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STREET, John
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Males Manor Asylum Photo

STREET, John

Stephen MundayApril 16, 2023May 9, 2023

It is not clear why John entered Manor hospital. His family were interesting. John’s brother George, a builder, left £6m in his will. His son Thomas and his wife were killed by a V2 rocket in 1944.

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CARTWRIGHT, Walter
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Horton Asylum Males Photo

CARTWRIGHT, Walter

Isabel KnightApril 16, 2023April 17, 2023

A story revisited by the author when invaluable case notes came to light at the London Metropolitan Archives. What followed resulted in a thorough family history for Walter Cartwright and his family.

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VENNELL, Martha Ellen
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Ewell Epileptic Colony Female Burials

VENNELL, Martha Ellen

Jenni LlewellynApril 16, 2023April 17, 2023

We know little about Martha except that she was epileptic.

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CORKE, Henrietta
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Female Burials Manor Asylum Photo

CORKE, Henrietta

Sally NestorApril 16, 2023April 17, 2023

The author says, “This has been such an interesting case to try to unravel and kept a couple of us up to the early hours trying to make sense of it!” A fabulous piece of research leaving questions to unravel.

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MAPLE, Louisa
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Asylum Female Burials Horton Asylum Photo

MAPLE, Louisa

Steve JohnsonApril 14, 2023April 14, 2023
b.1854 - d.1923 What do we know? The address book contains details of a son, Frederick Maple, son Henry & Edith Maple, daughter, E. Redsull with husband J.E. Redsull. A...
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LEVERETT, John Henry
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Asylum Horton Asylum Long Grove Asylum Males

LEVERETT, John Henry

Tony McGarryApril 12, 2023April 17, 2023

Appearing twice in the 1911 Census was an interesting find for this man, John Henry Leverett.

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READ, George Richard
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Long Grove Asylum Males

READ, George Richard

Tony McGarryApril 11, 2023April 17, 2023
b.1871-d.1918 George’s parents George Richard Read was born in the March quarter of 1871, ref. Wandsworth 1d 596. The Wandsworth Registration District covered Battersea.. His parents were Richard and Dorothy...
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POULTON, George Henry
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Long Grove Asylum Males

POULTON, George Henry

Tony McGarryApril 10, 2023April 17, 2023
b.1878-d.1919 George’s parents This man was born and baptised as Henry George Poulton. He was born in the June Quarter of 1878, reference Islington 1b 440. He was baptised Henry...
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FULLER, John Alfred
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Asylum Long Grove Asylum

FULLER, John Alfred

Linda Miles-CartwrightApril 10, 2023April 10, 2023
b.1886-d.1911 Always deep in thought John Fuller’s life was short and typically little is known about him. However, the discovery of some of his case notes has given an insight...
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UNDERWOOD, Septimus Rowland
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Asylum Horton Asylum Males Photo

UNDERWOOD, Septimus Rowland

Stephen MundayApril 10, 2023April 17, 2023
b.1873-d.1913 Septimus’s parents Septimus Rowland Underwood was born in Groton, Suffolk, in the 2nd quarter of 1873. He was the seventh of nine children born to farmer Daniel Underwood and...
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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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