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Lendvai, Peter Erwin
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Asylum Males West Park Asylum

Lendvai, Peter Erwin

Steve JohnsonNovember 8, 2024November 8, 2024
Erwin (Peter) Lendvai (4 June 1882, in Budapest – 21 March 1949 in Epsom, Surrey) was a Hungarian composer and choral conductor. And he was an uncle of the composer...
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BEECH, Thomas
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Horton Asylum

BEECH, Thomas

Shaun JonesSeptember 22, 2024
b.1863-d.1908 Beginnings Thomas was born on 10th July 1863 at Tubby’s Alley, Scotland Green, Tottenham. He was the third of eight children born to Thomas Beech, a labourer, and his...
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CALFE, William
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Asylum Horton Asylum Males

CALFE, William

Alison CookSeptember 11, 2024September 11, 2024
b.1851-d.1933  Author’s note I was very lucky with my research on William.  Several Horton team members gave me advice and help, and I was fortunate to find that William’s gt-gt-grandson...
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REEVES, Caroline
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Long Grove Asylum

REEVES, Caroline

Jenni LlewellynSeptember 9, 2024September 9, 2024
b.1845-d.1918 Caroline’s parents Caroline was born on 5th February 1845 at 11 Moor Street, Marylebone to John EADE junior, a Waiter and Charlotte née BUNNEY his wife. John and Charlotte...
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PICK, John
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Males Manor Asylum

PICK, John

Alison CookSeptember 9, 2024September 10, 2024
b.1856-d.1915 Early Life and family John Pick was born in Bayswater, London on 30th March 1856 to John & Amelia Rebecca Pick (née Allen).  He was baptised on 13th February...
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LINSTEAD, Edward Charles 
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Long Grove Asylum

LINSTEAD, Edward Charles 

Linda Miles-CartwrightSeptember 9, 2024September 9, 2024
b.1878-d.1911 https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/tree/197837746/family?cfpid=182576820417&invitetoken=-kaa24ju61ETbuYNxFnn5DYmoTRb6lMyMLccv1zJass%3D “He had been strange in his manner for three months” There is no evidence that Edward Charles Linstead’s parents ever married. I can trace no marriage certificate for...
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TAYLOR, Robert
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Horton Asylum

TAYLOR, Robert

Elizabeth AumeerSeptember 8, 2024September 8, 2024
b.1884-d.1914 Robert Taylor was born on 17 August 1884. His birth was registered in the Strand, London Family  Robert’s parents were Robert  (senior) and Jane Taylor (nee Northfield}. They had...
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SHEARMAN, Emma
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Asylum Long Grove Asylum

SHEARMAN, Emma

Stephen MundaySeptember 8, 2024September 8, 2024
b.1873-d.1922 It would appear, from the evidence provided by censuses and baptismal records, that our subject, Emma, grew up in a stable family environment with her parents and five siblings....
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WHITE, Emma
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Horton Asylum Manor Asylum

WHITE, Emma

Julie JacksonSeptember 8, 2024September 8, 2024
1857-1911 née Emma Virginia Neale An initial search for Emma White, with the details given on the Horton Cemetery burial records, didn’t produce any results. From her Horton address book,...
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Ewell Epileptic Colony Horton Asylum

HARTLEY, Richard Johnson (Robert)

Lesley LeeSeptember 8, 2024May 8, 2025
b.1860-d.1914 https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/tree/197875114/family?cfpid=202577313805&invitetoken=fgPlO-Pn2BgyokqbXpD0mDZia2RI5hWNJ-sZJPN9GWw%3D Introduction This gentleman caused some confusion.  In his Colony records he is always referred to as Robert Hartley but I could find nothing in any online records for...
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JONES, Thomas
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Horton Asylum

JONES, Thomas

Shaun JonesJune 9, 2024June 9, 2024
b.1878-d.1908 Early days Thomas was born on 25th January 1871 at 14 Verulam Street in Holborn. His parents were Henry Jones, a former cattle drover, and his wife Keziah Tadgell...
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OSBORN, Frederick John. 
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Long Grove Asylum

OSBORN, Frederick John. 

Linda MartinJune 9, 2024June 9, 2024
b.1872-d.1909 https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/tree/197110760/family/familyview?cfpid=202566346884 The wrong Frederick Osborne when an "e" makes a difference Frederick entered the Asylum system under the name of Frederick Osborne. This led to some confusion and it...
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COOPER, William Henry 
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Long Grove Asylum

COOPER, William Henry 

Linda Miles-CartwrightJune 9, 2024
b.1879-d.1911 The Demise of a Young Bank Clerk Without William’s death certificate it would have been difficult to trace him with any certainty. Fortunately, it had some vital information –...
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BERRY, Henry
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Horton Asylum

BERRY, Henry

Shaun JonesMay 28, 2024May 28, 2024

A really interesting read, one of lost years and of a mysterious family death

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WALKER, George
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St. Ebba's

WALKER, George

Stephen MundayMay 28, 2024May 28, 2024

A fascinating story of a young man whose struggle with epilepsy shaped his short life.

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BARRETT, Edward Dillon
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Long Grove Asylum

BARRETT, Edward Dillon

Stephen MundayMay 28, 2024May 28, 2024

Edward spent half if his life in institutions.

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DAWES, Jane Eliza
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Horton Asylum

DAWES, Jane Eliza

Marion TurnerMay 5, 2024March 21, 2025
b.1856-d.1914 Jane Eliza Dawes was 58 years old when she died in Horton on 12th September 1914. This would give a birth year of c1856. The Findagrave website gives her...
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Asylum Horton Asylum

TYSON, John

Linda MartinMay 5, 2024June 9, 2024
b.1867-d.1909 Vertical Tree View - Ancestry We are fortunate to have a photograph of John and his Reception Order and medical notes from the London Metropolitan Actives.  John’s parents -...
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JOYCE, Bertha
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Long Grove Asylum

JOYCE, Bertha

Linda Miles-CartwrightMay 5, 2024May 5, 2024
b.1878-d.1911 Introduction It was difficult to trace Bertha at first. The age recorded on her burial record was misleading. This led me to trawl a wider date range for her...
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COLEMAN, Mark
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Horton Asylum

COLEMAN, Mark

Marion TurnerMay 5, 2024May 28, 2024
b.1846-d.1923 Introduction When Mark went into Horton Hospital in early 1902 he was 56 years old and described as melancholic. His notes over the years show a fairly constant pattern...
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ALDER, Sarah
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Horton Asylum

ALDER, Sarah

Shaun JonesMay 5, 2024May 5, 2024
b.1844-d.1912 (With thanks to family member Alan Stewart who produced the first draft of this story, to which I have added very little.) Sarah’s family Sarah was born Sarah Mary...
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Ewell Epileptic Colony

HYATT, Daisy Lilian

Lesley LeeMay 5, 2024July 14, 2025
b.1887-d.1916 https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/tree/196396435/family/familyview?cfpid=352568745569 Daisy's parents and siblings According to the baptism register of St Clement Danes Church Daisy was born on18 May 1887, and baptised on the 12th June. Her parents...
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KLESENDORF, Alfred George
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Horton Asylum

KLESENDORF, Alfred George

Shaun JonesApril 22, 2024April 22, 2024
b.1861-d.1913 Alfred was born in London in 1861, to John William Klesendorf, a waiter, and his wife Mary Willgoose.  History of the Klesendorfs: Great-grandfather Joakim The origins of the Klesendorf...
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WHEELER, Ada Elizabeth
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Ewell Epileptic Colony

WHEELER, Ada Elizabeth

Stephen MundayApril 21, 2024April 22, 2024
b.1865-d.1917 Introduction Ada Elizabeth Wheeler was born in Fulham in the 3rd quarter of 1865 and baptised in Hammersmith on the 5th of November 1865. An epileptic, her health deteriorated...
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MASSEY, Harriet
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Female Burials Horton Asylum Photo

MASSEY, Harriet

Sally NestorApril 7, 2024April 22, 2024
b.1832-d.1907 Death I have had to start at the end of Harriet Massey's life and try to work backwards in order to tell her story.  The Horton Cemetery Records provided...
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CURWOOD, Rose Hester 
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Long Grove Asylum

CURWOOD, Rose Hester 

Jenni LlewellynApril 7, 2024April 7, 2024
b.1881-d.1917 Rose’s parents Rose Hester Curwood was born 28th February 1881 to Thomas Curwood (1839 -1914) a House  Painter and his wife Harriett, née Beckett, (1839 - 1909). They had...
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OLIVER, Caroline
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Female Burials Horton Asylum

OLIVER, Caroline

Shaun JonesApril 7, 2024April 22, 2024
b. 1857-d.1909 Caroline was born Caroline Ann Harwood 0n 19 July 1857 at 11 Bridgewater Street, Somers Town, London, the daughter of Edward Reuben Harwood, a lithographic printer, and his...
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HARLEY, Alice
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Long Grove Asylum

HARLEY, Alice

Linda Miles-CartwrightApril 7, 2024April 7, 2024
b.1882-d.1911  A tale of poverty and illness Alice was born on 12 May 1882, but she was registered under the name of Alice Maud Lehan. Her parents were Timothy Lehan...
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LEIGH, Jessie
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Horton Asylum

LEIGH, Jessie

Linda MartinApril 6, 2024April 6, 2024
b.1867-d.1909 Jessie was a housewife and mother of a young family when she was admitted to Horton Asylum in 1905 aged 37. Without her case notes it is not possible...
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STANDLY,  Louisa
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Asylum Horton Asylum

STANDLY,  Louisa

Linda MartinApril 6, 2024April 6, 2024
b.1862–d.1909 A Tie Maker An illustration from Pearson's Weekly dated 21 November 1901 of Tie Makers. Courtesy of British Newspaper Archives. Louisa was a Victorian tie maker; we first find...
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HODLEY, Jane
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Asylum Horton Asylum

HODLEY, Jane

Linda MartinMarch 19, 2024March 19, 2024
b.1861 – d.1909 Jane Hodley died in Horton Asylum on 25 April 1909 and was buried in Horton Cemetery on 30 April.  Who was Jane? The Lunacy Register recorded Jane...
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POPPLEWELL, James
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Long Grove Asylum Males

POPPLEWELL, James

Rosie SpenceMarch 10, 2024March 11, 2024
b.1867 – d.1914 Introduction This story is about my 2x Great Grandfather and has been made up from family memories and notes as well as records found in various archives. ...
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HEATH, Lizzie
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Female Burials Manor Asylum

HEATH, Lizzie

Sally NestorMarch 10, 2024April 22, 2024
b.1848 - d.1907 Death Lizzie Heath died, aged 59 at the Manor Asylum, Horton on 4th September 1907 at 10.20 am and was buried at the cemetery in grave 7b....
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BREMMICOMBE, Henry
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Horton Asylum Males

BREMMICOMBE, Henry

Diane GardnerMarch 9, 2024March 11, 2024
b.1856-d.1910 Henry Bremmicombe’s birth was registered in the Jan-Feb-Mar quarter of 1856 and his baptism record gives his date of birth as 17th January. He was baptised along with his...
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BOLD, Maria
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Female Burials Horton Asylum

BOLD, Maria

Isabel KnightMarch 9, 2024March 11, 2024
b.1862-d.1908 EARLY YEARS I have been unable to categorically determine where Maria was born, or who her parents were. The burial record states that she was born in Lower Clapton,...
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RYAN, Mary
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Long Grove Asylum

RYAN, Mary

Linda Miles-CartwrightFebruary 26, 2024February 26, 2024
b.1875-d.1911 Destitution, disorder and despair. Discovering Mary’s story has been difficult to piece together and the key to her identity was through one of her sisters a “Mrs Smedley” whose...
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PUTMAN, William John
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Horton Asylum

PUTMAN, William John

Linda MartinFebruary 26, 2024March 11, 2024
b.1861-d.1909 William’s parents William John was the first child of Alfred and Elizabeth Putman.  Alfred was born in the City of London on 3 Sept 1842 and baptised at the...
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LAUGHTON, Ethel
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Horton Asylum

LAUGHTON, Ethel

Charlotte PayneFebruary 26, 2024February 26, 2024
b.1880-d.1911 Early life in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire Ethel’s story starts in Wisbech: a market town in Cambridgeshire with an inland port, sitting on the river Nene. She was born here in...
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CLARKE, George
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Horton Asylum

CLARKE, George

Alison CookFebruary 26, 2024March 10, 2024
 b.c1832-d.1913  George Clarke was born c1832. Admission to Hoxton House Asylum On 2 July 1901, George was admitted to Hoxton House Asylum in Shoreditch.  He was discharged the following year...
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BOX, Archibald
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Long Grove Asylum

BOX, Archibald

Linda Miles-CartwrightFebruary 26, 2024February 26, 2024
b.1882-d.1911 The Youngest child Archibald Box was a young 24-year-old man when he was admitted to Hackney Workhouse. Scared and confused he would live out the rest of his days...
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FOX, John
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Horton Asylum

FOX, John

Isabel KnightFebruary 18, 2024February 18, 2024

John Fox led a full life with an extended family. A shoemaker then railway porter and also a church verger for a while. He saw the birth of four grandchildren before his demise and rapid death in Horton.

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COLLIER, Isaac James
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Asylum Ewell Epileptic Colony

COLLIER, Isaac James

Lesley LeeFebruary 14, 2024February 14, 2024

When Isaac is transferred to The Colony in Ewell he is said to be quite aware of what is going on and where he is.
His speech is good and coherent apart from a slight stammer at times.  He complains that his memory is not good and ‘if told to do a thing he forgets unless he does it immediately.’

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ANDREWS, Kate
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Horton Asylum

ANDREWS, Kate

Linda Miles-CartwrightFebruary 4, 2024February 4, 2024

The daughter of a chimney sweep, from Dublin, brought four children into the world before she died just aged 28 at Horton. The fact that her children survived and apparently led full and long lives is testament to her.

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KIDD, James
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Horton Asylum

KIDD, James

Linda MartinFebruary 3, 2024February 4, 2024
James was born on 4 April 1864, and baptised in Dalry, Ayrshire, Scotland. James was the first child of 4 found to be born to parents James Kidd 1843 from...
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SODEN, George
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Asylum Long Grove Asylum

SODEN, George

Roger MillerFebruary 3, 2024February 14, 2024

George died at 70 years, after a long life as a tarpaulin maker, a sail maker and a blind maker.

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17 Nov

Hendrik B Koekkoek - youngest son of Dutch painter Hermanus Koekkoek (1815-1882).

His grandfather was Dutch painter Johannes Hermanus Koekkoek.

Hendrik’s paintings can be found in museums,
...including the museum Paul Tetar van Elven in Delft, Holland.
http://www.hortoncemetery.org/koekkoek-hendrick-b/

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Sylvester first appears in the workhouse in 1866. He was found wandering, aged 5 years and is taken to the workhouse. He is discharged the same day to his mother. There starts his institutional life.... Sylvester spent his whole life in institutions.
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14 Nov

Félix Garcia was a famed Spanish dancer, and art subject of Picasso. He was confined at the Long Grove asylum, in Epsom, after he started acting peculiar, soon after being possibly deceived by The ...Ballet Russes director, Sergei Diaghilev.
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Tottie Fay - The Worst and Wickedest woman in London! I challenge you, upon reading her story, not to feel admiration for her courage, in the overwhelming face of adversity, and to feel compassion... in droves for her life-story and eventual fate.

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