Try Mendip Hospital in your search, you will find a book by Susan Marshall that may be the one mentioned. However, there are quite a few references for the hospital so you take your pick. hope this helps Valerie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jenny Davis" <jenny.davis@zen.co.uk> To: <eng-somerset@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 3:23 AM Subject: Re: [ENG-SOM] Mendip hospital > Hi Pauline, > > This may not be very helpful, unless you happen to live somewhere close. > > About five years ago, with an hour or so 'to kill' whilst waiting for > transport, I ventured into the public library at Wells to see what I could > discover about "The Somerset And Bath Lunatic Asylum", later to be known > as > "The Mendip Hospital". The librarian was able to take me to the > appropriate > shelf where I found a delightful little book [about 120 pages roughly A5 > size] written by a lady whose father, or perhaps grandfather, worked at > the > hospital. The author wrote of her childhood memories of the social life at > the hospital; events such as the Christmas plays which the hospital staff > put-on for the inmates. I have vague recollections of some of the rules > which applied to the staff, such as requiring permission from the hospital > management before getting married (else lose their job). For someone such > as > yourself I'm sure it would make fascinating reading. The sad part is, I > made > no notes at the time and now have no chance of giving you a reference for > the book, short of revisiting the library. My quick dip into Google just > now > didn't provide me any reminders. > > Regards, > Jenny > > > -----Original Message----- > From: eng-somerset-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:eng-somerset-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Pauline Sieler > Sent: 23 May 2008 08:51 > To: ENG-SOMERSET@rootsweb.com > Subject: [ENG-SOM] Mendip hospital > > My great grandfather Francis Cook b 1838 was an attendant at the Mendip > Hospital during his lifetime > > Does anyone know anything about the hospital or any records tat they mat > have please? > > Many thanks > > Pauline > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message