Hi, Can any body tell me where I might find some information on the isolation hospital? My Dad was there as a small boy in 1920 and remembers being made to peel potatoes even though he was ill with typhoid fever. Many thanks. Katharine Alison Lane Prince   --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.798 / Virus Database: 542 - Release Date: 18/11/2004

Hi there appear to have been two Isolation hospitals fairly close to each other, One at the Wilderness and one in Green Bottom. >>>>Green Bottom http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=23269 for a short history of Public services in the Forest. I would place the Wilderness as Plump Hill, Mitcheldean. < Wild Deers Nest originally ?> but the isolation hospital I recall was in Green Bottom , ( on the road from Littledean towards Flaxley Woods) http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=23266 contains a few words dating the original house and the erection of the "iron" building in its garden that became the isolation hospital. >>> Wilderness http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cbennett/abenhall1927.htm refers to the Wilderness as the isolation Hospital http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=23259 referred to the Wilderness or Hill house and its use as an isolation hospital. Today it is use as a Learning centre http://www.wildernesscentre.co.uk/ Regards S All e'mail scanned by McAfee virusscan

You can actually find a picture of it on the web as it is now an education centre www.wildernesscentre.co.uk . I have quite a lot of material on the house before it was a hospital. If you visit the place, it has the most fantastic views over the countryside - supposedly you can see 5 counties from there, but I could only see three. Wishing you every success in your researches, Giles Colchester, researching family COLCHESTER, any place any time any spelling ----- Original Message ----- From: Kate Prince <kate.prince@rsm.com.au> To: <ENG-GLOS-FOREST-DEAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2004 1:16 AM Subject: Wilderness isolation hospital > Hi, > Can any body tell me where I might find some information on the isolation > hospital? > My Dad was there as a small boy in 1920 and remembers being made to peel > potatoes even though he was ill with typhoid fever. > Many thanks. > > Katharine Alison Lane Prince > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.798 / Virus Database: 542 - Release Date: 18/11/2004 > > > ______________________________