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Thanks a million for that info, Marieene. I recognise most of the other names immediately, but wasn't sure of all dates of death and who was buried in this grave. Ellen King is a complete mystery, so needs investigating.

Lovely to hear that story.  Congratulations on your breakthrough.

I've only just seen this news and just have to say how sorry I am. Guy was always a reliable source of information and helped so many of us with our unsolved mysteries. He always had my utmost respect. His posts on this forum will continue to help and inform others.  RIP.

Yes, I've found several examples myself.

Epilepsy was certainly a reason for admitting somebody to an asylum. I know of one case where a young woman was in a workhouse in Liverpool on the 1911 census, recorded as a former domestic servant, apparently with a lot of other women all  recorded as 'former' laundress, servant or whatever. The family story was that she had died in the 1920s. In fact I found her on the 1939 Register in a mental hospital. The family believed she had died because the parents never admitted she had epilepsy owing to the shame it brought on the family. It seems extraordinary to us now, but that was how epilepsy was regarded in the days before modern medicine developed a greater understanding of the condition.
My cousin sent for her death certificate which proved she had epilepsy, as this was the cause of her death in 1975. None of the living family had been aware she was still alive.