St Nicholas Hospital Salisbury

[fastfusion]

Does anyone know how the census from 1861 , 1871,1881, 1891 for the hospital appears and what are its HO & RG numbers etc please???   Also was it uncommon for folk who died in the hospital NOT to have death certificates or have I just found a series of folk that just didnt have cert reg references???
Thank you...

[Little Nell]

St Nicholas Hospital was located in the area of the city known as The Close on the southern edge of the cathedral grounds near Harnham Bridge.  The references are as follows:

1861: RG9/1315/58 or so
1871: RG10/1951/86
1881: RG11/2069/38
1891: RG12/1621/81

There is a photo of the buildings as they are now here: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2336280

As I understand it, no death certificate, no burial.  I've checked a couple of the inmates and found index entries for both on FreeBMD.

Nell

[fastfusion]

thanks Nell,


I have been working off a book available thru AmericanUniversityLibraries site regarding the history of the hospice......  and the entries I have checked from there not the census....  I am not saying all the entries were without cert references.....   but yes that was my assumption toooooo   ..no cert no burial.

[artifis]

I have an ancestor who was buried in 1863 before a death certificate was issued, actually before the inquest into his death was held in the distant town from where he lived where he died after an accident.  His situation is further complicated by two death certificates having been issued for him, one in the distant town on information supplied by the coroner and one four weeks later in his nearest registration town on information supplied to that registrar by his son.  He was buried by a curate not the rector of the parish so maybe he didn't know the rules.   

[fastfusion]

that sounds like something typical i would find..... it either rains or pours or is a drought...