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KOEKKOEK, Hendrick B.
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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?

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SPACKMAN, Lily Sophia
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Female Burials Horton Asylum Photo

SPACKMAN, Lily Sophia

Elizabeth AumeerMay 12, 2021October 17, 2022

The giggling tomboy

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ABBOTT, Mary Winchester
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ABBOTT, Mary Winchester

Steve JohnsonMay 11, 2021October 29, 2022

The Yale graduate and published author

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FAY, Tottie
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FAY, Tottie

Isabel KnightMay 4, 2021October 17, 2022

The Worst and Wickedest Woman in London

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PEDLEY, Byron
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PEDLEY, Byron

Steve JohnsonApril 23, 2021November 24, 2022

The boisterous, Victorian star of the stage

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GARCÍA, Félix
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GARCÍA, Félix

Steve JohnsonApril 23, 2021October 17, 2022

Famous Flamenco dancer and Picasso’s muse

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BATES, Beatrice Miriam
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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...
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FRANCIS, Amelia
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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.

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ELLERTON, Edward
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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...
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KRZYZOWSKI, Josef
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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...
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LUSK, George Alfred
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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...
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MARHAM, Adeline Miriam
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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...
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HortonCemetery @horton_cemetery ·
1 Feb

James Bates lies in grave 222b.
James was admitted to Horton Asylum in 1911.
No known relatives or friends and he said he had been suicidal.
On that same morning, he had tried to jump from the
...window, but other inmates had stopped him.
http://www.hortoncemetery.org/bates-james/

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HortonCemetery @horton_cemetery ·
24 Jan

Infant Baby Hellicar. One of the first stories written about those buried in the cemetery. Read the story here http://www.hortoncemetery.org/hellicar-male/

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HortonCemetery @horton_cemetery ·
24 Jan

On 6th  July 1983, Kirkwoods sent a list of the tombstones and memorials that had been removed from the cemetery to the Registrar General of Miscellaneous Records in St Catherine House.

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HortonCemetery @horton_cemetery ·
24 Jan

Cemetery Clearance
In 1983, Epsom solicitors, Kirkwoods issued notice of “the intention to remove remaining tombstones, monuments and other memorials” from Horton “for the purpose of reducing
...the maintenance costs”. This was carried out on 26th May 1983.
Read on in the replies

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