Hi all, I'm wondering if anyone knows anything about the above institution - the North Riding Asylum (or Clifton Hospital). I believe one of my missing ancestors may be there in the 1861 census and I'm wondering if there's any records that survive for it? Any suggestions most appreciated! Best wishes, Gill

Hi Gill, The records are kept at the Borthwick in York and they do have some very detailed records, including detailed case notes death details and other information. Some of the later records also include photos. Well worth viewing if you get the chance, I have found a few of my lot in the records, some are very sad. One frequent cause appears to be "kicked in the head by a horse" I suppose this was a common occurance in those days. Cheers Karen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gill Walmsley" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 6:41 PM Subject: [NYorks] Nrth Riding Asylum/Clifton Hospital > Hi all, > I'm wondering if anyone knows anything about the above institution - the > North Riding Asylum (or Clifton Hospital). I believe one of my missing > ancestors may be there in the 1861 census and I'm wondering if there's any > records that survive for it? > Any suggestions most appreciated! > Best wishes, > Gill

I'm fairly sure the Borthwick Institute had records of the above. Suggest you get in touch as they were always very helpful regarding such records. Tillie >-- Original Message -- >From: Gill Walmsley <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 19:41:39 +0100 (CET) >To: [email protected] >Subject: [NYorks] Nrth Riding Asylum/Clifton Hospital > > >Hi all, >I'm wondering if anyone knows anything about the above institution - the >North Riding Asylum (or Clifton Hospital). I believe one of my missing ancestors >may be there in the 1861 census and I'm wondering if there's any records >that survive for it? >Any suggestions most appreciated! >Best wishes, >Gill > > >==== ENG-NORTH-YORKS Mailing List ==== >To unsubscribe from the ENG-NORTH-YORKS list, send the command "unsubscribe" >to >[email protected] (if in mail mode) or >[email protected] (if in digest mode.) > >============================== >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 > ___________________________________________________________ Tiscali Broadband from 14.99 with free setup! http://www.tiscali.co.uk/products/broadband/