Skip to content
Friends of Horton Cemetery Logo 256

Friends of Horton Cemetery

A community project to immortalise those buried at Horton Cemetery

Header Advertise
Menu
  • Home
  • The People
    • The STORIES
    • The Burials
    • The Records
    • The Authors
  • The Cemetery
    • The Forgotten Cemetery
    • The Cluster
    • The History
    • The Memorial
    • Why should we care?
    • Local Listing of Horton Cemetery
  • The Charity
    • Objectives
    • Out of Sight, Out of Mind?
    • Events
      • Event Sites & Locations
    • More About Our Volunteers
    • Friends and Patrons
    • Thanks & Credits
    • Ways to help us?
  • Contact
  • Kids’ Corner
  • Home
  • Asylum
  • Page 5

Category: Asylum

LEFEVRE, Edmond Frederick
0 0
Ewell Epileptic Colony Males

LEFEVRE, Edmond Frederick

Laura BrownJuly 6, 2021October 8, 2021
b.1884-d.1909 Introduction Frederick Lefevre died at the young age of 24 years, having suffered epilepsy for 16 years. It is possible that he suffered with status epilepticus, a condition where...
Share
WRIGHT, Eliza
0 0
Female Burials Horton Asylum

WRIGHT, Eliza

Linda Miles-CartwrightJuly 6, 2021November 8, 2021
b.1861-d.1910 1860s Eliza’s maiden name was Rhodes and her parents were Richard and Sarah Rhodes. I have been unable to accurately trace their marriage, although it could have been prior...
Share
TENNANT, Herbert John
0 0
Horton Asylum Males

TENNANT, Herbert John

Linda Miles-CartwrightJuly 6, 2021November 8, 2021
b.1858-d.1910 1850s Herbert was born at Saham Toney in Norfolk in January 1858. He was the sixth child of Edward and Mary Ann Tennant. His parents were married on 18th...
Share
PYATT, Sidney
0 0
Ewell Epileptic Colony Males

PYATT, Sidney

Linda Miles-CartwrightJuly 2, 2021November 8, 2021
b.1886-d.1910 1870s to 1880s Sidney Pyatt’s parents were William and Charlotte, they were married at St. John’s Church in Hoxton on 25th December 1871. A note from history: In 19th...
Share
PRESTRIDGE, Frederick
0 0
Ewell Epileptic Colony Males

PRESTRIDGE, Frederick

Linda Miles-CartwrightJuly 2, 2021October 5, 2021
b.1882-d.1910 1880s & 1890s Frederick (born Edward Fred) Prestridge’s parents were George Prestridge and Mary Ann Lewis who were married at Holy Trinity Church on the edge of Clapham Common...
Share
MURRELL, James
0 0
Horton Asylum Males

MURRELL, James

Linda Miles-CartwrightJuly 2, 2021September 17, 2021
b.1864-d.1910 1860s James Murrell’s parents were married on 29th December 1862 at St Giles' Church in Camberwell. It was a second marriage for his father James Murrell senior, his first...
Share
LAIT, Alfred Benjamin
0 0
Long Grove Asylum Males

LAIT, Alfred Benjamin

Louise TaylorJuly 2, 2021September 17, 2021
b.1866-d.1909 Alfred’s birth – 1866 Alfred was born in 1866, in the small village of Weeley in Essex. The village is approximately 7 miles from Clacton-on-Sea, it is part of...
Share
EMBLEM, Henry
0 0
Horton Asylum Males

EMBLEM, Henry

Linda Miles-CartwrightJuly 2, 2021September 17, 2021
b.1878-d.1910 Initial difficulties researching the Emblem family The surname of Emblem seems to have a number of variations such as Emblen/Emblin/Emblan/Embling/Emblow/ Embler. This has made tracing difficult. Variations are often...
Share
BLACKWELL, Charles
0 0
Horton Asylum Males

BLACKWELL, Charles

Linda Miles-CartwrightJuly 2, 2021October 27, 2022
b.1872-d.1910 Starting research Although the burial note describes Charles Blackwell as aged 28, no trace could be found including a Death Certificate. Searching under Blackwell in the relevant quarter, a...
Share
PAPE, William Edwin
0 0
Horton Asylum Males

PAPE, William Edwin

Linda Miles-CartwrightJune 28, 2021September 17, 2021
b.1880-d.1910 1880s His birth was registered in the December quarter of 1880 in Camberwell. He was the eldest child of William George Pape, an ironmonger, who had a business at...
Share
KENNY, Alexander Sylvester John
0 0
Long Grove Asylum Males

KENNY, Alexander Sylvester John

Tony McGarryJune 28, 2021September 17, 2021
b.1894-d.1919 Early Life Alexander’s parents were Alexander Sylvester Kenny and Sophia Kenny, née Green. The birth of Sophia Green was registered in the June quarter of 1874 in Bethnal Green....
Share
JONES, Archibald
0 0
Horton Asylum Males

JONES, Archibald

Linda MartinJune 15, 2021September 17, 2021
b.1853 - d.1909 Early life Archibald was born in 1853 in Rotherhithe to Jenkin Jones, born 1819 of Cardiganshire, Wales, and Mary Watt, born 1818, Scotland. His parents registered him...
Share
ELVIN, Harry
0 0
Long Grove Asylum Males

ELVIN, Harry

Louise TaylorJune 15, 2021September 17, 2021
b.1866 - d.1909 Early life Harry Elvin was born in 1866 at Long Milford on the borders of Suffolk and Essex. Long Milford is a quintessential picturesque village. This area...
Share
TIDYMAN, Samuel
0 0
Ewell Epileptic Colony Males Photo

TIDYMAN, Samuel

Lesley LeeMay 28, 2021October 17, 2022

Escaped childhood murder!

Share
DACOMBE, Amy
0 0
Asylum Female Burials Horton Asylum

DACOMBE, Amy

Julie JacksonMay 18, 2021October 4, 2021
b.1877 - d.1911 Amy Dacombe née Ludgate was born in the September quarter 1877, in the registration district of Pancras, London. She was the 3rd child of Edward Ludgate from...
Share
KOEKKOEK, Hendrick B.
0 0
Asylum Horton Asylum Males Photo

KOEKKOEK, Hendrick B.

Hazel BallanMay 18, 2021November 22, 2022

A famous Dutch artist from a famous artistic family; yet missing from the historical records. Why did this son end up at the Asylum?

Share
SPACKMAN, Lily Sophia
3 0
Female Burials Horton Asylum Photo

SPACKMAN, Lily Sophia

Elizabeth AumeerMay 12, 2021October 17, 2022

The giggling tomboy

Share
ABBOTT, Mary Winchester
0 0
Female Burials Long Grove Asylum Photo

ABBOTT, Mary Winchester

Steve JohnsonMay 11, 2021October 29, 2022

The Yale graduate and published author

Share
JORDAN, Edward George
0 0
Long Grove Asylum Males

JORDAN, Edward George

A CMay 10, 2021September 17, 2021
b.1877 - d.1917 Taking his year of birth from his age at death, only two children with his name were born in 1877 according to the GRO. One died in...
Share
STEBBINGS, Mahala
0 0
Female Burials Horton Asylum

STEBBINGS, Mahala

Sylvia BromileyMay 9, 2021September 17, 2021
b.1887 - d.1913 Parents and Birth – 1850s to 1880s  Her parents were William Charles Stebbings and Emily Taylor who married on 29th March 1880 in St. Marks Church Southwark. ...
Share
VOLCKMAN, Henry
0 0
Asylum Males

VOLCKMAN, Henry

A CMay 9, 2021November 12, 2021
b.1872 - d.1917 Intro Long Grove records say Henry died in 1917 age 44 meaning a birth year of about 1873. I found his birth registered in June quarter 1872...
Share
SYKES, Gertrude
0 0
Asylum Female Burials Horton Asylum

SYKES, Gertrude

Linda Miles-CartwrightMay 8, 2021September 17, 2021
b.1882? - d.1910 A tragic story of a young girl all alone, who lived in institutions from the age of three until her death at a young age. Very little...
Share
FAY, Tottie
0 0
Female Burials Horton Asylum Photo

FAY, Tottie

Isabel KnightMay 4, 2021October 17, 2022

The Worst and Wickedest Woman in London

Share
PEDLEY, Byron
0 0
Asylum Complete Kids Long Grove Asylum Males Photo

PEDLEY, Byron

Steve JohnsonApril 23, 2021November 24, 2022

The boisterous, Victorian star of the stage

Share
GARCÍA, Félix
0 0
Asylum Long Grove Asylum Males Photo

GARCÍA, Félix

Steve JohnsonApril 23, 2021October 17, 2022

Famous Flamenco dancer and Picasso’s muse

Share
DODD, George
0 0
Asylum Ewell Epileptic Colony Males Photo

DODD, George

Sylvia BromileyApril 22, 2021October 17, 2022

The French Polisher

Share
BATES, Beatrice Miriam
0 0
Asylum Female Burials West Park Asylum

BATES, Beatrice Miriam

Steve JohnsonApril 22, 2021October 24, 2022
b.1881 - d.1933 - A Grieving Wife Intro Much of the story of Beatrice is a result of information given to us by a living relative; in which we discover...
Share
FRANCIS, Amelia
0 0
Asylum Female Burials Kids Long Grove Asylum Photo

FRANCIS, Amelia

Steve JohnsonApril 21, 2021January 9, 2023

The mysterious case of the Widow and the Decorator – The mystery of a lady who left home and was never seen again. Only years later was she found to have died in Epsom with a different name.

Share
PARKYNS, Ann
0 0
Female Burials Horton Asylum

PARKYNS, Ann

Elizabeth AumeerApril 16, 2021September 17, 2021
b.1874 - d.1914 Early Life Ann Parkyns was born Ann Rebecca Witherington, in the March Quarter of 1874. Her birth was registered in Bethnal Green. Ann was named after her...
Share
CASSAN, John Sheffield
0 0
Asylum Ewell Epileptic Colony Males Photo

CASSAN, John Sheffield

Lesley LeeApril 15, 2021July 14, 2025

The Hollywood film star’s brother.

Share
FLYNN, James David
0 0
Asylum Long Grove Asylum Males

FLYNN, James David

A CApril 12, 2021September 17, 2021
b.1873 - d.1917 Intro The burial register has James' burial as 7th April 1917 age 44. This gives an approximate year of birth as 1873. 1870s I found and confirmed...
Share
BARFORD, Maria Celia
0 0
Asylum Female Burials Long Grove Asylum

BARFORD, Maria Celia

Stephen MundayApril 12, 2021October 24, 2022
b.1863 - d.1918 1860s Marian (or Maria) Celia Barford was born in Brixton in the first quarter of 1863 to Frederick Sayer Barford, aged 39, and his 31 year old...
Share
SKULL, Mark
0 0
Asylum Long Grove Asylum Males

SKULL, Mark

Martin KnightApril 9, 2021September 17, 2021
b. 1857 - d.1915 - A Victorian Murder Case Intro For a brief, but intense period, Mark Skull found himself an unwilling player in a classic Victorian murder case and...
Share
HARDWICK, Dorothy
0 0
Female Burials Long Grove Asylum

HARDWICK, Dorothy

Anne DaviesApril 1, 2021September 17, 2021
b.1888 - d.1910 Early Life Dorothy Betty Hardwick was born in Cheltenham on 17 February 1888, the second child of Walter Henry Hardwick and Sarah Mary West. They had married...
Share
FURY, Sylvester
0 0
Asylum Kids Long Grove Asylum Males

FURY, Sylvester

Theresa Kenefick-ConwayMarch 30, 2021November 17, 2025

Found wandering the streets by the Police, aged 3 years old. Sylvester was taken to the workhouse.

Share
SCHMIDT, Ethel
0 0
Female Burials Long Grove Asylum

SCHMIDT, Ethel

Anne DaviesMarch 25, 2021October 27, 2022
b. 1887 - d. 1910 On 26 September 1870 Hanrich Frederick Ferdinand Schmidt married Sophia Hutchings at Christ Church, Somers Town, Pancras. Ferdinand, the name he seems to have used,...
Share
MAIDMENT, Edward
0 0
Asylum Long Grove Asylum Males

MAIDMENT, Edward

Stephen MundayMarch 24, 2021September 17, 2021
b.1867 - d.1918 Intro. According to Poor Law Removal and Settlement records, Edward Maidment, aged 46 and described as ‘lunatic’ was, on the 25th of April, 1914, resident at Long...
Share
ELLERTON, Edward
0 0
Asylum Long Grove Asylum Males

ELLERTON, Edward

Steve JohnsonMarch 24, 2021October 8, 2021
b.1871 - d.1910 - Hoxton Crew Gang Member - The story of Edward hit an obstacle very early on. The Find a Grave index assumes a birth in Ireland with...
Share
STAFFORD, Henry Alfred
0 0
Long Grove Asylum Males

STAFFORD, Henry Alfred

Stephen MundayMarch 22, 2021September 17, 2021
b.1864 - d.1918 Henry Alfred Stafford was born in Holborn in the third quarter of 1864 to George Richard Stafford, aged 28, and his wife Emma (née Nichols), aged 27....
Share
BECKETT, Ebenezer John
0 0
Long Grove Asylum Males

BECKETT, Ebenezer John

Stephen MundayMarch 22, 2021October 24, 2022
b.1867 - d.1918 Black Horse Pub c1834, Richard Beckett (Ebenezer's Grandfather) Ebenezer John Beckett was born in the second quarter of 1867 in the village of Steeple Claydon, Aylesbury, in...
Share
MASTIN, Alfred
0 0
Long Grove Asylum Males

MASTIN, Alfred

Louise TaylorMarch 17, 2021October 25, 2022
b.1864 - d.1909 Alfred was born in September 1864 in Bethnal Green, to William age 34 and Mary age 33, her maiden name was Haddon. Alfred had 2 older brothers...
Share
GOYMER, Hugh
0 0
Asylum Long Grove Asylum Males

GOYMER, Hugh

John WillmottMarch 17, 2021October 8, 2021
b.1879 - d.1917 Hugh Goymer born 16th of January 1879. Hugh Goymer was born in Stockwell in the London area of Lambeth, on the16th of January 1879 to Abraham and...
Share
YAXLEY, Alice
0 0
Female Burials Long Grove Asylum

YAXLEY, Alice

Martin KnightMarch 15, 2021October 5, 2021
b.1873 - d.1915 Alice Gray/Grey was born in 1873 in the village of Ashill, near Swaffham in Norfolk. Her mother was Sarah Gray and she was unmarried when she gave...
Share
BROOK, Herbert
0 0
Asylum Long Grove Asylum Males

BROOK, Herbert

Louise TaylorMarch 15, 2021September 17, 2021
b. 1864 - d.1909 Herbert was born 10 April 1864; their address was 1 Sparkes Cottage, Graham Street West, St. George, Hanover Square, London. His father was James Joseph Brooks...
Share
YEO, Marian Elizabeth
0 0
Asylum Ewell Epileptic Colony Female Burials Photo

YEO, Marian Elizabeth

Lesley LeeMarch 11, 2021October 17, 2022

The silver polisher

Share
BELL, Herbert John
0 0
Asylum Horton Asylum Males

BELL, Herbert John

Linda MartinMarch 9, 2021October 27, 2022
b.1855 - d.1909 Herbert John BELL was buried in Horton Cemetery on 18th June 1909. According to the Lunacy Patients Admission Register he had been admitted to Horton Asylum on...
Share
FUZZENS, William
0 0
Asylum Long Grove Asylum Males

FUZZENS, William

Martin KnightMarch 8, 2021September 17, 2021
b.1875 - d.1915 Intro The wider Fuzzens family are well-established in Windsor, particularly, and one member was the first Labour Mayor of the town. There is a Fuzzens Walk in...
Share
WILSON, Frederick Leon
0 0
Asylum Ewell Epileptic Colony Males Photo

WILSON, Frederick Leon

Lesley LeeMarch 8, 2021February 26, 2023

The common story of someone with epilepsy whose life was marred by a lack of understanding of the condition.

Share
Asylum Long Grove Asylum Males

BEADON, Walter

Martin KnightMarch 6, 2021October 24, 2022
b.~1871 - d.1915 The story of Walter Beadon is among the saddest of the many troubled souls who ended their days at Long Grove Hospital and subsequently received a pauper’s...
Share
CUSHNIE, George Barnes
1 0
Asylum Long Grove Asylum Males

CUSHNIE, George Barnes

Stephen MundayMarch 6, 2021October 25, 2022
b.1867 - d.1918 1860s George Barnes Cushnie was born on the 28th August 1867 to William Cushnie, aged 38, and his wife Eliza (née King), aged 36. At the time...
Share
COPPING, Ada
0 0
Asylum Ewell Epileptic Colony Female Burials Photo

COPPING, Ada

Sheila CummingMarch 3, 2021October 17, 2022

An epileptic since birth

Share
KRZYZOWSKI, Josef
0 0
Asylum Long Grove Asylum Males War dead

KRZYZOWSKI, Josef

Sheila BerryFebruary 26, 2021September 17, 2021
b.1913 - d.1948 Intro Josef's story has been compiled by FOHC researcher, MOD records and information provided by Josef's son. Early Years Josef was born in Krzyzowa, Kraków, Poland on...
Share
EVANS, Ida Ellen
0 0
Asylum Female Burials Manor Asylum Photo

EVANS, Ida Ellen

Brian CullenFebruary 25, 2021February 20, 2023
b. 1876 - d. 1913 1870s Born Ida Ellen Jacobs, Ida's birth was registered in the 1st Quarter of 1876 in the Registration District of Oundle. Her actual birthplace was...
Share
GEORGE, Frederica
0 0
Female Burials Horton Asylum

GEORGE, Frederica

Linda MartinFebruary 25, 2021October 8, 2021
b. 1862 - d. 1909 1860s Known as Frederica. Frederica was the first child of five found born to Frederick William Runyard George (b. 1816 the son of Joseph George...
Share
CASSIE, George William
0 0
Asylum Horton Asylum Males

CASSIE, George William

Linda MartinFebruary 25, 2021October 26, 2022
b. 1856 - d. 1909 1850s George born in 2Q 1856 Kensington, was the second child of Christopher Cassie (b. 1822) and Harriett Bird (b. 1816). No Baptism found. His...
Share
KILMINSTER, George Thomas
0 0
Asylum Males Manor Asylum Photo

KILMINSTER, George Thomas

Brian CullenFebruary 25, 2021October 17, 2022

The Kensington Plumber

Share
FRESTON, Catherine Louisa
0 0
Asylum Female Burials Manor Asylum Photo

FRESTON, Catherine Louisa

Brian CullenFebruary 25, 2021February 20, 2023
b. 1829 - d. 1914 Intro Catherine Louisa Edward’s precise date of birth is not known but she was baptised on the 24th August 1829 in Stroud, Gloucestershire. It is...
Share
HOLLIDGE, Martha
1 0
Asylum Female Burials Manor Asylum

HOLLIDGE, Martha

Jane AllenFebruary 25, 2021May 18, 2023
b. 1848 - d. 1909 1840s Martha Sarah Agatha Waters was baptised at St Mary’s Church, Ewell on the 26th March 1848. She was the daughter of Thomas Waters, a...
Share
KENT, Edward John
0 0
Asylum Long Grove Asylum Males

KENT, Edward John

A CFebruary 25, 2021September 17, 2021
b. 1875 - d. 1917 Working from the Long Grove record of Edward’s death in 1917, we found his birth in the March quarter of 1875 and his mother’s maiden...
Share
MEAD, Daisy
0 0
Asylum Female Burials Manor Asylum

MEAD, Daisy

Brian CullenFebruary 25, 2021October 28, 2022
b. 1878 - d. 1914 Intro Daisy was living in the Manor Asylum when she died. She was said to be 35 years of age at death on the 12th...
Share
BANNISTER, Arthur
0 0
Asylum Long Grove Asylum Males

BANNISTER, Arthur

Theresa Kenefick-ConwayFebruary 25, 2021October 24, 2022
b. 1855- d. 1909 A summary of the evidence for Arthur is very interesting but confusing in places. It has taken a lot of cross referencing of data to ensure...
Share
SEARS, Albert
0 0
Asylum Long Grove Asylum Males

SEARS, Albert

Anne DaviesFebruary 25, 2021September 17, 2021
b. 1889- d. 1910 1880s Albert William Sears was born on 1 February 1889 in Hoxton, Shoreditch to Alfred Seers (born in Bristol about 1845 according to his 1881 Census...
Share
BOARD, Elizabeth
0 0
Female Burials Horton Asylum

BOARD, Elizabeth

Linda Miles-CartwrightFebruary 10, 2021April 16, 2023

Poor Elizabeth gave birth to a daughter in Horton Hospital – baptised Elizabeth Lilian Board. We do not know what happened to the baby.

Share
BROWN, Alfred Albert
0 0
Asylum Long Grove Asylum Males

BROWN, Alfred Albert

Steve JohnsonFebruary 8, 2021April 3, 2022
b.1875 - d. 1910 This is a story that will require revisiting once we can obtain more information from the non-digitised Asylum records which may name family members or previous...
Share
STIDDIFORD, Edith
0 0
Asylum Female Burials Long Grove Asylum

STIDDIFORD, Edith

John WillmottFebruary 6, 2021October 28, 2022
b.1883 - d.1917 Note: The asylum records of Stiddiford appear to have evolved from the maiden name of Stideford. The parents of Edith Stideford, Nicholas and Elizabeth (nee Lovell), were...
Share
MUNDY, George
1 0
Asylum Long Grove Asylum Males

MUNDY, George

Jane AllenFebruary 6, 2021October 25, 2022
b.1909 - d.1909 Although this story is named for baby George MUNDY who lived for 11 days after being born in Long Grove Hospital and subsequently was buried in Horton...
Share
METROSOGLOW, John
0 0
Asylum Complete Long Grove Asylum Males

METROSOGLOW, John

Anne DaviesFebruary 5, 2021September 17, 2021
b. 1884 - d. 1910 John is something of a mystery. His first mention in the records is at aged 20, with no family connections. Indeed, he was the only...
Share
KEARNEY, Alfred
0 0
Asylum Complete Long Grove Asylum Males

KEARNEY, Alfred

A CFebruary 3, 2021September 17, 2021
b.1878 - d.1917 Alfred Kearney was born in 1878, his birth was registered in the March Q in Camberwell registration district. His mother’s maiden name was WEBB, which I discovered...
Share
BAHRUTH, Arnold
0 0
Asylum Long Grove Asylum Males

BAHRUTH, Arnold

Theresa Kenefick-ConwayJanuary 27, 2021October 24, 2022
b.1858-d.1910 A summary of the evidence it has been possible to locate for Arnold is a sad story. Arnold was born Conrad Arnold August Bahruth in 1858 in Germany. The...
Share
MINCHER, Samuel
0 0
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...
Share
BOWDERY, Agnes Bessie
1 0
Asylum Female Burials Manor Asylum Photo

BOWDERY, Agnes Bessie

Brian CullenJanuary 26, 2021January 9, 2023
b.1844-d.1914 Agnes Bessie Corke was born in the 4th Quarter of 1844 in the Registration District of Camberwell, London, although her actual birth place was probably Peckham. The parents of...
Share
D’ARENBERG, Arthur William
0 0
Asylum Complete Horton Asylum Males

D’ARENBERG, Arthur William

Linda MartinJanuary 25, 2021October 25, 2022
b.1857 - d.1909 Arthur’s story starts with his Grandfather, Johann Georg Abeltshauser, a Classical Composer in Germany. Found on a classical music website, it states that a piece of music,...
Share
McGOVARIN, Laura
0 0
Asylum Female Burials Horton Asylum

McGOVARIN, Laura

Linda Miles-CartwrightJanuary 20, 2021September 17, 2021
Story Version number = 1Friends of Horton Cemetery Researcher – Linda Miles-Cartwright Laura was born a long way from London in fact she was born in Fredericton in Canada to...
Share
KELLAND, Henry Philip Chambers
0 0
Asylum Long Grove Asylum Males

KELLAND, Henry Philip Chambers

Jenni LlewellynJanuary 20, 2021September 17, 2021
Story Version number = 2Friends of Horton Cemetery Researcher – Jennifer Llewellyn Born: 1st April 1867 at 03.45. 20 Clarendon Crescent, Edinburgh. His parents were Professor Philip Kelland 1809 -...
Share
WILSON, Eleanor Lydia Kate
0 0
Asylum Female Burials Manor Asylum Photo

WILSON, Eleanor Lydia Kate

Brian CullenJanuary 20, 2021May 18, 2023
b.1865 - d.1914 Eleanor Emily Lydia Kate Maule was born on the 11th October 1865 at Westminster, London. She was the daughter of William and Susan Maule. Eleanor was baptised...
Share
LUSK, George Alfred
0 0
Asylum Long Grove Asylum Males

LUSK, George Alfred

Tony McGarryJanuary 20, 2021September 17, 2021
b. 1869 - d.1918 - Son of The Ripper's Nemesis - George Alfred Lusk was born in the March quarter of 1869 and his birth was registered in Mile End...
Share
MARHAM, Adeline Miriam
1 0
Asylum Ewell Epileptic Colony Female Burials

MARHAM, Adeline Miriam

Bethany TurnerJanuary 20, 2021September 17, 2021
b.1887-d.1915 Adeline Miriam Marham was born on the 19th of August 1887 in the Union Workhouse, Docking Norfolk. She was born to an unmarried 22-year-old mother named Harriet, a domestic...
Share
FELL, Sachinais Alicia
0 0
Asylum Complete Dead-End-Story Female Burials Long Grove Asylum Photo

FELL, Sachinais Alicia

Steve JohnsonJanuary 17, 2021November 5, 2022
b.1873 - d.1910 When I began my research into Sachinais, very little could be found. The only records showing such a name are the records from the workhouse and asylums....
Share
SADLER, Thomas
0 0
Asylum

SADLER, Thomas

Steve JohnsonJanuary 17, 2021October 30, 2023
b. 1846 - d. 1910 All we know for sure is that Thomas Sadler, a patient at Long Grove, was buried on 31 March 1910, aged 64. There are many...
Share
DAVIS, Evan James
0 0
Asylum Long Grove Asylum Males

DAVIS, Evan James

Steve JohnsonJanuary 16, 2021October 8, 2021
b.1870-d.1910 Evan James Davis was born in Hoxton in 1870, to father Evan James, and mother Margaret, both from Wales. The history of Evan paints a picture of a wealthy...
Share
COURTENAY, John MacArthur
0 0
Asylum Complete Long Grove Asylum Males

COURTENAY, John MacArthur

Steve JohnsonJanuary 16, 2021November 8, 2021
b.1871-d.1910 John Macarthur Courtenay (Courtnay) was born into a military family on 10th July 1871, in Sheerness, Kent to John and Ann Caroline. His father was a Battery Sergeant Major...
Share
PELHAM, George
0 0
Asylum Long Grove Asylum Males Photo

PELHAM, George

Steve JohnsonJanuary 15, 2021September 2, 2023

Survivor of The Titanic

Share
HOWKINS, Ann Barrows
0 0
Asylum Female Burials Horton Asylum

HOWKINS, Ann Barrows

Hazel BallanJanuary 15, 2021November 9, 2024
Of the few remaining gravestones at Horton Cemetery, only four can just about be made out and Ann Barrows Howkins is one. ANN BARROWS HOWKINSDIED DEC 16TH 1912AGED 44INTO THY...
Share
HOLLIMAN, Emma
0 0
Female Burials Long Grove Asylum

HOLLIMAN, Emma

Louise TaylorJanuary 13, 2021September 17, 2021
b.1858 - d.1909 Early life 1858 to 1871 Emma Holliman’s birth was registered in the March Q of 1858. The transcription of a Baptism Record for Emma Holliman has been...
Share

Posts navigation

Newer posts

HortonCemetery @horton_cemetery ·
6 Jan

John Victor Smith was an underage recruit, a drummer then bandsman with 1st Battalion 17th foot Leicestershire Regiment.

He served in many scenes of war...and that took its toll. It is a really
...interesting read.

https://hortoncemetery.org/smith-john-victor/

Reply on Twitter 2008530003022278689 Retweet on Twitter 2008530003022278689 1 Like on Twitter 2008530003022278689 1
HortonCemetery @horton_cemetery ·
6 Jan

Henry ALLEN - an interesting character; ambitious, a one time painter turned bootmaker who fell into debt and became bankrupt.

Sadly and tragically, one of his children died in a house fire and a
...few years later his wife, Alice died.

Read his story here http://www.hortoncemetery.org/allen-henry/
2

Reply on Twitter 2008520070293844420 Retweet on Twitter 2008520070293844420 1 Like on Twitter 2008520070293844420 4
HortonCemetery @horton_cemetery ·
5 Jan

John MABON (1878-1914), a Royal Marine. Invalided out after 11 years with fatigue, headaches and irritability. He was not awarded a pension, having suffered from syphilis in his early days. The ...image is HMS Swiftsure - one he served on.

https://hortoncemetery.org/mabon-john/

Reply on Twitter 2008227081876873340 Retweet on Twitter 2008227081876873340 Like on Twitter 2008227081876873340 3
HortonCemetery @horton_cemetery ·
4 Jan

James Christopher COLEMAN (1891-1916) suffered badly with epilepsy.

When he entered the Epileptic Colony in Epsom, he settled well initially and was said to be working on the land.

The remainder
...of his short life in the Colony was sadly difficult. http://www.hortoncemetery.org/coleman-james-christopher/

Reply on Twitter 2007905857493925964 Retweet on Twitter 2007905857493925964 Like on Twitter 2007905857493925964 5

Latest Posts

  • ALLEN, Henry
    by Shaun Jones
  • FRENCH, John
    by Alison Cook
  • MABON, John
    by Elizabeth Aumeer
  • AUBRY, Marguerite Zelie
    by Shaun Jones
  • GASK, Esther Maud
    by Alison Cook
  • COLEMAN, James Christopher
    by Lesley Lee
Close
Menu
  • Home
  • The People
    • The STORIES
    • The Burials
    • The Records
    • The Authors
  • The Cemetery
    • The Forgotten Cemetery
    • The Cluster
    • The History
    • The Memorial
    • Why should we care?
    • Local Listing of Horton Cemetery
  • The Charity
    • Objectives
    • Out of Sight, Out of Mind?
    • Events
      • Event Sites & Locations
    • More About Our Volunteers
    • Friends and Patrons
    • Thanks & Credits
    • Ways to help us?
  • Contact
  • Kids’ Corner

Copyright & Usage

This website and its content is copyright of The Friends of Horton Cemetery © 2021. All rights reserved.

Charity No. 1190518

Regd Office

7 Waterloo Road, Epsom, KT19 8AY

paypal-donate-horton-cemetery

Scan and Donate

Donate to Friends of Horton Cemetery