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JACOBI, Frank 
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Asylum Males Photo

JACOBI, Frank 

Elizabeth AumeerMay 8, 2025May 9, 2025
b.1882-d.1914 Frank Jacobi was born on the 19th February 1882 at 36 Murray Buildings, Vauxhall. He was thirty two years old when he died at Horton Asylum on the 18th...
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EDGECOMBE, Henrietta
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Asylum Female Burials Horton Asylum

EDGECOMBE, Henrietta

Elizabeth AumeerMay 8, 2025May 9, 2025
b.1886-d.1914 I found that there was little information on Henrietta Edgecombe but by looking at her parents and siblings we have a picture of what her life was like. I...
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MOORE, Albert George
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Asylum Horton Asylum Males

MOORE, Albert George

Elizabeth AumeerMay 8, 2025May 9, 2025
b.1881-d.1914 Albert's birthplace According to Royal Navyrecords Albert George Moore was born on 20 September 1878 in Wells next Sea, Norfolk, commonly called just Wells. It is a fishing port...
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BURNISTON (née Addison) Emma Jane
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Horton Asylum

BURNISTON (née Addison) Emma Jane

Alison CookMay 8, 2025May 8, 2025
b.1838-d.1923 Emma’s parents   Emma Jane Addison was born in Stoke Damerel, Devonport circa 1838 to John & Elizabeth Addison. Emma was the couple’s youngest child.  In fact, she was...
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BAUERMEISTER, Johanna Amanda Louise
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Female Burials Horton Asylum Manor Asylum

BAUERMEISTER, Johanna Amanda Louise

Shaun JonesMay 8, 2025May 9, 2025
b.1857 - d.1923 We know very little about Johanna.  We know that she was a teacher or governess; that she was born in Germany in the 1850s; and that she...
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BRICKER, Samuel Henry
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Long Grove Asylum

BRICKER, Samuel Henry

Stephen MundayApril 22, 2025April 22, 2025
b.1867-d.1915 Samuel’s parents Samuel Henry Bricker was born in Isleworth in the 4th quarter of 1867. His parents were mason Henry Bricker and his wife Emma (née Payne or Paine)....
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HODGSON, Fanny (née Kemp)
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Horton Asylum

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...
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CLOUD, James 
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Horton Asylum Males Photo

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
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Horton Asylum

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
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Long Grove Asylum

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
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Horton Asylum

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
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Horton Asylum

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
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Horton Asylum

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
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Horton Asylum Long Grove Asylum

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,...
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BANNELL, Walter
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Long Grove Asylum

BANNELL, Walter

Stephen MundayMarch 21, 2025
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...
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THURSTON, Ernest Alfred
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Long Grove Asylum

THURSTON, Ernest Alfred

Stephen MundayMarch 21, 2025June 17, 2025

The silversmith at work

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COOK, Dorothy Fanny
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Long Grove Asylum

COOK, Dorothy Fanny

Stephen MundayMarch 8, 2025March 8, 2025

This story has been written following an approach from a family member in Australia who is Dorothy’s great grandson.

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BEDFORD, Cassie (Chrissie)
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Manor Asylum

BEDFORD, Cassie (Chrissie)

Theresa Kenefick-ConwayFebruary 22, 2025February 22, 2025
b.1878-d.1920 Chrissie Bedford has proved to be a fascinating research subject but very difficult to pin down at times. The following is a summary of everything found to date; there...
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CARROLL, Luke
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Horton Asylum Manor Asylum

CARROLL, Luke

Stephen MundayJanuary 29, 2025January 29, 2025
b.1860-d.1908 Luke Carroll was the son of Luke Carroll and his wife Elizabeth (née Moore) who were married in the church of St Giles in the Fields, Holborn, in the...
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NORTHMORE Robert Henry
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Horton Asylum

NORTHMORE Robert Henry

Stephen MundayJanuary 29, 2025January 29, 2025
b.1847-d.1914 When Robert Henry Northmore died in Horton Asylum in 1914 at the age of 67 he had spent almost half of his life in mental health institutions.  Robert Henry’s...
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ADAMS, Sarah
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Manor Asylum

ADAMS, Sarah

Alison CookJanuary 27, 2025May 8, 2025
b.c1850-d.1915 On 9th January 1914, Sarah Adams was admitted to Lambeth Workhouse in Renfrew Road; she was discharged to the Infirmary a couple of weeks later on 24th January.  After...
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CERVI, Theresa
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Horton Asylum

CERVI, Theresa

Theresa Kenefick-ConwayJanuary 27, 2025March 21, 2025
b.1879-d.1912 This story was written by Barb Monteath about a family member, Theresa Cervi, (née Persico) “I am bound to them, though I cannot look into their eyes or hear...
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MUNK, William 
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Horton Asylum

MUNK, William 

Hazel BallanJanuary 27, 2025January 27, 2025
b.1879-d.1905 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...
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ALLEN, Frederick (George Frederick Allen)
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Long Grove Asylum

ALLEN, Frederick (George Frederick Allen)

Linda Miles-CartwrightJanuary 25, 2025January 27, 2025
b.1868/9-d.1926 https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/tree/173802352/family/familyview?cfpid=402253983788 Foreword by Julia Morris Linda Miles-Cartwright has kindly put together a story of my Great Grandfather who was buried at Horton Cemetery. Later Frederick's wife, Rose, would also...
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LAMBERT, Ernest Archibald
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Asylum Horton Asylum

LAMBERT, Ernest Archibald

Elizabeth AumeerJanuary 25, 2025January 27, 2025
b.1883-d.1914 Ernest’s parents Ernest Archibald Lambert’s birth was registered in 1883 in Southwark. His parents were William and Christina Lambert (née Clark). Ernest was their last child.He had eight siblings. ...
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BARNSLEY, Rose Ellen
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Horton Asylum

BARNSLEY, Rose Ellen

Alison CookJanuary 25, 2025January 25, 2025
b.1881-d.1923 Rose Ellen DALY was born at 23 Rhyl Street, Kentish Town, St. Pancras on 3rd July 1881 to James & Mary Ann/Marian DALY (née Townshend).   Rose’s parents Rose’s parents...
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COLE, Jane Ann
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Long Grove Asylum

COLE, Jane Ann

Linda Miles-CartwrightJanuary 23, 2025January 27, 2025
b.1878-d.1911 https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/tree/201247488/family?cfpid=362626940999&invitetoken=ECvF3Jfxn3lU_5wA5mYLccWXtM7LXR9AwSOFXQb65_A%3D Introduction Jane was a long way from home when she died but details from her death certificate helped to identify her and where she came from. Jane was...
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WALKER, Frank
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Long Grove Asylum

WALKER, Frank

Linda Miles-CartwrightJanuary 23, 2025January 27, 2025
b.1879-d.1911 Vertical Tree View - Ancestry A mysterious young man from Argyle Street Frank Walker was only 32 years old when he died, and he had spent the last 9...
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Ewell Epileptic Colony

HOLDEN, Henry William

Lesley LeeJanuary 23, 2025January 23, 2025
b.1886-d.1914 Vertical Tree View - Ancestry Henry’s family Henry  was the third child of five born to George Holden and his wife, Florence Emily Traies.  His siblings were George Edward...
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DASSITER, Emma
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Long Grove Asylum

DASSITER, Emma

Alison CookJanuary 23, 2025January 27, 2025
b.1834-d.1917 Introduction  Emma Dassiter died at Long Grove Asylum on 28 January 1917 aged 83 having been admitted to Long Grove Asylum on 7 August 1907.  She is buried in...
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BRADY, James Ernest Quinland
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Long Grove Asylum

BRADY, James Ernest Quinland

Stephen MundayJanuary 23, 2025January 27, 2025
b.1872-d.1921 Although our subject was baptised and registered as Ernest James Quinland Brady, his name appears as James Ernest Brady in Lunacy Patients Admission Registers.  Ernest’s parents Ernest was the...
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ANDREWS, Mabel
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Long Grove Asylum

ANDREWS, Mabel

Linda Miles-CartwrightJanuary 23, 2025January 27, 2025
b.1879-d.1911 Introduction Unfortunately, none of the definite records found for Mabel referred to her family. Not even her death certificate gave me any mention of a family. The 1911 census...
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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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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, 2024May 5, 2024
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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CHEESMAN, Annie
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Female Burials Manor Asylum

CHEESMAN, Annie

Steve JohnsonNovember 20, 2023November 20, 2023
b. ~1849 - d. 3 October 1911 Died 3rd October 1911 - Buried: 9 October 1911 - Grave 1295b Annie Cheesman was a mother, and grandmother, widowed in her 40s...
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DEAN, George
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Asylum Horton Asylum

DEAN, George

Hazel BallanNovember 19, 2023November 19, 2023
b.1850-d.1902 Like many of our stories, there was little to go on for George Dean when searching in the available online records. So little in fact, that a copy of...
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CRACKNELL, Alfred William
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Horton Asylum

CRACKNELL, Alfred William

Alison CookNovember 5, 2023March 10, 2024

“A quiet old dement who…gives no trouble and works contentedly in the vegetable shed….the place cannot get on without him.”

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HARMSWORTH, Louisa
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Asylum Long Grove Asylum

HARMSWORTH, Louisa

Jenni LlewellynNovember 5, 2023November 5, 2023
1892-1918 Louisa Emily Harmsworth was born on the 10th April 1892, the illegitimate daughter of Sarah Harmsworth, a general servant and a single woman. Louisa was baptised at Tooting Graveney...
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SKERMER (also Skinner/Skirner), Charles
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Long Grove Asylum Males

SKERMER (also Skinner/Skirner), Charles

Linda Miles-CartwrightOctober 29, 2023October 30, 2023
b.1885-d.1911 The Grandson of a high-flying career man who fell from grace. Charles proved to be difficult to trace as the Find a Grave website had Charles’s surname noted as...
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PHILLIPS, William
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Horton Asylum Males

PHILLIPS, William

Linda MartinOctober 29, 2023October 30, 2023
b.1864-d.1909 Author’s note William Phillips was not an easy name to research, Phillips being quite a common surname in the UK.  I did find a good candidate only to discover...
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AMES, Agnes

Lesley LeeOctober 29, 2023October 29, 2023
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...
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ANDERSON, Elizabeth Leslie
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ANDERSON, Elizabeth Leslie

Jenni LlewellynOctober 29, 2023October 30, 2023
b.1891-d.1918 Elizabeth was born on the 2nd March 1891 in the St Pancras registration district to John Leighton  Anderson and Mary Ann nee Wood, known as Lilly.   John had been...
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Bartlett, Alfred
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Bartlett, Alfred

Isabel KnightSeptember 17, 2023October 3, 2023
b.1845-d.1908 The Early Years Alfred Bartlett came from a large family being the fifth child born to William Bartlett (1808-1879) and Harriet Farr (1813-1896). His father William Bartlett was born...
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EATON, Samuel
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EATON, Samuel

Jenni LlewellynSeptember 17, 2023October 3, 2023

A gas fitter born in St Martin in the Fields, London

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JOSLIN, Ada
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JOSLIN, Ada

Charlotte PayneSeptember 9, 2023September 11, 2023

The short life of a buttonhole maker from Lambeth.

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COOPER, Frederick
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COOPER, Frederick

Lesley LeeSeptember 9, 2023September 11, 2023

This is a story of a tormented soul, a deep turmoil created by untreated epilepsy.

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HALL née Grey, Emma Mary
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HALL née Grey, Emma Mary

Linda Miles-CartwrightSeptember 9, 2023September 17, 2023

A short life for a mother who entered Long Grove when her youngest child was barely a month old.

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VOWLES, Thomas John Milton
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VOWLES, Thomas John Milton

Linda MartinAugust 6, 2023September 11, 2023

Thomas’s story is not a typical one of poverty in London. In fact, Thomas and his wife were descendants of Yeoman Farmers from the West Country.

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BAKER, Richard Joseph
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BAKER, Richard Joseph

Isabel KnightAugust 6, 2023September 11, 2023

The hazard of working with lead paint might well have a bearing on Richard’s declining mental health, since he worked as a house painter for over thirty years.

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ROADS, Francis Elliot
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ROADS, Francis Elliot

Stephen MundayJuly 30, 2023August 21, 2023

Many people will not know what a coprolite merchant is. This story will make all clear.

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HORRIGAN, William
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HORRIGAN, William

Hazel BallanJuly 30, 2023July 31, 2023

Little is known about William, except that he seems to have been acquainted with the Police on more than one occasion.

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SOPER, George Edward Worsley
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SOPER, George Edward Worsley

Stephen MundayJuly 30, 2023July 31, 2023

In the 1881, George’s occupation was given as a ‘language teacher’. He was living in the house of a teacher of pianoforte, and one of the other boarders was a professor of singing and elocution, all of which suggests a very refined and respectable household.

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VENN, William
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VENN, William

Hazel BallanJuly 30, 2023July 31, 2023

Epilepsy ultimately was the reason why William ended his life in Horton Hospital.

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COMPTON, Emma
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COMPTON, Emma

Roger MillerJuly 30, 2023July 31, 2023

The story of Emma Compton appeared unexceptional at the outset. However, we did uncover a few surprises during our research.

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GALLIANO, James Price
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GALLIANO, James Price

Linda Miles-CartwrightJune 28, 2023July 28, 2023
b.1875-d.1910 A Mediterranean Background James Price Galliano was the youngest of seven children born to a Roman Catholic family in a well to do area of Clapham. His parents Victoria...
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HUNT, John James
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HUNT, John James

Linda MartinJune 27, 2023July 28, 2023
b.1825-d.1909 Rural Beginnings John’s story starts in the old Oxfordshire village of Sibford Gower, which is a village 6.5 miles west of Banbury.  John was born in 1825 to parents...
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HAYCOCK, Hannah
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HAYCOCK, Hannah

Laura BrownJune 27, 2023July 28, 2023
b.1868-d.1908 Hannah’s parents and siblings Hannah Haycock was born in 1868 in Rochford, Essex to parents Thomas and Caroline (née Thompson). Hannah was the eldest of five children. She was...
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ROBERTS, Benjamin
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ROBERTS, Benjamin

Stephen MundayJune 25, 2023July 28, 2023

Benjamin said he had made a harp with 1,000 strings and could play any tune and instrument! He worked as a musician.

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