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

The Patient records are at Taunton. I did a recent lookup for someone and it included photographs; some before and after. Philip Maddocks ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pauline Sieler" <pauline.sieler@btopenworld.com> To: <ENG-SOMERSET@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 8:50 AM 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 >

There is a book by Susan Marshall called Mendip Hospital. See: http://www.amazon.ca/Mendip-Hospital-Appreciation-Susan-Marshall/dp/1905226454 Hope this helps. Ann ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pauline Sieler" <pauline.sieler@btopenworld.com> To: <ENG-SOMERSET@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 3:50 AM 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 >

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

Also found some hospital records at the National Archives that may be of help at: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/hospitalrecords/details.asp?id=481&page=37 Ann ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pauline Sieler" <pauline.sieler@btopenworld.com> To: <ENG-SOMERSET@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 3:50 AM 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 >

Pauline Sieler wrote: > 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 There is quite a lot of information on Google, including information on a book written about it. Google Books also has quite a few references. Anne South Australia