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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… monastery in Ireland, came hither, and, having obtained an asylum from King Ethelwulph, in reward for a miraculous cure … of the funds was ordered to be made. Clopton's asylum was founded for the support of six aged widowers, and …
Old and New London
… Dr. Andrew Reed, the benevolent founder of Reedham, the Asylum for Fatherless Children at Clapton, and the Idiot Asylum, at Earlswood. His father was a watchmaker in the Row. …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… but, being disappointed in this project, he sought an asylum in the abbey of Neath. Meanwhile the siege of the …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… House (no. 5 Curzon Street, later St. Cecilia's), a lunatic asylum in the mid 19th century, was bought. There was much …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Curzon Street (later St. Cecilia's; no. 5) was opened as a lunatic asylum with one patient by G. S. Ogilvie; the number of … Ogilvie moved to Bristol. Northfield House was again a lunatic asylum in 1854-5. 27 A hospital for children was …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… century the house, then called Northfield House, was a lunatic asylum, and from c. 1946 it was part of St. Mary's school. 38 …
Old and New London
… Families of CamberwellTom Hood a Resident hereCamberwell Lunatic Asylum. Camberwell is now so truly part and parcel of the … contiguous to the main road, is the Aged Pilgrims' Friend Asylum. Of the many valuable institutions with which London …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… persecution on account of their religious tenets, found an asylum at Canterbury, where they introduced the weaving of …
A History of the County of Stafford
… of the virgate as the inheritance of his eldest son, the lunatic Sir John. 175 Thomas succeeded in 1493 176 and at his …