Asylum

DACOMBE, Amy

Julie JacksonMay 18, 2021October 4, 2021
b.1877 - d.1911 Amy Dacombe née Ludgate was born in the September quarter 1877, in the registration district of Pancras, London. She was the 3rd child of Edward Ludgate from...
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KOEKKOEK, Hendrick B.
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Asylum Horton Asylum Males Photo

KOEKKOEK, Hendrick B.

Hazel BallanMay 18, 2021November 22, 2022

A famous Dutch artist from a famous artistic family; yet missing from the historical records. Why did this son end up at the Asylum?

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SPACKMAN, Lily Sophia
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Female Burials Horton Asylum Photo

SPACKMAN, Lily Sophia

Elizabeth AumeerMay 12, 2021October 17, 2022

The giggling tomboy

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ABBOTT, Mary Winchester
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Female Burials Long Grove Asylum Photo

ABBOTT, Mary Winchester

Steve JohnsonMay 11, 2021October 29, 2022

The Yale graduate and published author

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JORDAN, Edward George
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Long Grove Asylum Males

JORDAN, Edward George

A CMay 10, 2021September 17, 2021
b.1877 - d.1917 Taking his year of birth from his age at death, only two children with his name were born in 1877 according to the GRO. One died in...
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STEBBINGS, Mahala
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Female Burials Horton Asylum

STEBBINGS, Mahala

Sylvia BromileyMay 9, 2021September 17, 2021
b.1887 - d.1913 Parents and Birth – 1850s to 1880s  Her parents were William Charles Stebbings and Emily Taylor who married on 29th March 1880 in St. Marks Church Southwark. ...
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VOLCKMAN, Henry
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Asylum Males

VOLCKMAN, Henry

A CMay 9, 2021November 12, 2021
b.1872 - d.1917 Intro Long Grove records say Henry died in 1917 age 44 meaning a birth year of about 1873. I found his birth registered in June quarter 1872...
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SYKES, Gertrude
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SYKES, Gertrude

Linda Miles-CartwrightMay 8, 2021September 17, 2021
b.1882? - d.1910 A tragic story of a young girl all alone, who lived in institutions from the age of three until her death at a young age. Very little...
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FAY, Tottie
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FAY, Tottie

Isabel KnightMay 4, 2021October 17, 2022

The Worst and Wickedest Woman in London

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HortonCemetery @horton_cemetery ·
1 Feb

James Bates lies in grave 222b.
James was admitted to Horton Asylum in 1911.
No known relatives or friends and he said he had been suicidal.
On that same morning, he had tried to jump from the
...window, but other inmates had stopped him.
http://www.hortoncemetery.org/bates-james/

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HortonCemetery @horton_cemetery ·
24 Jan

Infant Baby Hellicar. One of the first stories written about those buried in the cemetery. Read the story here http://www.hortoncemetery.org/hellicar-male/

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HortonCemetery @horton_cemetery ·
24 Jan

On 6th  July 1983, Kirkwoods sent a list of the tombstones and memorials that had been removed from the cemetery to the Registrar General of Miscellaneous Records in St Catherine House.

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HortonCemetery @horton_cemetery ·
24 Jan

Cemetery Clearance
In 1983, Epsom solicitors, Kirkwoods issued notice of “the intention to remove remaining tombstones, monuments and other memorials” from Horton “for the purpose of reducing
...the maintenance costs”. This was carried out on 26th May 1983.
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