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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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22 Nov 2023

Video footage of our "Out of Sight, Out of Mind" event on #MentalHealthAwareness day, 10th Oct '23. We planted 1500+ ceramic flowers, painted by locals & school children. We had to hold it on ...the neighbouring farmland, as the cemetery is in private hands.

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HortonCemetery @horton_cemetery ·
17 Nov 2023

We need a passionate historian to help save the graves of these mental health patients. From all walks of life, these patients were laid to rest in a patch abandoned by the health service & sold ...to a developer.

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HortonCemetery @horton_cemetery ·
14 Nov 2023

A PLEA for HELP!
Please sign our petition to help us protect this cemetery from development by returning it to public hands.


Please include your city/postcode.
No obligation to donate, just
...please share.
#MentalHealthAwareness

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