Isabel Knight, Author at Friends of Horton Cemetery

PENFOLD, Edward Charles

Isabel KnightFebruary 19, 2023March 8, 2023

b. 1853-1908 Early Years 1850s to 1870s Edward Charles Penfold was born on 6 Nov 1853 in Holborn, Middlesex, registration district St Luke’s. His parents are Charles Penfold (1828-1902) and...

Horton Asylum Males

DOW, Charles

Isabel KnightOctober 13, 2022March 8, 2023

b.1850-d.1908 Early years Charles DOE was the second child of William DOE (b.1820) and Ann CLARK (b.1827). He was born on 20 February 1850 in the village of Stapleford Tawney...

Horton Asylum Males Photo

CORBETT, John Francis

Isabel KnightSeptember 12, 2022March 8, 2023

b.1858-d.1908 This story is probably typical of the majority of unfortunate people who passed through the asylum system during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. John was born, baptised into the...

Female Burials Horton Asylum Photo

FAY, Tottie

Isabel KnightMay 4, 2021October 17, 2022

The Worst and Wickedest Woman in London

Asylum Complete Horton Asylum Males

MINCHER, Samuel

Isabel KnightJanuary 26, 2021September 17, 2021

b.1840 – d.1908 Between Sep-Oct 1840 Samuel John MINCHER was born in Northamptonshire to Thomas MINCHER (1816-1864) and Mary (1817-1887). His father Thomas was born in Shoreditch, Middlesex, and his...