Wotton Vill, Hospital Gloucester (General)

by slowhands , proud of his ancient Dean Forest roots, Tuesday, January 29, 2013, 07:54 (4322 days ago) @ slowhands

It was whispered at (my London )home that her husband shot himself.

Ancestry Probate 1946

Alec Isaac SNOOK of Yorkley Slade nr Lydney, Gloucestershire, died 4 November 1946 at Wotton Vill Gloucestershire. Administration Gloucester 13 December to Marjory Alice May SNOOK - Widow. Effects £550.

Your story of a shooting may have some truth or be a simple cover .....

County Mental Hospital,Wotton Vill

http://viewfinder.english-heritage.org.uk/search/reference.aspx?uid=111200&index=48...
With the Introduction of the NHS in 1948 the original asylum was renamed Horton Road Hospital
and the public asylum in Barnwood, became Coney Hill Hospital.

The old Horton Rd Hospial has been converted in apartments.

the area today includes :-
Wotton Lawn Hospital, Trust: 2gether NHS Foundation Trust. Horton Road,Gloucester GL1 3PX

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