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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Lincolnshire => Topic started by: Eilleen on Saturday 08 September 07 17:44 BST (UK)
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Hi everyone, I have just said I would go and try and find a head stone for another rootschat member, the deceased was a worker at st John's hospital, Bracebridge heath, because only Bracebridge was mentioned , I thought of my local church yard, all Saints , Bracebridge, but now I am wondering if because he worked at the hospital , he maybe buried up there, my question is , are there burial ground's up there ??? Eilleen.
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I don't know about a burial ground but, as you probably know, the asylum was renamed St John's Hospital - there was a reason for this
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LIN/Bracebridge/bracebridge_asylum.html
Apparently, Lincs Archives has no registers from there http://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/section.asp?docId=28369
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Thanks GeoffE it looks as though he would have been buried on the premises or rather in the ground's.
Eilleen.
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Hi Eilleen
Arnt they building new houses on that site ???
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Hi Ricky , yes , and one of the old buildings has been turned into a pub ;D ;D, must go take a photo ::)
Eilleen.
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My Grandma was in there in the 1960's, she only stayed a couple of weeks dont know why she was there, shall have to ask me mum, but I think she had a nervous breakdown ???
ricky
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Maybe it was knowing you were a litter lout ???
excitement outside our house, indian food delivery man has just sped down are road and crashed head on into a neighbours car, no body hurt, but delivery guy angry because wittness's said he was speeding, nearly a punch up, and this is such a quiet cul-de-sac.
Eilleen.
i.e my uncle george was there in the 60's as well .
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Eilleen
I aint a litter lout, :P :P :P
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Hello Eilleen.
I am a new comer to this site and wondered if anyone could help.
I have found out that my grandad went into Bracebridge Heath hospital and most likley died there.
His name is George Sleight Born around 1877, he would not have gone into the hospital to at least 1934.
Can anyone help.
Stringbean.
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Hi
Don't know if the following link is helpful but it's the catalogue of Lincs Archives St John's Hospital deposit. As well as refs to patient and staff docs, page 20 has some graves registers and cemetery plans references:
http://microsites.lincolnshire.gov.uk/upload/public/attachments/524/HOSPSTJOHNS.pdf
If you look on google maps satellite image for bracebridge heath at 200ft and look at the three, hedged, foot-pathed plots of land between Sleaford Rd on the west, Lichfield road on the north and a large blue roofed building on the south - that is the cemetery. There is a massive number of staff and patients buried there. No memorial though..
Here are some photos of the hopsital:
http://www.countyasylums.com/mentalasylums/bracebridgeheath01.htm
Regards Toz
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Found these photos of the inside of the hospital too:
http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=95
Toz
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Two burial registers have been located and are now held at Lincoln Archives but the register(s) from 1887 to 1920 remain missing.
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Hello Eilleen,
If you are ever in Bracebridge All Saints cemetery, could you look out for Drewrys.
I believe there are three buried there.
Thank you.
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Hi TonyD :)
I looked through the picture's I have all ready taken, they are not there.
I guess you are looking for, George, Sarah and Annie, who in 1901 where running the " John Bull " Inn , Bracebridge heath,
I went past it to day, all boarded up, and they are building a Texco 's store in area that was the car park. ::)
When it's not so wet, I will try and find their resting place's.
Eilleen.
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Thank you Eilleen,
these Drurys are a bit late for me!
So no need to go looking for their graves.
Have ancestors in 18th century that were involved with an estate in Bracebridge, and I think one got married there.
The 20th century Drurys may be related but are probably at some remove down a distant branch.
The 18th century Drewrys were aldermen and occasionally Mayors of Lincoln and quite difficult to research. I do however have an original document related to a mortgage on a Bracebridge estate and was hoping that the Drewrys buried there might be from around that time.
Thank you again.
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Hi Eileen
I would be interested in knowing whether you have any headstones with the name Rhoades or Rhodes on it, I think both my GG Grandfather and mother was buried there.
Mary died in 1916 and Charles 1921