John Welcome to the list. I am sure you will find it rewarding. You have misread the address slightly. It is "Brentry". Brentry Hospital occupied until recently an early 19th century house and landscaped grounds designed by Humphrey Repton, together with later 19th century additions. Much of the site has now been redeveloped as housing, called "Royal Victoria Park" In recent times, the hospital was used by people with what are now termed learning difficulties, and many of the residents still live at smaller community homes and similar facilities in the local vicinity. I do not know how the patients would have been described 100 years ago. You can find some fascinating stuff on the web if you type "Brentry" into Google, especially when combined with "hospital" or "Repton"`. There appears to be a history of the hospital available, which may tell you more. I live about half a mile from the site. The area used to be in Gloucestershire, but is now within the City of Bristol. Bob Lawrence ************************************** R.P.& A.L.Lawrence The Hazels, Sheepwood Road, Bristol, BS10 7BS, U.K. Phone: 0117 9504314 ************************************** ¦-----Original Message----- ¦From: J.Ford [mailto:john@jf2000.freeserve.co.uk] ¦Sent: 27 July 2005 13:32 ¦To: ENG-GLO-HAWKESBURY-L@rootsweb.com ¦Subject: [HWK] Help Wanted ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦Hello everyone. ¦ I am new to this list and hope that someone can help ¦with a query. ¦ On the 1901 census I have found someone who may be related,but I have ¦to find more details to be ¦ sure, the person ( Annie Ford ) is an " inmate" at the ¦Royal Victoria ¦Home, the address is ¦ "Brenting Westbury On Trym" in Gloucestershire, ¦ ¦ I have found a Westbury On Trym near to Bristol ¦but do not ¦know if this is the same place, ¦could anyone tell me if I have the right place ? and if I might find what ¦kind of home it was and if I could find any records about the Inmates/ ¦Patients, could I find anything online ? ¦ ¦ Hope someone can help. ¦ Regards John. ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦-- ¦No virus found in this outgoing message. ¦Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. ¦Version: 7.0.296 / Virus Database: 267.9.6 - Release Date: 27/07/2005 ¦ ¦ ¦==== ENG-GLO-HAWKESBURY Mailing List ==== ¦Visit Robert Millard's local and family history web pages at http://www.hawkesburyhistory.co.uk. ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx