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.’
AMES, Agnes
b.1857–d.1914 Birth and marriage in Ireland Agnes was born Agnes Regnell (Wregnell) in Naas, Co Kildare, Ireland in about 1857. No Irish census information remains following a fire which destroyed...
COOPER, Frederick
This is a story of a tormented soul, a deep turmoil created by untreated epilepsy.
BOLTON, Thomas
b.1862 – d.1912. Thomas's family Thomas’s birth is recorded in records variously between 1859 (1891 Census) and 1862 (admission records)and no baptism has been found, but there is a Thomas...
COOMBES, Elizabeth
b.1861-d.1915. Elizabeth's parents and siblings Elizabeth Coombes was born Elizabeth Eltringham on 10 July 1861 to parents, Alexander Eltringham (1829-1876) and Elizabeth Holmes (1830-1898), who married on 19th June 1848...
SIMCOCK, Ellen (Nellie)
We are not sure why Ellen (Nellie) Simcock entered Manor Asylum but she was visited often by family members
HONEY, Joseph Thomas
b.1843 – d.1912 Early Life Joseph Thomas was the fifth of seven children born to Joseph Honey (1804-81) andMargery Couch (1811-66) who were both born in Cornwall and married in...
GARLAND, Percy Ernest
b.1882-d.1916 Percy's parents and siblings Percy Ernest Garland was born in Blackheath, Kent in the 4th Q of 1882, the fourth of six children. No baptism has been found for...
LEWIS, James
b.1859-d.1912 James's parents and siblings James was born on 30 September 1859 in the Camden Union workhouse and at his baptism on 19 Oct 1859 his mother is shown as...
HOWARD, Frank
b. 1876 - d. 1912 Frank’s appearance in the Lunacy Register and his hospital admission form do not record his DOB but according to the 1881c Frank was born in...
BUCKERIDGE, Lily Ada
b.1873-d.1914 Lily Ada Buckeridge was born on 8th Sept 1873 in Deptford Kent. Her parents were John Thomas Buckeridge (1848 –1924) born in Newbury, Berkshire and Elizabeth Jane Pharaoh née...
MOORE, Henry
b.1859-d.1912 Henry’s parents Henry Rose Moore was born in the June quarter of 1859 in Clerkenwell, Middlesex. He takes his unusual second name from his grandfather, Thomas Rose Moore. Henry...
FOLWELL, Dora
The Dressmaker
RIDLEY, Valentine George
b.1892-d.1916 Valentine's family Valentine’s birth was registered in the 1st Q of 1892 in Greenwich, Kent. No baptism certificate has been found to confirm his DOB or mother’s name but...
BRYANT, Percy Henry
b.1890-d.1914 Percy’s family and early life Percy was born, the eldest of seven children, on 2nd December 1890 and baptised on 22nd February at St John the Divine, Richmond, Surrey. ...
GILBERT, George Frederick
Died aged just 22
SABEY, George David
What happened to this Bootmaker?
WATERER, Richard James
A 20ft fall led to strange behaviour
TIDYMAN, Samuel
Escaped childhood murder!
CASSAN, John Sheffield
The Hollywood film star’s brother.
YEO, Marian Elizabeth
The silver polisher
WILSON, Frederick Leon
The common story of someone with epilepsy whose life was marred by a lack of understanding of the condition.