Hi Ann Thank you for your reply. I will certainly contact Surrey. I had hoped that by getting her death certificate I might get her address and next of kin! Paula ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ann Sargeant" <ann.sargeant@ntlworld.com> To: "BERKSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com" <BERKSHIRE@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 5:32 PM Subject: Re: [BRK] Brookwood > From: "Paula" <p.ath@virgin.net> >> 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 > > Hello Paula > > In the 1870s Brookwood was a hospital for the mentally ill - although the > reasons then why folk were there would not necessarily accord with the > modern definition of mental illness. Sadly many perfectly well people > were > put into asylums in the past. The original concept of Brookwood was that > all the patients worked in the various departments of the asylum. > > There's a very good outline here: > http://www.surreycc.gov.uk/sccwebsite/sccwspages.nsf/LookupWebPagesByTITLE_RTF/Brookwood+Hospital+Woking?opendocument > > Records are at Surrey History Centre in Woking, and there has been much > past > discussion on the Surrey Rootsweb List so you might also find the archives > there useful. > > Ann > Hampshire, UK > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BERKSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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