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From: "Rossbret" <>
Subject: Re: [UK-W&H] County of London Lunatic Asylum
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 01:12:55 +0100
References: <00c201c12750$e3a828c0$64f386d9@adrian>


Hello Adrian,
Records for the County of London Lunatic Asylum are held by the London
Metropolitan Archives.
The reasons for admittance to a "lunatic asylum" could be varied and vast,
ranging from a number of disorders that we would not consider "mental
illness" by todays standards.
Do you have Joseph STOCKTON'S death certificate?
This would give you some idea of the reason for him being admitted, although
the admission registers would ideally tell you more.
All the best, Jan
www.workhouses.co.uk

----- Original Message -----
From: "AdrianS" <>
To: <>
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2001 8:14 PM
Subject: [UK-W&H] County of London Lunatic Asylum


> My Great Great Grandpa Joseph STOCKTON - Cattle Dealer of Islington in the
> period 1850-1890, ended his days in the County of London Lunatic Asylum in
> Ilford (Oct 1896 aged 63).
>
> Can anyone help me with sources of information about this establishment?
> Are any records available? What were the qualification for entry?
>
> Adrian Stockton


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