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HARPER, James
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Long Grove Asylum Males

HARPER, James

Linda Miles-CartwrightNovember 27, 2022March 8, 2023
b.1888-d.1911 The Search Uncovering the story of James Harper was a challenge as his short life appears to have left very little in the way of tangible records. Sadly, his...
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VANDERPANT, Margaret Lucy
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Female Burials Long Grove Asylum

VANDERPANT, Margaret Lucy

Tony McGarryNovember 27, 2022March 8, 2023
b.1896-d.1944 (The Horton Cemetery Burials record had mis-transcribed the name as “Vanderpont “, and had no Christian names.) Margaret’s parents and siblings On 3 September 1893 John Walter Vanderpant, a...
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COATHUPE, Henry Waldegrave Lacey
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Long Grove Asylum Males

COATHUPE, Henry Waldegrave Lacey

Tony McGarryNovember 20, 2022March 8, 2023
b.1869-d.1918 Henry’s father Henry’s father, Henry Bentinck Coathupe was born in 1832, at Westbury, Gloucestershire. Westbury was a suburb of Bristol. He was Christened on 7 March 1832 in Westbury....
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BUCKERIDGE, Lily Ada
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Ewell Epileptic Colony Female Burials Horton Asylum Photo

BUCKERIDGE, Lily Ada

Lesley LeeNovember 20, 2022March 8, 2023
b.1873-d.1914 Lily Ada Buckeridge was born on 8th Sept 1873 in Deptford Kent. Her parents were John Thomas Buckeridge (1848 –1924) born in Newbury, Berkshire and Elizabeth Jane Pharaoh née...
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CLARKE, William Robert
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CLARKE, William Robert

Tony McGarryNovember 20, 2022March 8, 2023
b.1882-d.1918 William's parents and siblings William’s parents were William James Clarke and Emma née Tilley. They were married on 26 March 1882 at St. Pancras, Camden. Both were of “full...
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HAWKINS, Frederick
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HAWKINS, Frederick

Tony McGarryNovember 20, 2022March 8, 2023
b.1881-d.1918 Frederick's parents Frederick’s parents were Frederick Robson Hawkins and Sophie née Oglas. Their marriage was registered in the March quarter of 1880, reference Kent 2a 555. The birth of...
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LAMBERT, Fannie Ethel
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LAMBERT, Fannie Ethel

Laura BrownNovember 20, 2022March 8, 2023

The story of Fannie Ethel Lambert, described as ‘a useful help’ to the household of a professor of music.

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ALDRIDGE, Frederick William
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ALDRIDGE, Frederick William

Nari FairbanksNovember 7, 2022March 8, 2023

The Mechanical Engineer

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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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