Mockingbird Pays A Quick Visit Here!
This may not interest a fair lot of you, but I found it interesting in finding the place and doing some research on it, I was in the area of Hooley in Surrey a few weekends back and decided to track this tranquil place down, it was rather a tricky find first thing in the morning, but one im glad I paid a visit to.
Ultimately it is derelict and lays in the heart of some old chaps farm, so you have to cross a farm from a narrow country lane to view it, it did have a clear up last year as the graves was basically un-seen due to such overgrowth an neglect, yet it now seems its only real visitors are tonnes an tonnes of rabbits/badgers that have dug countless holes and up until last year, the bodies that remained there was starting to surface with many visitors finding human bones, the only grave that remains that is visible is that resembling a shield.
This cemetery was used for the Netherne Hospital/Asylum in Surrey and contains the remains of soldiers who fought on the frontlines and children.
In 1995, the hospital was refurbished into luxury flats by developer MJ Gleeson, the graveyard was discovered by history enthusiast Adrian Falks, who was instrumental in unearthing the forgotten soldiers buried at the neighbouring Cane Hill asylum. There are about 1,350 people buried at Netherne, including patients, soldiers and young children who may still have relatives living in the borough, yet no grave stones lay for these people, just a few plastic flowers in the field along with tonnes an tonnes of holes.
The gate fascinated me as you walk through the gate you see the shield and then the row of trees and plastic flowers, its a really strange feeling being there unable to see any gravestones, but the hospital treated soldiers and civilians injured in the wars to ease the burden on hospitals, which might explain why children are buried in this cemetery.
Below is a list of some of the children buried here, that I managed to find via of course the internet.
• Jean Barboni, eight, died on October 21, 1915, of tuberculosis. His father was Edgard Barboni; an officer in the French army based in Carshalton Beeches and a psychiatrist probably employed at Netherne.
• Leslie Thomas Jackman, 11, died December 11, 1917. His father was a serving soldier.
• William Albert Simmonds, 15, died October 15, 1917. His father was probably killed during the Battle of Arras, but news may not have reached hospital.
• Sidney Peters, five, died October 3, 1915. His father, a soldier, worked as a labourer.
• Jessica Davis, 11, died February 20, 1915, of TB. Her father, from Ham, was a soldier although it is uncertain whether he survived the war.
• William John Newland, 15. Died February 18, 1918, of pulmonary tuberculosis. Interred February 25, 1918. An orphan, transferred from Union Workhouse Infirmary, Epsom (no next-of-kin.) •
•Betty Trotman, seven, died May 31, 1929, after a five-month stay in the hospital. Her parents may have worked there unsure.
Also Vivien Leigh (British actor - Streetcar named desire and about 16 other films) spent some months of recuperation at Netherne following her infamous 1953 nervous breakdown.
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Sorry if you didnt like it, like my other "reports" I promise to do better when I next upload something, just have a big list that expands, so its now first come first serve, hey at least you may have learnt something today! thats a plus right?
Cheers Mockingbird!
This may not interest a fair lot of you, but I found it interesting in finding the place and doing some research on it, I was in the area of Hooley in Surrey a few weekends back and decided to track this tranquil place down, it was rather a tricky find first thing in the morning, but one im glad I paid a visit to.
Ultimately it is derelict and lays in the heart of some old chaps farm, so you have to cross a farm from a narrow country lane to view it, it did have a clear up last year as the graves was basically un-seen due to such overgrowth an neglect, yet it now seems its only real visitors are tonnes an tonnes of rabbits/badgers that have dug countless holes and up until last year, the bodies that remained there was starting to surface with many visitors finding human bones, the only grave that remains that is visible is that resembling a shield.
This cemetery was used for the Netherne Hospital/Asylum in Surrey and contains the remains of soldiers who fought on the frontlines and children.
In 1995, the hospital was refurbished into luxury flats by developer MJ Gleeson, the graveyard was discovered by history enthusiast Adrian Falks, who was instrumental in unearthing the forgotten soldiers buried at the neighbouring Cane Hill asylum. There are about 1,350 people buried at Netherne, including patients, soldiers and young children who may still have relatives living in the borough, yet no grave stones lay for these people, just a few plastic flowers in the field along with tonnes an tonnes of holes.
The gate fascinated me as you walk through the gate you see the shield and then the row of trees and plastic flowers, its a really strange feeling being there unable to see any gravestones, but the hospital treated soldiers and civilians injured in the wars to ease the burden on hospitals, which might explain why children are buried in this cemetery.
Below is a list of some of the children buried here, that I managed to find via of course the internet.
• Jean Barboni, eight, died on October 21, 1915, of tuberculosis. His father was Edgard Barboni; an officer in the French army based in Carshalton Beeches and a psychiatrist probably employed at Netherne.
• Leslie Thomas Jackman, 11, died December 11, 1917. His father was a serving soldier.
• William Albert Simmonds, 15, died October 15, 1917. His father was probably killed during the Battle of Arras, but news may not have reached hospital.
• Sidney Peters, five, died October 3, 1915. His father, a soldier, worked as a labourer.
• Jessica Davis, 11, died February 20, 1915, of TB. Her father, from Ham, was a soldier although it is uncertain whether he survived the war.
• William John Newland, 15. Died February 18, 1918, of pulmonary tuberculosis. Interred February 25, 1918. An orphan, transferred from Union Workhouse Infirmary, Epsom (no next-of-kin.) •
•Betty Trotman, seven, died May 31, 1929, after a five-month stay in the hospital. Her parents may have worked there unsure.
Also Vivien Leigh (British actor - Streetcar named desire and about 16 other films) spent some months of recuperation at Netherne following her infamous 1953 nervous breakdown.
IMGP89431 by urbexmockingbird, on Flickr
IMGP8899 by urbexmockingbird, on Flickr
IMGP8940 by urbexmockingbird, on Flickr
IMGP8933 by urbexmockingbird, on Flickr
IMGP8903 by urbexmockingbird, on Flickr
IMGP8921 by urbexmockingbird, on Flickr
IMGP8909 by urbexmockingbird, on Flickr
IMGP8905 by urbexmockingbird, on Flickr
IMGP8904 by urbexmockingbird, on Flickr
IMGP8889 by urbexmockingbird, on Flickr
IMGP8906 by urbexmockingbird, on Flickr
Sorry if you didnt like it, like my other "reports" I promise to do better when I next upload something, just have a big list that expands, so its now first come first serve, hey at least you may have learnt something today! thats a plus right?
Cheers Mockingbird!