Taunton , Holmoor House ?

[alan w jones]

Hello , has anyone heard of Holmoor House which I think might be in Taunton ? Is it a home or hospital or maybe part of workhouse .Any help much appreciated
Regards
Alan

[Ruskie]

Hi Alan,

Just in case it helps in the search, can you tell us where you got this name from, and an approximate date?

[barryd]

Numerous entries for Holmoor House, Taunton on Google.

https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=%22Holmoor+House%22+Somerset

[alan w jones]

Thank you both , its on a death cert of 1951 , the informant was from Kibbear Krull ?.
Regards
Alan

[Ruskie]

I can't find an address for Holmoor House but all references to it seem to relate to elderly people dying there. I found a reference to a "Master" and "Mistress" of Holmoor House, but it's still not clear exactly what it was - I don't know if there would have been such a thing as an 'old person's home' in that era? 

I found a reference to the workhouse address as 9 Trinity Terrace Taunton.
I found a reference to Holmoor House Trinity.
(though I don't know if they are one and the same)

[Ruskie]

Trinity Hospital appears to have started life as the workhouse:

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/hospitalrecords/details.asp?id=1360

(no mention of it ever being called Holmoor House) I wonder if Holmoor House was related to the workhouse, perhaps an offshoot of some sort. If Holmoor House was also on Trinity Terrace there may be a connection to the workhouse/hospital. 

http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/sidebyside.cfm#zoom=17&lat=51.0146&lon=-3.0900&layers=171&right=BingHyb

[alan w jones]

Thank you , I have been puzzled too . I even looked on Royal Mail addresses to see if it exists today but no joy . Hopefully some Taunton people may remember it and write in . I am not sure when the workhouse closed there but worth investigating .
Regards
Alan

[Ruskie]

It might be worth adding "Taunton" to your subject heading to attract anyone with local knowledge.

[alan w jones]

Thanks , I will do that . There does not seem to be much online about Kibbear either , on the death cert it states she was from Kibbear , Pitminster ? and the informant Kibbear Trull . More work to do on it .
Regards
Alan