March 2025 - Friends of Horton Cemetery

HODGSON, Fanny (née Kemp)

Hazel BallanMarch 22, 2025

b.1848-d.1923 Introduction Back in 2008 I was shown the photograph above of some of the remaining headstones in the Horton Estate Cemetery that had been photographed on 28 February 1971...

CLOUD, James

Elizabeth AumeerMarch 22, 2025May 9, 2025

b.1882-d.1914 James Cloud was born on 1 June 1882 in Lambeth, then part of Surrey. His parents were William Cloud and Mary Ann (née Newman). William and Mary had at...

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BURNS, John

Elizabeth AumeerMarch 22, 2025

b. c1881-d.1914 Introduction There must be many patients buried in the Horton Estate Cemetery who died alone, without family or friends. Not only was there the stigma of mental illness,...

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BROOKER, Emily Alice

Jenni LlewellynMarch 22, 2025March 22, 2025

b.1883-d.1918 Emily’s birth Emily Alice was born on 16th September 1883. Her mother was Alice Brooker, a Factory Hand. No father’s name has been found. Alice’s mother, (and Emily’s grandmother)...

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BELCHER, Peter

Alison CookMarch 21, 2025

b.1865-d.1913 When and where was Peter born? The asylum case notes for Peter Belcher indicated that he was born circa 1875 and gave us his occupation as ‘groom’ but sadly...

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BECKETT, Annie

Elizabeth AumeerMarch 21, 2025

b.1882-d.1914 Annie’s Parents Annie Harriet Becket (nee Rolfe) was born on 12th November 1882 at 3 Union Street, Kennington Road, Lambeth. She was the daughter of William Rolfe and Elizabeth...

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GILHAM (or GILLING), Stephen

Elizabeth AumeerMarch 21, 2025March 21, 2025

b.1880-d.1914 Stephen's parents and siblings Stephen was born on 24 December 1880 at 9 Rope Yard Rails, Woolwich. He was registered as Stephen Henry Emery-Gilliam and was the son of...

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McCOUBREY, Elizabeth

Jenni LlewellynMarch 21, 2025March 21, 2025

b.1886-d.1918 Elizabeth's parents and siblings Elizabeth was born on 17th March 1886 at 16 New Fenwick Street, Woolwich. Her father James, who had been born about 1857 in Northern Ireland,...

Long Grove Asylum

b.1869-d.1910 Introduction Walter Bannell died in Long Grove in 1910 aged just 40. Sadly, research has revealed that his mother also suffered from mental health problems. Walter’s parents Walter was...