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A Brother of Firby Hospital
« on: Tuesday 10 May 16 12:45 BST (UK) »
Searching through the Bedale burial parish registers I found several references to "a Brother of Firby Hospital". This comment follows the name of the deceased person.

Does anyone know if this is a religious order, some sort of medical person/profession or an inmate of an institution?

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Re: A Brother of Firby Hospital
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 10 May 16 12:47 BST (UK) »
I've no local knowledge, but a Google suggests it's likely to be a reference to the almshouses at Christ's Hospital, Firby - have you looked at that?
Ayr: Barnes, Wylie
Caithness: MacGregor
Essex: Eldred (Pebmarsh)
Gloucs: Timbrell (Winchcomb)
Hants: Stares (Wickham)
Lincs: Maw, Jackson (Epworth, Belton)
London: Pierce
Suffolk: Markham (Framlingham)
Surrey: Gosling (Richmond)
Wilts: Matthews, Tarrant (Calne, Preshute)
Worcs: Milward (Redditch)
Yorks: Beaumont, Crook, Moore, Styring (Huddersfield); Middleton (Church Fenton); Exley, Gelder (High Hoyland); Barnes, Birchinall (Sheffield); Kenyon, Wood (Cumberworth/Denby Dale)

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James Stott c1775-1850. James was born in Yorkshire but where? He was a stonemason and married Elizabeth Archer (nee Nicholson) in 1794 at Ripon. They lived thereafter in Masham. If anyone has any suggestions or leads as to his birthplace I would be interested to know. I have searched for it for years without success. Thank you.

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Re: A Brother of Firby Hospital
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 11 May 16 10:03 BST (UK) »
Thanks for the replies

Special Thanks to stanmapstone

As well as pictures, one of your links states  'Hospital' is an old word for almshouses so now I can now assume that my relative was probably living in these 'Almshouses' at the time of his death.