My gt-grandmother was also on Cane Hill, and she came from Bermondsey. Interestingly, she was earlier detained at the county asylum in Bishops' Stortford, Herts. There is a new book on Cane Hill, by Pam Buttley; it makes clear patients came from all over south London, and sometimes beyond. Valerie in Sheffield UK ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kristen den Hartog" <kdenhartog@sympatico.ca> To: "'Nettie Edwards'" <net@nettieweb.co.uk>; "'Phyllis Bartlett'" <p.bartlett8@iinet.net.au> Cc: "'London List'" <LONDON@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2011 5:42 PM Subject: Re: [LON] Asylums > My great grandmother was in Cane Hill too. She died there in 1917, and had > been living in the Boro, Southwark. Phyllis, do you know anything about > your > great grandmother's time there? I'd be curious! > Kristen in Toronto, Canada > > > -----Original Message----- > From: london-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:london-bounces@rootsweb.com] On > Behalf Of Nettie Edwards > Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2011 12:16 PM > To: Phyllis Bartlett > Cc: London List > Subject: Re: [LON] Asylums > > Possibly Cane Hill? > My great grandmother was living in Putney and that's where she ended up. > > Sent from my iPad > > On 30 Oct 2011, at 11:15, "Phyllis Bartlett" <p.bartlett8@iinet.net.au> > wrote: > >> If someone was living in Vauxhall London in the 1910s and was admitted to > an >> Asylum, would any Lister know where he/she would be sent to?' >> >> Phyllis Bartlett >> Queensland, Aust. >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> This mailing list works in parallel with the London surname interest list > on the web at http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/london.html . Check for > matching interests and add your own ! >> >> Any problems, please contact the List Admin: LONDON-admin@rootsweb.com >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LONDON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > This mailing list works in parallel with the London surname interest list > on > the web at http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/london.html . Check for > matching interests and add your own ! > > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: LONDON-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LONDON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2012.0.1834 / Virus Database: 2092/4584 - Release Date: 10/30/11 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > This mailing list works in parallel with the London surname interest list > on the web at http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/london.html . Check for > matching interests and add your own ! > > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: LONDON-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LONDON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >