winwick asylum

[monkhouse]

I have just recieved  a copy of my Grandmothers Death Certificate died of TB june 1908 in Winwick  anyone know how i can find out more ? date of admission etc  she was the unmarried Mother of my father Herbert Crompton Hindley of Monk House Farm  she was only 33 when died. please help family mystery.          p.s died in County Asylum Winwick.  Cheers Martin.

[gortonboy]

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/hospitalrecords/details.asp?id=1059&page=71

[monkhouse]

Thanks Gortonboy for your info but i am having trouble with my limited Computer skills i will have to get someone to help me on this, and this is a good start, i have heard people say in those times you could be put in the hospitals for things other than mental troubles, my Grandmother gave birth at the Monk House Farm on December 13th 1903 something happened up to dying at the hospital on June 9th 1908   Many thanks again   Martin.

[garstonite]

Hiya
www.lancashirebmd.org.uk
1904 Herbert C Hindley     Newton Le Willows     St Helens     NLW/69/98

although b dec 1903 - he wasn`t registered until 1904 ?

also....where exactly is Monk House Farm ?  is that in Winwick or Newton Le Willows ?

and , Winwick was Lancashire then and maybe this would be better on Lancashire board  ?
I am sure there have been numerous queries on Winwick inmates - have you tried the search box which is positioned under the day / date at the top of the page
http://www.institutions.org.uk/asylums/england/LAN/winwick_asylum.htm
allan

[monkhouse]

Hi you are correct on the dates, on the birth cert says Newton in Makerfield now called Newton le willows or Winwick  and Monk House Farm is on Parkside road still their up for sale unoccupied for years sadly option to Demolish on 4 acres was in Lancs now Cheshire will try your info on Lancs . many thanks Martin.

[pigletlovesfamily]

Re (I have just recieved  a copy of my Grandmothers Death Certificate died of TB june 1908 in Winwick)
I have been told that my grandfather worked here. He qualified as a doctor in 1900, worked in Wales in 1901, went to India in 1905 until 1908, then was in London in 1911. I half hoped that his name might be on your death certificate. Would you be so kind as to look for me please? His name was A F Hayden.
Many thanks,
piglet

[monkhouse]

Hi thanks for contacting on this sad issue,

This is on ETHEL HINDLEY Death Certificate,....TB certified  by James Shearer..MB

Medical Officer.....ALEXANDER SIMPSON...Registra  PETER BIRCHALL ..13TH JUNE 1908.

Your GRAN and mine could well have known each other Ethel i feel could have been Post Natal  problems.
Thanks again. Martin.

[LizzieW]

She might have had postnatal depression, but equally she might just have been sent to Winwick because she was an unmarried mother.  This seems to have happened frequently in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

[pigletlovesfamily]

I replied last night but my reply has disappeared, so i am posting my thanks again.

Thank you for taking the time to give me the doctor's name. Unfortunately it was  not my one.
Piglet.