BOLTON, Thomas
FAIRBRASS, Amy (Amey)
MAUER, Charles
BURTON, Susan
She ordered extravagant luncheons both at Stafford and Northampton stations and had no money to pay for them. The delusion that she is a duchess recurs frequently throughout her case notes.
WARD, Caroline
Without the invaluable case notes for Caroline Ward, we would not be able to tell any of her sad story.
SULLIVAN, Agnes
COPELAND, Mary Ann (née Myring)
ATKINSON, Alfred Brereton
CLAYTON, Ada
Ada proved a little elusive to find at first.Thanks to the visitor book, the author then found her husband and more of her short life was uncovered.
GOLDER, Edward
EYRE, Ada (née Heath)
COOMBES, Elizabeth
ALLIBON, Sarah Emma
WALLACE/WALLISS, Frederick
PARKER, Walter Gilbert
ENDERSON, Gertrude
GILCHRIST, Jane
PASKELL, Kate
EFFEMEY, John
BAKER, Cassidy (née Trull)
HELLICAR, Infant Child
STREET, John
It is not clear why John entered Manor hospital. His family were interesting. John’s brother George, a builder, left £6m in his will. His son Thomas and his wife were killed by a V2 rocket in 1944.
CARTWRIGHT, Walter
A story revisited by the author when invaluable case notes came to light at the London Metropolitan Archives. What followed resulted in a thorough family history for Walter Cartwright and his family.
VENNELL, Martha Ellen
We know little about Martha except that she was epileptic.
CORKE, Henrietta
The author says, “This has been such an interesting case to try to unravel and kept a couple of us up to the early hours trying to make sense of it!” A fabulous piece of research leaving questions to unravel.
MAPLE, Louisa
LEVERETT, John Henry
Appearing twice in the 1911 Census was an interesting find for this man, John Henry Leverett.
READ, George Richard
POULTON, George Henry
FULLER, John Alfred
UNDERWOOD, Septimus Rowland
THREDGILL, Lavinia pply. Nevilla Elizabeth
JACKSON, Priscilla
HARRIS, Rose Matilda Edith
The researcher carved a route through a lot of confusing information to track down the lady in this story! The question we continue to ponder is…who exactly was Edward Buckland? He visited Rosa 23 times when she was in Manor – a family member? A friend? Or a devoted partner?
MOSS, Thomas
Sometimes we just have to wait for more information to come to light to write their full story. Such is the case with Thomas Moss
GREGG, Charlotte
A one time servant to a Baronet and Chief Clerk in the Colonial Office, Charlotte has gaps in her life story, which ends in Manor Hospital.
ROENNE (Ferdinand) Frederick Adam
This is the fabulous story of a true man of mystery – a confidence trickster, fraudster and swindler. He also may have been an accomplished airship and naval engineer. Right at the beginning of WW1, this story raises more questions than the answers it gives.
BONNER, Mary Elizabeth
EDWING, Elizabeth
Thanks to the visitor books for Manor Hospital we were able to find Elizabeth Edwing and write her story.
HOWE, Walter
EVANS, James William Montague
MUNRO (née Saunders), Sarah
AITKEN, William
5½ weeks after he had his head cut open by being knocked down by some roughs in the street, William Aitken suffered a life of Epilepsy in hospitals and asylums. His wife left the children to fend for themselves and it would appear he never saw any of them again.
NOYE (née BRIMACOMBE), Harriet Ann
GODBOLD, Florence Kezia May
ALLEN, Mary Ann
SAGE, Henry Charles
No reason is given for Henry Charles’s admission to Long Grove. He was a munitions worker just prior to entry.
SIMCOCK, Ellen (Nellie)
We are not sure why Ellen (Nellie) Simcock entered Manor Asylum but she was visited often by family members
CARPENTER, George
DUNCOMBE, Caroline
HAMILTON, Sarah Lloyd
SCAMBLER, Thomas William
This is the fascinating story or Thomas William Scambler where a detailed court case makes for a good read
WOODCOTE, Mary
Mary Woodcote’s life is remembered because of her time spent in the workhouse or the asylum. Now, she will not be forgotten.
CUTHBERT, Thomasine
MILTON, Maria
Maria MILTON gave birth to 11 children, a challenging life that ended in Horton Asylum.
PENFOLD, Edward Charles
CHAPMAN, Harriett
BAILEY, Kate
APPLETON, Caroline Sophia
HONEY, Joseph Thomas
HODGES, Annie Harriet
SWAN, Ernest Paul
WOOD, Mary Ann
HARTNOLL, Thomas
KING, Harriet
GARLAND, Percy Ernest
LEWIS, James
EBELTHITE, Sarah
GORSUCH, Joseph
HOWARD, Frank
HARPER, James
VANDERPANT, Margaret Lucy
COATHUPE, Henry Waldegrave Lacey
BUCKERIDGE, Lily Ada
CLARKE, William Robert
HAWKINS, Frederick
LAMBERT, Fannie Ethel
The story of Fannie Ethel Lambert, described as ‘a useful help’ to the household of a professor of music.
ALDRIDGE, Frederick William
The Mechanical Engineer
HOLDGATE, Charles
FLAXMAN, Elizabeth
The tailoress suffering depression
FLETCHER, George
Was an unfortunate accident responsible for this man’s epilepsy?
BARNET, Enid
Daughter of famous colonial architect who built Sydney.
MOORE, Henry
CRESSWELL, Frank Ernest
SKILLINGS, Samuel
DOW, Charles
GREENE, Archibald
PAULSON, George Grant
FOLWELL, Dora
The Dressmaker