Does anyone know if Brookwood asylum was also a normal hospital ? I have a SARAH Anne NETHERCLIFT who died there in 1871. Her occupation is down as a needlewoman. Do you think this means she was just working there as a needlewoman or she was an "inmate" ? Are there any records of who was there? Paula

Hi Paula, Brookwood Hospital, Knaphill, Surrey was always for the mentally ill, an asylum, it close in 1994. Go into GOOGLE and enter Brookwood Hospital Surrey, there is a good write-up about it, also a picture. I would think that if Sarah Ann died in Brookwood Hospital, that she would have been an inmate, perhaps is she did needle work, to occupy her mind, something she had previously done when she was well. Any records for the hospital, would possibly now be at the Surrey History Centre, Woking, Surrey. Surrey History Centre 130 Goldsworth Road Woking, GU21 6ND, United Kingdom 01483 518 737 www.surreycc.gov.uk Kind regards Barbara Lewis Mallyon Basingstoke, Hants. UK BarbaraMallyon@lewmal.co.uk ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paula" <p.ath@virgin.net> To: "berks mailing list" <BERKSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 4:36 PM Subject: [BRK] Fw: Brookwood> > > Does anyone know if Brookwood asylum was also a normal hospital ? > I have a SARAH Anne NETHERCLIFT who died there in 1871. Her > occupation is down as a needlewoman. Do you think this means she > was just working there as a needlewoman or she was an "inmate" ? > Are there any records of who was there? > Paula No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.733 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2679 - Release Date: 02/10/10 07:40:00